W. Barry Wood

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

W. Barry Wood is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Barry Wood has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in W. Barry Wood's work include Thermal Regulation in Medicine (14 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (10 papers). W. Barry Wood is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Regulation in Medicine (14 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (10 papers). W. Barry Wood collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and United Kingdom. W. Barry Wood's co-authors include Mary Ruth Smith, Susan Strome, Michelle K. Smith, Jenny Knight, Helen R. Revel, E Atkins, R. S. Edgar, Tin Tin Su, Carl Wieman and Nancy Guild and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W. Barry Wood

82 papers receiving 3.8k 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. Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on In-Class Concept Questions
    2009 661 citations Michelle K. Smith, W. Barry Wood 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
W. Barry Wood United States 38 1.4k 738 688 647 587 84 4.5k
C. Elizabeth Shaaban United States 43 3.1k 2.1× 415 0.6× 50 0.1× 1.1k 1.8× 252 0.4× 138 5.8k
Michael E. Ward United States 54 2.5k 1.7× 1.1k 1.5× 102 0.1× 416 0.6× 82 0.1× 246 8.9k
Michael R. Miller United States 36 2.0k 1.4× 493 0.7× 232 0.3× 410 0.6× 118 0.2× 137 4.8k
Jie Cui China 38 1.9k 1.3× 800 1.1× 38 0.1× 501 0.8× 354 0.6× 153 9.3k
David J. Lynn Australia 39 2.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.6× 146 0.2× 650 1.0× 105 0.2× 95 5.1k
Alexander Schmidt Switzerland 56 7.6k 5.2× 623 0.8× 75 0.1× 1.3k 2.0× 484 0.8× 171 11.2k
Steven M. Lewis United States 25 3.3k 2.3× 738 1.0× 70 0.1× 546 0.8× 237 0.4× 55 6.2k
Samuel C. Silverstein United States 52 4.1k 2.8× 3.8k 5.1× 77 0.1× 890 1.4× 267 0.5× 108 11.5k
Michiko Kobayashi Japan 37 3.2k 2.2× 5.4k 7.3× 94 0.1× 827 1.3× 110 0.2× 155 11.1k
Takashi Makinodan United States 44 1.2k 0.8× 2.9k 3.9× 9 0.0× 413 0.6× 51 0.1× 211 6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Barry Wood

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Michelle K., W. Barry Wood, Kenneth Krauter, & Jenny Knight. (2011). Combining Peer Discussion with Instructor Explanation Increases Student Learning from In-Class Concept Questions. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 10(1). 55–63. 177 indexed citations
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Yandell, Mark, et al.. (1994). Trimethylpsoralen induces small deletion mutations inCaenorhabditis elegans.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(4). 1381–1385. 104 indexed citations
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Snyder, Melissa R. & W. Barry Wood. (1989). Genetic definition of two functional elements in a bacteriophage T4 host-range "cassette".. Genetics. 122(3). 471–479. 11 indexed citations
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Trent, Carol, W. Barry Wood, & H. Robert Horvitz. (1988). A novel dominant transformer allele of the sex-determining gene her-1 of Caenorhabditis elegans.. Genetics. 120(1). 145–157. 39 indexed citations
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Stoker, D., P.H. Barker, H. Naylor, R.E. White, & W. Barry Wood. (1981). A system for the accurate measurement of nuclear reaction Q-values. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 180(2-3). 515–521. 13 indexed citations
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Moore, Douglas M., Patrick J. Murphy, P. Joan Chesney, & W. Barry Wood. (1973). SYNTHESIS OF ENDOGENOUS PYROGEN BY RABBIT LEUKOCYTES. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 137(5). 1263–1274. 32 indexed citations
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Hahn, Helmut, et al.. (1970). STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 131(4). 701–709. 15 indexed citations
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Hahn, Helmut, et al.. (1970). STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 132(1). 127–133. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Mary Ruth & W. Barry Wood. (1969). HEAT LABILE OPSONINS TO PNEUMOCOCCUS. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 130(6). 1209–1227. 64 indexed citations
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Kozak, Marilyn, Helmut Hahn, William J. Lennarz, & W. Barry Wood. (1968). STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 127(2). 341–357. 37 indexed citations
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Drachman, Robert H., Richard K. Root, & W. Barry Wood. (1966). STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF EXPERIMENTAL NONKETOTIC DIABETES MELLITUS ON ANTIBACTERIAL DEFENSE. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 124(2). 227–240. 106 indexed citations
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Berlin, Richard D. & W. Barry Wood. (1964). STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 119(5). 697–714. 32 indexed citations
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Wood, W. Barry, et al.. (1962). STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 115(1). 37–47. 32 indexed citations
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Wood, W. Barry, et al.. (1958). STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 107(2). 305–318. 42 indexed citations
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Wood, W. Barry. (1958). THE ROLE OF ENDOGENOUS PYROGEN IN THE GENESIS OF FEVER. The Lancet. 272(7037). 53–57. 32 indexed citations
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Wood, W. Barry, et al.. (1958). STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 107(2). 279–289. 49 indexed citations
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Smith, Mary Ruth & W. Barry Wood. (1956). AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURATIVE ACTION OF PENICILLIN IN ACUTE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 103(4). 499–508. 34 indexed citations
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Smith, Mary Ruth & W. Barry Wood. (1956). AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURATIVE ACTION OF PENICILLIN IN ACUTE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 103(4). 509–522. 33 indexed citations
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Allison, Fred, Mary Ruth Smith, & W. Barry Wood. (1955). STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF ACUTE INFLAMMATION. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 102(6). 655–668. 121 indexed citations
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Wood, W. Barry, et al.. (1955). The apparent activation of salmonella enteritis by oxytetracycline. The American Journal of Medicine. 18(5). 839–841. 10 indexed citations

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