R.H. Locker

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

R.H. Locker is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, R.H. Locker has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Animal Science and Zoology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in R.H. Locker's work include Meat and Animal Product Quality (26 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (13 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (9 papers). R.H. Locker is often cited by papers focused on Meat and Animal Product Quality (26 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (13 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (9 papers). R.H. Locker collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. R.H. Locker's co-authors include C.J. Hagyard, David Wild, N.G. Leet, W. A. Carse, C.L. Davey, A. M. Pearson, P. M. Nottingham, D.P. Haughey, Francis O. Schmitt and Kimberly McLeod and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Journal of Animal Science.

In The Last Decade

R.H. Locker

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

A cold shortening effect in beef muscles

1963 411 citations R.H. Locker, C.J. Hagyard Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.H. Locker New Zealand	23	1.2k	584	350	331	215	45	1.8k
B.B. Marsh United States	25	1.6k 1.3×	596 1.0×	382 1.1×	184 0.6×	344 1.6×	44	2.3k
J. R. Bendall United Kingdom	27	1.6k 1.3×	525 0.9×	429 1.2×	178 0.5×	382 1.8×	40	2.3k
Koui Takahashi Japan	23	606 0.5×	734 1.3×	512 1.5×	499 1.5×	113 0.5×	61	1.7k
H. J. Swatland Canada	23	1.9k 1.6×	549 0.9×	225 0.6×	79 0.2×	454 2.1×	204	2.6k
E. J. Briskey United States	33	2.6k 2.1×	924 1.6×	809 2.3×	199 0.6×	298 1.4×	114	3.6k
Akihito Hattori Japan	28	962 0.8×	1.3k 2.2×	690 2.0×	181 0.5×	206 1.0×	62	2.5k
R.A. Lawrie United Kingdom	29	2.1k 1.7×	703 1.2×	391 1.1×	47 0.1×	257 1.2×	109	2.8k
R.G. Bardsley United Kingdom	24	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	704 2.0×	127 0.4×	141 0.7×	59	2.0k
N.G. Leet Australia	13	528 0.4×	208 0.4×	106 0.3×	114 0.3×	111 0.5×	13	734
W.R. Dayton United States	32	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 2.9×	1.4k 3.9×	166 0.5×	79 0.4×	77	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.H. Locker

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All Works

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Locker, R.H.. (1987). The non-sliding filaments of the sarcomere. Meat Science. 20(3). 217–236. 3 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & David Wild. (1986). A Comparative Study of High Molecular Weight Proteins in Various Types of Muscle Across the Animal Kingdom. The Journal of Biochemistry. 99(5). 1473–1484. 81 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H.. (1984). The Role of Gap Filaments in Muscle and in Meat. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 3(1). 4. 13 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & David Wild. (1984). ‘Ageing’ of cold shortened meat depends on the criterion. Meat Science. 10(3). 235–238. 8 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & David Wild. (1984). The fate of the large proteins of the myofibril during tenderising treatments. Meat Science. 11(2). 89–108. 29 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & David Wild. (1984). Tenderisation of meat by pressure-heat involves weakening of the gap filaments in the myofibril. Meat Science. 10(3). 207–233. 31 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H., et al.. (1983). Tensile properties of cooked beef in relation to rigor temperature and tenderness. Meat Science. 8(4). 283–299. 5 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & David Wild. (1982). Myofibrils of cooked meat are a continuum of gap filaments. Meat Science. 7(3). 189–196. 14 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & David Wild. (1982). A MACHINE FOR MEASURING YIELD POINT IN RAW MEAT. Journal of Texture Studies. 13(1). 71–82. 14 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H., et al.. (1977). Meat tenderness and the gap filaments. Meat Science. 1(2). 87–104. 35 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & N.G. Leet. (1976). Histology of highly-stretched beef muscle. Journal of Ultrastructure Research. 56(1). 31–38. 49 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H., et al.. (1976). Tenderness in relation to the temperature of rigor onset in cold shortened beef. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 27(2). 193–196. 28 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H., et al.. (1975). New Concepts in Meat Processing. PubMed. 21. 157–222. 46 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H., et al.. (1975). Effect of shortening during cooking on the tenderness and histology of beef. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 26(11). 1711–1720. 16 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H., et al.. (1973). The effect of repeated freeze–thaw cycles on tenderness and cooking loss in beef. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 24(10). 1273–1275. 27 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & C.J. Hagyard. (1967). Small subunits in myosin. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 120(2). 454–461. 43 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H.. (1960). Proteolysis in the storage of beef. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 11(9). 520–526. 38 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H.. (1959). Striation Patterns of Ox Muscle in Rigor Mortis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 6(3). 419–422. 34 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H. & Francis O. Schmitt. (1957). SOME CHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF PARAMYOSIN. The Journal of Cell Biology. 3(6). 889–896. 14 indexed citations

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Locker, R.H.. (1954). C-terminal groups in myosin, tropomyosin and actin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 14(4). 533–542. 63 indexed citations

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