J. Simpson

8.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
51 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

J. Simpson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Simpson has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 19 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in J. Simpson's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (31 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). J. Simpson is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (31 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). J. Simpson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. J. Simpson's co-authors include H. Y. Carr, Corey S. Goodman, K Bland, Eugene W. Myers, Fuhui Long, Zongcai Ruan, Thomas Kidd, Koen J. T. Venken, Hugo J. Bellen and Richard D. Fetter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

J. Simpson

47 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

V3D enables real-time 3D visualization and quantitative analysis of large-scale biological image data sets

2010 507 citations Zongcai Ruan, Fuhui Long et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

2014 437 citations Kei Ito, Kazunori Shinomiya et al. Neuron profile →
A multilevel multimodal circuit enhances action selection in Drosophila

2015 304 citations J. Simpson, James W. Truman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Simpson United States	25	2.5k	1.1k	910	691	551	51	4.1k
Aravinthan D. T. Samuel United States	49	2.6k 1.1×	974 0.9×	868 1.0×	539 0.8×	185 0.3×	94	6.5k
Trevor J. Wardill United States	19	3.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	456 0.5×	581 0.8×	713 1.3×	35	5.4k
Stefan R. Pulver United States	21	4.9k 2.0×	1.8k 1.6×	972 1.1×	559 0.8×	730 1.3×	45	7.1k
Rainer W. Friedrich Germany	43	3.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	296 0.3×	394 0.6×	412 0.7×	94	6.4k
Rex Kerr United States	24	3.6k 1.5×	2.4k 2.1×	567 0.6×	305 0.4×	901 1.6×	33	7.1k
Piali Sengupta United States	50	1.7k 0.7×	3.1k 2.8×	1.3k 1.4×	152 0.2×	493 0.9×	127	7.8k
Sreekanth H. Chalasani United States	23	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	268 0.3×	149 0.2×	296 0.5×	45	4.2k
Sabine L. Renninger Portugal	9	3.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.7×	343 0.4×	198 0.3×	816 1.5×	12	5.4k
Ian A. Meinertzhagen Canada	60	6.6k 2.7×	4.3k 3.9×	1.5k 1.7×	1.3k 1.9×	360 0.7×	184	10.3k
Leonid L. Moroz United States	48	2.3k 0.9×	2.7k 2.4×	615 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	128 0.2×	179	7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Simpson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Simpson, J., et al.. (2025). Behavior choices amongst grooming, feeding and courting in Drosophila show contextual flexibility, not an absolute hierarchy of needs. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(23).

Tang, Paul S., et al.. (2024). Mechanosensory and command contributions to the Drosophila grooming sequence. Current Biology. 34(10). 2066–2076.e3.

Guo, Li, et al.. (2022). Descending neurons coordinate anterior grooming behavior in Drosophila. Current Biology. 32(4). 823–833.e4. 22 indexed citations

Mueller, Joshua, et al.. (2022). Variation and Variability in Drosophila Grooming Behavior. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 769372–769372. 7 indexed citations

Simpson, J., et al.. (2022). A pair of commissural command neurons induces Drosophila wing grooming. iScience. 25(2). 103792–103792. 8 indexed citations

Namiki, Shigehiro, J. Douglas Armstrong, Gwyneth M Card, et al.. (2020). A Systematic Nomenclature for the Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord. Neuron. 107(6). 1071–1079.e2. 44 indexed citations

McKellar, Claire, Igor Siwanowicz, Barry J. Dickson, & J. Simpson. (2020). Controlling motor neurons of every muscle for fly proboscis reaching. eLife. 9. 21 indexed citations

Gilder, Mary Ellen, J. Simpson, Germana Bancone, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of a treatment protocol for anaemia in pregnancy nested in routine antenatal care in a limited-resource setting. Global Health Action. 12(1). 1621589–1621589. 4 indexed citations

McKellar, Claire, et al.. (2019). Threshold-Based Ordering of Sequential Actions during Drosophila Courtship. Current Biology. 29(3). 426–434.e6. 36 indexed citations

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Mueller, Joshua, Primoz Ravbar, J. Simpson, & Jean M. Carlson. (2019). Drosophila melanogaster grooming possesses syntax with distinct rules at different temporal scales. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(6). e1007105–e1007105. 21 indexed citations

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Kaun, Karla R., et al.. (2015). A Subset of Serotonergic Neurons Evokes Hunger in Adult Drosophila. Current Biology. 25(18). 2435–2440. 71 indexed citations

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Knapp, Jon-Michael, Phuong Chung, & J. Simpson. (2015). Generating Customized Transgene Landing Sites and Multi-Transgene Arrays in Drosophila Using phiC31 Integrase. Genetics. 199(4). 919–934. 18 indexed citations

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Ito, Kei, Kazunori Shinomiya, Masayoshi Ito, et al.. (2014). A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain. Neuron. 81(4). 755–765. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chung, Phuong, Fuhui Long, Lei Qu, et al.. (2011). BrainAligner: 3D registration atlases of Drosophila brains. Nature Methods. 8(6). 493–498. 105 indexed citations

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Venken, Koen J. T., J. Simpson, & Hugo J. Bellen. (2011). Genetic Manipulation of Genes and Cells in the Nervous System of the Fruit Fly. Neuron. 72(2). 202–230. 304 indexed citations

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Hampel, Stefanie, Phuong Chung, Claire McKellar, et al.. (2011). Drosophila Brainbow: a recombinase-based fluorescence labeling technique to subdivide neural expression patterns. Nature Methods. 8(3). 253–259. 151 indexed citations

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Ruan, Zongcai, et al.. (2010). V3D enables real-time 3D visualization and quantitative analysis of large-scale biological image data sets. Nature Biotechnology. 28(4). 348–353. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simpson, J.. (2009). Chapter 3 Mapping and Manipulating Neural Circuits in the Fly Brain. Advances in genetics. 65. 79–143. 73 indexed citations

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Simpson, J., Thomas Kidd, K Bland, & Corey S. Goodman. (2000). Short-Range and Long-Range Guidance by Slit and Its Robo Receptors. Neuron. 28(3). 753–766. 201 indexed citations

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Simpson, J.. (1955). On the thermal ionization of trapped electrons in ionic solids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 231(1186). 308–320. 19 indexed citations

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