Impact in Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Retinal Development and Disorders Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Papers in i Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 33 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research 10 Retinal Development and Disorders 21 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 6 show more fields Overview Impact Hit Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works George Wald's Hit Papers Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009 · 11.0k citations
11.0k 0 +22 +44 Years since publication 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k Peers George Wald
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5.3k Molecular Biology 8.6k Biochemistry 705 Ophthalmology 782 Cognitive Neuroscience 1.7k John E. Dowling United States
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Douglas C. Wallace United States
Linda Partridge United Kingdom
David Altshuler United States
Innes C. Cuthill United Kingdom
Steve Horvath United States
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Load more (20 of 128) Load more (20 of 128) About George Wald George Wald is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience , Molecular Biology , Ecology , Cognitive Neuroscience and Astronomy and Astrophysics , having authored 128 papers that have together received 20.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (21 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (7 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (6 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (6 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (5.3k citations), Molecular Biology (8.6k citations), Biochemistry (705 citations), Ophthalmology (782 citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (1.7k citations). George Wald has collaborated with scholars based in United States , Germany and Switzerland . Frequent co-authors include John E. Dowling , Paul K. Brown , Ruth Hubbard , Tôru Yoshizawa , Rowena G. Matthews , I. R. Gibbons , Patricia H. Smith , Charles M. Radding , Deric Bownds and Tom Reuter . Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of General Physiology , Science , Nature , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and American Journal of Ophthalmology .
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