John Ewer

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

John Ewer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, John Ewer has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 20 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in John Ewer's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (44 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers). John Ewer is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (44 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers). John Ewer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Germany. John Ewer's co-authors include James W. Truman, Michael Rosbash, Elizabeth M. Dewey, Hans‐Willi Honegger, Benjamin H. White, Brigitte Frisch, Stephen C. Gammie, F. Rob Jackson, Jae H. Park and Charlotte Helfrich‐Förster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John Ewer

55 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Expression of the period clock gene within different cell types in the brain of Drosophila adults and mosaic analysis of these cells' influence on circadian behavioral rhythms

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Ewer United States	28	2.0k	804	692	664	528	55	2.7k
Gyunghee Lee United States	19	2.0k 1.0×	801 1.0×	645 0.9×	437 0.7×	615 1.2×	34	2.4k
Greg S. B. Suh United States	21	1.8k 0.9×	829 1.0×	424 0.6×	845 1.3×	392 0.7×	31	3.0k
Alex C. Keene United States	38	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	937 1.4×	629 0.9×	554 1.0×	110	4.1k
Toshihiro Kitamoto United States	31	3.2k 1.6×	1.3k 1.6×	628 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	839 1.6×	74	4.0k
Benjamin H. White United States	33	3.2k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	717 1.0×	1.6k 2.4×	699 1.3×	56	4.4k
André Fiala Germany	31	2.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	280 0.4×	928 1.4×	732 1.4×	60	3.5k
Alois Hofbauer Germany	25	3.0k 1.5×	740 0.9×	989 1.4×	1.4k 2.2×	487 0.9×	32	3.9k
Troy Zars United States	21	2.1k 1.1×	949 1.2×	267 0.4×	501 0.8×	790 1.5×	44	2.5k
W. Daniel Tracey United States	21	1.7k 0.9×	481 0.6×	229 0.3×	705 1.1×	313 0.6×	36	2.6k
Kathleen K. Siwicki United States	19	1.2k 0.6×	837 1.0×	612 0.9×	628 0.9×	252 0.5×	25	2.0k

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Nern, Aljoscha, et al.. (2025). Synaptic targets of circadian clock neurons influence core clock parameters. Science Advances. 11(36). eadw4666–eadw4666. 1 indexed citations

Nässel, Dick R., et al.. (2024). Timed receptor tyrosine kinase signaling couples the central and a peripheral circadian clock in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(11). e2308067121–e2308067121. 4 indexed citations

Wegener, Christian, et al.. (2024). Neuronal and endocrine mechanisms underlying the circadian gating of eclosion: insights from Drosophila. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 66. 101286–101286. 5 indexed citations

Moreira, Danielle de Paula, Isaac E. García, Francisco Aboitiz, et al.. (2022). Mutations in trpγ, the homologue of TRPC6 autism candidate gene, causes autism-like behavioral deficits in Drosophila. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(8). 3328–3342. 12 indexed citations

Frenkel, Lía, et al.. (2021). Orcokinin neuropeptides regulate reproduction in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 139. 103676–103676. 11 indexed citations

Scott, Robert L., et al.. (2020). Non-canonical Eclosion Hormone-Expressing Cells Regulate Drosophila Ecdysis. iScience. 23(5). 101108–101108. 16 indexed citations

Ewer, John, et al.. (2018). Calcium and cAMP directly modulate the speed of the Drosophila circadian clock. PLoS Genetics. 14(6). e1007433–e1007433. 17 indexed citations

Selcho, Mareike, Carola Millán, Jiangtian Chen, et al.. (2017). Central and peripheral clocks are coupled by a neuropeptide pathway in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15563–15563. 78 indexed citations

Rossi, Alejandra, et al.. (2016). Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptor Gene Polymorphisms: Role in Social and Psychiatric Traits. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9. 510–510. 51 indexed citations

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Farine, Jean‐Pierre, et al.. (2016). Regulation of cuticular hydrocarbon profile maturation by Drosophila tanning hormone, bursicon, and its interaction with desaturase activity. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 79. 87–96. 16 indexed citations

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Diao, Fengqiu, Holly Ironfield, Haojiang Luan, et al.. (2015). Plug-and-Play Genetic Access to Drosophila Cell Types using Exchangeable Exon Cassettes. Cell Reports. 10(8). 1410–1421. 212 indexed citations

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Honegger, Hans‐Willi, Elizabeth M. Dewey, & John Ewer. (2008). Bursicon, the tanning hormone of insects: recent advances following the discovery of its molecular identity. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 194(12). 989–1005. 67 indexed citations

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Lin, David, et al.. (2007). Characterization of mRNA Expression in Single Neurons. Methods in molecular biology. 399. 133–152. 14 indexed citations

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Dewey, Elizabeth M., Susan L. McNabb, John Ewer, et al.. (2004). Identification of the Gene Encoding Bursicon, an Insect Neuropeptide Responsible for Cuticle Sclerotization and Wing Spreading. Current Biology. 14(13). 1208–1213. 122 indexed citations

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Ewer, John, et al.. (1999). Genetic and hormonal regulation of the death of peptidergic neurons in theDrosophila central nervous system. Journal of Neurobiology. 38(4). 455–465. 62 indexed citations

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Ewer, John, et al.. (1998). Programmed cell death of identified peptidergic neurons involved in ecdysis behavior in the moth,Manduca sexta. Journal of Neurobiology. 37(2). 265–280. 26 indexed citations

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Ewer, John & James W. Truman. (1997). Invariant association of ecdysis with increases in cyclic 3′,5′-guanosine monophosphate immunoreactivity in a small network of peptidergic neurons in the hornworm, Manduca sexta. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 181(4). 319–330. 23 indexed citations

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Ewer, John & James W. Truman. (1996). Increases in cyclic 3?,5?-guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) occur at ecdysis in an evolutionarily conserved crustacean cardioactive peptide-immunoreactive insect neuronal network. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 370(3). 330–341. 90 indexed citations

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Horodyski, Frank M., John Ewer, Lynn M. Riddiford, & James W. Truman. (1993). Isolation, characterization and expression of the eclosion hormone gene of Drosophila melanogaster. European Journal of Biochemistry. 215(2). 221–228. 71 indexed citations

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Ewer, John, Melanie J. Hamblen-Coyle, Michael Rosbash, & Jeffrey C. Hall. (1990). Requirement for Period Gene Expression in the Adult and Not During Development for Locomotor Activity Rhythms of Imaginal Drosophila Melanogaster. Journal of Neurogenetics. 7(1). 31–73. 78 indexed citations

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