Robert Weingart

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Weingart is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Weingart has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert Weingart's work include Ion channel regulation and function (45 papers), Connexins and lens biology (33 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (25 papers). Robert Weingart is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (45 papers), Connexins and lens biology (33 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (25 papers). Robert Weingart collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Robert Weingart's co-authors include Richard W. Tsien, Robert S. Kass, Feliksas F. Bukauskas, W. Jonathan Lederer, Virginijus Valiūnas, P. Maurer, Klaus Willecke, Thomas Desplantez, C. Elfgang and Péter Metzger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Circulation Research and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Weingart

68 papers receiving 3.7k 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. Role of calcium ions in transient inward currents and aftercontractions induced by strophanthidin in cardiac Purkinje fibres.
    1978 518 citations Robert Weingart et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Weingart Switzerland 37 3.3k 1.9k 1.1k 166 147 70 4.0k
Eric Guillemare France 21 3.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.2× 1.8k 1.6× 148 0.9× 156 1.1× 27 4.0k
Randall L. Rasmusson United States 35 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 153 0.9× 199 1.4× 82 4.0k
Gail A. Robertson United States 32 4.5k 1.4× 3.5k 1.9× 2.0k 1.8× 122 0.7× 171 1.2× 66 5.3k
Alain Coulombe France 32 2.3k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 814 0.7× 277 1.7× 117 0.8× 86 3.1k
Henry M. Colecraft United States 36 2.8k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 254 1.5× 146 1.0× 83 3.5k
Makoto Inui Japan 33 3.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 990 0.9× 318 1.9× 126 0.9× 86 4.2k
Thomas Jespersen Denmark 41 3.4k 1.0× 3.6k 1.9× 1.1k 1.0× 235 1.4× 199 1.4× 193 5.4k
Dirk J. Snyders Belgium 40 4.2k 1.3× 3.7k 1.9× 1.8k 1.6× 202 1.2× 99 0.7× 113 5.1k
Nora Rosemblit United States 10 2.9k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 693 0.6× 165 1.0× 276 1.9× 11 3.8k
Neil A. Castle United States 25 2.1k 0.6× 972 0.5× 927 0.8× 322 1.9× 185 1.3× 40 2.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Desplantez, Thomas, Vandana Verma, Luc Leybaert, W. Howard Evans, & Robert Weingart. (2012). Gap26, a connexin mimetic peptide, inhibits currents carried by connexin43 hemichannels and gap junction channels. Pharmacological Research. 65(5). 546–552. 90 indexed citations
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Vogel, Rolf, Virginijus Valiūnas, & Robert Weingart. (2006). Subconductance States of Cx30 Gap Junction Channels: Data from Transfected HeLa Cells versus Data from a Mathematical Model. Biophysical Journal. 91(6). 2337–2348. 7 indexed citations
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Niggli, Ernst, André G. Kléber, & Robert Weingart. (2005). Founder of cardiac cellular electrophysiology: Honouring Silvio Weidmann, 7 April 1921– 11 July 2005. The Journal of Physiology. 570(3). 431–432. 1 indexed citations
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Sakai, Rieko, C. Elfgang, Rolf Vogel, Klaus Willecke, & Robert Weingart. (2003). The electrical behaviour of rat connexin46 gap junction channels expressed in transfected HeLa cells. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 446(6). 714–727. 14 indexed citations
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Vogel, Rolf & Robert Weingart. (2002). The electrophysiology of gap junctions and gap junction channels and their mathematical modelling. Biology of the Cell. 94(7-8). 501–510. 26 indexed citations
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Manthey, Dieter, Kathrin Banach, Thomas Desplantez, et al.. (2001). Intracellular Domains of Mouse Connexin26 and -30 Affect Diffusional and Electrical Properties of Gap Junction Channels. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 181(2). 137–148. 77 indexed citations
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Vogel, Rolf, et al.. (2001). Influence of Dynamic Gap Junction Resistance on Impulse Propagation in Ventricular Myocardium: A Computer Simulation Study. Biophysical Journal. 81(4). 2112–2121. 62 indexed citations
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Valiūnas, Virginijus, Rolf Vogel, & Robert Weingart. (2000). The kinetics of gap junction currents are sensitive to the ionic composition of the pipette solution. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 440(6). 835–842. 7 indexed citations
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Valiūnas, Virginijus, et al.. (1999). Electrophysiological properties of gap junction channels in hepatocytes isolated from connexin32-deficient and wild-type mice. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 437(6). 846–856. 40 indexed citations
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Valiūnas, Virginijus, Dieter Manthey, Rolf Vogel, Klaus Willecke, & Robert Weingart. (1999). Biophysical properties of mouse connexin30 gap junction channels studied in transfected human HeLa cells. The Journal of Physiology. 519(3). 631–644. 66 indexed citations
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Valiūnas, Virginijus, et al.. (1997). Modulation of Cardiac Gap Junctions: The Mode of Action of Arachidonic Acid. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 29(6). 1703–1713. 40 indexed citations
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Weingart, Robert & Feliksas F. Bukauskas. (1997). Long-chain n-alkanols and arachidonic acid interfere with the V m -sensitive gating mechanism of gap junction channels. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 435(2). 310–319. 60 indexed citations
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Banach, Kathrin & Robert Weingart. (1996). Connexin43 gap junctions exhibit asymmetrical gating properties. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 431(5). 775–785. 20 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Heinz, Feliksas F. Bukauskas, Hella Lichtenberg‐Fraté, et al.. (1996). Incompatibility of connexin 40 and 43 Hemichannels in gap junctions between mammalian cells is determined by intracellular domains.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 7(12). 1995–2006. 82 indexed citations
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Firek, Ludwik & Robert Weingart. (1995). Modification of gap junction conductance by divalent cations and protons in neonatal rat heart cells. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 27(8). 1633–1643. 58 indexed citations
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Bukauskas, Feliksas F., C. Elfgang, Klaus Willecke, & Robert Weingart. (1995). Biophysical properties of gap junction channels formed by mouse connexin40 in induced pairs of transfected human HeLa cells. Biophysical Journal. 68(6). 2289–2298. 166 indexed citations
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Bukauskas, Feliksas F. & Robert Weingart. (1994). Voltage-dependent gating of single gap junction channels in an insect cell line. Biophysical Journal. 67(2). 613–625. 73 indexed citations
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Lanzrein, Markus, et al.. (1993). Early Events of Semliki Forest Virus-Induced Cell-Cell Fusion. Virology. 196(2). 541–547. 22 indexed citations
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Weingart, Robert & Feliksas F. Bukauskas. (1993). Gap junction channels of insects exhibit a residual conductance. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 424(2). 192–194. 19 indexed citations
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Bukauskas, Feliksas F. & Robert Weingart. (1993). Temperature dependence of gap junction properties in neonatal rat heart cells. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 423-423(1-2). 133–139. 42 indexed citations

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