John O. Kessler

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

John O. Kessler is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John O. Kessler has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in John O. Kessler's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (26 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (8 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (6 papers). John O. Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (26 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (8 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (6 papers). John O. Kessler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. John O. Kessler's co-authors include Raymond E. Goldstein, Luis Cisneros, Christopher Dombrowski, Andrey Sokolov, Igor S. Aranson, Sunita Chatkaew, Charles W. Wolgemuth, Idán Tuval, Roman Stocker and William M. Durham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John O. Kessler

42 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Self-Concentration and Large-Scale Coherence in Bacterial Dynamics

2004 766 citations Christopher Dombrowski, Luis Cisneros et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Bacterial swimming and oxygen transport near contact lines

2005 554 citations Idán Tuval, Luis Cisneros et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Confinement Stabilizes a Bacterial Suspension into a Spiral Vortex 2013 ·Physical Review Letters ·Hugo Wioland, Francis G. Woodhouse, Jörn Dunkel, John O. Kessler, Raymond E. Goldstein	313
2	Intraspecies variation in cotton border cell production: Rhizosphere microbiome implications 2013 ·American Journal of Botany ·Gilberto Curlango‐Rivera, (unknown), (unknown), John O. Kessler, Zhongguo Xiong, Martha C. Hawes	27
3	A General Allometric and Life-History Model for Cellular Differentiation in the Transition to Multicellularity 2013 ·The American Naturalist ·Cristian A. Solari, John O. Kessler, Raymond E. Goldstein	22
4	Dynamics of swimming bacteria: Transition to directional order at high concentration 2011 ·Physical Review E ·Luis Cisneros, John O. Kessler, S. Ganguly, Raymond E. Goldstein	100
5	Unexpected Bipolar Flagellar Arrangements and Long-Range Flows Driven by Bacteria near Solid Boundaries 2008 ·Physical Review Letters ·Luis Cisneros, John O. Kessler, Ricardo Ortiz, Ricardo Cortez, M. A. Bees	24
6	Concentration Dependence of the Collective Dynamics of Swimming Bacteria 2007 ·Physical Review Letters ·Andrey Sokolov, Igor S. Aranson, John O. Kessler, Raymond E. Goldstein	488
7	Model for dynamical coherence in thin films of self-propelled microorganisms 2007 ·Physical Review E ·Igor S. Aranson, Andrey Sokolov, John O. Kessler, Raymond E. Goldstein	128
8	A Hydrodynamics Approach to the Evolution of Multicellularity: Flagellar Motility and Germ‐Soma Differentiation in Volvocalean Green Algae 2006 ·The American Naturalist ·Cristian A. Solari, John O. Kessler, Richard E. Michod	58
9	Multicellularity and the functional interdependence of motility and molecular transport 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cristian A. Solari, S. Ganguly, John O. Kessler, Richard E. Michod, Raymond E. Goldstein	79
10	Reversal of bacterial locomotion at an obstacle 2006 ·Physical Review E ·Luis Cisneros, Christopher Dombrowski, Raymond E. Goldstein, John O. Kessler	60
11	Bacterial swimming and oxygen transport near contact lines breakdown → 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Idán Tuval, Luis Cisneros, Christopher Dombrowski, Charles W. Wolgemuth, John O. Kessler, Raymond E. Goldstein	554
12	Coiling, Entrainment, and Hydrodynamic Coupling of Decelerated Fluid Jets 2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Christopher Dombrowski, (unknown), Adriana I. Pesci, Juan M. Restrepo, John O. Kessler, Raymond E. Goldstein	23
13	Periodic Chirality Transformations Propagating On Bacterial Flagella 2002 ·Physical Review Letters ·Daniel Coombs, Greg Huber, John O. Kessler, Raymond E. Goldstein	41
14	Consumption, supply and transport: Self-organization without direct communication 1996 ·Mathematics and Computers in Simulation ·John O. Kessler	3
15	Theory and experimental results on gravitational effects on monocellular algae 1992 ·Advances in Space Research ·John O. Kessler	10
16	Free swimming organisms: Microgravity as an investigative tool 1989 ·NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) ·John O. Kessler	1
17	Hydrodynamic focusing of motile algal cells 1985 ·Nature ·John O. Kessler	314
18	Philothermal response of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in dementia of the Alzheimer type 1982 ·Neurobiology of Aging ·Lissy F. Jarvik, Steven S. Matsuyama, John O. Kessler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	37
19	Leukotaxis and serum immunoglobulins in the aged 1981 ·AGE ·Steven S. Matsuyama, Lissy F. Jarvik, (unknown), John O. Kessler	4
20	CONVECTIVE CONTROL OF LONG—RANGE COHERENCE IN PLANT GROWTH REGULATION 1978 ·Elsevier eBooks ·John O. Kessler	1

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