William D. Willis
Impact in
- Physiology top 0.01%
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Papers in
- Physiology 232
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments 224
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- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 94
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology 47
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering 19
- Co-authors
- Karin N. Westlund (45 shared papers)Qing Lin (36 shared papers)Robert F. Schmidt (12 shared papers)J. C. Eccles (5 shared papers)Patrick M. Dougherty (17 shared papers)Edward M. Eddy (14 shared papers)Kathleen A. Sluka (19 shared papers)Linda S. Sorkin (18 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Neurophysiology (54 papers)Brain Research (37 papers)Pain (31 papers)The Journal of Comparative Neurology (23 papers)The Journal of Physiology (13 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanyCzechia
In The Last Decade
William D. Willis
379 papers receiving 24.0k citations
William D. Willis's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 162
- Physiology 14.7k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 9.5k
- Sensory Systems 1.4k
- Cognitive Neuroscience 4.9k
- Neurology 1.8k
Countries citing papers authored by William D. Willis
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 387 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neuroanatomy of the Pain System and of the Pathways That Modulate Pain Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 714 |
| 2 | Pharmacological studies on presynaptic inhibition Hit paper breakdown → | 1963 | 683 |
| 3 | Neurogenic hyperalgesia: central neural correlates in responses of spinothalamic tract neurons Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 536 |
| 4 | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase-S, a sperm-specific glycolytic enzyme, is required for sperm motility and male fertility Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 522 |
| 5 | 2001 | 447 | |
| 6 | 1985 | 369 | |
| 7 | 1999 | 361 | |
| 8 | 2002 | 354 | |
| 9 | 1995 | 327 | |
| 10 | 2003 | 308 | |
| 11 | 1962 | 306 | |
| 12 | 1974 | 303 | |
| 13 | 1979 | 277 | |
| 14 | The pain system. The neural basis of nociceptive transmission in the mammalian nervous system. | 1985 | 261 |
| 15 | 1991 | 254 | |
| 16 | 2001 | 236 | |
| 17 | 1962 | 236 | |
| 18 | 1981 | 234 | |
| 19 | 1980 | 221 | |
| 20 | 1997 | 220 |
About William D. Willis
William D. Willis is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, having authored 387 papers that have together received 25.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (224 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (94 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (47 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (41 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (26 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (22 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (21 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (14.7k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (9.5k citations), Sensory Systems (1.4k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (4.9k citations) and Neurology (1.8k citations). William D. Willis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Czechia. Frequent co-authors include Karin N. Westlund, Qing Lin, Robert F. Schmidt, J. C. Eccles, Patrick M. Dougherty, Edward M. Eddy, Kathleen A. Sluka, Linda S. Sorkin, Eugenia H. Goulding and Elie D. Al–Chaer. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neurophysiology, Brain Research, Pain, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and The Journal of Physiology.
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