William L. Pak

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

William L. Pak is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Pak has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 68 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in William L. Pak's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (68 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (38 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (32 papers). William L. Pak is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (68 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (38 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (32 papers). William L. Pak collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Bulgaria. William L. Pak's co-authors include Randall D. Shortridge, Joseph E. O’Tousa, Stephan Schneuwly, Martin G. Burg, Joseph Grossfield, Baruch Minke, Paulo A. Ferreira, Brian T. Bloomquist, Hung‐Tat Leung and Meredithe Applebury and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William L. Pak

97 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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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.

Isolation of a putative phospholipase c gene of drosophila, norpA, and its role in phototransduction

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William L. Pak United States	45	4.0k	3.3k	876	657	575	98	5.7k
Baruch Minke Israel	42	4.0k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	937 1.1×	383 0.6×	2.0k 3.5×	125	5.9k
Paul M. Salvaterra United States	38	3.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	432 0.5×	600 0.9×	146 0.3×	72	6.5k
Chun‐Fang Wu United States	39	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	229 0.3×	718 1.1×	203 0.4×	96	4.6k
Robert W. Hardy United States	25	1.5k 0.4×	2.4k 0.7×	273 0.3×	625 1.0×	216 0.4×	31	3.7k
Stephan Schneuwly Germany	32	1.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	609 0.7×	466 0.7×	118 0.2×	52	4.0k
Barry Ganetzky United States	58	5.2k 1.3×	7.8k 2.4×	448 0.5×	1.8k 2.8×	282 0.5×	137	11.3k
Thomas Préat France	41	4.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	573 0.7×	662 1.0×	197 0.3×	96	6.0k
Benjamin H. White United States	33	3.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	717 0.8×	360 0.5×	125 0.2×	56	4.4k
Sean T. Sweeney United Kingdom	29	2.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	279 0.3×	1.3k 2.0×	179 0.3×	78	4.3k
Toshihiro Kitamoto United States	31	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	628 0.7×	275 0.4×	182 0.3×	74	4.0k

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Mahapatra, Cecon T., Elvin Woodruff, Jeffrey Rohrbough, et al.. (2010). The nonsense-mediated decay pathway maintains synapse architecture and synaptic vesicle cycle efficacy. Journal of Cell Science. 123(19). 3303–3315. 43 indexed citations

Pak, William L.. (2010). WhyDrosophilato Study Phototransduction?. Journal of Neurogenetics. 24(2). 55–66. 21 indexed citations

Lu, Haiqin, Hung‐Tat Leung, Ning Wang, William L. Pak, & Bih‐Hwa Shieh. (2009). Role of Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II in Drosophila Photoreceptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(17). 11100–11109. 16 indexed citations

Geng, Chaoxian, et al.. (2004). Complete RNAi rescue of neuronal degeneration in a constitutively active Drosophila TRP channel mutant. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1674(1). 91–97. 4 indexed citations

Geng, Chaoxian & William L. Pak. (2002). Photoreceptor Degeneration and Ca2+ Influx Through Light-Activated Channels of Drosophila. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 514. 585–599. 5 indexed citations

Leung, Hung‐Tat, Zhan Yin, Eugene Semenov, et al.. (2002). The Target of Drosophila Photoreceptor Synaptic Transmission Is a Histamine-gated Chloride Channel Encoded byort (hclA). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(44). 42113–42120. 104 indexed citations

Semenov, Eugene & William L. Pak. (1999). Diversification of Drosophila Chloride Channel Gene by Multiple Posttranscriptional mRNA Modifications. Journal of Neurochemistry. 72(1). 66–72. 71 indexed citations

Burg, Martin G., et al.. (1996). Drosophila Rosa Gene, Which When Mutant Causes Aberrant Photoreceptor Oscillation, Encodes A Novel Neurotransmitter Transporter Homologue. Journal of Neurogenetics. 11(1-2). 59–79. 15 indexed citations

Buchner, Sigrid, Franziska F. Wiebel, Ronni Wolf, et al.. (1996). Genetic depletion of histamine from the nervous system of Drosophila eliminates specific visual and mechanosensory behavior. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 179(6). 763–73. 70 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Hiroyuki, Biji T. Kurien, Yuichiro Takagi, et al.. (1994). Phosrestin I undergoes the earliest light-induced phosphorylation by a calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase in drosophila photoreceptors. Neuron. 12(5). 997–1010. 96 indexed citations

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Bowman, Valorie D., et al.. (1992). Degeneration of photoreceptors in rhodopsin mutants of Drosophila. Journal of Neurobiology. 23(6). 605–626. 81 indexed citations

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Pak, William L.. (1986). Genes encoding visual pigments. Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics.. 13(3-4). 229–244. 4 indexed citations

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Johnson, Edwin C. & William L. Pak. (1986). Electrophysiological study of Drosophila rhodopsin mutants.. The Journal of General Physiology. 88(5). 651–673. 76 indexed citations

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Lo, Megan & William L. Pak. (1981). Light-induced pigment granule migration in the retinular cells of Drosophila melanogaster. Comparison of wild type with ERG-defective mutants.. The Journal of General Physiology. 77(2). 155–175. 44 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Robert S. & William L. Pak. (1980). Heterogenic components of a fast electrical potential in Drosophila compound eye and their relation to visual pigment photoconversion.. The Journal of General Physiology. 75(4). 353–379. 19 indexed citations

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Pak, William L., et al.. (1978). Ionic mechanism for the generation of horizontal cell potentials in isolated axolotl retina.. The Journal of General Physiology. 71(1). 69–92. 16 indexed citations

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Wu, Chunfu & William L. Pak. (1978). Light-induced voltage noise in the photoreceptor of Drosophila melanogaster.. The Journal of General Physiology. 71(3). 249–268. 46 indexed citations

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Pak, William L., et al.. (1974). Fast Electrical Potential from a Long-Lived, Long-Wavelength Photoproduct of Fly Visual Pigment. The Journal of General Physiology. 63(6). 740–756. 73 indexed citations

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Pinto, Lawrence H. & William L. Pak. (1974). Light-Induced Changes in Photoreceptor Membrane Resistance and Potential in Gecko Retinas. The Journal of General Physiology. 64(1). 26–48. 26 indexed citations

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Pak, William L. & Thomas G. Ebrey. (1966). Early Receptor Potentials of Rods and Cones in Rodents. The Journal of General Physiology. 49(6). 1199–1208. 24 indexed citations

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