William R. Gray

14.5k citations

139 papers · 10.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 24
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 23
Oceanography 16

Co-authors: Baldomero M. Olivera Lourdes J. Cruz J. Michael McIntosh Lawrence B. Sandberg Doju Yoshikami Regina D. Zeikus Jean Rivier Judith Ann Foster
Journals: Biochemistry (20 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (19 papers)Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology (6 papers)Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (6 papers)Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States France United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

William R. Gray

134 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Peptide Neurotoxins from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails 1985 · 610 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1985 Science
1978 The American Journal of Medicine
1972 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology

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1	Exploring macroevolutionary links in multi-species planktonic foraminiferal Mg∕Ca and δ ¹⁸ O from 15 Ma to recent Biogeosciences ·Flavia Boscolo‐Galazzo, David Evans, Elaine Mawbey, William R. Gray, Paul N. Pearson, Bridget S. Wade	2025	0
2	Calcifying plankton: From biomineralization to global change Science ·Patrizia Ziveri, Gerald Langer, Eddie Lumpkin, Emin Mammadov, William R. Gray, Nina Keul, Ian Hatton, Clara Manno, Richard D. Norris, 良晴野々村, J. R. Young, 戸井純子, Stergios D. Zarkogiannis, A. Romaní, Petrenko IuM, Thibault de Garidel‐Thoron, Michaël Grelaud, دویس عبدالقادر, Ian Probert, P. Graham Mortyn	2025	0
3	Sea surface acidification events in the Andaman Sea associated with the last Toba volcanic activity Global and Planetary Change ·J.J.E. Hondius, Venkataraman Thangadurai, Pascale Louvat, Claire Rollion‐Bard, Franck Bassinot, William R. Gray, Guillaume Paris, Benoît Caron, G. Manzo, Anne Le Friant, Eva Moréno, Annachiara Bartolini	2024	2
4	Controls on potassium incorporation in foraminifera and other marine calcifying organisms Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Andrew Llewellyn Knowles, Sandra Green, William R. Gray, Michael J. Henehan, Laura Cotton, Jonathan Erez, Yair Rosenthal, Willem Renema, Wolfgang Müller, David Evans	2023	10
5	Sodium incorporation in foraminiferal calcite: An evaluation of the Na/Ca salinity proxy and evidence for multiple Na-bearing phases Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·William R. Gray, David Evans, Michael J. Henehan, Syee Weldeab, David W. Lea, Wolfgang Müller, Yair Rosenthal	2023	15
6	Oxygen isotope constraints on the ventilation of the modern and glacial Pacific Climate Dynamics ·R. D. Forrest, William R. Gray, Casimir de Lavergne, Didier M. Roche	2023	4
7	Revisiting Oxygen‐18 and Clumped Isotopes in Planktic and Benthic Foraminifera Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·Mathieu Daëron, William R. Gray	2023	16
8	Global reorganization of deep-sea circulation and carbon storage after the last ice age Science Advances ·Patrick A. Rafter, William R. Gray, S.K.V. Hines, Andrea Burke, Kassandra M Costa, Julia Gottschalk, Mathis P. Hain, James Rae, John Southon, Maureen H. Walczak, Jimin Yu, Jess F. Adkins, Tim DeVries	2022	39
9	Wind‐Driven Evolution of the North Pacific Subpolar Gyre Over the Last Deglaciation Geophysical Research Letters ·William R. Gray, Robert C. J. Wills, James Rae, Andrea Burke, Ruza Ivanovic, William H. G. Roberts, David Ferreira, Paul J. Valdes	2020	43
10	Trace and major element incorporation into amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) precipitated from seawater Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·David Evans, William R. Gray, James Rae, Rosanna Greenop, Paul B. Webb, Kirsty Penkman, Roland Kröger, Nicola Allison	2020	38
11	Atmosphere‐Ocean CO₂ Exchange Across the Last Deglaciation From the Boron Isotope Proxy Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·Qingxin JIA, Lowell Stott, William R. Gray, Rosanna Greenop, Ingo A. Pecher, Helen L Neil, Richard B. Coffin, Bryan Davy, James Rae	2019	20
12	Nonthermal Influences on Mg/Ca in Planktonic Foraminifera: A Review of Culture Studies and Application to the Last Glacial Maximum Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·William R. Gray, David Evans	2019	111
13	Towards calcification site and seawater carbonate chemistry reconstruction from boron incorporation into large benthic foraminifera AGUFM ·D. Evans, Sandra Green, William R. Gray, James Rae, Wolfgang Müller, Jonathan Erez	2018	1
14	Differential Targeting of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors by Novel αA-Conotoxins Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Richard B. Jacobsen, Doju Yoshikami, Michael J. Ellison, M. Bakhtiyorov, William R. Gray, G. Edward Cartier, M. Makeleni, Duncan R. Groebe, Stewart N. Abramson, Baldomero M. Olivera, J. Michael McIntosh	1997	65
15	A New Family of Conotoxins That Blocks Voltage-gated Sodium Channels Journal of Biological Chemistry ·J. Michael McIntosh, Arik Hasson, Micha E. Spira, William R. Gray, Wenqin Li, Wadih Rondalih, David R. Hillyard, Baldomero M. Olivera	1995	130
16	A New Family of Conus Peptides Targeted to the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Christopher E. Hopkins, Michelle Grilley, Charleen Miller, Ki-Joon Shon, Lourdes J. Cruz, William R. Gray, John Dykert, Jean Rivier, Doju Yoshikami, Baldomero M. Olivera	1995	102
17	The distribution of ω-conotoxin MVIICnle-binding sites in rat brain measured by autoradiography Neuroscience Letters ·Francis Filloux, A. Mujahid Ali, Julita S. Imperial, William R. Gray, Baldomero M. Olivera	1994	15
18	Disulfide structures of highly bridged peptides: A new strategy for analysis Protein Science ·William R. Gray	1993	186
19	The effect of yeast culture on ruminal fermentation of silage, hay and straw in sheep. William R. Gray, James P. Ryan	1990	3
20	[8] End-group analysis using dansyl chloride Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·William R. Gray Hit paper breakdown →	1972	748

About William R. Gray

William R. Gray is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Paleontology, Environmental Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 139 papers that have together received 10.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (39 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (28 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (18 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (16 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (14 papers), Connective tissue disorders research (11 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.8k citations), Molecular Biology (6.7k citations), Environmental Chemistry (539 citations), Microbiology (324 citations) and Genetics (1.2k citations). William R. Gray has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Baldomero M. Olivera, Lourdes J. Cruz, J. Michael McIntosh, Lawrence B. Sandberg, Doju Yoshikami, Regina D. Zeikus, Jean Rivier, Judith Ann Foster, William J. Dreyer and J. Viroslav. Their work appears in journals such as Biochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

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