Roderick MacKinnon

1.9k total citations
7 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Roderick MacKinnon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Roderick MacKinnon has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Roderick MacKinnon's work include Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (3 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (2 papers). Roderick MacKinnon is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (3 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (2 papers). Roderick MacKinnon collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Roderick MacKinnon's co-authors include Ming Zhou, João H. Morais‐Cabral, Sabine Mann, Kenton J. Swartz, Rama Ranganathan, John H. Lewis, Martine Cadène, Youxing Jiang, Alexander R. Pico and Brian T. Chait and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Roderick MacKinnon

7 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roderick MacKinnon United States 7 1.3k 622 534 166 131 7 1.6k
Montserrat Samsó United States 24 1.5k 1.1× 287 0.5× 649 1.2× 87 0.5× 132 1.0× 56 1.8k
Carole Williams United States 15 1.2k 0.9× 410 0.7× 202 0.4× 138 0.8× 126 1.0× 17 1.5k
Francis I. Valiyaveetil United States 20 1.5k 1.1× 347 0.6× 219 0.4× 71 0.4× 208 1.6× 40 1.7k
Merritt Maduke United States 23 1.2k 0.9× 412 0.7× 225 0.4× 53 0.3× 95 0.7× 39 1.5k
Chris S. Gandhi United States 15 1.1k 0.9× 499 0.8× 349 0.7× 29 0.2× 109 0.8× 17 1.4k
H.‐A. Kolb Germany 23 1.2k 0.9× 440 0.7× 158 0.3× 45 0.3× 50 0.4× 47 1.5k
Ofer Yifrach Israel 21 1.5k 1.1× 362 0.6× 317 0.6× 65 0.4× 72 0.5× 37 1.7k
Kimberly Matulef United States 16 715 0.5× 329 0.5× 169 0.3× 30 0.2× 112 0.9× 23 864
Albert Cha United States 8 1.0k 0.8× 642 1.0× 456 0.9× 22 0.1× 38 0.3× 8 1.1k
Cristina Paulino Netherlands 18 1.1k 0.8× 302 0.5× 150 0.3× 103 0.6× 65 0.5× 30 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Roderick MacKinnon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roderick MacKinnon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roderick MacKinnon

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All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Mazal, Hisham, et al.. (2024). Higher-order transient membrane protein structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2421275121–e2421275121. 6 indexed citations
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MacKinnon, Roderick. (2004). Potassium Channels and the Atomic Basis of Selective Ion Conduction (Nobel Lecture). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(33). 4265–4277. 309 indexed citations
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Zhou, Ming, João H. Morais‐Cabral, Sabine Mann, & Roderick MacKinnon. (2001). Potassium channel receptor site for the inactivation gate and quaternary amine inhibitors. Nature. 411(6838). 657–661. 473 indexed citations
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Jiang, Youxing, Alexander R. Pico, Martine Cadène, Brian T. Chait, & Roderick MacKinnon. (2001). Structure of the RCK Domain from the E. coli K+ Channel and Demonstration of Its Presence in the Human BK Channel. Neuron. 29(3). 593–601. 252 indexed citations
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Swartz, Kenton J. & Roderick MacKinnon. (1997). Mapping the Receptor Site for Hanatoxin, a Gating Modifier of Voltage-Dependent K+ Channels. Neuron. 18(4). 675–682. 203 indexed citations
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Ranganathan, Rama, John H. Lewis, & Roderick MacKinnon. (1996). Spatial Localization of the K+ Channel Selectivity Filter by Mutant Cycle–Based Structure Analysis. Neuron. 16(1). 131–139. 252 indexed citations
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Gross, Adrian, Tatiana Abramson, & Roderick MacKinnon. (1994). Transfer of the scorpion toxin receptor to an insensitive potassium channel. Neuron. 13(4). 961–966. 64 indexed citations

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