Jonathon Howard

31.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
227 papers, 22.6k citations indexed

About

Jonathon Howard is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathon Howard has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 22.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Cell Biology, 94 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Jonathon Howard's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (121 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (41 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (34 papers). Jonathon Howard is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (121 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (41 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (34 papers). Jonathon Howard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Jonathon Howard's co-authors include Anthony A. Hyman, A. J. Hudspeth, F. Gittes, Jennifer A. Nettleton, William O. Hancock, Stefan Diez, Erik Schäffer, Ingmar H. Riedel‐Kruse, Ron Vale and Susanne Bechstedt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jonathon Howard

220 papers receiving 22.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton

2002 2.1k citations Jonathon Howard et al. profile →
Flexural rigidity of microtubules and actin filaments measured from thermal fluctuations in shape.

1993 1.4k citations Jonathon Howard et al. profile →
Movement of microtubules by single kinesin molecules

1989 715 citations Jonathon Howard et al. profile →
Correction: Corrigendum: A doublecortin containing microtubule-associated protein is implicated in mechanotransduction in Drosophila sensory cilia

2014 615 citations Susanne Bechstedt, Martin C. Göpfert et al. profile →
Dynamics and mechanics of the microtubule plus end

2003 579 citations Jonathon Howard, Anthony A. Hyman profile →
A Self-Organized Vortex Array of Hydrodynamically Entrained Sperm Cells

2005 457 citations Karsten Kruse, Jonathon Howard et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathon Howard United States	79	12.4k	10.5k	3.4k	3.2k	2.6k	227	22.6k
Frank Jülicher Germany	86	10.3k 0.8×	12.6k 1.2×	5.3k 1.6×	5.8k 1.8×	2.7k 1.0×	317	27.5k
Ronald D. Vale United States	97	18.6k 1.5×	23.0k 2.2×	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	216	35.3k
Jacques Prost France	74	6.7k 0.5×	7.3k 0.7×	7.8k 2.3×	6.8k 2.2×	7.1k 2.7×	239	32.6k
Michael P. Sheetz United States	113	26.7k 2.2×	20.8k 2.0×	839 0.2×	9.0k 2.8×	6.7k 2.6×	367	45.5k
Gary G. Borisy United States	95	22.7k 1.8×	18.4k 1.8×	740 0.2×	3.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	240	34.4k
George Oster United States	72	4.7k 0.4×	7.1k 0.7×	860 0.3×	2.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	187	17.3k
James A. Spudich United States	84	13.0k 1.0×	15.3k 1.5×	765 0.2×	3.3k 1.1×	4.9k 1.9×	271	29.5k
Herbert Levine United States	84	3.6k 0.3×	7.5k 0.7×	3.5k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	461	24.0k
Xavier Trepat Spain	65	11.1k 0.9×	4.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	6.7k 2.1×	1.8k 0.7×	136	16.1k
Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg Germany	74	10.8k 0.9×	12.5k 1.2×	576 0.2×	2.5k 0.8×	828 0.3×	160	19.8k

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Zhu, Xiaoqi, Jonathon Howard, Adam Williamson, et al.. (2023). Temporal interference stimulation evoked neural local field potential oscillations in-vivo. Brain stimulation. 16(2). 3–3. 1 indexed citations

Tu, Yuhai, et al.. (2022). Dynamic instability of dendrite tips generates the highly branched morphologies of sensory neurons. Science Advances. 8(26). eabn0080–eabn0080. 12 indexed citations

Liang, Xin, et al.. (2021). The narrowing of dendrite branches across nodes follows a well-defined scaling law. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(27). 18 indexed citations

Yang, Xingbo, Matthias Heinemann, Jonathon Howard, et al.. (2021). Physical bioenergetics: Energy fluxes, budgets, and constraints in cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(26). 69 indexed citations

Kuo, Yin–Wei, et al.. (2020). Effects of Severing Enzymes on the Length Distribution and Total Mass of Microtubules. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 598a–598a. 1 indexed citations

Mahamdeh, Mohammed, et al.. (2018). Label‐free high‐speed wide‐field imaging of single microtubules using interference reflection microscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 272(1). 60–66. 55 indexed citations

Garzón-Coral, Carlos, et al.. (2016). A force-generating machinery maintains the spindle at the cell center during mitosis. Science. 352(6289). 1124–1127. 115 indexed citations

Sartori, Pablo, Veikko F. Geyer, Jonathon Howard, & Frank Jülicher. (2016). Curvature regulation of the ciliary beat through axonemal twist. Physical review. E. 94(4). 42426–42426. 26 indexed citations

Trushko, Anastasiya, Erik Schäffer, & Jonathon Howard. (2013). The growth speed of microtubules with XMAP215-coated beads coupled to their ends is increased by tensile force. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(36). 14670–14675. 42 indexed citations

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Žanić, Marija, et al.. (2013). Microtubule dynamic instability: A new model with coupled GTP hydrolysis and multistep catastrophe. BioEssays. 35(5). 452–461. 112 indexed citations

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Senthilan, Pingkalai R., David Piepenbrock, Björn Nadrowski, et al.. (2012). Drosophila Auditory Organ Genes and Genetic Hearing Defects. Cell. 150(5). 1042–1054. 155 indexed citations

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Bourhis, Luc J., Oleg V. Dolomanov, Richard J. Gildea, Jonathon Howard, & Horst Puschmann. (2011). Full matrix refinement with the small molecule toolbox. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 67(a1). C593–C594. 1 indexed citations

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Khairy, Khaled, et al.. (2010). Drawing an elephant with four complex parameters. American Journal of Physics. 78(6). 648–649. 93 indexed citations

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Diez, Stefan & Jonathon Howard. (2008). NANOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF BIOMOLECULAR MOTOR SYSTEMS. Qucosa (Saxon State and University Library Dresden). 57. 39–45. 1 indexed citations

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Bormuth, Volker, Jonathon Howard, & Erik Schäffer. (2007). LED illumination for video‐enhanced DIC imaging of single microtubules. Journal of Microscopy. 226(1). 1–5. 45 indexed citations

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Pécréaux, Jacques, Jens-Christian Röper, Karsten Kruse, et al.. (2006). Spindle Oscillations during Asymmetric Cell Division Require a Threshold Number of Active Cortical Force Generators. Current Biology. 16(21). 2111–2122. 137 indexed citations

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Grill, Stephan W., Jonathon Howard, Erik Schäffer, Ernst H. K. Stelzer, & Anthony A. Hyman. (2003). The Distribution of Active Force Generators Controls Mitotic Spindle Position. Science. 301(5632). 518–521. 279 indexed citations

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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1984). The extrarhabdomeral cytoskeleton in photoreceptors of Diptera. I. Labile components in the cytoplasm. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 220(1220). 339–352. 14 indexed citations

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Howard, Jonathon & Allan W. Snyder. (1983). Transduction as a limitation on compound eye function and design. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 217(1208). 287–307. 40 indexed citations

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Howard, Jonathon. (1973). Mackey Compactness in Banach Spaces. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 37(1). 108–108.

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