John R. Spear

269 total papers · 33.3k total citations
119 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

John R. Spear is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Spear has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in John R. Spear’s work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (65 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (26 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers). John R. Spear is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (65 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (26 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers). John R. Spear collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. John R. Spear's co-authors include Norman R. Pace, Jeffrey J. Walker, J. Kirk Harris, Eric S. Boyd, Charles E. Robertson, T. M. McCollom, D.L. Olson, Brajendra Mishra, Faisal M. Alabbas and Alexis S. Templeton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

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

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

John R. Spear

114 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by John R. Spear

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by John R. Spear

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