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Researcher · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · United States

Robert Mark Wightman

Robert Mark Wightman publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Electrochemistry and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

ORCID 0000-0003-2198-139X OpenAlex
World rank
#27,519
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#10,336
of 1,627,098
Works
496
Citations
46k
Citations per work
93.2
h-index
123
i10-index 363Top 0.1% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Robert Mark Wightman

What does Robert Mark Wightman research?

Robert Mark Wightman's work is mostly in Neuroscience (38%), Chemistry (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%).

Life Sciences: 241 works · 48.5% of their workNeuroscience: 189 works · 38.1% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 147 works · 29.6% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 42 works · 8.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 works · 10.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 52 works · 10.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 131 works · 26.5% of their workChemistry: 59 works · 11.8% of their workElectrochemistry: 59 works · 11.8% of their workEngineering: 46 works · 9.3% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 46 works · 9.3% of their workChemical Engineering: 27 works · 5.4% of their workBioengineering: 27 works · 5.4% of their workEverything else: 124 works · 25.0% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert MarkWightman496works
Life Sciences48%Physical Sciences26%

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. Neuroscience18938.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5210.4%
    1. Chemistry5911.8%
    2. Engineering469.3%
    3. Chemical Engineering275.4%
  3. Everything else12425.0%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience30% of their works
  2. 2Electrochemistry12% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology10% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Cognitive Neuroscience8% of their works
  6. 6Bioengineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Mark Wightman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Detection, Electrochemical, Nanomaterials, Dopamine, Serotonin and Electrochemical Biosensors.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurotransmission1641 topic
  2. Synaptic Plasticity1641 topic
  3. Detection1631 topic
  4. Electrochemical1631 topic
  5. Nanomaterials1602 topics
  6. Dopamine1451 topic
  7. Serotonin1451 topic
  8. Electrochemical Biosensors921 topic
  9. Graphene921 topic
  10. Ion-Selective Electrodes751 topic
  11. Optical Sensors751 topic
  12. Crystal Structure731 topic
  13. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors731 topic
  14. Electrode Arrays681 topic
  15. Neural Stimulation681 topic
  16. Cortical Networks591 topic
  17. Neuronal Oscillations591 topic

Where does Robert Mark Wightman work?

Robert Mark Wightman's main affiliation in the publication record is University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Mark Wightman have?

OpenAlex counts 496 works and 46,204 citations for Robert Mark Wightman, an h-index of 123, ranking #27,519 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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