Alan Cowan

145 total papers · 6.2k total citations
131 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Alan Cowan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Cowan has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 63 papers in Molecular Biology and 47 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alan Cowan’s work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (69 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (40 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (39 papers). Alan Cowan is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (69 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (40 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (39 papers). Alan Cowan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Alan Cowan's co-authors include Helen Wheeler-Aceto, Ronald J. Tallarida, Frank Porreca, Martin W. Adler, Saadet Inan, Kabirullah Lutfy, Debra E. Gmerek, Frank C. Tortella, Ellen B. Geller and Christopher W. Murray and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Cowan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Cowan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Cowan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Cowan. Alan Cowan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Alan Cowan

131 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Cowan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Alan Cowan

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