J. Philip Thornber

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

J. Philip Thornber is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Philip Thornber has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 23 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in J. Philip Thornber's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (94 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (37 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (22 papers). J. Philip Thornber is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (94 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (37 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (22 papers). J. Philip Thornber collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. J. Philip Thornber's co-authors include G. F. Peter, John Markwell, Randall S. Alberte, Parag R. Chitnis, H. R. Highkin, Richard J. Cogdell, Rachel Nechushtai, Janice L. Bailey, Beth Welty Dreyfuss and Beverly K. Pierson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

J. Philip Thornber

101 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Chlorophyll-Proteins: Light-Harvesting and Reaction Cente... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 100 200 300 400
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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. Chlorophyll-Proteins: Light-Harvesting and Reaction Center Components of Plants
    1975 445 citations J. Philip Thornber profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Philip Thornber United States 45 4.9k 1.8k 1.5k 1.3k 1.1k 101 5.4k
Achim Trebst Germany 38 4.8k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 738 0.7× 146 6.0k
Sakae Katoh Japan 36 4.0k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 711 0.7× 158 4.8k
J. Amesz Netherlands 43 5.8k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 2.3k 1.8× 2.5k 2.4× 166 6.6k
Tingyun Kuang China 34 3.9k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 859 0.8× 179 5.2k
Wim Vermaas United States 48 5.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 3.0k 1.9× 1.4k 1.1× 770 0.7× 150 6.7k
Derek S. Bendall United Kingdom 43 3.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 856 0.6× 882 0.7× 752 0.7× 98 4.6k
Leo P. Vernon United States 33 3.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 928 0.6× 713 0.6× 484 0.4× 127 4.4k
Vyacheslav V. Klimov Russia 40 4.0k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 902 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 992 0.9× 134 5.3k
Pierre Joliot France 48 6.9k 1.4× 2.6k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 2.8k 2.2× 2.1k 2.0× 117 7.5k
Govindjee Govindjee United States 42 4.2k 0.9× 2.9k 1.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 169 6.3k

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All Works

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Kerfeld, Cheryl A., Todd O. Yeates, & J. Philip Thornber. (1994). Purification and characterization of the peripheral antenna of the purple-sulfur bacterium Chromatium purpuratum: Evidence of an unusual pigment-protein composition. Biochemistry. 33(8). 2178–2184. 10 indexed citations
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Kerfeld, Cheryl A., Todd O. Yeates, & J. Philip Thornber. (1994). Biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of the reaction center-LH1 complex and the carotenoid-containing B820 subunit of Chromatium purpuratum. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1185(2). 193–202. 9 indexed citations
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Morishige, Daryl T. & J. Philip Thornber. (1994). Identification of a novel light-harvesting complex II protein (LHC IIc?). Photosynthesis Research. 39(1). 33–38. 8 indexed citations
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Eiserling, Frederick A., et al.. (1993). Isolation and quaternary structure of the photosynthetic core of the marine purple sulfur bacteriumChromatium purpuratum. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 113(2). 167–173. 1 indexed citations
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Kerfeld, Cheryl A., J. Philip Thornber, & Todd O. Yeates. (1993). Crystallization of two integral membrane pigment–protein complexes from the purple‐sulfur bacterium Chromatium purpuratum. Protein Science. 2(8). 1352–1355. 2 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Linda A., et al.. (1991). The use of non-denaturing Deriphat-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to fractionate pigment-protein complexes of purple bacteria. Photosynthesis Research. 30(2-3). 139–143. 8 indexed citations
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Vainstein, Alexander, et al.. (1989). Light-harvesting Pigment-Proteins of Photosystem I in Maize. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(7). 4058–4063. 20 indexed citations
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Kohorn, Bruce D., E. Harel, Parag R. Chitnis, J. Philip Thornber, & Elaine M. Tobin. (1986). Functional and mutational analysis of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein of thylakoid membranes.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 102(3). 972–981. 122 indexed citations
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Markwell, John, Neil R. Baker, & J. Philip Thornber. (1983). Evidence for multiple protein kinase activities in tobacco thylakoids. Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics.. 5(4). 201–207. 7 indexed citations
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Baker, N. R., John Markwell, & J. Philip Thornber. (1982). Adenine Nucleotide Inhibition of Phosphorylation of the Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Protein Complex. Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics.. 4(4). 211–217. 11 indexed citations
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Cogdell, Richard J. & J. Philip Thornber. (1980). Light‐harvesting pigment—protein complexes of purple photosynthetic bacteria. FEBS Letters. 122(1). 1–8. 91 indexed citations
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Prézelin, Barbara B., et al.. (1980). A chlorophyll c‐containing pigment—protein complex from the marine dinoflagellate, Glenodinium sp. FEBS Letters. 120(2). 243–247. 26 indexed citations
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Fajer, J., M. S. Davis, Daniel C. Brune, Axel Forman, & J. Philip Thornber. (1978). Optical and paramagnetic identification of a primary electron acceptor in bacterial photosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 100(6). 1918–1920. 15 indexed citations
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Alberte, Randall S., J. Philip Thornber, & Edwin L. Fiscus. (1977). Water Stress Effects on the Content and Organization of Chlorophyll in Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Chloroplasts of Maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 59(3). 351–353. 111 indexed citations
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Thornber, J. Philip, et al.. (1977). Isolated photochemical reaction centers from bacteriochlorophyll b - containing organisms. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Lily & J. Philip Thornber. (1975). ISOLATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION CENTER OF CHROMATIUM VINOSUM (STRAIN D). Photochemistry and Photobiology. 22(1-2). 37–40. 25 indexed citations
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Alberte, R. S., J. D. Hesketh, G. Hofstra, et al.. (1974). Composition and Activity of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Temperature-Sensitive Mutants of Higher Plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 71(6). 2414–2418. 29 indexed citations

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