John Bechhoefer

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

John Bechhoefer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Bechhoefer has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 27 papers in Materials Chemistry and 26 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in John Bechhoefer's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (23 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (22 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (18 papers). John Bechhoefer is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (23 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (22 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (18 papers). John Bechhoefer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United States. John Bechhoefer's co-authors include Jeffrey L. Hutter, Momčilo Gavrilov, Avinash Kumar, Nick Rhind, Albert Libchaber, Yonggun Jun, Suckjoon Jun, Scott Cheng‐Hsin Yang, Patrick Oswald and Jannik Ehrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

John Bechhoefer

105 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Optimal Control in Soft and Active Matter 2026 ·Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics ·(unknown), Erin G. Teich, David A. Sivak, John Bechhoefer	0
2	Speedups in nonequilibrium thermal relaxation: Mpemba and related effects 2025 ·Physics Reports ·(unknown), John Bechhoefer, Antonio Lasanta, Oren Raz, Marija Vucelja	4
3	Information Engine in a Nonequilibrium Bath 2023 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Jannik Ehrich, Momčilo Gavrilov, Susanne Still, David A. Sivak, John Bechhoefer	20
4	Bayesian Information Engine that Optimally Exploits Noisy Measurements 2022 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Jannik Ehrich, David A. Sivak, John Bechhoefer	16
5	Inferring potential landscapes from noisy trajectories of particles within an optical feedback trap 2022 ·iScience ·(unknown), (unknown), John Bechhoefer, Steve Pressé	6
6	Maximizing power and velocity of an information engine 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Jannik Ehrich, David A. Sivak, John Bechhoefer	40
7	Maximal fluctuation exploitation in Gaussian information engines 2021 ·Physical review. E ·(unknown), Jannik Ehrich, John Bechhoefer, David A. Sivak	13
8	Genome-wide mapping of human DNA replication by optical replication mapping supports a stochastic model of eukaryotic replication 2021 ·Molecular Cell ·Weitao Wang, Kyle N. Klein, Karel Proesmans, Hongbo Yang, Claire Marchal, Xiaopeng Zhu, Tyler Borrman, Alex Hastie, Zhiping Weng, John Bechhoefer, Chun-Long Chen, David M. Gilbert, Nick Rhind	67
9	Finite-Time Landauer Principle 2020 ·Physical Review Letters ·Karel Proesmans, Jannik Ehrich, John Bechhoefer	90
10	Virtual potentials for feedback traps 2012 ·Physical Review E ·Yonggun Jun, John Bechhoefer	33
11	Inferring Where and When Replication Initiates from Genome-Wide Replication Timing Data 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·Antoine Baker, Benjamin Audit, Scott Cheng‐Hsin Yang, John Bechhoefer, A. Arnéodo	19
12	Regulation of DNA Replication within the Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Locus During B Cell Commitment 2012 ·PLoS Biology ·(unknown), Michel G. Gauthier, (unknown), Settapong T Kosiyatrakul, Carl L. Schildkraut, Meinrad Busslinger, John Bechhoefer, Paolo Norio	43
13	Experimental study of memory erasure in a double-well potential 2011 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Yonggun Jun, John Bechhoefer	1
14	Modeling genome‐wide replication kinetics reveals a mechanism for regulation of replication timing 2010 ·Molecular Systems Biology ·Scott Cheng‐Hsin Yang, Nick Rhind, John Bechhoefer	83
15	Control of DNA Replication by Anomalous Reaction-Diffusion Kinetics 2009 ·Biophysical Journal ·Michel G. Gauthier, John Bechhoefer	3
16	Computational Methods to Study Kinetics of DNA Replication 2009 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Scott Cheng‐Hsin Yang, Michel G. Gauthier, John Bechhoefer	6
17	Control of DNA Replication by Anomalous Reaction-Diffusion Kinetics 2009 ·Physical Review Letters ·Michel G. Gauthier, John Bechhoefer	25
18	How Xenopus Laevis Replicates DNA Reliably even though Its Origins of Replication are Located and Initiated Stochastically 2007 ·Physical Review Letters ·John Bechhoefer, Brandon D. L. Marshall	30
19	Self-Assembly of the Ionic Peptide EAK16: The Effect of Charge Distributions on Self-Assembly 2004 ·Biophysical Journal ·Suckjoon Jun, Yooseong Hong, Hideo Imamura, Bae‐Yeun Ha, John Bechhoefer, (unknown)	94
20	Two experimental tests of a fluctuation-induced first-order phase transition: Intensity fluctuation microscopy at the nematic–smectic-Atransition 2002 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Anand Yethiraj, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, John Bechhoefer	20

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