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Researcher · Burroughs Wellcome Fund · United States

Robert M. Ferris

Robert M. Ferris publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Surgery, on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,974,478
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,085,615
of 1,627,098
Works
16
Citations
480
Citations per work
30.0
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 84% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Robert M. Ferris

What does Robert M. Ferris research?

Robert M. Ferris's work is mostly in Neuroscience (32%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Chemistry (4%).

Life Sciences: 10 works · 59.6% of their workNeuroscience: 5 works · 32.0% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 works · 27.7% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 works · 4.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 25.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 25.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 works · 2.1% of their workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 works · 2.1% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 31.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 4.3% of their workChemistry: 1 works · 4.3% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 1 works · 4.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 4.3% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 4.3% of their workSurgery: 1 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert M. Ferris16works
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences4%

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. Neuroscience532.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology425.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.1%
  2. Everything else531.8%
    1. Chemistry14.3%
    1. Medicine14.3%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience28% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology26% of their works
  3. 3Surgery4% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience4% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Animal Science and Zoology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert M. Ferris's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cell Signaling, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Crystal Structure, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Dopamine, Serotonin 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. 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. Cell Signaling82 topics
  2. Neurotransmission61 topic
  3. Synaptic Plasticity61 topic
  4. Crystal Structure51 topic
  5. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors51 topic
  6. Dopamine41 topic
  7. Serotonin41 topic
  8. Ion Channels31 topic
  9. Voltage-Gated Channels31 topic
  10. Chaperone21 topic
  11. Mammalian Cells21 topic
  12. Pyrrolobenzodiazepines21 topic
  13. Recombinant Protein21 topic
  14. Sigma-1 Receptor21 topic
  15. Synthesis21 topic
  16. Clenbuterol11 topic
  17. Ractopamine11 topic

Where does Robert M. Ferris work?

Robert M. Ferris's main affiliation in the publication record is Burroughs Wellcome Fund, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert M. Ferris have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 480 citations for Robert M. Ferris, an h-index of 9, ranking #3,974,478 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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