Christopher P. Kempes

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Christopher P. Kempes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher P. Kempes has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Christopher P. Kempes's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (12 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (8 papers). Christopher P. Kempes is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (12 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (8 papers). Christopher P. Kempes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Christopher P. Kempes's co-authors include Grayson L. Chadwick, Victoria J. Orphan, Shawn E. McGlynn, Geoffrey B. West, Michael J. Follows, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Lars E. P. Dietrich, Tori M. Hoehler, Jan P. Amend and David H. Wolpert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher P. Kempes

52 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Single cell activity reveals direct electron transfer in methanotrophic consortia
    2015 474 citations Christopher P. Kempes et al. Nature profile →
  2. Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution
    2023 65 citations A. S. Sharma, Michael Lachmann et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Christopher P. Kempes
Donat‐Peter Häder Germany
Radu Popa United States
Janet L. Siefert United States
Daniel R. Colman United States
Charles K. Lee New Zealand
Jacob Waldbauer United States
Ulrich Stingl Saudi Arabia
Lynn J. Rothschild United States
Kazuhiro Kogure Japan
Donat‐Peter Häder Germany
Christopher P. Kempes
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher P. Kempes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher P. Kempes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher P. Kempes 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 Christopher P. Kempes. Christopher P. Kempes 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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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2025). Assembly theory and its relationship with computational complexity. PubMed. 2(1). 27–27. 1 indexed citations
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Enquist, Brian J., Christopher P. Kempes, & Geoffrey B. West. (2024). Developing a predictive science of the biosphere requires the integration of scientific cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(19). e2209196121–e2209196121. 3 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2024). On the Dynamics of Mortality and the Ephemeral Nature of Mammalian Megafauna. The American Naturalist. 204(3). 274–288. 2 indexed citations
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Solé, Ricard V., Christopher P. Kempes, Bernat Corominas‐Murtra, et al.. (2024). Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems. Interface Focus. 14(5). 20240010–20240010. 8 indexed citations
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Lu, Mingzhen, Chuanbin Zhou, Chenghao Wang, Robert B. Jackson, & Christopher P. Kempes. (2024). Worldwide scaling of waste generation in urban systems. Nature Cities. 1(2). 126–135. 41 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2024). Idea engines: Unifying innovation & obsolescence from markets & genetic evolution to science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(6). e2312468120–e2312468120. 5 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2024). Inter-city firm connections and the scaling of urban economic indicators. PNAS Nexus. 3(11). pgae503–pgae503. 1 indexed citations
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Sharma, A. S., et al.. (2023). Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution. Nature. 622(7982). 321–328. 65 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arroyo, José Ignacio, Beatriz Dı́ez, Christopher P. Kempes, Geoffrey B. West, & Pablo A. Marquet. (2022). A general theory for temperature dependence in biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2119872119–e2119872119. 56 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2022). Scaling laws in enzyme function reveal a new kind of biochemical universality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(9). 20 indexed citations
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Alejo, José Luís Pérez, Christopher P. Kempes, & Katarzyna P. Adamala. (2022). Diffusion control in biochemical specificity. Biophysical Journal. 121(8). 1541–1548. 2 indexed citations
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Simkus, Danielle N., Eric Libby, Sarah Maurer, et al.. (2021). The Grayness of the Origin of Life. Life. 11(6). 498–498. 18 indexed citations
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Bhat, U. Narayan, Christopher P. Kempes, & Justin D. Yeakel. (2020). Scaling the risk landscape drives optimal life-history strategies and the evolution of grazing. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 18 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Marcus J., Robert S. Walker, & Christopher P. Kempes. (2020). Diversity begets diversity in mammal species and human cultures. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19654–19654. 5 indexed citations
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Evans, Christopher R., Christopher P. Kempes, Alexa Price‐Whelan, & Lars E. P. Dietrich. (2020). Metabolic Heterogeneity and Cross-Feeding in Bacterial Multicellular Systems. Trends in Microbiology. 28(9). 732–743. 66 indexed citations
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Johnson, S. S., Heather V. Graham, Eric V. Anslyn, et al.. (2019). Future Approaches to Life Detection on Mars. 2089. 6374. 1 indexed citations
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Bacco, Caterina De, Christopher P. Kempes, Eric Libby, et al.. (2019). Dynamics of beneficial epidemics. CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder). 8 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., Peter M. van Bodegom, David H. Wolpert, et al.. (2017). Drivers of Bacterial Maintenance and Minimal Energy Requirements. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 31–31. 89 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2013). Morphological optimization for access to dual oxidants in biofilms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(1). 208–213. 64 indexed citations
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Kempes, Christopher P., et al.. (2011). Predicting Maximum Tree Heights and Other Traits from Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20551–e20551. 73 indexed citations

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