William B. Kristan

7.8k total citations
138 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

William B. Kristan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Kristan has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 62 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 31 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in William B. Kristan's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (78 papers), Cephalopods and Marine Biology (56 papers) and Leech Biology and Applications (30 papers). William B. Kristan is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (78 papers), Cephalopods and Marine Biology (56 papers) and Leech Biology and Applications (30 papers). William B. Kristan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Sweden. William B. Kristan's co-authors include Kevin L. Briggman, Gunther S. Stent, Ronald L. Calabrese, Carol A. Ort, W. Otto Friesen, William I. Boarman, John E. Lewis, Henry D. I. Abarbanel, Brian K. Shaw and Quentin Gaudry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William B. Kristan

134 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William B. Kristan United States 42 3.4k 1.7k 1.5k 1.1k 767 138 5.7k
Héctor Maldonado Argentina 36 3.1k 0.9× 716 0.4× 2.3k 1.5× 666 0.6× 805 1.0× 147 5.3k
Steven J. Cooper United Kingdom 52 3.6k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 954 0.6× 2.3k 2.1× 2.2k 2.9× 392 11.3k
Thomas Carew United States 50 5.3k 1.6× 1.0k 0.6× 2.6k 1.8× 704 0.6× 2.0k 2.6× 163 7.6k
Ronald L. Calabrese United States 39 2.9k 0.9× 734 0.4× 1.8k 1.2× 804 0.7× 612 0.8× 121 4.1k
Klaudiusz R. Weiss United States 49 5.3k 1.6× 1.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.6× 966 0.9× 1.4k 1.8× 165 7.1k
W. Otto Friesen United States 37 2.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 395 0.4× 362 0.5× 86 3.8k
H. Craig Heller United States 63 3.5k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 7.3k 4.9× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 220 14.5k
Irving Kupfermann United States 60 8.5k 2.5× 2.3k 1.4× 3.0k 2.0× 1.7k 1.5× 2.4k 3.1× 147 11.1k
Anton Reiner United States 68 7.1k 2.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 665 0.6× 4.6k 6.1× 218 12.6k
Ken Lukowiak Canada 39 3.8k 1.1× 634 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 874 1.1× 164 5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William B. Kristan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Rui, et al.. (2022). Head removal enhances planarian electrotaxis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(17). 3 indexed citations
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Bushong, Eric A., et al.. (2021). Anatomy and activity patterns in a multifunctional motor neuron and its surrounding circuits. eLife. 10. 5 indexed citations
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Vourlitis, George L., et al.. (2019). Carbon and nitrogen storage of constructed and natural freshwater wetlands in southern California. Ecological Engineering. 142. 100008–100008. 6 indexed citations
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Bushong, Eric A., et al.. (2018). Verifying, Challenging, and Discovering New Synapses Among Fully EM-Reconstructed Neurons in the Leech Ganglion. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 12. 95–95. 2 indexed citations
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Frady, E. Paxon, Richard S. Smith, Gabriele Canzi, et al.. (2015). Improved PeT Molecules for Optically Sensing Voltage in Neurons. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(5). 1817–1824. 89 indexed citations
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Katz, Paul S., Sten Grillner, Rachel I. Wilson, et al.. (2013). Vertebrate versus invertebrate neural circuits. Current Biology. 23(12). R504–R506. 8 indexed citations
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Frady, E. Paxon, et al.. (2012). Sexual Attraction: Sex-Specific Wiring of Neural Circuitry. Current Biology. 22(22). R953–R956. 3 indexed citations
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Gaudry, Quentin, et al.. (2010). Species-specific behavioral patterns correlate with differences in synaptic connections between homologous mechanosensory neurons. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 196(3). 181–197. 15 indexed citations
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Gaudry, Quentin, et al.. (2010). Behavioral choice across leech species: chacun à son goût. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213(8). 1356–1365. 16 indexed citations
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Horvitz, Eric & William B. Kristan. (2009). Toward a computational microscope for neurobiology.. 83–89. 2 indexed citations
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Marín‐Burgin, Antonia, William B. Kristan, & Kathleen A. French. (2008). From synapses to behavior: Development of a sensory‐motor circuit in the leech. Developmental Neurobiology. 68(6). 779–787. 12 indexed citations
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Kristan, William B.. (2008). Neuronal Decision-Making Circuits. Current Biology. 18(19). R928–R932. 83 indexed citations
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Kristan, William B., Matthew D. Johnson, & John T. Rotenberry. (2007). Choices and Consequences of Habitat Selection for Birds. Ornithological Applications. 109(3). 485–488. 13 indexed citations
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Kristan, William B. & Rhanor Gillette. (2007). 20 Behavioral Choice. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 49. 533–553. 1 indexed citations
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Kristan, William B. & James M. Scott. (2006). Hierarchical Models for Avian Ecologists. Ornithological Applications. 108(1). 1–1. 11 indexed citations
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Kristan, William B. & Paul S. Katz. (2006). Form and function in systems neuroscience. Current Biology. 16(19). R828–R831. 9 indexed citations
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French, Kathleen A., Jessica Chang, Shirley Reynolds, et al.. (2005). Development of swimming in the medicinal leech, the gradual acquisition of a behavior. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 191(9). 813–821. 12 indexed citations
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Baca, Serapio M., Eric E. Thomson, & William B. Kristan. (2005). Location and Intensity Discrimination in the Leech Local Bend Response Quantified Using Optic Flow and Principal Components Analysis. Journal of Neurophysiology. 93(6). 3560–3572. 18 indexed citations
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Lewis, John E. & William B. Kristan. (1998). A neuronal network for computing population vectors in the leech. Nature. 391(6662). 76–79. 94 indexed citations
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Kristan, William B., Shawn R. Lockery, George F. Wittenberg, & Garrison W. Cottrell. (1989). Behavioral choice—in theory and in practice. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 180–204. 1 indexed citations

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