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Researcher · Oregon Health & Science University · United States

William K. Riker

William K. Riker publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology, on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study and Ion channel regulation and function.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,577,177
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,617,893
of 1,627,098
Works
55
Citations
388
Citations per work
7.1
h-index
13
i10-index 16Top 62% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
William K. Riker

What does William K. Riker research?

William K. Riker's work is mostly in Neuroscience (34%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Medicine (9%).

Life Sciences: 31 works · 55.6% of their workNeuroscience: 19 works · 34.0% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 works · 30.7% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 works · 3.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 works · 21.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 12 works · 21.6% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 32.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 9.2% of their workMedicine: 5 works · 9.2% of their workPhysiology: 4 works · 7.2% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 works · 2.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 1 works · 2.6% of their workChemistry: 1 works · 2.6% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 1 works · 2.6% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam K. Riker55works
Life Sciences56%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences9%

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. Neuroscience1934.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1221.6%
  2. Everything else1832.6%
    1. Medicine59.2%
    1. Chemistry12.6%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience31% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology22% of their works
  3. 3Physiology7% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience3% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry3% of their works
  6. 6Psychiatry and Mental health2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William K. Riker's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Crystal Structure, Cell Signaling, Neuronal Signaling, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, Ion Channels and Voltage-Gated 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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurotransmission291 topic
  2. Synaptic Plasticity291 topic
  3. Crystal Structure172 topics
  4. Cell Signaling122 topics
  5. Neuronal Signaling121 topic
  6. Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors121 topic
  7. Ion Channels71 topic
  8. Voltage-Gated Channels71 topic
  9. Central Sensitization61 topic
  10. Channelrhodopsin61 topic
  11. Neuropathic Pain61 topic
  12. Optogenetics61 topic
  13. Cortical Networks51 topic
  14. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors51 topic
  15. Neuronal Oscillations51 topic
  16. Signal Transduction51 topic
  17. Electrode Arrays41 topic
  18. Neural Stimulation41 topic

Where does William K. Riker work?

William K. Riker's main affiliation in the publication record is Oregon Health & Science University, United States.

How many publications and citations does William K. Riker have?

OpenAlex counts 55 works and 388 citations for William K. Riker, an h-index of 13, ranking #7,577,177 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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