Viktor Hamburger

Washington University in St. Louis
United States

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Biology and Biochemistry D-index 44 Citations 17,061 91 World Ranking 15968 National Ranking 6627

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Awards & Achievements

1990 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society For pioneering the study of neuroembryology, and especially the landmark contributions to understanding neural cell death, nerve growth factor, and the developmental program for motor behavior

1989 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his steadfast work that led to the discovery and understanding of normally occurring neuronal death, nerve growth factor, and competitive relationships in the vertebrate nervous system.", Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.

1985 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience

1983 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University

1953 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

1949 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Best Publications

A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo

Viktor Hamburger;Howard L. Hamilton.
Developmental Dynamics (1992)

2606 Citations

Proliferation, differentiation and degeneration in the spinal ganglia of the chick embryo under normal and experimental conditions.

Viktor Hamburger;Rita Levi-Montalcini.
Journal of Experimental Zoology (1949)

1410 Citations

Selective growth stimulating effects of mouse sarcoma on the sensory and sympathetic nervous system of the chick embryo.

Rita Levi-Montalcini;Viktor Hamburger.
Journal of Experimental Zoology (1951)

1263 Citations

Embryonic vertebrate central nervous system: Revised terminology

Jay B. Angevine;David Bodian;Alfred J. Coulombre;Mac V. Edds.
Anatomical Record-advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology (1970)

995 Citations

Cell death in the development of the lateral motor column of the chick embryo.

Viktor Hamburger.
The Journal of Comparative Neurology (1975)

939 Citations

Analysis of development

Benjamin Harrison Willier;Paul A. Weiss;Viktor Hamburger.
(1955)

652 Citations

In vitro experiments on the effects of mouse sarcomas 180 and 37 on the spinal and sympathetic ganglia of the chick embryo.

Rita Levi-Montalcini;Hertha Meyer;Viktor Hamburger.
Cancer Research (1954)

647 Citations

Reduction of the naturally occurring motor neuron loss by enlargement of the periphery

Margaret Hollyday;Viktor Hamburger.
The Journal of Comparative Neurology (1976)

586 Citations

A NERVE GROWTH-STIMULATING FACTOR ISOLATED FROM SARCOM AS 37 AND 180.

Stanley Cohen;Rita Levi-Montalcini;Viktor Hamburger.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1954)

581 Citations

Neuronal death in the spinal ganglia of the chick embryo and its reduction by nerve growth factor.

V Hamburger;JK Brunso-Bechtold;JW Yip.
The Journal of Neuroscience (1981)

550 Citations

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