William Cliff

2.5k total citations
35 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

William Cliff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Education and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, William Cliff has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Education and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in William Cliff's work include Education and Critical Thinking Development (7 papers), Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (6 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers). William Cliff is often cited by papers focused on Education and Critical Thinking Development (7 papers), Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (6 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers). William Cliff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Canada. William Cliff's co-authors include Raymond A. Frizzell, Joel Michael, Harold Modell, Jenny McFarland, Roger T. Worrell, Grant Butt, Ann Wright, Mary Pat Wenderoth, Lap-Chee Tsui and Johanna M. Rommens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William Cliff

35 papers receiving 1.8k 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 Cliff United States 17 816 603 369 230 158 35 1.9k
John Harrington United States 27 2.0k 2.4× 197 0.3× 97 0.3× 110 0.5× 55 0.3× 56 3.6k
Yawen Sun China 28 433 0.5× 183 0.3× 210 0.6× 91 0.4× 33 0.2× 87 2.3k
Idan Menashe Israel 25 747 0.9× 110 0.2× 131 0.4× 229 1.0× 171 1.1× 88 2.5k
Karen Noble United Kingdom 17 314 0.4× 109 0.2× 163 0.4× 62 0.3× 33 0.2× 58 1.1k
Savina Jaeger United States 20 2.5k 3.1× 115 0.2× 64 0.2× 110 0.5× 22 0.1× 31 4.3k
Michael J. Wilson United States 23 411 0.5× 67 0.1× 80 0.2× 181 0.8× 83 0.5× 65 1.6k
Wayne Grant United States 22 860 1.1× 84 0.1× 23 0.1× 176 0.8× 69 0.4× 33 1.8k
Elizabeth Griffin United States 15 218 0.3× 131 0.2× 179 0.5× 38 0.2× 45 0.3× 33 938
Yoichi Sakakihara Japan 18 313 0.4× 58 0.1× 98 0.3× 89 0.4× 35 0.2× 64 1.0k
Philip A. Wood United States 29 1.4k 1.8× 66 0.1× 165 0.4× 84 0.4× 15 0.1× 100 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Cliff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Cliff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Michael, Joel, William Cliff, Jenny McFarland, Harold Modell, & Ann Wright. (2017). The Core Concepts of Physiology. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 51 indexed citations
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Michael, Joel, William Cliff, Jenny McFarland, et al.. (2016). A Conceptual Framework for the Core Concept of Cell‐Cell Communications. The FASEB Journal. 30(S1). 1 indexed citations
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McFarland, Jenny, Mary Pat Wenderoth, Joel Michael, et al.. (2015). A Homeostasis Concept Inventory for Undergraduate Physiology. The FASEB Journal. 29(S1). 2 indexed citations
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Wright, Ann, Jenny McFarland, Mary Pat Wenderoth, et al.. (2015). Knowing Common Misconceptions About Homeostasis Helps Students' Learning. The FASEB Journal. 29(S1). 3 indexed citations
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McFarland, Jenny, Joel Michael, Mary Pat Wenderoth, et al.. (2014). Conceptual assessment of physiology: development of a concept inventory for homeostasis (531.13). The FASEB Journal. 28(S1). 2 indexed citations
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Cliff, William. (2009). Chemistry misconceptions associated with understanding calcium and phosphate homeostasis. AJP Advances in Physiology Education. 33(4). 323–328. 10 indexed citations
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Cliff, William. (2006). Case study analysis and the remediation of misconceptions about respiratory physiology. AJP Advances in Physiology Education. 30(4). 215–223. 32 indexed citations
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Cliff, William & Ann Wright. (2005). A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed: A Case Study on Human Respiratory Physiology.. The journal of college science teaching. 35(2). 37. 1 indexed citations
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Cliff, William, et al.. (2005). An Open or Shut Case?: Contrasting Approaches to Case Study Design.. The journal of college science teaching. 34(4). 14–17. 8 indexed citations
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Michael, Joel, Mary Pat Wenderoth, Harold Modell, et al.. (2002). Undergraduates’ understanding of cardiovascular phenomena. AJP Advances in Physiology Education. 26(2). 72–84. 67 indexed citations
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Cliff, William, et al.. (2000). The Directed Case Method.. The journal of college science teaching. 30(1). 64–66. 11 indexed citations
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Cliff, William, et al.. (1998). Acetylcholine-activated chloride current in the T-84 colonic cell line. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 436(1). 90–94. 1 indexed citations
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Cliff, William, et al.. (1996). Directed case study method for teaching human anatomy and physiology.. AJP Advances in Physiology Education. 270(6). S19–S19. 81 indexed citations
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Frizzell, Raymond A. & William Cliff. (1992). No common motif. Current Biology. 2(6). 285–287. 9 indexed citations
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Cliff, William, Robert Schoumacher, & Raymond A. Frizzell. (1992). cAMP-activated Cl channels in CFTR-transfected cystic fibrosis pancreatic epithelial cells. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 262(5). C1154–C1160. 74 indexed citations
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Cliff, William & Klaus W. Beyenbach. (1992). Secretory renal proximal tubules in seawater- and freshwater-adapted killifish. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 262(1). F108–F116. 33 indexed citations
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Cliff, William, et al.. (1991). Conductance Pathways Involved in Chloride Secretion and Their Regulation. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 290. 197–208. 4 indexed citations
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Drumm, Mitchell L., William Cliff, Johanna M. Rommens, et al.. (1990). Correction of the cystic fibrosis defect in vitro by retrovirus-mediated gene transfer. Cell. 62(6). 1227–1233. 463 indexed citations
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Cliff, William & Klaus W. Beyenbach. (1988). Fluid secretion in glomerular renal proximal tubules of freshwater-adapted fish. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 254(1). R154–R158. 16 indexed citations
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Beyenbach, Klaus W., David H. Petzel, & William Cliff. (1986). Renal proximal tubule of flounder. I. Physiological properties. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 250(4). R608–R615. 24 indexed citations

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