William S. Ryu

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

William S. Ryu is a scholar working on Aging, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Ryu has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Aging, 18 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in William S. Ryu's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (25 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (18 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (11 papers). William S. Ryu is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (25 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (18 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (11 papers). William S. Ryu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. William S. Ryu's co-authors include Howard C. Berg, Linda Turner, Aravinthan D. T. Samuel, Greg J. Stephens, William Bialek, Robert H. Austin, Bethany Johnson-Kerner, Shuang Fang Lim, Chih-kuan Tung and Robert Riehn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William S. Ryu

50 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Real-Time Imaging of Fluorescent Flagellar Filaments 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Real-Time Imaging of Fluorescent Flagellar Filaments
    2000 538 citations William S. Ryu, Howard C. Berg et al. 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 S. Ryu United States 29 900 866 834 671 573 51 3.5k
Aravinthan D. T. Samuel United States 49 974 1.1× 2.8k 3.3× 687 0.8× 456 0.7× 230 0.4× 94 6.5k
Stephan W. Grill Germany 52 6.2k 6.9× 1.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 920 1.4× 265 0.5× 95 10.0k
Joshua W. Shaevitz United States 42 2.9k 3.2× 252 0.3× 959 1.1× 424 0.6× 249 0.4× 104 6.3k
Christopher Fang‐Yen United States 35 406 0.5× 1.5k 1.8× 1.5k 1.8× 97 0.1× 77 0.1× 86 4.9k
André EX Brown United Kingdom 26 738 0.8× 549 0.6× 680 0.8× 59 0.1× 93 0.2× 57 3.2k
D. Chatenay France 33 1.7k 1.9× 151 0.2× 863 1.0× 185 0.3× 696 1.2× 54 3.7k
Justin S. Bois United States 15 2.0k 2.3× 187 0.2× 601 0.7× 260 0.4× 79 0.1× 24 3.1k
Hang Lu United States 46 1.8k 2.0× 2.3k 2.6× 2.3k 2.7× 90 0.1× 73 0.1× 176 6.3k
Daniela Nicastro United States 43 4.0k 4.5× 140 0.2× 424 0.5× 706 1.1× 406 0.7× 96 7.0k
Nikos Chronis United States 20 336 0.4× 1.4k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 74 0.1× 60 0.1× 46 3.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William S. Ryu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Daniels, Bryan C., William S. Ryu, & Ilya Nemenman. (2019). Automated, predictive, and interpretable inference of Caenorhabditis elegans escape dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(15). 7226–7231. 11 indexed citations
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Baird, Scott E., et al.. (2019). Genetically Distinct Behavioral Modules Underlie Natural Variation in Thermal Performance Curves. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(7). 2135–2151. 6 indexed citations
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Cutter, Asher D., et al.. (2019). Neuro-genetic plasticity of Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral thermal tolerance. BMC Neuroscience. 20(1). 26–26. 8 indexed citations
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Broekmans, Onno D., et al.. (2016). Resolving coiled shapes reveals new reorientation behaviors in C. elegans. eLife. 5. 49 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Rajarshi, Joshua S. Bloom, Molly Schumer, et al.. (2015). Genetics of Intraspecies Variation in Avoidance Behavior Induced by a Thermal Stimulus in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 200(4). 1327–1339. 5 indexed citations
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Backholm, Matilda, William S. Ryu, & Kari Dalnoki‐Veress. (2015). The nematode C. elegans as a complex viscoelastic fluid. The European Physical Journal E. 38(5). 118–118. 7 indexed citations
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Salvador, Liliana C. M., Frederic Bartumeus, Simon A. Levin, & William S. Ryu. (2014). Mechanistic analysis of the search behaviour ofCaenorhabditis elegans. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 11(92). 20131092–20131092. 37 indexed citations
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Backholm, Matilda, et al.. (2014). Direct Measurements of Drag Forces in C. elegans Crawling Locomotion. Biophysical Journal. 107(8). 1980–1987. 27 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Rajarshi, et al.. (2012). Multiparameter behavioral profiling reveals distinct thermal response regimes in Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Biology. 10(1). 85–85. 33 indexed citations
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Kawano, Taizo, Michelle D. Po, Shangbang Gao, et al.. (2011). An Imbalancing Act: Gap Junctions Reduce the Backward Motor Circuit Activity to Bias C. elegans for Forward Locomotion. Neuron. 72(4). 572–586. 176 indexed citations
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Stephens, Greg J., William S. Ryu, & William Bialek. (2010). The emergence of stereotyped behaviors in {\em C. elegans}. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010. 2 indexed citations
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Lim, Shuang Fang, William S. Ryu, & Robert H. Austin. (2010). Particle size dependence of the dynamic photophysical properties of NaYF_4:Yb, Er nanocrystals. Optics Express. 18(3). 2309–2309. 55 indexed citations
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Stephens, Greg J., Bethany Johnson-Kerner, William Bialek, & William S. Ryu. (2008). Dimensionality and Dynamics in the Behavior of C. elegans. PLoS Computational Biology. 4(4). e1000028–e1000028. 332 indexed citations
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Park, Sungsu, Hye‐Jin Hwang, Seong‐Won Nam, et al.. (2008). Enhanced Caenorhabditis elegans Locomotion in a Structured Microfluidic Environment. PLoS ONE. 3(6). e2550–e2550. 125 indexed citations
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Girgis, Hany S., et al.. (2007). A Comprehensive Genetic Characterization of Bacterial Motility. PLoS Genetics. 3(9). e154–e154. 190 indexed citations
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Hwang, Hye‐Jin, et al.. (2007). Enhanced locomotion caenorhabditis elegans in structured microfluidic environments. 131–133. 1 indexed citations
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Satterlee, John S., William S. Ryu, & Piali Sengupta. (2004). The CMK-1 CaMKI and the TAX-4 Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel Regulate Thermosensory Neuron Gene Expression and Function in C. elegans. Current Biology. 14(1). 62–68. 57 indexed citations
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Fahrner, Karen, William S. Ryu, & Howard C. Berg. (2003). Bacterial flagellar switching under load. Nature. 423(6943). 938–938. 53 indexed citations
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Ryu, William S., Richard M. Berry, & Howard C. Berg. (2000). Torque-generating units of the flagellar motor of Escherichia coli have a high duty ratio. Nature. 403(6768). 444–447. 195 indexed citations
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Samuel, Aravinthan D. T., William S. Ryu, & L. Mahadevan. (1997). Coiling of a viscous filament. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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