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Researcher · University of Southern California · United States

John Tower

John Tower publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Aging and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms.

ORCID 0000-0002-2538-6814 OpenAlex
World rank
#669,838
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#227,481
of 1,627,098
Works
151
Citations
8.3k
Citations per work
54.9
h-index
49
i10-index 89Top 3.9% in Molecular Biology
John Tower

What does John Tower research?

John Tower's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (58%), Neuroscience (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%).

Life Sciences: 113 works · 75.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 87 works · 57.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 47 works · 31.1% of their workAging: 31 works · 20.5% of their workGenetics: 9 works · 6.0% of their workNeuroscience: 12 works · 7.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 works · 7.8% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 works · 4.9% of their workImmunology: 7 works · 4.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 works · 4.7% of their workInsect Science: 7 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 38 works · 25.0% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn Tower151works
Life Sciences75%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8757.6%
    2. Neuroscience127.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology74.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74.7%
  2. Everything else3825.0%
  1. 1Molecular Biology31% of their works
  2. 2Aging20% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience8% of their works
  4. 4Genetics6% of their works
  5. 5Immunology5% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John Tower's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Insulin Signaling, Proteostasis, Oxidative Stress, Aging, Longevity, Drosophila, Genetics and Neuroscience.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Insulin Signaling1092 topics
  2. Proteostasis962 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress872 topics
  4. Aging791 topic
  5. Longevity791 topic
  6. Drosophila492 topics
  7. Genetics301 topic
  8. Neuroscience301 topic
  9. Host Defense191 topic
  10. Invertebrate Immunity191 topic
  11. Chromatin171 topic
  12. Molecular Chaperones171 topic
  13. Protein Folding171 topic
  14. Transcription171 topic
  15. Gene Expression162 topics
  16. Climate Change141 topic
  17. Metabolic Rate141 topic
  18. Circadian Clock81 topic
  19. Genetic Modification81 topic
  20. Melatonin81 topic
  21. Transgenic Animals81 topic

Where does John Tower work?

John Tower's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Southern California, United States.

How many publications and citations does John Tower have?

OpenAlex counts 151 works and 8,296 citations for John Tower, an h-index of 49, ranking #669,838 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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