John Cairns

24.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
562 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

John Cairns is a scholar working on Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cairns has authored 562 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Ecology, 105 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 74 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Cairns's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (98 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (59 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (58 papers). John Cairns is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (98 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (59 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (58 papers). John Cairns collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John Cairns's co-authors include B. R. Niederlehner, Donald S. Cherry, Leona D. Samson, Patricia L. Foster, Paul V. McCormick, Julie Overbaugh, S Miller, Arthur L. Buikema, Kenneth L. Dickson and David W. Law and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John Cairns

537 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

Mutation selection and the natural history of cancer 1963 2026 1984 2005 1975 1988 1969 1977 1963 250 500 750

Peers

John Cairns
Comparison fields: 5 of 210
  • Molecular Biology 5.3k
  • Ecology 4.3k
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3.7k
  • Genetics 2.5k
  • Pollution 2.1k
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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2 8
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Interfacial stresses and debonding failures in plated beams
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4
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?: ethics in an era of human-influenced rapid climate change.
0
5
Life boat ethics revisited: what should be the reaction to the Maldives crisis?
1
6
Klimakatastrophes (Climate Disasters)
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7
Preparing for the post-industrial age.
2
8
You and Earth's Resources
0
9
Sovereignty, individuality, and sustainability
1
10 180
11 17
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Global coevolution of natural systems and human society
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Evaluation of bond pullout tests and their relevance to structural performance
23
14
The Economic Basis for a Partnership Between Human Society and Natural Ecosystems
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15 3
16 1
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Integrated environmental management
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Initial testing of a recent biological monitoring concept
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RECOVERY OF STREAMS STRESSED BY ACID COAL MINE DRAINAGE.
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20
Biological assessment of water quality in a large river system: an evaluation of a method for fishes
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