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William K. Stell

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Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
9883
World Ranking
4751
National Ranking
274

William K. Stell 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 K. Stell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 153 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William K. Stell 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 K. Stell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William K. Stell is affiliated with Alberta Children's Hospital in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, epidemiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and ophthalmology.

Their research primarily focuses on topics related to corneal surgery and disorders, ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, retinal development and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, glaucoma and retinal disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, and neuroscience and neural engineering.

William K. Stell has published in several scientific venues. Frequent publication locations include Experimental Eye Research, Scientific Reports, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, Translational Vision Science & Technology, and the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Stell include:

  • Atypical visual processing in a mouse model of autism, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Light adaptation in the chick retina: Dopamine, nitric oxide, and gap-junction coupling modulate spatiotemporal contrast sensitivity, 2020, Experimental Eye Research
  • Reappraisal of the historical myopia epidemic in native Arctic communities, 2021, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
  • Transgenic Expression of Cacna1f Rescues Vision and Retinal Morphology in a Mouse Model of Congenital Stationary Night Blindness 2A (CSNB2A), 2020, Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • Retinal control of lens-induced astigmatism in chicks, 2020, Experimental Eye Research

Frequent collaborators in William K. Stell's research include Chea-su Kee, Eden B. Pagtalunan, Byung Soo Kang, Tsz-Wing Leung, and Sonal Vyas. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications alongside Stell.

Best Publications

  • Color-specific interconnections of cones and horizontal cells in the retina of the goldfish.

    William K. Stell;David O. Lightfoot

  • The structure and relationships of horizontal cells and photoreceptor-bipolar synaptic complexes in goldfish retina.

    William K. Stell

  • GABA-ergic pathways in the goldfish retina.

    Robert E. Marc;William K. Stell;Dean Bok;Dominic M. K. Lam

  • Nitric Oxide (NO) Mediates the Inhibition of Form-Deprivation Myopia by Atropine in Chicks

    Brittany J. Carr;William K. Stell

  • The goldfish nervus terminalis: a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone and molluscan cardioexcitatory peptide immunoreactive olfactoretinal pathway.

    William K. Stell;Steven E. Walker;Kuldip S. Chohan;Alexander K. Ball

  • Mutation of the calcium channel gene Cacna1f disrupts calcium signaling, synaptic transmission and cellular organization in mouse retina

    Fiona Mansergh;Noelle C. Orton;John P. Vessey;Melanie R. Lalonde

  • Goldfish retina: functional polarization of cone horizontal cell dendrites and synapses.

    William K. Stell;David O. Lightfood;Thomas G. Wheeler;Harold F. Leeper

  • Light- and focus-dependent expression of the transcription factor ZENK in the chick retina.

    Andy J. Fischer;Andy J. Fischer;Jennifer J. McGuire;Frank Schaeffel;William K. Stell

  • Cone structure and visual pigment content in the retina of the goldfish

    William K. Stell;Ferenc I. Hárosi

  • Structural basis for on-and off-center responses in retinal bipolar cells

    William K. Stell;Andrew T. Ishida;David O. Lightfoot

  • The Morphological Organization of the Vertebrate Retina

    William K. Stell

  • Correlation of retinal cytoarchitecture and ultrastructure in Golgi preparations.

    William K. Stell

  • Horizontal cell axons and axon terminals in goldfish retina.

    William K. Stell

  • Rod and cone inputs to bipolar cells in goldfish retina

    A. T. Ishida;W. K. Stell;D. O. Lightfoot

  • Apomorphine blocks form-deprivation myopia in chickens by a dopamine D2-receptor mechanism acting in retina or pigmented epithelium.

    Baerbel Rohrer;Arthur W. Spira;William K. Stell

  • Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the retina.

    Tadataka Yamada;David Marshak;Scott Basinger;John Walsh

  • Immunocytochemical characterization of quisqualic acid‐ and N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate‐induced excitotoxicity in the retina of chicks

    Andy J. Fischer;Ruth L. Pickett Seltner;Johnny Poon;William K. Stell

  • How does atropine exert its anti-myopia effects?

    Neville A. McBrien;William K. Stell;Brittany Carr

  • Retinal structure in the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis: General description and light microscopy of giant ganglion cells

    William K. Stell;William K. Stell;Paul Witkovsky;Paul Witkovsky

  • Cholinergic amacrine cells are not required for the progression and atropine-mediated suppression of form-deprivation myopia

    Andy J Fischer;Pat Miethke;Ian G Morgan;William K Stell

  • Stimulation of dopaminergic amacrine cells by stroboscopic illumination or fibroblast growth factor (bFGF, FGF-2) injections: possible roles in prevention of form-deprivation myopia in the chick.

    B Rohrer;P M Iuvone;W K Stell

  • Peptides are in the eye of the beholder

    William Stell;David Marshak;Tadataka Yamada;Nicholas Brecha

  • Variable effects of previously untested muscarinic receptor antagonists on experimental myopia.

    W Alana Luft;Yan Ming;William K Stell

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy J. Fischer
Andy J. Fischer The Ohio State University
Earl L. Smith
Earl L. Smith University of Houston
Neil M. Nathanson
Neil M. Nathanson University of Washington
Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz
Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz Imperial College London
Yoshinari Takasaki
Yoshinari Takasaki Juntendo University
Morley D. Hollenberg
Morley D. Hollenberg University of Calgary
Pablo Artal
Pablo Artal University of Murcia
Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes University of California, Los Angeles
P. Michael Iuvone
P. Michael Iuvone Emory University
Gerald H. Jacobs
Gerald H. Jacobs University of California, Santa Barbara

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