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Researcher · University of Zurich · Switzerland

Ian C. Forster

Ian C. Forster publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Nephrology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Ion Transport and Channel Regulation, Ion channel regulation and function and Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0003-3087-9952 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,660,305
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#27,105
of 80,918
Works
168
Citations
7.1k
Citations per work
42.1
h-index
44
i10-index 99Top 5.5% in Molecular Biology
Ian C. Forster

What does Ian C. Forster research?

Ian C. Forster's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (41%), Medicine (10%), Neuroscience (10%).

Life Sciences: 85 works · 50.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 68 works · 40.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 53 works · 31.7% of their workGenetics: 9 works · 5.2% of their workBiochemistry: 6 works · 3.7% of their workNeuroscience: 16 works · 9.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 works · 9.8% of their workEverything else: 53 works · 31.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 30 works · 18.0% of their workMedicine: 17 works · 10.4% of their workNephrology: 17 works · 10.4% of their workNursing: 13 works · 7.6% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 works · 7.6% of their workTHEIR WORKIan C. Forster168works
Life Sciences50%Health Sciences18%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6840.6%
    2. Neuroscience169.8%
  2. Everything else5331.6%
    1. Medicine1710.4%
    2. Nursing137.6%
  1. 1Molecular Biology32% of their works
  2. 2Nephrology10% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience10% of their works
  4. 4Nutrition and Dietetics8% of their works
  5. 5Genetics5% of their works
  6. 6Biochemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian C. Forster's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neuronal Function, Aquaporins, Water Channels, Ion Channels, Voltage-Gated Channels, FGF23, phosphate and Magnesium.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Neuronal Function662 topics
  2. Aquaporins631 topic
  3. Water Channels631 topic
  4. Ion Channels501 topic
  5. Voltage-Gated Channels501 topic
  6. FGF23471 topic
  7. phosphate471 topic
  8. Magnesium331 topic
  9. TRPM7331 topic
  10. Amino Acid Transporters161 topic
  11. D-Serine161 topic
  12. Electrode Arrays151 topic
  13. Neural Stimulation151 topic
  14. Neurotransmission151 topic
  15. Synaptic Plasticity151 topic
  16. Channelrhodopsin91 topic
  17. Optogenetics91 topic

Where does Ian C. Forster work?

Ian C. Forster's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Ian C. Forster have?

OpenAlex counts 168 works and 7,075 citations for Ian C. Forster, an h-index of 44, ranking #1,660,305 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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