John P. McCutcheon

12.4k citations

55 papers · 8.6k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Insect Science top 0.05%
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect and Pesticide Research
Horticulture top 0.2%

Papers in

Insect Science 38
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences 36
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control 9
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control 7
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13
- Plant and animal studies 11

Co-authors: Nancy A. Moran Atsushi Nakabachi Filip Husník Bradon R. McDonald Carol D. von Dohlen V. Ramakrishnan Brian T. Wimberly Nikos B. Reppas
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Genome Biology and Evolution (6 papers)Current Biology (4 papers)Cell (4 papers)Molecular Ecology (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

John P. McCutcheon

55 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Functional horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes 2017 · 312 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2016 Science
2013 Cell
2011 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2008 Annual Review of Genetics
2005 Science
1997 Science

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Co-authors

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All Works

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1	Contrasting Evolutionary Trajectories Under Paternal Genome Elimination in Male and Female Citrus Mealybugs Molecular Ecology ·Andrew J. Mongue, Tamsin E. Woodman, Hollie Marshall, Arkadiy I. Garber, José Carlos Franco, John P. McCutcheon, Laura Ross	2025	1
2	Retention of an Endosymbiont for the Production of a Single Molecule Genome Biology and Evolution ·Arkadiy I. Garber, Andrés Garcia de la Filia Molina, Isabelle M. Vea, Andrew J. Mongue, Laura Ross, John P. McCutcheon	2024	2
3	Pseudofinder: Detection of Pseudogenes in Prokaryotic Genomes Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Mitchell J. Syberg‐Olsen, Arkadiy I. Garber, Patrick J. Keeling, John P. McCutcheon, Filip Husník	2022	59
4	Large differences in carbohydrate degradation and transport potential among lichen fungal symbionts Nature Communications ·Philipp Resl, Adina R. Bujold, Gulnara Tagirdzhanova, Peter Meidl, Sandra Freire‐Rallo, Mieko Kono, Samantha Fernández-Brime, Hörður Guðmundsson, Ólafur S. Andrésson, Lucía Muggia, Helmut Mayrhofer, John P. McCutcheon, Mats Wedin, Silke Werth, Lisa M. Willis, Toby Spribille	2022	31
5	The Evolution of Interdependence in a Four-Way Mealybug Symbiosis Genome Biology and Evolution ·Arkadiy I. Garber, Maria Kupper, Dominik R. Laetsch, Stephanie R. Weldon, Mark S. Ladinsky, Pamela J. Björkman, John P. McCutcheon	2021	17
6	The Life of an Insect Endosymbiont from the Cradle to the Grave Current Biology ·John P. McCutcheon, Bret M. Boyd, Colin Dale	2019	156
7	Changes in Endosymbiont Complexity Drive Host-Level Compensatory Adaptations in Cicadas mBio ·Matthew A. Campbell, Piotr Łukasik, Mariah Meyer, Mark A. Buckner, Chris Simon, Claudio Veloso, Anna Michalik, John P. McCutcheon	2018	31
8	Idiosyncratic Genome Degradation in a Bacterial Endosymbiont of Periodical Cicadas Current Biology ·Matthew A. Campbell, Piotr Łukasik, Chris Simon, John P. McCutcheon	2017	32
9	Endosymbiosis: The feeling is not mutual Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Patrick J. Keeling, John P. McCutcheon	2017	58
10	Functional horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Filip Husník, John P. McCutcheon Hit paper breakdown →	2017	312
11	Basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of ascomycete macrolichens Science ·Toby Spribille, Veera Tuovinen, Philipp Resl, Dan Vanderpool, Heimo Wolinski, M. Catherine Aime, Kevin Schneider, Edith Stabentheiner, Merje Toome‐Heller, Göran Thor, Helmut Mayrhofer, Hanna Johannesson, John P. McCutcheon Hit paper breakdown →	2016	377
12	Repeated replacement of an intrabacterial symbiont in the tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Filip Husník, John P. McCutcheon	2016	168
13	From microbiology to cell biology: when an intracellular bacterium becomes part of its host cell Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·John P. McCutcheon	2016	27
14	Horizontal Gene Transfer from Diverse Bacteria to an Insect Genome Enables a Tripartite Nested Mealybug Symbiosis Cell ·Filip Husník, Naruo Nikoh, Ryuichi Koga, Laura Ross, Rebecca P. Duncan, Manabu Fujie, Makiko Tanaka, Nori Satoh, Doris Bachtrog, Alex C. C. Wilson, Carol D. von Dohlen, Takema Fukatsu, John P. McCutcheon Hit paper breakdown →	2013	314
15	An AT Mutational Bias in the Tiny GC-Rich Endosymbiont Genome of Hodgkinia Genome Biology and Evolution ·James T. Van Leuven, John P. McCutcheon	2011	38
16	Bacterial Genes in the Aphid Genome: Absence of Functional Gene Transfer from Buchnera to Its Host PLoS Genetics ·Naruo Nikoh, John P. McCutcheon, Toshiaki Kudo, Shin‐ya Miyagishima, Nancy A. Moran, Atsushi Nakabachi	2010	142
17	Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·John P. McCutcheon, Bradon R. McDonald, Nancy A. Moran	2009	300
18	Accurate Multiplex Polony Sequencing of an Evolved Bacterial Genome Science ·Jay Shendure, Gregory J. Porreca, Nikos B. Reppas, Xiaoxia Lin, John P. McCutcheon, Abraham M. Rosenbaum, Michael D. Wang, Kun Zhang, Robi D. Mitra, George M. Church Hit paper breakdown →	2005	860
19	Structure of a bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit at 5.5 Å resolution Nature ·William Clemons, Joanna L. C. May, Brian T. Wimberly, John P. McCutcheon, Malcolm Capel, V. Ramakrishnan	1999	281
20	A Detailed View of a Ribosomal Active Site Cell ·Brian T. Wimberly, Rebecca Guymon, John P. McCutcheon, Stephen W. White, V. Ramakrishnan	1999	279

About John P. McCutcheon

John P. McCutcheon is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, having authored 55 papers that have together received 8.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (36 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (9 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (7 papers), Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (7 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Insect Science (3.9k citations), Horticulture (295 citations), Virology (404 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.4k citations) and Genetics (1.6k citations). John P. McCutcheon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Nancy A. Moran, Atsushi Nakabachi, Filip Husník, Bradon R. McDonald, Carol D. von Dohlen, V. Ramakrishnan, Brian T. Wimberly, Nikos B. Reppas, Xiaoxia Lin and Michael D. Wang. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genome Biology and Evolution, Current Biology, Cell and Molecular Ecology.

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