W. D. McElroy

10.4k citations
128 papers · 6.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 48
Topics
bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (53 papers)Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers)Fish Ecology and Management Studies (13 papers)

In The Last Decade

W. D. McElroy

121 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Chemical Basis of Heredity19572026198020031957200400600

Peers

W. D. McElroy
Comparison fields: 5 of 169
  • Molecular Biology 4.5k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1.8k
  • Biomedical Engineering 775
  • Biophysics 443
  • Ecology 395
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. D. McElroy

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All Works

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More, Not Less, Graduate Education.
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The Role of Fundamental Research in an Advanced Society
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Biochemie und Physiologie der Zelle
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10 90
11 26
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A Symposium on Light and Life
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A symposium on the chemical basis of heredity
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A symposium on inorganic nitrogen metabolism : function of metallo-flavoproteins
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A Symposium on the Mechanism of Enzyme Action
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Phosphorus metabolism : a symposium on the role of phosphorus in the metabolism of plants and animals
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About W. D. McElroy

W. D. McElroy is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 128 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (53 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.8k citations), Biophysics (443 citations) and Molecular Biology (4.5k citations). W. D. McElroy has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Bentley Glass, H. H. Seliger, Howard B. Newcombe, Marlene DeLuca, Emil H. White, Jeffrey L. Denburg, M. DeLuca, Keith V. Wood, Y. Amy Lam and Reiko T. Lee. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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