George N. Somero

37.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
228 papers, 29.7k citations indexed

About

George N. Somero is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, George N. Somero has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 29.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Ecology, 70 papers in Molecular Biology and 48 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in George N. Somero's work include Physiological and biochemical adaptations (140 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (45 papers) and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (39 papers). George N. Somero is often cited by papers focused on Physiological and biochemical adaptations (140 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (45 papers) and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (39 papers). George N. Somero collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. George N. Somero's co-authors include Peter W. Hochachka, Paul H. Yancey, Steven C. Hand, Mary E. Clark, James J. Childress, Gretchen E. Hofmann, Lars Tomanek, Peter A. Fields, Jonathon H. Stillman and Andrew Y. Gracey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

George N. Somero

227 papers receiving 28.3k citations

Hit Papers

Living with Water Stress: Evolution of Osmolyte Systems 1973 2026 1990 2008 1982 2002 2010 1984 1984 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Living with Water Stress: Evolution of Osmolyte Systems
    1982 3.1k citations George N. Somero et al. profile →
  2. Biochemical Adaptation
    2002 1.5k citations George N. Somero et al. profile →
  3. The physiology of climate change: how potentials for acclimatization and genetic adaptation will determine ‘winners’ and ‘losers’
    2010 1.4k citations George N. Somero Journal of Experimental Biology profile →
  4. Biochemical Adaptation: Mechanism and Process in Physiological Evolution
    1984 1.3k citations George N. Somero et al. profile →
  5. Biochemical Adaptation
    1984 757 citations George N. Somero et al. Princeton University Press eBooks profile →
  6. Strategies of biochemical adaptation
    1973 724 citations George N. Somero et al. profile →
  7. Thermal Physiology and Vertical Zonation of Intertidal Animals: Optima, Limits, and Costs of Living
    2002 720 citations George N. Somero profile →
  8. Proteins and Temperature
    1995 661 citations George N. Somero Annual Review of Physiology profile →
  9. Linking biogeography to physiology: Evolutionary and acclimatory adjustments of thermal limits
    2005 535 citations George N. Somero profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George N. Somero United States 86 17.1k 7.7k 6.8k 6.5k 4.3k 228 29.7k
Göran Nilsson Sweden 76 6.9k 0.4× 5.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.2× 2.1k 0.3× 2.3k 0.5× 376 22.7k
Peter W. Hochachka Canada 64 8.6k 0.5× 3.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.2× 1.4k 0.2× 2.9k 0.7× 262 16.8k
Kenneth B. Storey Canada 75 14.6k 0.9× 9.3k 1.2× 3.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.2× 2.6k 0.6× 1.1k 32.1k
Anthony P. Farrell Canada 83 18.1k 1.1× 1.5k 0.2× 5.1k 0.8× 3.5k 0.5× 8.5k 2.0× 463 26.0k
E. G. Bligh Canada 13 5.5k 0.3× 27.2k 3.5× 3.0k 0.4× 2.1k 0.3× 7.9k 1.8× 24 64.3k
W. J. Dyer Canada 19 5.6k 0.3× 27.5k 3.6× 3.1k 0.5× 2.1k 0.3× 8.1k 1.9× 61 65.0k
John A. Raven United Kingdom 101 10.9k 0.6× 7.9k 1.0× 4.4k 0.6× 17.7k 2.7× 1.2k 0.3× 479 39.1k
Gretchen E. Hofmann United States 52 8.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.4× 4.9k 0.7× 6.3k 1.0× 868 0.2× 133 13.5k
Barbara A. Block United States 65 8.2k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 6.7k 1.0× 927 0.1× 1.4k 0.3× 229 15.4k
David A. T. Harper United Kingdom 48 6.5k 0.4× 2.3k 0.3× 2.0k 0.3× 4.5k 0.7× 800 0.2× 364 26.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Wenhao, et al.. (2023). Tissue-specific temperature dependence of RNA editing levels in zebrafish. BMC Biology. 21(1). 262–262. 10 indexed citations
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Somero, George N.. (2023). Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(2). 2 indexed citations
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Dowd, W. Wesley & George N. Somero. (2023). Oxidative stress effects are not correlated with differences in heat tolerance among congeners of Mytilus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(15). 2 indexed citations
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Somero, George N.. (2022). Solutions: how adaptive changes in cellular fluids enable marine life to cope with abiotic stressors. Marine Life Science & Technology. 4(3). 389–413. 28 indexed citations
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Lockwood, Brent L. & George N. Somero. (2011). Invasive and native blue mussels (genus Mytilus) on the California coast: The role of physiology in a biological invasion. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 400(1-2). 167–174. 99 indexed citations
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Podrabsky, Jason E. & George N. Somero. (2007). An inducible 70 kDa-class heat shock protein is constitutively expressed during early development and diapause in the annual killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 12(3). 199–199. 27 indexed citations
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Podrabsky, Jason E., James P. Lopez, Teresa W.‐M. Fan, Richard M. Higashi, & George N. Somero. (2007). Extreme anoxia tolerance in embryos of the annual killifishAustrofundulus limnaeus: insights from a metabolomics analysis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210(13). 2253–2266. 108 indexed citations
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Theriot, Julie A., et al.. (2003). Influences of thermal acclimation and acute temperature change on the motility of epithelial wound-healing cells (keratocytes) of tropical,temperate and Antarctic fish. Journal of Experimental Biology. 206(24). 4539–4551. 49 indexed citations
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Sidell, Bruce D., et al.. (2002). Metabolic cold adaptation in Antarctic fishes: evidence from enzymatic activities of brain. Marine Biology. 140(2). 279–286. 65 indexed citations
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Fields, Peter A., et al.. (2001). Intrinsic versus extrinsic stabilization of enzymes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 268(16). 4497–4505. 39 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Gretchen E., Bradley A. Buckley, Susanna Airaksinen, J. E. Keen, & George N. Somero. (2000). Heat-Shock Protein Expression is Absent in the Antarctic Fish Trematomus Bernacchii (Family Nototheniidae). Journal of Experimental Biology. 203(15). 2331–2339. 253 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Gretchen E. & George N. Somero. (1996). Protein ubiquitination and stress protein synthesis in Mytilus trossulus occurs during recovery from tidal emersion. 5(3). 175–184. 67 indexed citations
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Yang, Tung-Lin & George N. Somero. (1996). Activity of Lactate Dehydrogenase but Not Its Concentration of Messenger RNA Increases With Body Size in Barred Sand Bass, Paralabrax nebulifer (Teleostei). Biological Bulletin. 191(2). 155–158. 24 indexed citations
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Dietz, Thomas J. & George N. Somero. (1993). Species- and Tissue-Specific Synthesis Patterns for Heat-Shock Proteins HSP70 and HSP90 in Several Marine Teleost Fishes. Physiological Zoology. 66(6). 863–880. 86 indexed citations
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Somero, George N.. (1992). Adaptations to High Hydrostatic Pressure. Annual Review of Physiology. 54(1). 557–577. 271 indexed citations
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Gibbs, Allen G. & George N. Somero. (1990). Na+-K+-adenosine triphosphatase activities in gills of marine teleost fishes: Changes with depth, size and locomotory activity level. Marine Biology. 106(3). 315–321. 43 indexed citations
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Fisher, Charles R., James J. Childress, Alissa J. Arp, et al.. (1988). Physiology, morphology, and biochemical composition of Riftia pachyptila at Rose Garden in 1985. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 35(10-11). 1745–1758. 52 indexed citations
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Somero, George N., et al.. (1984). Biochemical Adaptation. Princeton University Press eBooks. 757 indexed citations breakdown →

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