James K. Bowmaker

10.5k total citations
98 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

James K. Bowmaker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, James K. Bowmaker has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 25 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in James K. Bowmaker's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (72 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (30 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (29 papers). James K. Bowmaker is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (72 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (30 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (29 papers). James K. Bowmaker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. James K. Bowmaker's co-authors include David M. Hunt, J. D. Mollon, H. J. A. Dartnall, Juliet W. L. Parry, S. Wilkie, Y KUNZ, Gerald H. Jacobs, Graham R. Martin, Susan E. Wilkie and Alan V. Whitmore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

James K. Bowmaker

97 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James K. Bowmaker United Kingdom 53 3.8k 2.8k 2.0k 1.9k 1.2k 98 7.7k
John D. Pettigrew Australia 56 3.0k 0.8× 3.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 6.1k 3.2× 513 0.4× 177 10.4k
Russell D. Fernald United States 62 3.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 4.2k 2.1× 858 0.5× 1.8k 1.5× 184 12.6k
Harvey J. Karten United States 71 5.5k 1.4× 6.9k 2.5× 3.0k 1.5× 3.4k 1.8× 498 0.4× 184 14.8k
Gerald H. Jacobs United States 53 4.2k 1.1× 3.0k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 3.8k 2.0× 207 0.2× 171 9.0k
Daniel Osorio United Kingdom 46 1.0k 0.3× 2.3k 0.8× 5.5k 2.8× 1.4k 0.7× 641 0.5× 131 8.7k
Shaun P. Collin Australia 50 3.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 609 0.3× 4.0k 3.5× 285 8.7k
William B. Kristan United States 42 767 0.2× 3.4k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 354 0.3× 138 5.7k
Paul R. Manger South Africa 44 1.3k 0.3× 2.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 3.0k 1.6× 394 0.3× 258 8.0k
Thomas W. Cronin United States 54 1.3k 0.3× 3.3k 1.2× 3.2k 1.6× 730 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 195 8.7k
Misha Vorobyev New Zealand 41 867 0.2× 1.9k 0.7× 5.8k 3.0× 900 0.5× 761 0.7× 82 7.7k

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All Works

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Knott, Benjamin A., Mathew L. Berg, Eric R. Morgan, et al.. (2009). Avian retinal oil droplets: dietary manipulation of colour vision?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1683). 953–962. 48 indexed citations
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Bowmaker, James K., Ma’ayan Semo, David M. Hunt, & Glen Jeffery. (2008). Eel visual pigments revisited: The fate of retinal cones during metamorphosis. Visual Neuroscience. 25(3). 249–255. 19 indexed citations
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Parry, Juliet W. L., et al.. (2004). SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY TUNING BY DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN AFRICAN CICHLIDS. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 3633–3633. 1 indexed citations
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Hunt, David M., Jill A. Cowing, Susan E. Wilkie, et al.. (2004). Divergent mechanisms for the tuning of shortwave sensitive visual pigments in vertebrates. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 3(8). 713–720. 52 indexed citations
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Parry, Juliet W. L., Stuart N. Peirson, Horst Wilkens, & James K. Bowmaker. (2002). Multiple photopigments from the Mexican blind cavefish, Astyanax fasciatus: a microspectrophotometric study. Vision Research. 43(1). 31–41. 22 indexed citations
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Cowing, Jill A., Subathra Poopalasundaram, Susan E. Wilkie, et al.. (2002). The molecular mechanism for the spectral shifts between vertebrate ultraviolet- and violet-sensitive cone visual pigments. Biochemical Journal. 367(1). 129–135. 117 indexed citations
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Hurlbert, Anya, John Gigg, Huw Golledge, et al.. (2001). Neurons are selective for local cone-contrast in marmoset V1. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 22(3). 223–7. 2 indexed citations
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Wright, Matt W. & James K. Bowmaker. (2001). Retinal photoreceptors of paleognathous birds: the ostrich (Struthio camelus) and rhea (Rhea americana). Vision Research. 41(1). 1–12. 43 indexed citations
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Žák, Pavel, М. А. Оstrovsky, & James K. Bowmaker. (2001). Ionochromic properties of long-wave-sensitive cones in the goldfish retina: an electrophysiological and microspectrophotometric study. Vision Research. 41(14). 1755–1763. 9 indexed citations
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Parry, Juliet W. L. & James K. Bowmaker. (2000). Visual pigment reconstitution in intact goldfish retina using synthetic retinaldehyde isomers. Vision Research. 40(17). 2241–2247. 65 indexed citations
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Wilkie, Susan E., et al.. (1999). Visual pigments and oil droplets in the retina of a passerine bird, the canary Serinus canaria: microspectrophotometry and opsin sequences. Vision Research. 39(17). 2801–2815. 65 indexed citations
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Kröger, Ronald H. H., James K. Bowmaker, & Hans‐Joachim Wagner. (1999). Morphological changes in the retina of Aequidens pulcher (Cichlidae) after rearing in monochromatic light. Vision Research. 39(15). 2441–2448. 57 indexed citations
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Bowmaker, James K.. (1998). Visual Pigments and Molecular Genetics of Color Blindness. Physiology. 13(2). 63–69. 5 indexed citations
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Bowmaker, James K., et al.. (1997). Visual pigments and oil droplets from six classes of photoreceptor in the retinas of birds. Vision Research. 37(16). 2183–2194. 416 indexed citations
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Bowmaker, James K., et al.. (1995). Interspecific Variation of Photoreceptors in Four Co-Existing Haplochromine Cichlid Fishes. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 45(4). 232–240. 56 indexed citations
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Shyue, Song‐Kun, David Hewett‐Emmett, Harry G. Sperling, et al.. (1995). Adaptive Evolution of Color Vision Genes in Higher Primates. Science. 269(5228). 1265–1267. 70 indexed citations
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Bowmaker, James K., et al.. (1988). Tetrachromatic colour vision in the duck (Anas platyrhynchos L.):microspectrophotometry of visual pigments and oil droplets. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 162(2). 225–235. 115 indexed citations
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Bowmaker, James K., Gerald H. Jacobs, & J. D. Mollon. (1987). Polymorphism of photopigments in the squirrel monkey: a sixth phenotype. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 231(1264). 383–390. 40 indexed citations
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Mollon, J. D., James K. Bowmaker, & Gerald H. Jacobs. (1984). Variations of colour vision in a New World primate can be explained by polymorphism of retinal photopigments. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 222(1228). 373–399. 294 indexed citations
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Dartnall, H. J. A., James K. Bowmaker, & J. D. Mollon. (1983). Human visual pigments: microspectrophotometric results from the eyes of seven persons. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 220(1218). 115–130. 346 indexed citations

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