Richard W. Aldrich

20.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
142 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Richard W. Aldrich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard W. Aldrich has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Molecular Biology, 70 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 51 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Richard W. Aldrich's work include Ion channel regulation and function (94 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (50 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (36 papers). Richard W. Aldrich is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (94 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (50 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (36 papers). Richard W. Aldrich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Richard W. Aldrich's co-authors include Toshinori Hoshi, William N. Zagotta, Frank T. Horrigan, Mark T. Nelson, Jianmin Cui, Andrea L. Meredith, Daniel H. Cox, Robert Brenner, Charles F. Stevens and Adrian D. Bonev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard W. Aldrich

139 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Shaker Potassium ... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1990 2005 2000 1990 1991 400 800 1.2k
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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. Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Shaker Potassium Channel Inactivation
    1990 1.3k citations Toshinori Hoshi, William N. Zagotta et al. profile →
  2. International Union of Pharmacology. LII. Nomenclature and Molecular Relationships of Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
    2005 822 citations Richard W. Aldrich, Stephan Grissmer et al. Pharmacological Reviews profile →
  3. Vasoregulation by the β1 subunit of the calcium-activated potassium channel
    2000 688 citations Robert Brenner, Adrian D. Bonev et al. profile →
  4. Restoration of Inactivation in Mutants of Shaker Potassium Channels by a Peptide Derived from ShB
    1990 621 citations William N. Zagotta, Toshinori Hoshi et al. profile →
  5. Two types of inactivation in Shaker K+ channels: Effects of alterations in the carboxy-terminal region
    1991 598 citations Toshinori Hoshi, William N. Zagotta et al. Neuron profile →
  6. A reinterpretation of mammalian sodium channel gating based on single channel recording
    1983 537 citations Richard W. Aldrich, Charles F. Stevens et al. profile →
  7. Effects of external cations and mutations in the pore region on C-type inactivation of Shaker potassium channels.
    1993 524 citations Toshinori Hoshi, Richard W. Aldrich et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard W. Aldrich United States 64 13.9k 9.2k 7.0k 1.1k 899 142 16.6k
Walter Stühmer Germany 63 11.3k 0.8× 6.3k 0.7× 3.7k 0.5× 874 0.8× 582 0.6× 148 14.0k
Stefan H. Heinemann Germany 67 12.4k 0.9× 6.2k 0.7× 4.1k 0.6× 919 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 341 17.0k
Olaf Pongs Germany 71 14.2k 1.0× 7.9k 0.9× 6.4k 0.9× 981 0.9× 896 1.0× 247 17.5k
B. Sakmann Germany 18 16.4k 1.2× 13.0k 1.4× 5.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 19 20.0k
Gary Yellen United States 57 11.3k 0.8× 6.7k 0.7× 4.9k 0.7× 469 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 100 13.6k
Arthur Brown United States 92 19.4k 1.4× 11.1k 1.2× 12.1k 1.7× 524 0.5× 1.6k 1.8× 383 27.5k
Ramón Latorre Chile 60 9.3k 0.7× 5.7k 0.6× 3.4k 0.5× 1.7k 1.6× 917 1.0× 209 12.3k
Owen P. Hamill United States 31 17.7k 1.3× 13.2k 1.4× 5.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.9× 2.4k 2.7× 65 22.0k
Jörg Striessnig Austria 69 12.5k 0.9× 8.2k 0.9× 4.2k 0.6× 1.7k 1.6× 1.4k 1.6× 224 16.9k
James S. Trimmer United States 71 12.3k 0.9× 9.5k 1.0× 5.1k 0.7× 806 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 188 16.2k

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All Works

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Liebeskind, Benjamin J., Richard W. Aldrich, & Edward M. Marcotte. (2019). Ancestral reconstruction of protein interaction networks. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(10). e1007396–e1007396. 9 indexed citations
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Dockendorff, Chris, Radda Rusinova, Helgi I. Ingólfsson, et al.. (2018). Synthetic Analogues of the Snail Toxin 6-Bromo-2-mercaptotryptamine Dimer (BrMT) Reveal That Lipid Bilayer Perturbation Does Not Underlie Its Modulation of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels. Biochemistry. 57(18). 2733–2743. 14 indexed citations
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Kaczmarek, Leonard K., Richard W. Aldrich, K. George Chandy, et al.. (2016). International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. C. Nomenclature and Properties of Calcium-Activated and Sodium-Activated Potassium Channels. Pharmacological Reviews. 69(1). 1–11. 79 indexed citations
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Halling, D. Brent, Sophia Kenrick, Austen Riggs, & Richard W. Aldrich. (2014). Calcium-dependent stoichiometries of the KCa2.2 (SK) intracellular domain/calmodulin complex in solution. The Journal of General Physiology. 143(2). 231–252. 21 indexed citations
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Hines, Keegan, Thomas R. Middendorf, & Richard W. Aldrich. (2013). On Parameter Identifiability in Non-Linear Biophysical Models. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 405a–405a. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Weiyan & Richard W. Aldrich. (2009). Activation of the SK potassium channel-calmodulin complex by nanomolar concentrations of terbium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(4). 1075–1080. 13 indexed citations
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Misonou, Hiroaki, Milena Menegola, Lynn Buchwalder, et al.. (2006). Immunolocalization of the Ca2+‐activated K+ channel Slo1 in axons and nerve terminals of mammalian brain and cultured neurons. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 496(3). 289–302. 109 indexed citations
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Petkov, Georgi V., Adrian D. Bonev, Thomas J. Heppner, et al.. (2001). β1‐Subunit of the Ca2+‐activated K+ channel regulates contractile activity of mouse urinary bladder smooth muscle. The Journal of Physiology. 537(2). 443–452. 132 indexed citations
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Aldrich, Richard W.. (2000). How Do You Know You Are at War in the Information Age. Houston journal of international law. 22(2). 223. 7 indexed citations
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Aldrich, Richard W., et al.. (2000). Complex Voltage-Dependent Behavior of Single Unliganded Calcium-Sensitive Potassium Channels. Biophysical Journal. 78(2). 761–772. 36 indexed citations
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Zei, Paul C., et al.. (1999). Effects on Ion Permeation with Hydrophobic Substitutions at a Residue in Shaker S6 That Interacts with a Signature Sequence Amino Acid. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 868(1). 458–464. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jifang, Patrick T. Ellinor, Richard W. Aldrich, & Richard W. Tsien. (1996). Multiple Structural Elements in Voltage-Dependent Ca2+ Channels Support Their Inhibition by G Proteins. Neuron. 17(5). 991–1003. 166 indexed citations
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Murrell‐Lagnado, Ruth D. & Richard W. Aldrich. (1993). Energetics of Shaker K channels block by inactivation peptides.. The Journal of General Physiology. 102(6). 977–1003. 90 indexed citations
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Chung, Sungkwon, et al.. (1992). A peptide derived from the shaker B K+ channel produces short and long blocks of reconstituted Ca2+-dependent K+ channels. Neuron. 9(2). 229–236. 51 indexed citations
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Aldrich, Richard W., et al.. (1991). Tetraethylammonium blockade distinguishes two inactivation mechanisms in voltage-activated K+ channels.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(12). 5092–5095. 384 indexed citations
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O’Dowd, Diane K., et al.. (1989). Alterations in the expression and gating of drosophila sodium channels by mutations in the para gene. Neuron. 2(4). 1301–1311. 41 indexed citations
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Zagotta, William N., et al.. (1989). Properties of ShB AType potassium channels expressed in Shaker mutant drosophil by germline transformation. Neuron. 3(6). 773–782. 33 indexed citations
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Aldrich, Richard W. & Charles F. Stevens. (1983). Inactivation of Open and Closed Sodium Channels Determined Separately. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 48(0). 147–153. 62 indexed citations
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Aldrich, Richard W.. (1981). Inactivation of voltage-gated delayed potassium current in molluscan neurons. A kinetic model. Biophysical Journal. 36(3). 519–532. 64 indexed citations

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