Barry Commoner

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Barry Commoner is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry Commoner has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Plant Science, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Barry Commoner's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (21 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (9 papers) and Electron Spin Resonance Studies (7 papers). Barry Commoner is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (21 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (9 papers) and Electron Spin Resonance Studies (7 papers). Barry Commoner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Australia. Barry Commoner's co-authors include J. Townsend, G. E. Pake, Antony J. Vithayathil, Georgia Shearer, Daniel H. Kohl, John C. Woolum, Jessie L. Ternberg, John Heise, Prema Madyastha and Piero Dolara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Barry Commoner

113 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Free Radicals in Biological Materials 1954 2026 1978 2002 1954 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Free Radicals in Biological Materials
    1954 515 citations Barry Commoner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barry Commoner United States 32 862 680 374 366 317 127 3.8k
Stanley J. Stein United States 41 4.7k 5.4× 392 0.6× 247 0.7× 324 0.9× 708 2.2× 176 10.7k
Jocelyn Kaiser United States 34 1.6k 1.9× 298 0.4× 264 0.7× 361 1.0× 225 0.7× 622 5.3k
Robert C. Jones United States 36 1.1k 1.2× 159 0.2× 365 1.0× 177 0.5× 180 0.6× 158 4.9k
Devra Lee Davis United States 37 362 0.4× 250 0.4× 68 0.2× 581 1.6× 190 0.6× 128 5.0k
David Glick United States 36 1.6k 1.8× 326 0.5× 63 0.2× 78 0.2× 450 1.4× 221 5.5k
Bernard D. Goldstein United States 45 1.5k 1.7× 391 0.6× 63 0.2× 1.4k 3.9× 426 1.3× 240 7.5k
David R. Morris United States 52 6.5k 7.5× 795 1.2× 338 0.9× 243 0.7× 337 1.1× 194 10.6k
Matthew R. Smith United States 42 1.7k 2.0× 616 0.9× 858 2.3× 2.0k 5.4× 118 0.4× 190 9.8k
Michael Barber United States 42 2.3k 2.7× 628 0.9× 130 0.3× 108 0.3× 281 0.9× 186 6.9k
Oliver Rackham Australia 43 4.0k 4.6× 604 0.9× 589 1.6× 560 1.5× 220 0.7× 146 6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Barry Commoner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barry Commoner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barry Commoner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barry Commoner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barry Commoner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Barry Commoner. Barry Commoner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Commoner, Barry. (2016). Energía, medio ambiente y economía. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Commoner, Barry. (2007). Pollution Prevention: The Source of an Ethical Foundation for Sustainable Development. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 1 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry. (2001). The Once and Future Threat of the Petrochemical Industry to the World of Life. NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 11(1). 1–12. 1 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry. (1993). Population, Development, and the Environment: Trends and Key Issues in the Developed Countries. International Journal of Health Services. 23(3). 519–539. 14 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry. (1991). Rapid Population Growth and Environmental Stress. International Journal of Health Services. 21(2). 199–227. 32 indexed citations
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Cohen, Gary, John T. O’Connor, & Barry Commoner. (1990). Fighting toxics : a manual for protecting your family, community, and workplace. 9 indexed citations
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Kriebel, David, et al.. (1983). Detection of occupational exposure to genotoxic agents with a urinary mutagen assay. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 108(1-3). 67–79. 42 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry. (1979). The politics of energy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 28 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry, Antony J. Vithayathil, & Piero Dolara. (1978). Mutagenic Analysis as a Means of Detecting Carcinogens in Foods. Journal of Food Protection. 41(12). 996–1003. 12 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry, et al.. (1971). Wachstumswahn und Umweltkrise. 4 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry. (1969). The Dual Crisis in Science and Society. UNI ScholarWorks (University of Northern Iowa). 7(1). 3–8. 1 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry. (1966). Science and survival. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 65 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry, Robert B. Brode, Ansley J. Coale, et al.. (1964). Response : Science and the Race Problem. Science. 143(3609). 915–915. 3 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry. (1964). Fallout and Water Pollution—Parallel Cases: (Slightly Abridged). 7(2). 2–7. 1 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry. (1962). LINEAR BIOSYNTHESIS OF TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS: DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF A MODEL. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(12). 2076–2083. 9 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry, et al.. (1956). Society in the Scientific Revolution. Science. 124(3234). 1231–1231. 2 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry, et al.. (1955). THE NON-VIRUS PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS. The Journal of General Physiology. 38(4). 459–473. 20 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry, et al.. (1955). RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS AND THE NON-VIRUS PROTEINS. The Journal of General Physiology. 38(4). 475–492. 16 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry, et al.. (1953). THE EFFECTS OF TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS SYNTHESIS ON THE FREE AMINO ACID AND AMIDE COMPOSITION OF THE HOST. The Journal of General Physiology. 36(6). 791–805. 33 indexed citations
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Commoner, Barry, et al.. (1953). RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS AND THE NITROGEN METABOLISM OF THE HOST. The Journal of General Physiology. 36(6). 807–830. 24 indexed citations

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