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Researcher · Rockefeller University · United States

Roderick MacKinnon

Roderick MacKinnon publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, on topics such as Ion channel regulation and function, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

ORCID 0000-0001-7605-4679 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,632
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#950
of 1,627,098
Works
281
Citations
55k
Citations per work
197.0
h-index
104
i10-index 165Top 0.2% in Molecular Biology
Roderick MacKinnon

What does Roderick MacKinnon research?

Roderick MacKinnon's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (47%), Medicine (13%), Neuroscience (13%).

Life Sciences: 169 works · 60.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 133 works · 47.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 133 works · 47.4% of their workNeuroscience: 35 works · 12.6% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 35 works · 12.6% of their workEverything else: 55 works · 19.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 37 works · 13.1% of their workMedicine: 37 works · 13.1% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 works · 9.5% of their workPhysiology: 10 works · 3.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 21 works · 7.5% of their workChemistry: 12 works · 4.4% of their workElectrochemistry: 12 works · 4.4% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 3.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 9 works · 3.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRoderickMacKinnon281works
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences13%

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 Biology13347.4%
    2. Neuroscience3512.6%
  2. Everything else5519.4%
    1. Medicine3713.1%
    1. Chemistry124.4%
    2. Engineering93.1%
  1. 1Molecular Biology47% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience13% of their works
  3. 3Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine10% of their works
  4. 4Electrochemistry4% of their works
  5. 5Physiology4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Roderick MacKinnon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ion Channels, Membrane Proteins, Calcium Channels, Voltage-Gated Channels, Arrhythmias, Long-QT Syndrome, Neurotransmission and Synaptic Plasticity.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ion Channels2333 topics
  2. Membrane Proteins2012 topics
  3. Calcium Channels1601 topic
  4. Voltage-Gated Channels1601 topic
  5. Arrhythmias541 topic
  6. Long-QT Syndrome541 topic
  7. Neurotransmission511 topic
  8. Synaptic Plasticity511 topic
  9. Lipid Rafts411 topic
  10. Membrane Lipids411 topic
  11. Crystal Structure331 topic
  12. Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors331 topic
  13. Detection271 topic
  14. Electrochemical271 topic
  15. Piezo1191 topic
  16. Piezo2191 topic
  17. Electrode Arrays181 topic
  18. Neural Stimulation181 topic

Where does Roderick MacKinnon work?

Roderick MacKinnon's main affiliation in the publication record is Rockefeller University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Roderick MacKinnon have?

OpenAlex counts 281 works and 55,366 citations for Roderick MacKinnon, an h-index of 104, ranking #2,632 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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