John Waterbury

28.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
133 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

John Waterbury is a scholar working on Ecology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, John Waterbury has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 34 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in John Waterbury's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (38 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (25 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (13 papers). John Waterbury is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (38 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (25 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (13 papers). John Waterbury collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. John Waterbury's co-authors include Roger Y. Stanier, Michael Herdman, Rosmarie Rippka, Sallie W. Chisholm, José R. de la Torre, C. B. Walker, Anne E. Bernhard, David A. Stahl, Martin Könneke and Stanley W. Watson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Waterbury

124 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

John Waterbury
Paul G. Falkowski United States
John A. Raven United Kingdom
John Beardall Australia
James J. Elser United States
Hans W. Paerl United States
Donald M. Anderson United States
Peter J. Ralph Australia
David M. Karl United States
Susan L. Solomon United States
James T. Randerson United States
Paul G. Falkowski United States
John Waterbury
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Countries citing papers authored by John Waterbury

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Waterbury

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Waterbury

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Waterbury. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Waterbury 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 Waterbury. John Waterbury is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Held, Noelle A., Kevin Sutherland, Eric A. Webb, et al.. (2021). Mechanisms and heterogeneity of in situ mineral processing by the marine nitrogen fixer Trichodesmium revealed by single-colony metaproteomics. ISME Communications. 1(1). 35–35. 12 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2016). Gulf security and the U.S. military: : Regime survival and the politics of basing. Foreign Affairs. 95(2). 58. 7 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2016). Until we are free: :My fight for human rights in Iran. Foreign Affairs. 95(3). 54. 7 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2016). The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi’a-Sunni Divide.. Foreign Affairs. 95(6). 189–189. 13 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2016). Captive society: : The Basij militia and social control in Iran. Foreign Affairs. 95(1). 56.
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Waterbury, John. (2016). Desert diplomat: : Inside Saudi Arabia following 9/11. Foreign Affairs. 95(1). 57. 1 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2016). The Saudi Kingdom: : Between the jihadi hammer and the iranian anvil. Foreign Affairs. 95(3). 56.
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Waterbury, John. (2016). Sponsoring sufism: : How governments promote “mystical islam” in their domestic and foreign policies. Foreign Affairs. 95(2). 59. 7 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2016). A rage for order: : The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir square to ISIS. Foreign Affairs. 95(3). 53. 11 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2016). Building Rule of Law in the Arab World: Tunisia, Egypt, and Beyond.. Foreign Affairs. 95(5). 183–184. 1 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2015). Once upon a revolution: : An Egyptian story.. Foreign Affairs. 94(3). 179–179. 5 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2015). The Clerics of Islam: : Religious authority and political power in Saudi Arabia. Foreign Affairs. 94(3). 180–180. 8 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2014). The Taliban revival: : violence and extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier. Foreign Affairs. 93(6). 223–224. 1 indexed citations
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Saito, Mak A., Vladimir V. Bulygin, Dawn M. Moran, Erin M. Bertrand, & John Waterbury. (2009). Strategies for economization of iron in Crocosphaera watsonii as revealed by global proteomic analyses. GeCAS. 73. 1 indexed citations
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Saito, Mak A., Erin M. Bertrand, Vladimir V. Bulygin, Dawn M. Moran, & John Waterbury. (2008). Proteomic Analysis of the Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus WH8102 and Implications for Estimates of the Cellular Iron Content. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (2004). Women at AUB: today and yesterday.. PubMed. 17(4). 489–96.
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Palenik, Brian, Bianca Brahamsha, Frank W. Larimer, et al.. (2003). The genome of a motile marine Synechococcus. Nature. 424(6952). 1037–1042. 518 indexed citations breakdown →
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Orcutt, Karen M., Ulla Rasmussen, Eric A. Webb, et al.. (2002). Characterization of Trichodesmium spp. by Genetic Techniques. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68(5). 2236–2245. 69 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (1976). Corruption, Political Stability and Development: Comparative Evidence from Egypt and Morocco. Government and Opposition. 11(4). 426–445. 26 indexed citations
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Waterbury, John. (1970). Legitimacy without Coercion: or How to Live without Weber. Government and Opposition. 5(2). 253–260. 1 indexed citations

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