John Tyler Bonner

13.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
169 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

John Tyler Bonner is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Tyler Bonner has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 55 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 43 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in John Tyler Bonner's work include Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research (58 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (50 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (42 papers). John Tyler Bonner is often cited by papers focused on Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research (58 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (50 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (42 papers). John Tyler Bonner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. John Tyler Bonner's co-authors include Théo M. Konijn, David S. Barkley, E M Hall, Eugene H. Varney, Ellen Dissanayake, Pauline M. Pan, Harry K. MacWilliams, William Louis Culberson, Ya-Hui Chang and Hannah B. Suthers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John Tyler Bonner

162 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evolution and Development

1982 518 citations John Tyler Bonner profile →
On size and life

1983 471 citations John Tyler Bonner et al. profile →
The acrasin activity of adenosine-3',5'-cyclic phosphate.

1967 398 citations John Tyler Bonner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Tyler Bonner United States	43	2.5k	2.2k	2.2k	1.8k	957	169	7.7k
George Oster United States	72	4.7k 1.9×	7.1k 3.2×	1.9k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	2.5k 2.6×	187	17.3k
Lewis Wolpert United Kingdom	57	2.6k 1.0×	9.5k 4.3×	1.0k 0.5×	683 0.4×	2.7k 2.8×	214	14.2k
Stuart A. Newman United States	46	1.5k 0.6×	3.2k 1.4×	471 0.2×	583 0.3×	998 1.0×	156	6.2k
Alan Turing United Kingdom	8	1.0k 0.4×	2.7k 1.2×	451 0.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	12	9.1k
Hans Meinhardt Germany	42	1.8k 0.7×	4.6k 2.1×	756 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	965 1.0×	78	9.2k
Richard O. Prum United States	54	801 0.3×	2.4k 1.1×	4.7k 2.1×	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 2.5×	144	17.1k
John E. Dowling United States	79	4.2k 1.7×	19.0k 8.6×	1.1k 0.5×	493 0.3×	1.5k 1.6×	256	30.5k
Pere Alberch United States	29	441 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	184 0.1×	1.4k 1.5×	53	5.9k
William F. Loomis United States	65	7.9k 3.2×	7.6k 3.4×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	711 0.7×	256	14.3k
John C. Gerhart United States	54	3.0k 1.2×	8.5k 3.8×	428 0.2×	191 0.1×	1.7k 1.8×	108	12.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John Tyler Bonner

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All Works

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Bonner, John Tyler. (2015). Life Cycles: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist. Princeton University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (2008). John Bonner. Current Biology. 18(16). R688–R689.

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Bonner, John Tyler. (2006). Migration in Dictyostelium polycephalum. Mycologia. 98(2). 260–264. 9 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler, et al.. (2005). Behavior of cellular slime molds in the soil. Mycologia. 97(1). 178–184. 33 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (2003). Evolution of development in the cellular slime molds. Evolution & Development. 5(3). 305–313. 15 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler, Petra Fey, & Elizabeth H. Cox. (1999). Expression of prestalk and prespore proteins in minute, two-dimensional Dictyostelium slugs. Mechanisms of Development. 88(2). 253–254. 4 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1998). The origins of multicellularity. 1(1). 27–36. 18 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1995). The evolution of life's complexity. Nature. 374(6522). 508–509. 7 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1994). From Darwin to DNA. TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement. 13–14. 1 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1993). Proteolysis and orientation in Dictyostelium slugs. Journal of General Microbiology. 139(10). 2319–2322. 15 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1988). The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection. Princeton University Press eBooks. 279 indexed citations

12.

Bonner, John Tyler & D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. (1983). Über Wachstum und Form. Suhrkamp eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1982). Evolution and development : report of the Dahlem Workshop on Evolution and development, Berlin 1981, May 10-15. Springer eBooks. 15 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1978). Differentiation in cellular slime moulds. Nature. 271(5641). 192–192. 1 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler, et al.. (1972). Pulmonary lavage for childhood pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. The Journal of Pediatrics. 80(5). 837–838. 17 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1967). Cellular Slime Molds. Princeton University Press eBooks. 132 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1965). Size and Cycle. Princeton University Press eBooks. 183 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1960). The unsolved problem of development: an appraisal of where we stand.. American Scientist. 48. 514–527. 3 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1958). Evolution of Development. Evolution & Development. 21 indexed citations

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Bonner, John Tyler. (1958). The evolution of development : three special lectures given at University College, London. University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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