James Bonner

19.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
196 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

James Bonner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Bonner has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Plant Science and 18 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in James Bonner's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (36 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (24 papers). James Bonner is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (36 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (24 papers). James Bonner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Czechia. James Bonner's co-authors include Keiji Marushige, Ru-chih C. Huang, Douglas M. Fambrough, David S. Holmes, Emil L. Smith, Sarah C. R. Elgin, Dorothy Tuan, Robert F. Murphy, D M Fambrough and Paul O. P. Ts’o and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James Bonner

193 papers receiving 9.6k 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. Hybridization of synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides to ΦX174 DNA: the effect of single base pair mismatch
    1979 601 citations James Bonner et al. profile →
  2. Template properties of liver chromatin
    1966 452 citations James Bonner et al. profile →
  3. HISTONE, A SUPPRESSOR OF CHROMOSOMAL RNA SYNTHESIS
    1962 439 citations James Bonner et al. profile →
  4. Calf and Pea Histone IV
    1969 375 citations James Bonner et al. profile →
  5. The Biology of Isolated Chromatin
    1968 365 citations James Bonner, Dorothy Tuan et al. profile →
  6. Calf and Pea Histone IV
    1969 325 citations James Bonner et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
James Bonner 8.4k 2.6k 1.1k 959 594 196 11.5k
D. Spackman 5.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 733 0.7× 691 0.7× 1.4k 2.3× 30 12.1k
Hans Groß 4.9k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 631 0.6× 807 0.8× 398 0.7× 189 9.4k
V. G. Allfrey 8.0k 1.0× 752 0.3× 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 638 1.1× 104 10.3k
A. E. Mirsky 6.0k 0.7× 830 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 654 0.7× 553 0.9× 90 8.3k
Gebhard von Jagow 12.1k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 722 0.8× 1.5k 2.6× 72 16.8k
Mark A. Hermodson 4.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 740 0.8× 755 1.3× 123 8.5k
Roger Chalkley 7.7k 0.9× 861 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 820 0.9× 494 0.8× 156 9.9k
Bernard F. Erlanger 6.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 798 0.8× 324 0.5× 195 11.3k
Jozef Van Beeumen 6.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 835 0.9× 508 0.9× 293 11.3k
Henry J. Vogel 5.9k 0.7× 885 0.3× 1.6k 1.5× 296 0.3× 456 0.8× 62 7.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Bonner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Bonner

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All Works

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Roberts, Amy, et al.. (2025). Culturally Modified Trees and Bark and Wooden Material Culture From Yagara Country, Southeast Queensland, Australia: A Preliminary Overview of Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 60(2). 95–118. 1 indexed citations
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Pearson, William R., et al.. (1978). Kinetic Determination of the Genome Size of the Pea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 62(1). 112–115. 4 indexed citations
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Bauman, A. J., James Bonner, J. H. Rho, & Teh Fu Yen. (1970). Fluorometric examination of the returned lunar fines from Apollo 11. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 1. 1929. 3 indexed citations
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Pollard, Clifford J., James Bonner, A. J. Haagen‐Smit, & C. C. Nimmo. (1966). Metabolic Transformation of Mevalonic Acid by an Enzyme System from Peas. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 41(1). 66–70. 19 indexed citations
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Tuan, Dorothy & James Bonner. (1964). Dormancy Associated with Repression of Genetic Activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 39(5). 768–772. 81 indexed citations
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Bonner, James, Erich Heftmanń, & Jan A. D. Zeevaart. (1963). Suppression of Floral Induction by Inhibitors of Steroid Biosynthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 38(1). 81–88. 61 indexed citations
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Kefford, N. P. & James Bonner. (1961). Steady state growth of avena coleoptile sections in high auxin concentrations. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 36(3). 323–325. 6 indexed citations
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Jansen, Eugene F., Rosie Jang, & James Bonner. (1960). Binding of Enzymes to Avena Coleoptile Cell Walls. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 35(5). 567–574. 59 indexed citations
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Rappaport, Lawrence & James Bonner. (1960). Interactions of Gibberellin, Vernalization, Photoperiod and Temperature in the Flowering of Endive. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 35(1). 98–102. 6 indexed citations
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Thompson, Guy A., Albert E. Purcell, & James Bonner. (1960). A Carotene Precursor: Its Proposed Structure and Place in Biosynthetic Sequence. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 35(5). 678–682. 7 indexed citations
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Salisbury, Frank B. & James Bonner. (1960). Inhibition of Photoperiodic Induction by 5-Fluorouracil. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 35(2). 173–177. 45 indexed citations
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Lockhart, James A. & James Bonner. (1957). Effects of Gibberellic Acid on the Photoperiod-Controlled Growth of Woody plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 32(5). 492–494. 22 indexed citations
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Ts’o, Paul O. P., James Bonner, Luther Eggman, & Jerome Vinograd. (1956). OBSERVATIONS ON AN ATP-SENSITIVE PROTEIN SYSTEM FROM THE PLASMODIA OF A MYXOMYCETE. The Journal of General Physiology. 39(3). 325–347. 43 indexed citations
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Cleland, Robert E. & James Bonner. (1956). The Residual Effect of Auxin on the Cell Wall.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 31(5). 350–354. 56 indexed citations
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Ordin, Lawrence & James Bonner. (1956). Permeability of Avena Coleoptile Sections to Water Measured by Diffusion of Deuterium Hydroxide.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 31(1). 53–57. 33 indexed citations
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Salisbury, Frank B. & James Bonner. (1956). The Reactions of the Photoinductive Dark Period. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 31(2). 141–147. 31 indexed citations
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Foster, Robert J., D. Harold McRae, & James Bonner. (1955). Auxin-Antiauxin Interaction at High Auxin Concentrations.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 30(4). 323–327. 27 indexed citations
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Bonner, James, et al.. (1953). Linkage of Respiration to Auxin‐Induced Water Uptake1. Physiologia Plantarum. 6(3). 511–522. 32 indexed citations
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Millerd, Adèle, James Bonner, & J. B. Biale. (1953). The Climacteric Rise in Fruit Respiration as Controlled by Phosphorylative Coupling. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 28(3). 521–531. 64 indexed citations

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