John R. B. Lighton

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

John R. B. Lighton is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. B. Lighton has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Genetics, 53 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in John R. B. Lighton's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (57 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (51 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (34 papers). John R. B. Lighton is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (57 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (51 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (34 papers). John R. B. Lighton collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. John R. B. Lighton's co-authors include George A. Bartholomew, Donald H. Feener, Raul K. Suarez, Laura J. Fielden, Michael H. Dickinson, Jon F. Harrison, Pablo E. Schilman, Barbara Joos, Frances D. Duncan and Jaco Klok and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John R. B. Lighton

102 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Measuring Metabolic Rates

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Measuring Metabolic Rates: A Manual for Scientists

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John R. B. Lighton United States	48	3.5k	3.0k	2.9k	1.7k	1.3k	103	6.5k
Allen G. Gibbs United States	39	2.2k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.8×	82	5.6k
Robert Dudley United States	46	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	3.4k 1.2×	715 0.4×	576 0.4×	157	7.6k
John G. Duman United States	43	3.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	567 0.2×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	100	5.6k
Francisco Bozinovic Chile	48	5.0k 1.5×	1.2k 0.4×	3.4k 1.2×	551 0.3×	611 0.5×	215	7.7k
James H. Marden United States	41	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	558 0.3×	890 0.7×	90	5.3k
Mark A. Chappell United States	48	3.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	397 0.2×	291 0.2×	113	5.6k
Brent J. Sinclair Canada	58	7.0k 2.0×	4.0k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	2.7k 1.7×	3.5k 2.6×	182	11.3k
Martin E. Feder United States	45	4.7k 1.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	750 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	110	9.2k
Enrico L. Rezende Chile	44	3.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	2.6k 0.9×	362 0.2×	376 0.3×	113	6.0k
Kevin J. McGraw United States	55	4.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.3×	7.2k 2.5×	785 0.5×	510 0.4×	264	9.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lighton, John R. B., et al.. (2018). Extreme physiological plasticity in a hibernating basoendothermic mammal, Tenrec ecaudatus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 20). 37 indexed citations

Vu, John P., William F. J. Parsons, Daniel Sanford, et al.. (2017). Long-Term Intake of a High-Protein Diet Affects Body Phenotype, Metabolism, and Plasma Hormones in Mice. Journal of Nutrition. 147(12). 2243–2251. 22 indexed citations

Lighton, John R. B.. (2017). Limitations and requirements for measuring metabolic rates: a mini review. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 71(3). 301–305. 20 indexed citations

Schilman, Pablo E., James S. Waters, Jon F. Harrison, & John R. B. Lighton. (2011). Effects of temperature on responses to anoxia and oxygen reperfusion in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology. 214(8). 1271–1275. 21 indexed citations

Klok, Jaco, Alexander Kaiser, John R. B. Lighton, & Jon F. Harrison. (2009). Critical oxygen partial pressures and maximal tracheal conductances for Drosophila melanogaster reared for multiple generations in hypoxia or hyperoxia. Journal of Insect Physiology. 56(5). 461–469. 42 indexed citations

Lighton, John R. B., et al.. (2008). The hygric hypothesis does not hold water: abolition of discontinuous gas exchange cycles does not affect water loss in the antCamponotus vicinus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 211(4). 563–567. 35 indexed citations

Lighton, John R. B.. (2007). Respiratory Biology: They Would Be Giants. Current Biology. 17(22). R969–R971. 2 indexed citations

Lighton, John R. B.. (2007). Hot hypoxic flies: Whole-organism interactions between hypoxic and thermal stressors in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Thermal Biology. 32(3). 134–143. 38 indexed citations

Lighton, John R. B.. (2005). Respiratory Physiology: Strange Cycles and the Fruit-Fly's Tongue. Current Biology. 15(23). R965–R966. 2 indexed citations

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Lighton, John R. B. & Barbara Joos. (2002). Discontinuous gas exchange in a tracheate arthropod, the pseudoscorpion Garypus californicus: Occurrence, characteristics and temperature dependence.. Journal of Insect Science. 2(1). 23–23. 6 indexed citations

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Lighton, John R. B. & Barbara Joos. (2002). Discontinuous Gas Exchange in the PseudoscorpionGarypus californicusIs Regulated by Hypoxia, Not Hypercapnia. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 75(4). 345–349. 22 indexed citations

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Lighton, John R. B.. (1998). Notes from Underground: Towards Ultimate Hypotheses of Cyclic, Discontinuous Gas-Exchange in Tracheate Arthropods. American Zoologist. 38(3). 483–491. 105 indexed citations

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Goldstein, G., et al.. (1991). Photosynthesis by inflated pods of a desert shrub, Isomeris arborea. Oecologia. 85(3). 396–402. 13 indexed citations

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Garwood, Nancy C. & John R. B. Lighton. (1990). Physiological ecology of seed respiration in some tropical species. New Phytologist. 115(3). 549–558. 18 indexed citations

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Lighton, John R. B. & Donald H. Feener. (1989). A comparison of energetics and ventilation of desert ants during voluntary and forced locomotion. Nature. 342(6246). 174–175. 46 indexed citations

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Lighton, John R. B. & Donald H. Feener. (1989). Water-Loss Rate and Cuticular Permeability in Foragers of the Desert AntPogonomyrmex rugosus. Physiological Zoology. 62(6). 1232–1256. 93 indexed citations

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Lighton, John R. B. & George A. Bartholomew. (1988). Standard energy metabolism of a desert harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex rugosus : Effects of temperature, body mass, group size, and humidity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(13). 4765–4769. 73 indexed citations

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Bartholomew, George A., John R. B. Lighton, & Donald H. Feener. (1988). Energetics of Trail Running, Load Carriage, and Emigration in the Column-Raiding Army Ant Eciton hamatum. Physiological Zoology. 61(1). 57–68. 67 indexed citations

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Lighton, John R. B.. (1987). Cost of tokking: the energetics of substrate communication in the tok-tok beetle,Psammodes striatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 157(1). 11–20. 30 indexed citations

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Bartholomew, George A. & John R. B. Lighton. (1986). Oxygen Consumption During Hover-Feeding in Free-Ranging Anna Hummingbirds. Journal of Experimental Biology. 123(1). 191–199. 89 indexed citations

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