Robert W. Nickells
Impact in
- Ophthalmology top 0.1%
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Neurology top 1%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Neurological Disorders and Treatments
Papers in
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- Retinal Development and Disorders 25
- Cell death mechanisms and regulation 16
- Heat shock proteins research 7
- Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research 5
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- Glaucoma and retinal disorders 26
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments 13
- Co-authors
- Cassandra L. Schlamp (36 shared papers)Donald J. Zack (5 shared papers)Harry A. Quigley (3 shared papers)Lisa A. Kerrigan (1 shared paper)Mary Ellen Pease (1 shared paper)Yan Li (3 shared papers)Simon W. M. John (2 shared papers)Margaret E. Maes (10 shared papers)
- Journals
- Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (11 papers)Experimental Eye Research (6 papers)BMC Neuroscience (4 papers)Journal of Neuroinflammation (2 papers)PLoS ONE (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesAustriaCanada
In The Last Decade
Robert W. Nickells
81 papers receiving 4.9k citations
Robert W. Nickells's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 119
- Ophthalmology 2.4k
- Neurology 523
- Molecular Biology 2.6k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 619
- Developmental Neuroscience 131
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 83 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Retinal ganglion cell death in experimental glaucoma and after axotomy occurs by apoptosis. Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 793 |
| 2 | 2005 | 309 | |
| 3 | 2006 | 262 | |
| 4 | 2012 | 261 | |
| 5 | Experimental induction of retinal ganglion cell death in adult mice. | 1999 | 212 |
| 6 | 1999 | 199 | |
| 7 | 1996 | 181 | |
| 8 | Changes in Thy1 gene expression associated with damaged retinal ganglion cells. | 2001 | 167 |
| 9 | 2017 | 163 | |
| 10 | 2008 | 150 | |
| 11 | 2010 | 125 | |
| 12 | Identification of the bcl-2 family of genes in the rat retina. | 1997 | 113 |
| 13 | 2007 | 111 | |
| 14 | 1996 | 96 | |
| 15 | Evaluation of the percentage of ganglion cells in the ganglion cell layer of the rodent retina. | 2013 | 92 |
| 16 | 2015 | 72 | |
| 17 | 1997 | 66 | |
| 18 | 2003 | 62 | |
| 19 | 2016 | 61 | |
| 20 | 1986 | 61 |
About Robert W. Nickells
Robert W. Nickells is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Ecology, having authored 83 papers that have together received 5.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Glaucoma and retinal disorders (26 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (25 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (16 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (13 papers), Heat shock proteins research (7 papers), Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies (5 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (5 papers) and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ophthalmology (2.4k citations), Neurology (523 citations), Molecular Biology (2.6k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (619 citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (131 citations). Robert W. Nickells has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Austria and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Cassandra L. Schlamp, Donald J. Zack, Harry A. Quigley, Lisa A. Kerrigan, Mary Ellen Pease, Yan Li, Simon W. M. John, Margaret E. Maes, Joel A. Dietz and Yan Li. Their work appears in journals such as Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Experimental Eye Research, BMC Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroinflammation and PLoS ONE.
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