Robert G. Gourdie

12.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
176 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

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Robert G. Gourdie is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert G. Gourdie has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 70 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Robert G. Gourdie's work include Connexins and lens biology (83 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (50 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (39 papers). Robert G. Gourdie is often cited by papers focused on Connexins and lens biology (83 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (50 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (39 papers). Robert G. Gourdie collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Czechia. Robert G. Gourdie's co-authors include Takashi Mikawa, J. Matthew Rhett, Robert P. Thompson, Nicholas J. Severs, Jane Jourdan, Peter Köhl, Ralph J. Barker, Gautam S. Ghatnekar, Steven Poelzing and Joseph A. Palatinus and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Robert G. Gourdie

172 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Guidelines for experimental models of myocardial ischemia and infarction

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert G. Gourdie United States	54	7.3k	3.9k	1.2k	711	639	176	9.6k
Eva van Rooij Netherlands	46	10.9k 1.5×	2.7k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	556 0.8×	283 0.4×	92	13.9k
Nancy D. Dalton United States	50	5.3k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	406 0.6×	585 0.9×	106	9.0k
Sawa Kostin Germany	57	6.2k 0.8×	4.4k 1.1×	2.9k 2.4×	1.1k 1.6×	464 0.7×	129	11.8k
Vincent M. Christoffels Netherlands	61	9.0k 1.2×	4.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.9k 2.7×	589 0.9×	224	11.6k
Elisabeth Ehler United Kingdom	52	4.9k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	833 0.7×	457 0.6×	797 1.2×	137	7.7k
Xiaoxia Qi United States	38	10.6k 1.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	526 0.7×	527 0.8×	48	13.4k
David A. Conner United States	37	4.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	771 0.6×	553 0.8×	822 1.3×	88	6.9k
Nicholas J. Severs United Kingdom	57	6.9k 0.9×	4.6k 1.2×	912 0.7×	351 0.5×	657 1.0×	174	10.2k
Norbert Hübner Germany	50	4.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	843 0.7×	380 0.5×	392 0.6×	173	8.4k
Min Xie United States	40	4.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	742 0.6×	789 1.1×	283 0.4×	125	7.7k

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Gourdie, Robert G., et al.. (2025). Milk extracellular vesicles: A burgeoning new presence in nutraceuticals and drug delivery. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 10(3). e10756–e10756. 2 indexed citations

Smyth, James W., Sujuan Guo, Lata Chaunsali, et al.. (2025). Cytoplasmic connexin43-microtubule interactions promote glioblastoma stem-like cell maintenance and tumorigenicity. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 388–388. 2 indexed citations

Toldo, Stefano, et al.. (2024). Detection, Isolation and Quantification of Myocardial Infarct with Four Different Histological Staining Techniques. Diagnostics. 14(20). 2325–2325.

Zeitz, Μ., Grace A. Blair, D. Ryan King, et al.. (2024). Acute Adenoviral Infection Elicits an Arrhythmogenic Substrate Prior to Myocarditis. Circulation Research. 134(7). 892–912. 10 indexed citations

Ellena, Jeffrey F., et al.. (2024). Multi-site esterification: a tunable, reversible strategy to tailor therapeutic peptides for delivery. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 9(12). 1215–1227. 1 indexed citations

Jourdan, Jane, et al.. (2022). Abstract 11898: Bovine Milk-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as a Novel Injury-Targeting Drug Delivery System Following Cardiac Injury. Circulation. 146(Suppl_1). 4 indexed citations

Pridham, Kevin J., et al.. (2021). Novel Protocols for Scalable Production of High Quality Purified Small Extracellular Vesicles from Bovine Milk. Nanotheranostics. 5(4). 488–498. 43 indexed citations

Toldo, Stefano, et al.. (2019). Abstract 13803: A Short Connexin43 Carboxyl Terminal-Based Peptide Permeates Hemichannels and Provides Post-Infarction Cardioprotection in vivo. Circulation. 1 indexed citations

Veeraraghavan, Rengasayee, Gregory S. Hoeker, Anita Alvarez‐Laviada, et al.. (2018). The adhesion function of the sodium channel beta subunit (β1) contributes to cardiac action potential propagation. eLife. 7. 89 indexed citations

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Gourdie, Robert G., et al.. (2016). Targeting the tight junction protein, zonula occludens-1, with the connexin 43 mimetic peptide, αCT1, reduces VEGF-dependent RPE pathophysiology. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 57(12). 4993–4993. 3 indexed citations

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Calder, Bennett W., J. Matthew Rhett, Heather A. Bainbridge, et al.. (2015). Inhibition of Connexin 43 Hemichannel-Mediated ATP Release Attenuates Early Inflammation During the Foreign Body Response. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(11-12). 1752–1762. 56 indexed citations

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Sedmera, David & Robert G. Gourdie. (2014). Why Do We Have Purkinje Fibers Deep in Our Heart?. Physiological Research. 63(Suppl 1). S9–S18. 50 indexed citations

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Ongstad, Emily L., Michael P. O’Quinn, Gautam S. Ghatnekar, Michael J. Yost, & Robert G. Gourdie. (2013). A Connexin43 Mimetic Peptide Promotes Regenerative Healing and Improves Mechanical Properties in Skin and Heart. Advances in Wound Care. 2(2). 55–62. 33 indexed citations

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Rhett, J. Matthew, Joseph A. Palatinus, Jane Jourdan, & Robert G. Gourdie. (2011). Abstract 9561: Connexin43 Interacts with Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel 1.5 in the Perinexus. Circulation. 124(suppl_21). 5 indexed citations

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Marger, Laurine, Kenneth W. Hewett, T. Jarry‐Guichard, et al.. (2006). Nkx2.5 cell-autonomous gene function is required for the postnatal formation of the peripheral ventricular conduction system. Developmental Biology. 303(2). 740–753. 61 indexed citations

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Hunter, Andrew W., Ralph J. Barker, Ching Zhu, & Robert G. Gourdie. (2005). Zonula Occludens-1 Alters Connexin43 Gap Junction Size and Organization by Influencing Channel Accretion. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(12). 5686–5698. 292 indexed citations

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Gourdie, Robert G., Brett S. Harris, Jacqueline Bond, et al.. (2003). His–Purkinje Lineages and Development. Novartis Foundation symposium. 250. 110–124. 17 indexed citations

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Pennisi, David J., Stacey Rentschler, Robert G. Gourdie, Glenn I. Fishman, & Takashi Mikawa. (2002). Induction and patterning of the cardiac conduction system. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46(6). 765–775. 61 indexed citations

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Jouini, Mohamed Soufiane, et al.. (2001). [Mediterranean lymphoma mimicking Crohn's disease].. PubMed. 82(7). 855–8. 2 indexed citations

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Green, Colin, et al.. (1988). Analysis of the rat liver gap junction protein : clarification of anomalies in its molecular size. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 233(1271). 165–174. 30 indexed citations

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