John A. Trotter

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

John A. Trotter is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Trotter has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cell Biology, 13 papers in Biomaterials and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in John A. Trotter's work include Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (9 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (7 papers). John A. Trotter is often cited by papers focused on Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (9 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (9 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (7 papers). John A. Trotter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. John A. Trotter's co-authors include Karl E. Kadler, John A. Chapman, David Holmes, Kathryn G. Vogel, Frederick A. Thurmond, Thomas J. Koob, Gillian Lyons-Levy, Mark A. Atkinson, Mark Nameroff and A. Samora and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Blood and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

John A. Trotter

39 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Collagen fibril formation

1996 1.1k citations Karl E. Kadler, David Holmes et al. Biochemical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John A. Trotter United States	22	1.1k	609	597	573	312	40	2.7k
Thomas J. Koob United States	43	876 0.8×	601 1.0×	630 1.1×	605 1.1×	1.0k 3.2×	98	5.1k
Anthony L. Mescher United States	34	456 0.4×	1.9k 3.1×	502 0.8×	146 0.3×	130 0.4×	63	3.3k
Andrew R. Cameron Ireland	17	463 0.4×	430 0.7×	487 0.8×	976 1.7×	81 0.3×	22	3.0k
David Hulmes France	44	2.1k 2.0×	1.7k 2.8×	840 1.4×	650 1.1×	479 1.5×	105	5.6k
Eugene Bell United States	30	1.6k 1.5×	1.4k 2.3×	1.3k 2.2×	1.1k 1.9×	304 1.0×	58	5.1k
Alessandra Ruggeri Italy	29	593 0.6×	523 0.9×	277 0.5×	657 1.1×	286 0.9×	99	4.2k
José Becerra Spain	32	502 0.5×	1.2k 2.0×	504 0.8×	765 1.3×	82 0.3×	108	3.1k
Michael Solursh United States	56	1.0k 1.0×	4.7k 7.8×	2.3k 3.8×	422 0.7×	300 1.0×	158	8.1k
Douglas W. DeSimone United States	39	450 0.4×	3.3k 5.4×	2.8k 4.6×	921 1.6×	108 0.3×	76	6.4k
Marco Franchi Italy	30	569 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	860 1.4×	838 1.5×	520 1.7×	69	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by John A. Trotter

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of John A. Trotter's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by John A. Trotter with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites John A. Trotter more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by John A. Trotter

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by John A. Trotter. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by John A. Trotter. The network helps show where John A. Trotter may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John A. Trotter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John A. Trotter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John A. Trotter based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John A. Trotter. John A. Trotter is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Trotter, John A.. (2002). Structure–function considerations of muscle–tendon junctions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 133(4). 1127–1133. 43 indexed citations

Blevins, Field T., et al.. (2002). Functional morphology of the supraspinatus tendon. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 20(5). 920–926. 61 indexed citations

Tipper, Jennifer P., Gillian Lyons-Levy, Mark A. Atkinson, & John A. Trotter. (2002). Purification, characterization and cloning of tensilin, the collagen-fibril binding and tissue-stiffening factor from Cucumaria frondosa dermis. Matrix Biology. 21(8). 625–635. 60 indexed citations

Trotter, John A., et al.. (1999). Collagen fibril aggregation-inhibitor from sea cucumber dermis. Matrix Biology. 18(6). 569–578. 45 indexed citations

Thurmond, Frederick A., Thomas J. Koob, J. M. Bowness, & John A. Trotter. (1997). Partial Biochemical and Immunologic Characterization of Fibrillin Microfibrils from Sea Cucumber Dermis. Connective Tissue Research. 36(3). 211–222. 40 indexed citations

Trotter, John A., et al.. (1997). Regulation of cell-dependent viscosity in the dermis of the sea cucumber Actinopyga agassizi. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 118(3). 805–811. 10 indexed citations

Kadler, Karl E., David Holmes, John A. Trotter, & John A. Chapman. (1996). Collagen fibril formation. Biochemical Journal. 316(1). 1–11. 1091 indexed citations breakdown →

Trotter, John A., et al.. (1996). Stiparin: A glycoprotein from sea cucumber dermis that aggregates collagen fibrils. Matrix Biology. 15(2). 99–110. 52 indexed citations

Trotter, John A. & Thomas J. Koob. (1995). Evidence That Calcium-Dependent Cellular Processes are Involved in the Stiffening Response of Holothurian Dermis and That Dermal Cells Contain an Organic Stiffening Factor. Journal of Experimental Biology. 198(9). 1951–1961. 48 indexed citations

10.

Trotter, John A., et al.. (1995). A Wireless Adapter Architecture for Mobile Computing. 25–32. 9 indexed citations

11.

Trotter, John A., Frederick A. Thurmond, & Thomas J. Koob. (1994). Molecular structure and functional morphology of echinoderm collagen fibrils. Cell and Tissue Research. 275(3). 451–458. 64 indexed citations

12.

Trotter, John A. & Thomas J. Koob. (1994). Biochemical characterization of fibrillar collagen from the mutable spine ligament of the sea-urchin Eucidaris tribuloides. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 107(1). 125–134. 17 indexed citations

13.

Agrawal, Prathima, Sanjay Goil, Sally Liu, & John A. Trotter. (1993). PACE: A Multiprocessor System for VLSI Circuit Simulation.. PPSC. 573–581. 4 indexed citations

14.

Burns, James B., et al.. (1991). Autoantigen-induced self lysis of human myelin basic protein-specific T lymphocytes. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 35(1-3). 227–236. 7 indexed citations

15.

Trotter, John A.. (1990). Interfiber tension transmission in series‐fibered muscles of the cat hindlimb. Journal of Morphology. 206(3). 351–361. 72 indexed citations

16.

Trotter, John A., et al.. (1987). The muscle-tendon junctions of fast and slow fibres in the garter snake: ultrastructural and stereological analysis and comparison with other species. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 8(6). 517–526. 10 indexed citations

17.

Vogel, Kathryn G. & John A. Trotter. (1987). The Effect of Proteoglycans on the Morphology of Collagen Fibrils Formed In Vitro. Collagen and Related Research. 7(2). 105–114. 280 indexed citations

18.

Trotter, John A., et al.. (1983). Structural domains of the muscle‐tendon junction. 1. The internal lamina and the connecting domain. The Anatomical Record. 207(4). 573–591. 37 indexed citations

19.

Trotter, John A.. (1981). The organization of actin in spreading macrophages. Experimental Cell Research. 132(2). 235–248. 64 indexed citations

20.

Trotter, John A. & Robert O. Kelley. (1979). A novel technique for high resolution analysis of the cytoskeleton. The Anatomical Record. 195(1). 7–13. 11 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact