Richard A. Bjur

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Richard A. Bjur is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Bjur has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Bjur's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (16 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (9 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (7 papers). Richard A. Bjur is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (16 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (9 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (7 papers). Richard A. Bjur collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Richard A. Bjur's co-authors include D P Westfall, Jack C. Waymire, Norman Weiner, Latchezar D. Todorov, David P. Westfall, Kazumasa Shinozuka, Svetlana T. Mihaylova-Todorova, Peter Sneddon, Timothy D. Westfall and N. Weiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Bjur

40 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Assay of tyrosine hydroxylase by coupled decarboxylation of dopa formed from 1-14C-l-tyrosine

1971 406 citations Jack C. Waymire, Richard A. Bjur et al. Analytical Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard A. Bjur United States	22	805	576	525	463	238	40	1.8k
Magdalena Torres Spain	28	928 1.2×	766 1.3×	684 1.3×	338 0.7×	162 0.7×	71	2.2k
Hirotoshi Shimizu Japan	25	1.1k 1.4×	421 0.7×	826 1.6×	289 0.6×	67 0.3×	59	2.2k
Evelyn Perez United States	27	943 1.2×	170 0.3×	306 0.6×	575 1.2×	183 0.8×	32	2.6k
Futoshi Izumi Japan	23	917 1.1×	195 0.3×	566 1.1×	230 0.5×	192 0.8×	97	1.7k
Agustina Garcı́a Spain	27	887 1.1×	73 0.1×	575 1.1×	861 1.9×	187 0.8×	72	2.4k
Tadayoshi Takeuchi Japan	31	1.5k 1.9×	103 0.2×	762 1.5×	756 1.6×	231 1.0×	140	3.0k
Jennifer Carlisle Michel United States	8	1.1k 1.3×	481 0.8×	561 1.1×	119 0.3×	164 0.7×	11	1.8k
Philip Szekeres United Kingdom	21	1.3k 1.6×	130 0.2×	1.0k 1.9×	630 1.4×	398 1.7×	31	2.3k
Barbara Robertson United States	23	783 1.0×	293 0.5×	291 0.6×	271 0.6×	130 0.5×	53	1.8k
Alexander J. Stokes United States	23	854 1.1×	371 0.6×	380 0.7×	256 0.6×	93 0.4×	43	2.9k

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Todorov, Latchezar D., Svetlana T. Mihaylova-Todorova, Timothy D. Westfall, et al.. (1997). Neuronal release of soluble nucleotidases and their role in neurotransmitter inactivation. Nature. 387(6628). 76–79. 213 indexed citations

Todorov, Latchezar D., Svetlana T. Mihaylova-Todorova, Gale L. Craviso, Richard A. Bjur, & D P Westfall. (1996). Evidence for the differential release of the cotransmitters ATP and noradrenaline from sympathetic nerves of the guinea‐pig vas deferens.. The Journal of Physiology. 496(3). 731–748. 102 indexed citations

Westfall, D P, Latchezar D. Todorov, Svetlana T. Mihaylova-Todorova, & Richard A. Bjur. (1996). Differences between the regulation of noradrenaline and ATP release. Journal of Autonomic Pharmacology. 16(6). 393–396. 28 indexed citations

Hashimoto, Michio, Kazumasa Shinozuka, Richard A. Bjur, et al.. (1995). The effects of age on the release of adenine nucleosides and nucleotides from rat caudal artery.. The Journal of Physiology. 489(3). 841–848. 23 indexed citations

Shinozuka, Kazumasa, Michio Hashimoto, Sumio Masumura, et al.. (1994). In vitro studies of release of adenine nucleotides and adenosine from rat vascular endothelium in response to α^1‐adrenoceptor stimulation. British Journal of Pharmacology. 113(4). 1203–1208. 54 indexed citations

Todorov, Latchezar D., Richard A. Bjur, & David P. Westfall. (1994). TEMPORAL DISSOCIATION OF THE RELEASE OF THE SYMPATHETIC CO‐TRANSMITTERS ATP AND NORADRENALINE. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 21(11). 931–932. 26 indexed citations

Todorov, Latchezar D., Richard A. Bjur, & D P Westfall. (1994). Inhibitory and facilitatory effects of purines on transmitter release from sympathetic nerves.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 268(2). 985–989. 43 indexed citations

Mohri, Kiminori, Kosei Takeuchi, Kazumasa Shinozuka, Richard A. Bjur, & D P Westfall. (1993). Simultaneous Determination of Nerve-Induced Adenine Nucleotides and Nucleosides Released from Rabbit Pulmonary Artery. Analytical Biochemistry. 210(2). 262–267. 32 indexed citations

Khoyi, Mohammad, Hugh H. Dalziel, Li Zhang, et al.. (1993). [Ca²⁺]_i‐sensitive, IP₃‐independent Ca²⁺ influx in smooth muscle of rat vas deferens revealed by procaine. British Journal of Pharmacology. 110(4). 1353–1358. 20 indexed citations

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Bjur, Richard A., et al.. (1991). Participation by purines in the modulation of norepinephrine release by methoxamine. European Journal of Pharmacology. 192(3). 431–434. 34 indexed citations

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Khoyi, Mohammad, Richard A. Bjur, & D P Westfall. (1991). Norepinephrine increases Na-Ca exchange in rabbit abdominal aorta. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 261(4). C685–C690. 19 indexed citations

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Westfall, David P., et al.. (1990). ATP as a Cotransmitter^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 603(1). 300–310. 43 indexed citations

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Shinozuka, Kazumasa, Richard A. Bjur, & D P Westfall. (1990). Effects of alpha,beta-methylene ATP on the prejunctional purinoceptors of the sympathetic nerves of the rat caudal artery.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 254(3). 900–904. 30 indexed citations

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Bjur, Richard A., et al.. (1990). Nerve and drug-induced release of adenine nucleosides and nucleotides from rabbit aorta.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 252(3). 1060–1067. 114 indexed citations

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Bjur, Richard A., et al.. (1990). Nucleotide modulation of norepinephrine release from sympathetic nerves in the rat vas deferens.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 256(3). 821–826. 64 indexed citations

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Reitz, Ronald C., David J. Mead, Richard A. Bjur, Arnold H. Greenhouse, & William H. Welch. (1989). Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase in human red blood cell membrane preparations. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(14). 8097–8106. 20 indexed citations

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Brown, Diane E., et al.. (1988). Effect of Blood Sampling and Shipment to Slaughter on Plasma Catecholamine Concentrations in Bulls. Journal of Animal Science. 66(5). 1223–1223. 19 indexed citations

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Morris, Howard R., et al.. (1974). Dihydrofolate reductase: low-resolution mass-spectrometric analysis of an elastase digest as a sequencing tool. Biochemical Journal. 137(2). 409–411. 30 indexed citations

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Waymire, Jack C., Richard A. Bjur, & Norman Weiner. (1971). Assay of tyrosine hydroxylase by coupled decarboxylation of dopa formed from 1-14C-l-tyrosine. Analytical Biochemistry. 43(2). 588–600. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hoskins, Dale D. & Richard A. Bjur. (1964). The Oxidation of N-Methylglycines by Primate Liver Mitochondria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 239(6). 1856–1863. 21 indexed citations

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