Ray Keller

12.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Ray Keller is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray Keller has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Cell Biology and 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ray Keller's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (57 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (43 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (14 papers). Ray Keller is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (57 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (43 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (14 papers). Ray Keller collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Ray Keller's co-authors include David Shook, John Shih, Lance A. Davidson, Paul Skoglund, Michael V. Danilchik, M. A. R. Koehl, Paul A. Wilson, Tamira Elul, Toshiyasu Goto and Amy K. Sater and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ray Keller

105 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Shaping the Vertebrate Body Plan by Polarized Embryonic Cell Movements
    2002 553 citations Ray Keller profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ray Keller United States 55 6.9k 4.6k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 106 9.4k
Roberto Mayor United Kingdom 62 7.9k 1.1× 4.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.6× 1.8k 1.7× 143 12.1k
Cheng‐Ming Chuong United States 55 4.7k 0.7× 3.0k 0.6× 805 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 269 0.3× 139 8.9k
Markus Affolter Switzerland 67 11.0k 1.6× 3.8k 0.8× 1.8k 1.5× 1.9k 1.8× 431 0.4× 186 14.0k
Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg Germany 74 12.5k 1.8× 10.8k 2.3× 2.1k 1.8× 1.9k 1.8× 2.5k 2.4× 160 19.8k
Alfonso Martínez Arias United Kingdom 56 9.3k 1.3× 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 151 11.0k
Joachim Wittbrodt Germany 57 8.5k 1.2× 2.4k 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 2.4k 2.3× 1.5k 1.4× 203 13.7k
Richard M. Harland United States 60 13.0k 1.9× 2.5k 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 3.2k 3.1× 402 0.4× 164 15.4k
Olivier Pourquié United States 68 12.2k 1.8× 2.2k 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 2.4k 2.3× 655 0.6× 171 14.9k
Ajay Chitnis United States 42 5.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 858 0.8× 482 0.5× 79 8.0k
Naoto Ueno Japan 74 16.3k 2.4× 3.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 2.8k 2.6× 685 0.7× 261 21.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ray Keller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ray Keller

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All Works

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Srinivasan, Shyam, et al.. (2018). Mechanical Strain Determines Cilia Length, Motility, and Planar Position in the Left-Right Organizer. Developmental Cell. 45(3). 316–330.e4. 30 indexed citations
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Collazo, Andrés & Ray Keller. (2010). Early development of Ensatina eschscholtzii: an amphibian with a large, yolky egg. EvoDevo. 1(1). 6–6. 23 indexed citations
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Davidson, Lance A. & Ray Keller. (2007). Measuring Mechanical Properties of Embryos and Embryonic Tissues. Methods in cell biology. 83. 425–439. 30 indexed citations
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Skoglund, Paul & Ray Keller. (2006). Xenopus fibrillin regulates directed convergence and extension. Developmental Biology. 301(2). 404–416. 32 indexed citations
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Keller, Ray, Lance A. Davidson, & David Shook. (2003). How we are shaped: The biomechanics of gastrulation. Differentiation. 71(3). 171–205. 378 indexed citations
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Shook, David & Ray Keller. (2003). Mechanisms, mechanics and function of epithelial–mesenchymal transitions in early development. Mechanisms of Development. 120(11). 1351–1383. 436 indexed citations
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Shook, David, et al.. (2002). Urodeles Remove Mesoderm from the Superficial Layer by Subduction through a Bilateral Primitive Streak. Developmental Biology. 248(2). 220–239. 39 indexed citations
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Goto, Toshiyasu & Ray Keller. (2002). The Planar Cell Polarity Gene Strabismus Regulates Convergence and Extension and Neural Fold Closure in Xenopus. Developmental Biology. 247(1). 165–181. 188 indexed citations
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Wallingford, John B., Toshiyasu Goto, Ray Keller, & Richard M. Harland. (2002). Cloning and expression of Xenopus Prickle, an orthologue of a Drosophila planar cell polarity gene. Mechanisms of Development. 116(1-2). 183–186. 42 indexed citations
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Domingo, Carmen R. & Ray Keller. (2000). Cells Remain Competent to Respond to Mesoderm-Inducing Signals Present during Gastrulation in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology. 225(1). 226–240. 16 indexed citations
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Elul, Tamira, M. A. R. Koehl, & Ray Keller. (1997). Cellular Mechanism Underlying Neural Convergent Extension inXenopus laevisEmbryos. Developmental Biology. 191(2). 243–258. 97 indexed citations
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Keller, Ray, Wallis H. Clark, & Frederick J. Griffin. (1991). Gastrulation : movements, patterns, and molecules. Plenum Press eBooks. 76 indexed citations
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Keller, Ray. (1991). Chapter 5 Early Embryonic Development of Xenopus laevis. Methods in cell biology. 36. 61–113. 187 indexed citations
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Keller, Ray. (1987). Cell rearrangement in morphogenesis. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 4(5). 763–779. 35 indexed citations
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Keller, Ray, et al.. (1980). An atlas of notochord and somite morphogenesis in several anuran and urodelean amphibians. Development. 59(1). 223–247. 47 indexed citations
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Keller, Ray. (1978). Time‐lapse cinemicrographic analysis of superficial cell behavior during and prior to gastrulation in Xenopus laevis. Journal of Morphology. 157(2). 223–247. 158 indexed citations
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Keller, Ray & Gary C. Schoenwolf. (1977). An scanning electron microscopy study of cellular morphology contact and arrangement as related to gastrulation in xenopus laevis. 182(2). 165–186. 4 indexed citations

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