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Alan C. Foster

Alan C. Foster publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Nutrition and Dietetics, on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Ion channel regulation and function.

World rank
#364,589
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#131,732
of 358,040
Works
28
Citations
190
Citations per work
6.8

What does Alan C. Foster research?

Molecular Biology: 30.4%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17.4%Nutrition and Dietetics: 4.3%Cell Biology: 4.3%other fields: 43.6%30%top field
Molecular Biology30.4%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience17.4%Nutrition and Dietetics4.3%Cell Biology4.3%other fields43.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology30% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience17% of their works
  3. 3Nutrition and Dietetics4% of their works
  4. 4Cell Biology4% of their works
  5. 5Endocrine and Autonomic Systems4% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan C. Foster's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cell Signaling, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Drug Discovery, Membrane Proteins, Crystal Structure, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors and Ion Channels.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Cell Signaling72 topics
  2. Neurotransmission71 topic
  3. Synaptic Plasticity71 topic
  4. Drug Discovery62 topics
  5. Membrane Proteins52 topics
  6. Crystal Structure41 topic
  7. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors41 topic
  8. Ion Channels31 topic
  9. Voltage-Gated Channels31 topic
  10. Fluorescent Chemosensors21 topic
  11. Foldamers21 topic
  12. Ghrelin21 topic
  13. Ion Detection21 topic
  14. Leptin21 topic
  15. Lipid Rafts21 topic
  16. Membrane Lipids21 topic
  17. Peptide Synthesis21 topic
  18. Sweet Taste21 topic
  19. Taste Receptors21 topic

Where does Alan C. Foster work?

Alan C. Foster's main affiliation in the publication record is Neurocrine Biosciences (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Alan C. Foster have?

Science Explorer counts 28 works and 190 citations for Alan C. Foster, ranking #364,589 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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