W.R. Lieb

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

W.R. Lieb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, W.R. Lieb has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in W.R. Lieb's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (15 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (12 papers). W.R. Lieb is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (15 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (12 papers). W.R. Lieb collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Israel and United States. W.R. Lieb's co-authors include Nicholas P. Franks, Wilfred D. Stein, Robert Dickinson, Andrew Jenkins, Adam C. Hall, Michael H. Abraham, Steven J.D. Karlish, Marco Gruß, Alistair Mathie and David L. Downie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W.R. Lieb

85 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of general anaesthesia

1994 1.5k citations Nicholas P. Franks, W.R. Lieb Nature profile →
Do general anaesthetics act by competitive binding to specific receptors?

1984 444 citations Nicholas P. Franks, W.R. Lieb Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W.R. Lieb United Kingdom	42	4.1k	3.0k	1.1k	836	719	86	7.4k
James R. Trudell United States	47	4.5k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	871 0.8×	747 0.9×	435 0.6×	203	7.5k
Keith W. Miller United States	47	4.6k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	624 0.6×	614 0.7×	667 0.9×	163	7.2k
Roderic G. Eckenhoff United States	47	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	2.6k 2.4×	1.3k 1.6×	640 0.9×	219	7.7k
Michael J. Halsey United Kingdom	32	1.2k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	716 0.7×	852 1.0×	212 0.3×	121	3.5k
Nicholas P. Franks United Kingdom	69	7.7k 1.9×	6.0k 2.0×	4.0k 3.7×	2.6k 3.1×	1.1k 1.5×	167	17.8k
Alex S. Evers United States	38	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 2.0×	229 0.3×	137	5.6k
W. D. M. Paton United Kingdom	39	2.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	220 0.2×	524 0.6×	132 0.2×	150	7.7k
Michael J. Laster United States	42	1.0k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	2.4k 2.8×	262 0.4×	141	4.9k
Douglas F. Covey United States	64	7.0k 1.7×	4.4k 1.4×	437 0.4×	225 0.3×	300 0.4×	341	13.0k
Stuart A. Forman United States	36	2.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	588 0.5×	680 0.8×	146 0.2×	116	4.2k

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Gruß, Marco, Trevor J. Bushell, Damian P. Bright, et al.. (2004). Two-Pore-Domain K+ Channels Are a Novel Target for the Anesthetic Gases Xenon, Nitrous Oxide, and Cyclopropane. Molecular Pharmacology. 65(2). 443–452. 244 indexed citations

Dickinson, Robert, et al.. (2003). The effects of general anaesthetics on carbachol-evoked gamma oscillations in the rat hippocampus in vitro. Neuropharmacology. 44(7). 864–872. 71 indexed citations

Eck, Markus, et al.. (2003). Vaskul�rer Bindehauttumor. Der Ophthalmologe. 100(2). 142–144. 3 indexed citations

Jenkins, Andrew, et al.. (1999). Preparation of Barbiturate Optical Isomers and Their Effects on GABA (A) Receptors. Anesthesiology. 90(6). 1714–1722.. 33 indexed citations

Franks, Nicholas P. & W.R. Lieb. (1998). Which molecular targets are most relevant to general anaesthesia?. Toxicology Letters. 100-101. 1–8. 111 indexed citations

Franks, Nicholas P. & W.R. Lieb. (1996). An Anesthetic-Sensitive Superfamily of Neurotransmitter-Gated Ion Channels. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 8(3). S3–S7. 18 indexed citations

Downie, David L., Adam C. Hall, W.R. Lieb, & Nicholas P. Franks. (1996). Effects of inhalational general anaesthetics on native glycine receptors in rat medullary neurones and recombinant glycine receptors in Xenopus oocytes. British Journal of Pharmacology. 118(3). 493–502. 116 indexed citations

Dickinson, Robert, W.R. Lieb, & Nicholas P. Franks. (1995). The effects of temperature on the interactions between volatile general anaesthetics and a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. British Journal of Pharmacology. 116(7). 2949–2956. 16 indexed citations

Franks, Nicholas P. & W.R. Lieb. (1994). Molecular and cellular mechanisms of general anaesthesia. Nature. 367(6464). 607–614. 1518 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dickinson, Robert, Edward H. Smith, Nicholas P. Franks, & W.R. Lieb. (1993). Synthesis and use of the n-bromododecane-1,12-diols as conformational probes for general anesthetic target sites. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 36(1). 111–118. 12 indexed citations

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Franks, Nicholas P., Michael H. Abraham, & W.R. Lieb. (1993). Molecular Organization of Liquid n-Octanol: An X-ray Diffraction Analysis. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 82(5). 466–470. 93 indexed citations

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Calow, Peter, et al.. (1992). Effects of temperature on the anaesthetic potency of halothane, enflurane and ethanol in Daphnia magna (Cladocera: Crustacea). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology. 101(1). 15–19. 25 indexed citations

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Moss, Guy W. J., W.R. Lieb, & Nicholas P. Franks. (1991). Anesthetic inhibition of firefly luciferase, a protein model for general anesthesia, does not exhibit pressure reversal. Biophysical Journal. 60(6). 1309–1314. 39 indexed citations

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Moss, Guy W. J., Stephen Curry, Nicholas P. Franks, & W.R. Lieb. (1991). Mapping the polarity profiles of general anesthetic target sites using n-alkane-.alpha.,.omega.-diols. Biochemistry. 30(43). 10551–10557. 20 indexed citations

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Curry, Stephen, Guy W. J. Moss, Robert Dickinson, W.R. Lieb, & Nicholas P. Franks. (1991). Probing the molecular dimensions of general anaesthetic target sites in tadpoles (Xenopus laevis) and model systems using cycloalcohols. British Journal of Pharmacology. 102(1). 167–173. 29 indexed citations

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Curry, Stephen, W.R. Lieb, & Nicholas P. Franks. (1990). Effects of general anesthetics on the bacterial luciferase enzyme from Vibrio harveyi: an anesthetic target site with differential sensitivity. Biochemistry. 29(19). 4641–4652. 40 indexed citations

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Franks, Nicholas P. & W.R. Lieb. (1990). Mechanisms of general anesthesia.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 87. 199–205. 121 indexed citations

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Wolosin, J. Mario, H. Ginsburg, W.R. Lieb, & Wilfred D. Stein. (1978). Diffusion within egg lecithin bilayers resembles that within soft polymers.. The Journal of General Physiology. 71(1). 93–100. 31 indexed citations

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Lieb, W.R., et al.. (1970). ON THE USE OF A GASTRO FIBRESCOPE FOR READING INSCRIPTIONS ON THE INSIDE OF JAPANESE SCULPTURES. Studies in Conservation. 15(4). 294–303. 1 indexed citations

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Sha’afi, R.I. & W.R. Lieb. (1967). Cation Movements in the High Sodium Erythrocyte of the Cat. The Journal of General Physiology. 50(6). 1751–1764. 29 indexed citations

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