William A. Ayer

6.0k total citations
228 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

William A. Ayer is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Ayer has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Pharmacology, 70 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 61 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William A. Ayer's work include Fungal Biology and Applications (45 papers), Botanical Research and Chemistry (37 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (31 papers). William A. Ayer is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Biology and Applications (45 papers), Botanical Research and Chemistry (37 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (31 papers). William A. Ayer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. William A. Ayer's co-authors include Lois M. Browne, Latchezar S. Trifonov, Norman L. Corah, Robert M. O’Shea, Elliot N. Gale, Shichang Miao, Luis M. Peña-Rodrı́guez, Thomas T. Nakashima, Peter P. Singer and J. B. Stothers and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William A. Ayer

222 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Ayer Canada	36	1.9k	1.5k	1.4k	974	566	228	4.7k
Gerhard Buchbauer Austria	43	370 0.2×	687 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	2.8k 2.9×	255 0.5×	293	7.3k
Adriano Antunes de Souza Araújo Brazil	51	741 0.4×	539 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	120 0.2×	294	8.0k
James G. Hamilton United Kingdom	41	204 0.1×	919 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	889 0.9×	60 0.1×	214	5.4k
Gabriela Mazzanti Italy	40	551 0.3×	295 0.2×	1.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.8×	181 0.3×	121	5.8k
J. David Phillipson United Kingdom	40	897 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.6×	2.2k 2.3×	259 0.5×	143	6.4k
Samir A. Ross United States	43	2.8k 1.5×	625 0.4×	2.1k 1.5×	2.6k 2.7×	376 0.7×	311	7.1k
Anna K. Jäger Denmark	52	979 0.5×	797 0.5×	2.4k 1.7×	5.3k 5.4×	224 0.4×	221	9.4k
Mohamed M. Radwan United States	37	2.7k 1.4×	897 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	211 0.4×	148	5.1k
Lynnette R. Ferguson New Zealand	52	574 0.3×	614 0.4×	3.5k 2.6×	1.2k 1.3×	111 0.2×	285	9.5k
Niko S. Radulović Serbia	36	485 0.3×	968 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	2.1k 2.2×	129 0.2×	300	4.9k

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Ayer, William A.. (2005). Psychology and Dentistry: Mental Health Aspects of Patient Care. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 29 indexed citations

Machida, Koichi, et al.. (2001). 3(2H)-Benzofuranones and chromanes from liquid cultures of the mycoparasitic fungus Coniothyrium minitans. Phytochemistry. 58(1). 173–177. 21 indexed citations

Tori, Motoo, et al.. (1999). Structure of oxolucidine A, a lycopodium alkaloid. Tetrahedron Letters. 40(2). 323–324. 16 indexed citations

Chakravarty, P., et al.. (1997). Antifungal activity of derivatives of tiglic and senecioic acid against three aspen pathogens. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz. 104(3). 254–259.

Ayer, William A., et al.. (1996). Chemistry associated with black galls on aspen, The metabolites of Lecythophora hoffmannii. Revista latinoamericana de química. 24. 183–190. 1 indexed citations

Ayer, William A. & Latchezar S. Trifonov. (1995). Phenolic and polyketide metabolites of the aspen blue stain fungus Ophiostoma crassivaginata. Phytochemistry. 38(2). 371–372. 10 indexed citations

Ayer, William A. & Shichang Miao. (1993). Trehalose Esters from the Aspen Fungus Hyphozyma lignicola. Journal of Natural Products. 56(12). 2046–2052. 3 indexed citations

Ayer, William A.. (1991). The lycopodium alkaloids. Natural Product Reports. 8(5). 455–455. 115 indexed citations

Ayer, William A. & Koohei Nozawa. (1990). Taxonomy and chemistry of a new fungus from bark beetle infested Pinus contorta var. latifolia. Part 2. Arthrographol, the metabolite inhibitory to Ophiostoma clavigerum. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 36(2). 83–85. 8 indexed citations

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Moser, J.B., Wayne T. Wozniak, Conrad A. Naleway, & William A. Ayer. (1985). Color vision in dentistry: a survey. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 110(4). 509–510. 36 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A., et al.. (1982). Metabolites of plant disease causing fungi. Gremmeniella abietina. Revista latinoamericana de química. 13. 84–87. 3 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A., et al.. (1981). Recreational and community activities of dentists. Social Science & Medicine Part A Medical Sociology. 15(6). 761–765. 1 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A., et al.. (1980). The synthesis of trisnorcybrodolide, A metabolite of brodie.. Tetrahedron Letters. 21(20). 1921–1922. 3 indexed citations

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Mueller, Brett, et al.. (1978). The effect of primary-canine extraction on the IMPA.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 45(6). 461–4. 4 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A., et al.. (1977). Survey of myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome and pathologic bruxing habits among dentists. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 94(4). 730–732. 5 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A., et al.. (1976). A total synthesis of myrrhine, (±)-hippodamine, and (±)-convergine. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 54(3). 473–481. 22 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A., et al.. (1973). Lycoflexine, a new type of lycopodium alkaloid. Tetrahedron Letters. 14(50). 5045–5048. 28 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A. & Richard Hirschman. (1972). Psychology and dentistry : selected readings. Thomas eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A., et al.. (1969). Structure of lucidioline. An alkaloid of Lycopodium lucidulum. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 47(3). 499–502. 9 indexed citations

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Ayer, William A., et al.. (1965). Lycopodium alkaloids. Tetrahedron. 21(8). 2169–2172. 19 indexed citations

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