W. Russell Brain

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 621 citations indexed

About

W. Russell Brain is a scholar working on Neurology, Surgery and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Russell Brain has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 621 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Neurology, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in W. Russell Brain's work include Neurology and Historical Studies (3 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (2 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (2 papers). W. Russell Brain is often cited by papers focused on Neurology and Historical Studies (3 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (2 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (2 papers). W. Russell Brain collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and Canada. W. Russell Brain's co-authors include Marcia Wilkinson, P. M. Daniel, J. G. Greenfield, V. J. McGill and Roderick M. Chisholm and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Brain.

In The Last Decade

W. Russell Brain

12 papers receiving 494 citations

Hit Papers

THE NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 100 200 300
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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. THE NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS
    1952 331 citations W. Russell Brain, Marcia Wilkinson et al. Brain profile →

Peers

W. Russell Brain
Peter Dyck United States
L.A. Liversedge United Kingdom
Charles R. Smith United States
İbrahim Suat Öktem Türkiye
K Katevuo Finland
Michael Brooks United States
Melville Roberts United States
S. F. S. Halpin United Kingdom
S Bloch United States
Ruth Atkinson United Kingdom
Peter Dyck United States
W. Russell Brain
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Russell Brain

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Russell Brain

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Russell Brain. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Russell Brain 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. Russell Brain. W. Russell Brain is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
1.
Brain, W. Russell. (2000). Encounters with Winston Churchill. Medical History. 44(1). 3–20. 11 indexed citations
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Brain, W. Russell. (1967). Cervical Spondylosis and Other Disorders of the Cervical Spine. Elsevier eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Brain, W. Russell. (1965). Science and Antiscience. Science. 148(3667). 192–198. 14 indexed citations
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Brain, W. Russell. (1961). NOTICES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Brain. 84(1). 128–128.
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Brain, W. Russell. (1960). SPACE AND SENSE-DATA. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 11(43). 177–191. 5 indexed citations
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Brain, W. Russell. (1956). The Thirtieth Maudsley Lecture: Perception and Imperception. Journal of Mental Science. 102(427). 221–232. 8 indexed citations
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Brain, W. Russell. (1956). THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. The Lancet. 267(6920). 441–442. 51 indexed citations
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Brain, W. Russell. (1954). THE POSITION OF NEUROLOGY. The Lancet. 263(6825). 1293–1293.
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Chisholm, Roderick M. & W. Russell Brain. (1953). Mind, Perception and Science.. The Journal of Philosophy. 50(16). 503–503. 2 indexed citations
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McGill, V. J. & W. Russell Brain. (1953). Mind, Perception and Science.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 13(4). 567–567. 24 indexed citations
11.
Brain, W. Russell. (1952). Committee on Poliomyelitis. BMJ. 1(4768). 1131–1131. 1 indexed citations
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Brain, W. Russell, et al.. (1952). THE NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS. Brain. 75(2). 187–225. 331 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brain, W. Russell. (1951). The Cerebral Basis of Consciousness. [Abridged]. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 44(1). 37–42. 2 indexed citations
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Brain, W. Russell, P. M. Daniel, & J. G. Greenfield. (1951). SUBACUTE CORTICAL CEREBELLAR DEGENERATION AND ITS RELATION TO CARCINOMA. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 14(2). 59–75. 150 indexed citations

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