William K. Milsom

11.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
259 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

William K. Milsom is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William K. Milsom has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 139 papers in Ecology and 67 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William K. Milsom's work include Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (142 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (123 papers) and High Altitude and Hypoxia (66 papers). William K. Milsom is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (142 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (123 papers) and High Altitude and Hypoxia (66 papers). William K. Milsom collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Brazil. William K. Milsom's co-authors include Graham R. Scott, Gordon S. Mitchell, Frank L. Powell, Mark L. Burleson, Glenn J. Tattersall, Stephen G. Reid, Michael B. Harris, Richard Kinkead, Francisco Tadeu Rantin and David R. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William K. Milsom

255 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Time domains of the hypoxic ventilatory response

1998 533 citations Frank L. Powell, William K. Milsom et al. Respiration Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William K. Milsom Canada	50	4.0k	4.0k	2.0k	1.6k	900	259	8.1k
Warren W. Burggren United States	54	777 0.2×	5.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	540 0.6×	262	9.7k
Jacopo P. Mortola Canada	46	4.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	580 0.4×	526 0.6×	222	7.0k
Tobias Wang Denmark	46	748 0.2×	4.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	344	8.4k
Peter Scheid Germany	41	1.7k 0.4×	1.2k 0.3×	392 0.2×	218 0.1×	580 0.6×	200	6.0k
Gerhard Heldmaier Germany	52	2.1k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	386 0.2×	3.6k 2.3×	338 0.4×	149	8.8k
Peter B. Frappell Australia	32	974 0.2×	1.6k 0.4×	659 0.3×	776 0.5×	171 0.2×	100	3.6k
Francis J. P. Ebling United Kingdom	52	3.9k 1.0×	790 0.2×	962 0.5×	501 0.3×	78 0.1×	238	9.5k
Donald C. Jackson United States	37	556 0.1×	3.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	575 0.4×	400 0.4×	187	5.0k
John E. Remmers Canada	53	6.2k 1.5×	476 0.1×	482 0.2×	335 0.2×	640 0.7×	165	9.0k
Nigel C. Bennett South Africa	51	719 0.2×	6.2k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	5.4k 3.4×	79 0.1×	532	12.1k

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Laguë, Sabine L., Catherine M. Ivy, Julia M. York, et al.. (2025). Gas exchange, oxygen transport and metabolism in high-altitude waterfowl. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1920). 20230424–20230424. 2 indexed citations

Fahlman, Andreas, Warren W. Burggren, & William K. Milsom. (2024). The role of cognition as a factor regulating the diving responses of animals, including humans. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(20). 1 indexed citations

Burggren, Warren W., Andreas Fahlman, & William K. Milsom. (2024). Breathing patterns and associated cardiovascular changes in intermittently breathing animals: (Partially) correcting a semantic quagmire. Experimental Physiology. 109(7). 1051–1065. 3 indexed citations

Florindo, Luiz Henrique, et al.. (2023). Cardiorespiratory reflexes in white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus): Lack of cardiac baroreflex response to blood pressure manipulation?. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 288. 111554–111554.

Hart, Daniel W., Nigel C. Bennett, Carol Best, et al.. (2023). The relationship between hypoxia exposure and circulating cortisol levels in social and solitary African mole-rats: An initial report. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 339. 114294–114294. 9 indexed citations

Laguë, Sabine L., Catherine M. Ivy, Julia M. York, et al.. (2020). Cardiovascular responses to progressive hypoxia in ducks native to high altitude in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 5). 23 indexed citations

Koch, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Perfusion of Intrapulmonary Arteriovenous Anastomoses Is Not Related to VO _2max in Hypoxia and Is Unchanged by Oral Sildenafil. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 20(4). 399–406. 1 indexed citations

Meir, Jessica U., et al.. (2019). Reduced metabolism supports hypoxic flight in the high-flying bar-headed goose (Anser indicus). eLife. 8. 21 indexed citations

Abe, Augusto S., et al.. (2018). The respiratory mechanics of the yacare caiman (Caiman yacareDaudine). Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 2). 7 indexed citations

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Tattersall, Glenn J., Cléo Alcantara Costa Leite, Viviana Cadena, et al.. (2016). Seasonal reproductive endothermy in tegu lizards. Science Advances. 2(1). e1500951–e1500951. 92 indexed citations

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Harter, Till S., et al.. (2015). Validation of the i-STAT and HemoCue systems for the analysis of blood parameters in the bar-headed goose,Anser indicus. Conservation Physiology. 3(1). cov021–cov021. 22 indexed citations

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Hawkes, Lucy A., P. J. Butler, Peter B. Frappell, et al.. (2014). Maximum Running Speed of Captive Bar-Headed Geese Is Unaffected by Severe Hypoxia. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94015–e94015. 25 indexed citations

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Milsom, William K., et al.. (2010). The role of the pontine respiratory complex in the response to intermittent hypoxia. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 171(2). 90–100. 4 indexed citations

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Fong, Angelina Y., Andrea E. Corcoran, M. Beth Zimmer, Denis V. Andrade, & William K. Milsom. (2008). Respiratory rhythm of brainstem–spinal cord preparations: Effects of maturation, age, mass and oxygenation. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 164(3). 429–440. 12 indexed citations

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Postle, Anthony D., Sandra Orgeig, Fred Possmayer, et al.. (2005). Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine is not the major surfactant phospholipid species in all mammals. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 289(5). R1426–R1439. 79 indexed citations

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Reid, Stephen G., Lena Sundin, Luiz Henrique Florindo, Francisco Tadeu Rantin, & William K. Milsom. (2003). Effects of afferent input on the breathing pattern continuum in the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 136(1). 39–53. 18 indexed citations

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Milsom, William K., et al.. (1999). Central respiratory pattern generation in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 124(3). 253–264. 32 indexed citations

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Kinkead, Richard & William K. Milsom. (1996). CO2-sensitive olfactory and pulmonary receptor modulation of episodic breathing in bullfrogs. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 270(1). R134–R144. 51 indexed citations

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Maginniss, Leigh A. & William K. Milsom. (1994). Effects of hibernation on blood oxygen transport in the golden-mantled ground squirrel. Respiration Physiology. 95(2). 195–208. 34 indexed citations

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Powell, Frank L., William K. Milsom, & Gordon S. Mitchell. (1988). Effects of intrapulmonary CO2 and airway pressure on pulmonary vagal afferent activity in the alligator. Respiration Physiology. 74(3). 285–298. 25 indexed citations

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