John Cumbers

1.2k total citations
16 papers, 854 citations indexed

About

John Cumbers is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cumbers has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 854 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Cumbers's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (5 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (4 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (3 papers). John Cumbers is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (5 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (4 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (3 papers). John Cumbers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. John Cumbers's co-authors include Adam P. Arkin, Amor A. Menezes, John A. Hogan, Dileep D. Monie, Drew Endy, Caroline M. Ajo‐Franklin, Michael J. Czar, Kim de Mora, Adam J. Rubin and Jason Kelly and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John Cumbers

15 papers receiving 839 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Cumbers United States	8	416	161	147	146	106	16	854
Nahoko Higashitani Japan	17	477 1.1×	134 0.8×	134 0.9×	151 1.0×	42 0.4×	28	768
Hideyuki Takahashi Japan	31	1.4k 3.4×	47 0.3×	76 0.5×	164 1.1×	162 1.5×	103	3.0k
Sarah E. Wyatt United States	22	822 2.0×	26 0.2×	140 1.0×	35 0.2×	241 2.3×	60	1.6k
Brad T. Moore United States	7	165 0.4×	167 1.0×	42 0.3×	110 0.8×	32 0.3×	9	767
Scott Smiley United States	17	657 1.6×	22 0.1×	75 0.5×	75 0.5×	18 0.2×	31	1.3k
Eddie E. Deane Hong Kong	17	334 0.8×	56 0.3×	54 0.4×	67 0.5×	14 0.1×	23	1.0k
Barbara O. Gvakharia United States	11	108 0.3×	60 0.4×	46 0.3×	63 0.4×	19 0.2×	12	384
Guénola Ricard Netherlands	9	564 1.4×	18 0.1×	24 0.2×	94 0.6×	18 0.2×	9	709
Barbara G. Pickard United States	30	1.3k 3.2×	6 0.0×	143 1.0×	29 0.2×	218 2.1×	66	2.9k
Neal J. Dawson Canada	18	204 0.5×	16 0.1×	180 1.2×	197 1.3×	79 0.7×	39	627

Countries citing papers authored by John Cumbers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Cumbers

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16 of 16 papers shown

DeBenedictis, Erika A., Edwin S. Kite, Robin Wordsworth, et al.. (2025). The case for Mars terraforming research. Nature Astronomy. 9(5). 634–639.

Pittman, Robert B., et al.. (2018). Space Commodities Futures Trading Exchange: Adapting Terrestrial Market Mechanisms to Grow a Sustainable Space Economy. New Space. 6(3). 211–226. 5 indexed citations

Padovan, Sebastiano, J. L. Whitten, Ross W. K. Potter, et al.. (2017). FIRE - Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters: A conceptual design for a New Frontiers mission to Io. Advances in Space Research. 60(5). 1080–1100. 2 indexed citations

Hall, Alexandra, Christopher P. McKay, & John Cumbers. (2016). Toward a Low-Cost Lunar Settlement: Preface to the New Space Special Articles. New Space. 4(1). 2–3. 4 indexed citations

Menezes, Amor A., Michael Montague, John Cumbers, John A. Hogan, & Adam P. Arkin. (2015). Grand challenges in space synthetic biology. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 12(113). 20150803–20150803. 53 indexed citations

Cumbers, John & Lynn J. Rothschild. (2014). Salt tolerance and polyphyly in the cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis (Pleurocapsales). Journal of Phycology. 50(3). 472–482. 22 indexed citations

Menezes, Amor A., John Cumbers, John A. Hogan, & Adam P. Arkin. (2014). Towards synthetic biological approaches to resource utilization on space missions. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 12(102). 20140715–20140715. 106 indexed citations

Horikawa, Daiki D., John Cumbers, Iori Sakakibara, et al.. (2013). Analysis of DNA Repair and Protection in the Tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus and Hypsibius dujardini after Exposure to UVC Radiation. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e64793–e64793. 60 indexed citations

Cumbers, John, et al.. (2013). Potential Applications for Bioelectrochemical Systems for Space Exploration. 2 indexed citations

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Montague, Michael, Charles S. Cockell, Jason M. Held, et al.. (2012). The Role of Synthetic Biology for In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). Astrobiology. 12(12). 1135–1142. 43 indexed citations

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Cumbers, John & Lynn J. Rothschild. (2010). BISRU: Synthetic Microbes for Moon, Mars and Beyond. LPICo. 1538. 5672–53. 7 indexed citations

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Monie, Dileep D., Kim de Mora, Michael J. Czar, et al.. (2008). Measuring the activity of BioBrick promoters using an in vivo reference standard. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 310 indexed citations

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Flatt, Thomas, Kyung‐Jin Min, Cecilia D’Alterio, et al.. (2008). Drosophila germ-line modulation of insulin signaling and lifespan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(17). 6368–6373. 234 indexed citations

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Lohmueller, Jason, John Cumbers, M Schmidt, et al.. (2007). Progress toward construction and modelling of a tri-stable toggle switch in E. coli. 1(1). 25–28. 4 indexed citations

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Lohmueller, Jason, Brendan Hickey, Annie Gao, et al.. (2007). Progress toward the construction of a tri-stable genetic toggle switch in E. coli. BMC Systems Biology. 1(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Cumbers, John & J. Douglas Armstrong. (2005). Computational Analysis of Insulin in the Ageing Fruit Fly. BMC Bioinformatics. 6(S3). 1 indexed citations

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