William Perl

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

William Perl is a scholar working on Physiology, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Perl has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Surgery and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William Perl's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (4 papers), Renal function and acid-base balance (3 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (3 papers). William Perl is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (4 papers), Renal function and acid-base balance (3 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (3 papers). William Perl collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. William Perl's co-authors include Niels A. Lassen, Paul Samuel, Francis P. Chinard, P A Marks, F. Conconi, Edward R. Burka, R A Rifkind, Richard M. Effros, Pramit K. Chowdhury and William R. Redwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

William Perl

36 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Tracer kinetic methods in medical physiology 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Tracer kinetic methods in medical physiology
    1979 378 citations Niels A. Lassen, William Perl Raven Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Perl United States 21 372 292 274 243 168 40 1.5k
Leo A. Sapirstein United States 17 452 1.2× 341 1.2× 335 1.2× 215 0.9× 315 1.9× 42 2.0k
Francis P. Chinard United States 23 150 0.4× 285 1.0× 315 1.1× 675 2.8× 420 2.5× 82 2.5k
K. Winkler Denmark 26 177 0.5× 638 2.2× 449 1.6× 285 1.2× 210 1.3× 91 2.6k
C A Goresky Canada 27 289 0.8× 548 1.9× 317 1.2× 455 1.9× 433 2.6× 74 2.3k
John C. Rose United States 24 84 0.2× 249 0.9× 252 0.9× 400 1.6× 303 1.8× 90 1.7k
L Donato Italy 20 270 0.7× 246 0.8× 121 0.4× 226 0.9× 176 1.0× 57 1.5k
Carl A. Goresky Canada 32 279 0.8× 1.0k 3.5× 448 1.6× 502 2.1× 601 3.6× 66 3.2k
Glen G. Bach Canada 18 185 0.5× 138 0.5× 153 0.6× 177 0.7× 71 0.4× 38 1.3k
C. W. Sheppard United States 16 151 0.4× 105 0.4× 116 0.4× 188 0.8× 117 0.7× 51 1.2k
Hadley L. Conn United States 19 165 0.4× 155 0.5× 85 0.3× 300 1.2× 106 0.6× 41 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by William Perl

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Perl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Perl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Perl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Perl based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William Perl. William Perl is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Perl, William. (1988). The Four-Front War: From the Holocaust to the Promised Land. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Lassen, Niels A. & William Perl. (1979). Tracer kinetic methods in medical physiology. Raven Press eBooks. 378 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Ballard, Kathryn & William Perl. (1978). Osmotic reflection coefficients of canine subcutaneous adipose tissue endothelium. Microvascular Research. 16(2). 224–236. 21 indexed citations
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Perl, William. (1975). Convection and permeation of albumin between plasma and interstitium. Microvascular Research. 10(1). 83–94. 70 indexed citations
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Perl, William. (1975). Red cell permeability effect on the mean transit of an indicator transported through an organ by red cells and plasma.. Circulation Research. 36(2). 352–357. 9 indexed citations
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Perl, William, Niels A. Lassen, & Richard M. Effros. (1975). Matrix proof of flow, volume and mean transit time theorems for regional and compartmental systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 37(6). 573–588. 12 indexed citations
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Redwood, William R., et al.. (1974). Red Cell Membrane Permeability Deduced from Bulk Diffusion Coefficients. The Journal of General Physiology. 64(6). 706–729. 41 indexed citations
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Perl, William. (1973). A friction coefficient, series-parallel channel model for transcapillary flux of nonelectrolytes and water. Microvascular Research. 6(2). 169–193. 26 indexed citations
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Perl, William. (1971). Stimulus-response method for flows and volumes in slightly perturbed constant parameter systems. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 33(2). 225–233. 19 indexed citations
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Chinard, Francis P., et al.. (1970). Lung water: physiological and clinical significance.. PubMed. 81. 85–97. 6 indexed citations
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Perl, William & Paul Samuel. (1969). Input-Output Analysis for Total Input Rate and Total Traced Mass of Body Cholesterol in Man. Circulation Research. 25(2). 191–199. 65 indexed citations
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Perl, William, Richard M. Effros, & Francis P. Chinard. (1969). Indicator equivalence theorem for input rates and regional masses in multi-inlet steady-state systems with partially labeled input. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 25(2). 297–316. 28 indexed citations
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Perl, William & R. Hirsch. (1966). Local blood flow in kidney tissue by heat clearance measurement. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 10(2). 251–280. 17 indexed citations
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Perl, William & Samuel A. Cucinell. (1965). Local Blood Flow in Human Leg Muscle Measured by a Transient Response Thermoelectric Method. Biophysical Journal. 5(2). 211–230. 14 indexed citations
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Perl, William, Herbert Rackow, Ernest Salanitre, Gerald Wolf, & Robert Epstein. (1965). Intertissue diffusion effect for inert fat-soluble gases. Journal of Applied Physiology. 20(4). 621–627. 47 indexed citations
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Perl, William. (1963). AN EXTENSION OF THE DIFFUSION EQUATION TO INCLUDE CLEARANCE BY CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW*. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 108(1). 92–105. 33 indexed citations
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Lesser, Gerson T., William Perl, & J. Murray Steele. (1960). DETERMINATION OF TOTAL BODY FAT BY ABSORPTION OF AN INERT GAS; MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS IN NORMAL HUMAN SUBJECTS *. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 39(12). 1791–1806. 16 indexed citations
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Perl, William. (1960). A method for curve-fitting by exponential functions. The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 8(4). 211–222. 40 indexed citations
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Perl, William. (1958). American Communities in Foreign Settings : Group Problems and an American Family Group Therapy Programme in Germany. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 3(4). 278–286. 1 indexed citations
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Perl, William. (1955). ON THE PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF HANDWRITING ANALYSIS. American Journal of Psychiatry. 111(8). 595–602. 3 indexed citations

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