W. B. Marks

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

W. B. Marks is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, W. B. Marks has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in W. B. Marks's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (5 papers) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (4 papers). W. B. Marks is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (5 papers) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (4 papers). W. B. Marks collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. B. Marks's co-authors include G. David Lange, Thomas G. Smith, Gerald E. Loeb, Edward F. MacNichol, Wm. H. Dobelle, J. A. Hoffer, C. A. Pratt, Michael J. O’Donovan, Nobuhiro Sugano and E. A. Neale and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

W. B. Marks

22 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Fractal methods and results in cellular morphology — dime... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300 400
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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. Fractal methods and results in cellular morphology — dimensions, lacunarity and multifractals
    1996 479 citations Thomas G. Smith, G. David Lange et al. Journal of Neuroscience Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. B. Marks United States 19 753 553 516 511 170 22 2.1k
Kunal Ghosh India 11 959 1.3× 1.1k 1.9× 242 0.5× 246 0.5× 146 0.9× 24 2.0k
David Whitlock United States 22 1.0k 1.4× 850 1.5× 249 0.5× 452 0.9× 366 2.2× 30 2.7k
Marcel Egger United States 32 486 0.6× 1.3k 2.3× 1.0k 2.0× 536 1.0× 293 1.7× 90 3.4k
Francis O. Schmitt United States 27 1.3k 1.7× 1.2k 2.2× 1.1k 2.2× 369 0.7× 183 1.1× 60 5.0k
G. David Lange United States 25 329 0.4× 986 1.8× 1.1k 2.2× 97 0.2× 161 0.9× 36 2.5k
Daniel R. Berger United States 19 570 0.8× 803 1.5× 1.1k 2.1× 335 0.7× 362 2.1× 41 2.8k
Christoph Kirst United States 14 330 0.4× 315 0.6× 589 1.1× 225 0.4× 118 0.7× 23 1.5k
Geoffrey A. Manley Germany 47 1.4k 1.8× 727 1.3× 1.3k 2.4× 457 0.9× 665 3.9× 203 7.5k
Yoko Yamaguchi Japan 33 2.0k 2.6× 661 1.2× 389 0.8× 699 1.4× 129 0.8× 192 4.3k
William E. Allen United States 23 1.1k 1.5× 1.2k 2.2× 1.6k 3.1× 188 0.4× 313 1.8× 51 3.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. B. Marks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. B. Marks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. B. Marks based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with W. B. Marks. W. B. Marks is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ahmadian, Reza, et al.. (2011). Input-output modelling of tidal renewable energy. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1187. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Thomas G., G. David Lange, & W. B. Marks. (1996). Fractal methods and results in cellular morphology — dimensions, lacunarity and multifractals. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 69(2). 123–136. 479 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marks, W. B., et al.. (1992). A parsimonious description of motoneuron dendritic morphology using computer simulation. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(6). 2403–2416. 82 indexed citations
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Behar, Toby, et al.. (1991). A fractal analysis of cultured rat optic nerve glial growth and differentiation. Neuroscience. 41(1). 159–166. 45 indexed citations
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Loeb, Gerald E., et al.. (1990). Monosynaptic and dorsal root reflexes during locomotion in normal and thalamic cats. Journal of Neurophysiology. 63(6). 1467–1476. 39 indexed citations
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Smith, Thomas G., et al.. (1989). A fractal analysis of cell images. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 27(2). 173–180. 223 indexed citations
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Smith, Thomas G., et al.. (1988). Edge detection in images using Marr-Hildreth filtering techniques. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 26(1). 75–81. 37 indexed citations
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Hoffer, J. A., Gerald E. Loeb, W. B. Marks, et al.. (1987). Cat hindlimb motoneurons during locomotion. I. Destination, axonal conduction velocity, and recruitment threshold. Journal of Neurophysiology. 57(2). 510–529. 53 indexed citations
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Hoffer, J. A., G. E. Loeb, Nobuhiro Sugano, et al.. (1987). Cat hindlimb motoneurons during locomotion. III. Functional segregation in sartorius. Journal of Neurophysiology. 57(2). 554–562. 175 indexed citations
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Loeb, Gerald E., W. B. Marks, & J. A. Hoffer. (1987). Cat hindlimb motoneurons during locomotion. IV. Participation in cutaneous reflexes. Journal of Neurophysiology. 57(2). 563–573. 36 indexed citations
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Hoffer, J. A., Nobuhiro Sugano, G. E. Loeb, et al.. (1987). Cat hindlimb motoneurons during locomotion. II. Normal activity patterns. Journal of Neurophysiology. 57(2). 530–553. 120 indexed citations
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Palmėr, Caroline, W. B. Marks, & Martin Bak. (1985). The responses of cat motor cortical units to electrical cutaneous stimulation during locomotion and during lifting, falling and landing. Experimental Brain Research. 58(1). 102–16. 34 indexed citations
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Abraham, Lawrence D., W. B. Marks, & Gerald E. Loeb. (1985). The distal hindlimb musculature of the cat. Experimental Brain Research. 58(3). 594–603. 92 indexed citations
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Loeb, Gerald E., J. A. Hoffer, & W. B. Marks. (1985). Activity of spindle afferents from cat anterior thigh muscles. III. Effects of external stimuli. Journal of Neurophysiology. 54(3). 578–591. 43 indexed citations
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Marks, W. B., et al.. (1984). The work of the cat hindlimb muscles during locomotion. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 10(1). 628. 1 indexed citations
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Hoffer, J. A., G. E. Loeb, W. B. Marks, & Nobuhiro Sugano. (1983). Orderly recruitment of cat hindlimb motoneurons during locomotion. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 56(3). S100–S101. 1 indexed citations
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Loeb, Gerald E., W. B. Marks, & P Beatty. (1977). Analysis and microelectronic design of tubular electrode arrays intended for chronic, multiple singleunit recording from captured nerve fibres. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 15(2). 195–201. 40 indexed citations
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Wartzok, Douglas & W. B. Marks. (1973). Directionally selective visual units recorded in optic tectum of the goldfish.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 36(4). 588–604. 42 indexed citations
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Dobelle, Wm. H., W. B. Marks, & Edward F. MacNichol. (1969). Visual Pigment Density in Single Primate Foveal Cones. Science. 166(3912). 1508–1510. 27 indexed citations
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Marks, W. B., Wm. H. Dobelle, & Edward F. MacNichol. (1964). Visual Pigments of Single Primate Cones. Science. 143(3611). 1181–1183. 278 indexed citations

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