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

Hit Papers

Calibration of atomic-for... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Calibration of atomic-force microscope tips
    1993 3.4k citations John Bechhoefer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Bechhoefer 3.1k 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 902 106 6.8k
Ernst‐Ludwig Florin 4.0k 1.3× 2.3k 1.5× 2.3k 1.9× 574 0.5× 383 0.4× 59 7.3k
Dario Anselmetti 2.9k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.9× 1.1k 1.0× 204 0.2× 227 7.2k
Lene B. Oddershede 2.2k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 2.8k 2.2× 847 0.8× 692 0.8× 132 6.4k
M.F. Garcia Parajo 1.6k 0.5× 2.9k 1.9× 2.6k 2.1× 1.0k 1.0× 273 0.3× 137 7.0k
Jan Liphardt 2.1k 0.7× 4.1k 2.6× 3.4k 2.7× 1.6k 1.5× 827 0.9× 60 9.8k
Vladimir P. Zhdanov 2.6k 0.8× 2.8k 1.8× 2.2k 1.8× 3.7k 3.4× 579 0.6× 457 9.8k
Marek Cieplak 1.7k 0.6× 2.9k 1.9× 765 0.6× 1.8k 1.7× 594 0.7× 220 6.4k
Christoph F. Schmidt 3.7k 1.2× 4.1k 2.6× 3.3k 2.7× 1.3k 1.3× 831 0.9× 135 11.8k
Edgar Meyhöfer 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 1.7k 1.6× 785 0.9× 111 7.3k
Stephan Block 2.5k 0.8× 2.7k 1.7× 2.5k 2.0× 347 0.3× 194 0.2× 98 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Bechhoefer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Bechhoefer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Teich, Erin G., et al.. (2026). Optimal Control in Soft and Active Matter. Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics. 17(1). 327–348.
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Bechhoefer, John, et al.. (2025). Speedups in nonequilibrium thermal relaxation: Mpemba and related effects. Physics Reports. 1164. 1–97. 4 indexed citations
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Ehrich, Jannik, et al.. (2023). Information Engine in a Nonequilibrium Bath. Physical Review Letters. 131(5). 57101–57101. 20 indexed citations
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Ehrich, Jannik, et al.. (2022). Bayesian Information Engine that Optimally Exploits Noisy Measurements. Physical Review Letters. 129(13). 130601–130601. 16 indexed citations
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Ehrich, Jannik, et al.. (2021). Maximizing power and velocity of an information engine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(20). 40 indexed citations
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Ehrich, Jannik, et al.. (2021). Maximal fluctuation exploitation in Gaussian information engines. Physical review. E. 104(4). 44122–44122. 13 indexed citations
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Bechhoefer, John, S. Ciliberto, Simone Pigolotti, & Édgar Roldán. (2020). Stochastic thermodynamics: experiment and theory. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2020(6). 64001–64001. 3 indexed citations
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Das, Shankar, et al.. (2015). Replication timing is regulated by the number of MCMs loaded at origins. Genome Research. 25(12). 1886–1892. 69 indexed citations
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Baker, Antoine, Benjamin Audit, Scott Cheng‐Hsin Yang, John Bechhoefer, & A. Arnéodo. (2012). Inferring Where and When Replication Initiates from Genome-Wide Replication Timing Data. Physical Review Letters. 108(26). 268101–268101. 19 indexed citations
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Gauthier, Michel G., Settapong T Kosiyatrakul, Carl L. Schildkraut, et al.. (2012). Regulation of DNA Replication within the Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Locus During B Cell Commitment. PLoS Biology. 10(7). e1001360–e1001360. 43 indexed citations
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Jun, Yonggun & John Bechhoefer. (2012). Virtual potentials for feedback traps. Physical Review E. 86(6). 61106–61106. 33 indexed citations
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Jun, Yonggun & John Bechhoefer. (2011). Experimental study of memory erasure in a double-well potential. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Scott Cheng‐Hsin, Nick Rhind, & John Bechhoefer. (2010). Modeling genome‐wide replication kinetics reveals a mechanism for regulation of replication timing. Molecular Systems Biology. 6(1). 404–404. 83 indexed citations
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Gauthier, Michel G. & John Bechhoefer. (2009). Control of DNA Replication by Anomalous Reaction-Diffusion Kinetics. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 59a–59a. 3 indexed citations
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Rhind, Nick, Scott Cheng‐Hsin Yang, & John Bechhoefer. (2009). Reconciling stochastic origin firing with defined replication timing. Chromosome Research. 18(1). 35–43. 55 indexed citations
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Kommajosyula, Naveen, Adam P. Rosebrock, Aaron Bensimon, et al.. (2008). The Hsk1(Cdc7) Replication Kinase Regulates Origin Efficiency. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(12). 5550–5558. 61 indexed citations
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Bechhoefer, John & Brandon D. L. Marshall. (2007). How Xenopus Laevis Replicates DNA Reliably even though Its Origins of Replication are Located and Initiated Stochastically. Physical Review Letters. 98(9). 98105–98105. 30 indexed citations
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Talon, Laurent, et al.. (2005). Critical behavior of the banded-unbanded spherulite transition in a mixture of ethylene carbonate with polyacrylonitrile. Physical Review E. 71(6). 61602–61602. 8 indexed citations
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Jun, Suckjoon, et al.. (2004). Self-Assembly of the Ionic Peptide EAK16: The Effect of Charge Distributions on Self-Assembly. Biophysical Journal. 87(2). 1249–1259. 94 indexed citations
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Yethiraj, Anand, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, & John Bechhoefer. (2002). Two experimental tests of a fluctuation-induced first-order phase transition: Intensity fluctuation microscopy at the nematic–smectic-Atransition. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(2). 21702–21702. 20 indexed citations

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