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William J. Freed

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Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
16819
World Ranking
3232
National Ranking
1498

William J. Freed publications per year

1973: 1 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 6 publications 1977: 3 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 6 publications 1980: 7 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 4 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 12 publications 1985: 9 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 12 publications 1988: 17 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 14 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 0 publications 2014: 1 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 1 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 1 publications 2022: 23 publications
1973 2022

270 publications in total across all disciplines

William J. Freed publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William J. Freed sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 249 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

William J. Freed D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William J. Freed sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • An index of the functional condition of rat sciatic nerve based on measurements made from walking tracks

    Luis de Medinaceli;William J. Freed;Richard Jed Wyatt

  • Brain grafts reduce motor abnormalities produced by destruction of nigrostriatal dopamine system

    Mark J. Perlow;William J. Freed;Barry J. Hoffer;Ake Seiger

  • Transplanted adrenal chromaffin cells in rat brain reduce lesion-induced rotational behaviour

    William J. Freed;John M. Morihisa;Eleanor Spoor;Barry J. Hoffer

  • Restoration of dopaminergic function by grafting of fetal rat substantia nigra to the caudate nucleus: long-term behavioral, biochemical, and histochemical studies.

    William J. Freed;William J. Freed;William J. Freed;Mark J. Perlow;Mark J. Perlow;Mark J. Perlow;Farouk Karoum;Farouk Karoum;Farouk Karoum;Ake Seiger;Ake Seiger;Ake Seiger

  • Dopaminergic Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Xianmin Zeng;Jingli Cai;Jia Chen;Yongquan Luo

  • Calcitonin: inhibitory effect on eating in rats

    William J. Freed;Mark J. Perlow;Richard Jed Wyatt

  • Intracerebral adrenal medulla grafts: a review.

    William J. Freed;Maciej Poltorak;Jill B. Becker

  • Reduction of synapsin in the hippocampus of patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

    M P Vawter;L Thatcher;N Usen;T M Hyde

  • TGFβ1 and TGFβ2 Concentrations Are Elevated in Parkinson's Disease in Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid

    Marquis P. Vawter;Ora Dillon-Carter;W.W. Tourtellotte;Paul Carvey

  • Neuropathology of bipolar disorder.

    Marquis P Vawter;William J Freed;Joel E Kleinman

  • Normalization of Spiroperidol Binding in the Denervated Rat Striatum by Homologous Grafts of Substantia Nigra

    WJ Freed;GN Ko;DL Niehoff;MJ Kuhar

  • Effect of ibotenic acid lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex on amphetamine-induced locomotion and regional brain catecholamine concentrations in the rat.

    George E. Jaskiw;Farouk Karoum;William J. Freed;Ingrid Phillips

  • Substantia nigra grafts and Parkinson's disease: from animal experiments to human therapeutic trials.

    William J. Freed

  • Promoting functional plasticity in the damaged nervous system.

    WJ Freed;L de Medinaceli;RJ Wyatt

  • Adrènal medulla grafts survice and exhibit catecholamine-specific fluorescence in the primate brain

    John M. Morihisa;Richard K. Nakamura;William J. Freed;Mortimer Mishkin

  • Disturbances in cell recognition molecules (N-CAM and L1 antigen) in the CSF of patients with schizophrenia.

    M. Poltorak;I. Khoja;J. J. Hemperly;J. R. Williams

  • Effect of dopamine agonists and antagonists on the electrical activity of substantia nigra neurons transplanted into the lateral ventricle of the rat.

    S. M. Wuerthele;W. J. Freed;L. Olson;J. Morihisa

  • Calcitonin reduces feeding in man, monkey and rat.

    Mark J. Perlow;William J. Freed;John S. Carman;Richard Jed Wyatt

  • A Novel Combination of Factors, Termed SPIE, which Promotes Dopaminergic Neuron Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Tandis Vazin;Tandis Vazin;Kevin G. Becker;Jia Chen;Charles E. Spivak

  • Catecholamine content of intracerebral adrenal medulla grafts.

    William J. Freed;Farouk Karoum;H. Eleanor Spoor;John M. Morihisa

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Jed Wyatt
Richard Jed Wyatt St. Elizabeths Hospital
Barry J. Hoffer
Barry J. Hoffer Case Western Reserve University
Lars Olson
Lars Olson Karolinska Institute
Michael J. Kuhar
Michael J. Kuhar Emory University
Barry J. Hoffer
Barry J. Hoffer Case Western Reserve University
J. Christian Gillin
J. Christian Gillin University of California, San Diego

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