John R. Carlson

23.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
177 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

John R. Carlson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Carlson has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 56 papers in Insect Science and 43 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John R. Carlson's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (130 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (42 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (42 papers). John R. Carlson is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (130 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (42 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (42 papers). John R. Carlson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. John R. Carlson's co-authors include Elissa A. Hallem, Coral G. Warr, Anupama Dahanukar, Peter J. Clyne, Wynand van der Goes van Naters, Jae Young Kwon, Marien de Bruyne, Chih‐Ying Su, Laurence J. Zwiebel and Michael G Ho and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John R. Carlson

173 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

Coding of Odors by a Receptor Repertoire 1999 2026 2008 2017 2006 1999 2004 2003 2001 250 500 750
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.

  1. Coding of Odors by a Receptor Repertoire
    2006 909 citations Elissa A. Hallem, John R. Carlson Cell profile →
  2. A Novel Family of Divergent Seven-Transmembrane Proteins
    1999 880 citations Peter J. Clyne, Coral G. Warr et al. profile →
  3. The Molecular Basis of Odor Coding in the Drosophila Antenna
    2004 788 citations Elissa A. Hallem, Michael G Ho et al. Cell profile →
  4. Molecular evolution of the insect chemoreceptor gene superfamily in Drosophila melanogaster
    2003 598 citations Coral G. Warr, John R. Carlson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Odor Coding in the Drosophila Antenna
    2001 577 citations John R. Carlson et al. profile →

Peers

John R. Carlson
Bill S. Hansson Germany
John G. Hildebrand United States
Dick R. Nässel Sweden
Laurence J. Zwiebel United States
Charles S. Zuker United States
Liliane Schoofs Belgium
C. Giovanni Galizia Germany
Arnold De Loof Belgium
Richard D. Newcomb New Zealand
Elissa A. Hallem United States
Bill S. Hansson Germany
John R. Carlson
Citations per year, relative to John R. Carlson John R. Carlson (= 1×) peers Bill S. Hansson

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Fields of papers citing papers by John R. Carlson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John R. Carlson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John R. Carlson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John R. Carlson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John R. Carlson. John R. Carlson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Valencia‐Montoya, Wendy A., Marjorie A. Liénard, Neil Rosser, et al.. (2025). Infrared radiation is an ancient pollination signal. Science. 390(6778). 1164–1170. 1 indexed citations
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Carlson, John R., et al.. (2023). Pain: The agony and the AstC. Current Biology. 33(12). R695–R697. 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Shuke, Lisa Soyeon Baik, Xueying Shang, & John R. Carlson. (2022). Meeting a threat of the Anthropocene: Taste avoidance of metal ions by Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(25). e2204238119–e2204238119. 26 indexed citations
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Dweck, Hany K. M., et al.. (2022). Ir56b is an atypical ionotropic receptor that underlies appetitive salt response in Drosophila. Current Biology. 32(8). 1776–1787.e4. 35 indexed citations
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Xiao, Shuke, Jennifer S. Sun, & John R. Carlson. (2019). Robust olfactory responses in the absence of odorant binding proteins. eLife. 8. 66 indexed citations
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Benoit, Joshua B., Aurélien Vigneron, Nichole A. Broderick, et al.. (2017). Symbiont-induced odorant binding proteins mediate insect host hematopoiesis. eLife. 6. 94 indexed citations
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Koh, Tong‐Wey, et al.. (2015). Candidate ionotropic taste receptors in the Drosophila larva. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(14). 4195–4201. 61 indexed citations
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Kelly, Megan L., et al.. (2015). Malaria Parasites Produce Volatile Mosquito Attractants. mBio. 6(2). 56 indexed citations
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Joseph, Ryan Matthew & John R. Carlson. (2015). Drosophila Chemoreceptors: A Molecular Interface Between the Chemical World and the Brain. Trends in Genetics. 31(12). 683–695. 248 indexed citations
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Ray, Anandasankar, et al.. (2008). A NewDrosophilaPOU Gene,pdm3, Acts in Odor Receptor Expression and Axon Targeting of Olfactory Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(28). 7121–7129. 63 indexed citations
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Hallem, Elissa A., Michael G Ho, & John R. Carlson. (2004). The Molecular Basis of Odor Coding in the Drosophila Antenna. Cell. 117(7). 965–979. 788 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Junhyong, Etsuko N. Moriyama, Coral G. Warr, Peter J. Clyne, & John R. Carlson. (2000). Identification of novel multi-transmembrane proteins from genomic databases using quasi-periodic structural properties. Bioinformatics. 16(9). 767–775. 63 indexed citations
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Gaines, Peter, Craig T. Woodard, & John R. Carlson. (1999). An enhancer trap line identifies the Drosophila homolog of the L37a ribosomal protein. Gene. 239(1). 137–143. 13 indexed citations
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Abdol-Hamid, Khaled S., B. Lakshmanan, & John R. Carlson. (1995). Application of Navier-Stokes code PAB3D with kappa-epsilon turbulence model to attached and separated flows. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 15. 571–577. 25 indexed citations
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Raha, Debasish & John R. Carlson. (1994). OS9: A novel olfactory gene of Drosophila expressed in two olfactory organs. Journal of Neurobiology. 25(2). 169–184. 17 indexed citations
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Lilly, Mary A., Robert Kreber, Barry Ganetzky, & John R. Carlson. (1994). Evidence that the Drosophila olfactory mutant smellblind defines a novel class of sodium channel mutation.. Genetics. 136(3). 1087–1096. 55 indexed citations
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Lilly, Mary A., Juan R. Riesgo‐Escovar, & John R. Carlson. (1994). Developmental Analysis of the smellblind Mutants: Evidence for the Role of Sodium Channels in Drosophila Development. Developmental Biology. 162(1). 1–8. 17 indexed citations
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Carlson, John R.. (1991). Olfaction in Drosophila: genetic and molecular analysis. Trends in Neurosciences. 14(12). 520–524. 49 indexed citations
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Carlson, John R.. (1988). A New Means of Inducibly Inactivating a Cellular Protein. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(6). 2638–2646. 81 indexed citations
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Carlson, John R., et al.. (1987). T-lymphocyte subsets in nude mice with Giardia muris infection.. PubMed. 9(3). 189–96. 10 indexed citations

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