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73
Citations
27896
World Ranking
5814
National Ranking
449

Overview

John B. Davis is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their academic work spans several interrelated fields, primarily focusing on economics, econometrics, and finance, with additional contributions in social sciences. Their research encompasses subfields including economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, general economics, demography, and the history and philosophy of science.

The researcher's main topics of investigation cover the following areas:

  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Economic theories and models
  • Political Economy and Marxism
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

John B. Davis has contributed to various scholarly journals, with frequent publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of Evolutionary Political Economy
  • Journal of Economic Methodology
  • European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
  • Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Their recent academic papers include:

  • "A general theory of social economic stratification: stigmatization, exclusion, and capability shortfalls" (2022, Review of Evolutionary Political Economy)
  • "A road not taken? A brief history of care in economic thought" (2020, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought)

They have collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Angela Ambrosino, Mario A. Cedrini, Theodore Koutsobinas, Robert McMaster, and Eileen Crist.

In addition to journal articles, John B. Davis has published a book titled Identity, Capabilities, and Changing Economics (2024) through Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen peroxide mediates amyloid beta protein toxicity.

    C. Behl;J.B. Davis;R. Lesley;D. Schubert

  • Vanilloid receptor-1 is essential for inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia

    John B. Davis;Julie Gray;Martin J. Gunthorpe;Jonathan P. Hatcher

  • Molecular targets for cannabidiol and its synthetic analogues: effect on vanilloid VR1 receptors and on the cellular uptake and enzymatic hydrolysis of anandamide.

    Tiziana Bisogno;Lumír Hanuš;Luciano De Petrocellis;Susanna Tchilibon

  • TRPV3 is a temperature-sensitive vanilloid receptor-like protein.

    G. D. Smith;M. J. Gunthorpe;R. E. Kelsell;P. D. Hayes

  • Glial growth factors are alternatively spliced erbB2 ligands expressed in the nervous system.

    Mark A. Marchionni;Andrew D. J. Goodearl;Maio Su Chen;Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh

  • The endogenous lipid anandamide is a full agonist at the human vanilloid receptor (hVR1).

    D Smart;M J Gunthorpe;J C Jerman;S Nasir

  • Vitamin E protects nerve cells from amyloid βprotein toxicity

    Christian Behl;John Davis;Greg M. Cole;David Schubert

  • Activation of TRPV4 Channels (hVRL-2/mTRP12) by Phorbol Derivatives

    Hiroyuki Watanabe;John B. Davis;Darren Smart;Jeff C. Jerman

  • The diversity in the vanilloid (TRPV) receptor family of ion channels.

    Martin J. Gunthorpe;Christopher D. Benham;Andrew Randall;John B. Davis

  • Protein kinase C activation potentiates gating of the vanilloid receptor VR1 by capsaicin, protons, heat and anandamide.

    Vittorio Vellani;Sarah Mapplebeck;Andrea Moriondo;John B. Davis

  • Ethanol elicits and potentiates nociceptor responses via the vanilloid receptor-1

    M Trevisani;D Smart;M J Gunthorpe;M Tognetto

  • Overlap between the ligand recognition properties of the anandamide transporter and the VR1 vanilloid receptor: inhibitors of anandamide uptake with negligible capsaicin‐like activity

    Luciano De Petrocellis;Tiziana Bisogno;John B Davis;Roger G Pertwee

  • Protein kinase C activation inhibits glutamate-induced cytotoxicity in a neuronal cell line

    John B. Davis;Pamela Maher

  • Protease-Activated Receptor 2 Sensitizes the Capsaicin Receptor Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Receptor 1 to Induce Hyperalgesia

    Silvia Amadesi;Jingjiang Nie;Nathalie Vergnolle;Graeme S. Cottrell

  • Platelet-derived growth factors and fibroblast growth factors are mitogens for rat Schwann cells.

    John B. Davis;Paul Stroobant

  • The Role of Monoamine Metabolism in Oxidative Glutamate Toxicity

    Pamela Maher;John B. Davis

  • GSK189254, a Novel H3 Receptor Antagonist That Binds to Histamine H3 Receptors in Alzheimer's Disease Brain and Improves Cognitive Performance in Preclinical Models

    Andrew D. Medhurst;Alan R. Atkins;Isabel J. Beresford;Kim Brackenborough

  • Sensory fibres expressing capsaicin receptor TRPV1 in patients with rectal hypersensitivity and faecal urgency

    C L H Chan;P Facer;J B Davis;G D Smith

  • The Activity of Anandamide at Vanilloid VR1 Receptors Requires Facilitated Transport across the Cell Membrane and Is Limited by Intracellular Metabolism

    Luciano De Petrocellis;Tiziana Bisogno;Mauro Maccarrone;John B. Davis

  • Cloning and functional expression of a human orthologue of rat vanilloid receptor-1.

    Philip Hayes;Helen J Meadows;Martin J Gunthorpe;Mark H Harries

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Randall
Andrew D. Randall University of Exeter
Jill C. Richardson
Jill C. Richardson MSD (United Kingdom)
Vincenzo Di Marzo
Vincenzo Di Marzo National Research Council (CNR)
David Schubert
David Schubert Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Tiziana Bisogno
Tiziana Bisogno National Research Council (CNR)
Sally A. Cowley
Sally A. Cowley University of Oxford
Paul Brennan
Paul Brennan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Rab K. Prinjha
Rab K. Prinjha GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Pamela Maher
Pamela Maher Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Alex N. Bullock
Alex N. Bullock University of Oxford

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