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John R. B. Lighton publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John R. B. Lighton sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 122 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

John R. B. Lighton D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John R. B. Lighton sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

John R. B. Lighton is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, notably Medicine and Environmental Science, with particular focus on subfields including Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics of Lighton's work include adipose tissue and metabolism, regulation of appetite and obesity, dietary effects on health, species distribution and climate change, physiological and biochemical adaptations, fish ecology and management studies, as well as exercise and physiological responses.

Lighton has contributed to several publications in various scientific journals. Recent notable papers include:

  • Difference in Housing Temperature-Induced Energy Expenditure Elicits Sex-Specific Diet-Induced Metabolic Adaptations in Mice, 2020, Obesity
  • Reporting guidelines for terrestrial respirometry: Building openness, transparency of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss data, 2024, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • An Ethanolic Extract of Artemisia dracunculus L. Enhances the Metabolic Benefits of Exercise in Diet-induced Obese Mice, 2020, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • A New Model For Introducing Undergraduate Students To Energy Budgets, 2020, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Characterizing the Real-Time Endogenous Methane Release in a Rat for 26-days: Effect of Diets, Fasting, and Ethanol Consumption Across Different Time Scales, 2022, The FASEB Journal

Frequent co-authors appearing in Lighton's work include Marshall D. McCue, E. Matthew Morris, Roberto D. Noland, Julie Allen, and Colin S. McCoin.

Among publication venues where Lighton regularly publishes are:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Obesity
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • The FASEB Journal

Best Publications

  • Measuring Metabolic Rates: A Manual for Scientists

    John R. B. Lighton

  • Measuring metabolic rates

    John R. B. Lighton

  • Discontinuous gas exchange in insects

    John R. B. Lighton

  • Scaling of insect metabolic rate is inconsistent with the nutrient supply network model

    S. L. Chown;E. Marais;J. S. Terblanche;C. J. Klok

  • Muscle efficiency and elastic storage in the flight motor of Drosophila.

    Michael H. Dickinson;John R. B. Lighton

  • Energetics of Locomotion and Load Carriage and a Model of the Energy Cost of Foraging in the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta colombica Guer

    John R. B. Lighton;George A. Bartholomew;Donald H. Feener

  • Discontinuous gas exchange in insects: a clarification of hypotheses and approaches.

    Steven L. Chown;Allen G. Gibbs;Stefan K. Hetz;C. Jaco Klok

  • Mitochondrial respiration in hummingbird flight muscles.

    R. K. Suarez;J. R. B. Lighton;G. S. Brown;O. Mathieu-Costello

  • Mass Scaling of Standard Metabolism in Ticks: A Valid Case of Low Metabolic Rates in Sit-and-Wait Strategists

    John R. B. Lighton;Laura J. Fielden

  • Fuel selection in rufous hummingbirds: ecological implications of metabolic biochemistry.

    R. K. Suarez;J. R. B. Lighton;C. D. Moyes;G. S. Brown

  • Thermolimit respirometry: an objective assessment of critical thermal maxima in two sympatric desert harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex rugosus and P. californicus.

    John R. B. Lighton;Robbin J. Turner

  • Discontinuous Ventilation in Terrestrial Insects

    John R. B. Lighton

  • Low metabolic rate in scorpions: implications for population biomass and cannibalism

    John R. B. Lighton;Philip H. Brownell;Barbara Joos;Robbin J. Turner

  • Energy metabolism, enzymatic flux capacities, and metabolic flux rates in flying honeybees

    R. K. Suarez;J. R. B. Lighton;B. Joos;S. P. Roberts

  • Flow-through respirometry applied to chamber systems: pros and cons, hints and tips.

    J.R.B. Lighton;L.G. Halsey

  • Oxygen consumption during hover-feeding in free-ranging Anna hummingbirds.

    George A. Bartholomew;John R. B. Lighton

  • Notes from Underground: Towards Ultimate Hypotheses of Cyclic, Discontinuous Gas-Exchange in Tracheate Arthropods'

    John R. B. Lighton

  • Water-Loss Rate and Cuticular Permeability in Foragers of the Desert Ant Pogonomyrmex rugosus

    John R. B. Lighton;Donald H. Feener

  • Energetics of locomotion and patterns of respiration in tenebrionid beetles from the Namib Desert

    George A. Bartholomew;J. R. B. Lighton;G. N. Louw

  • Sexual selection and the energetics of copulatory courtship in the Sierra dome spider, Linyphia litigiosa

    Paul J. Watson;John R.B. Lighton

Frequent Co-Authors

George A. Bartholomew
George A. Bartholomew University of California, Los Angeles
Donald H. Feener
Donald H. Feener University of Utah
Jon F. Harrison
Jon F. Harrison Arizona State University
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University
David A. Holway
David A. Holway University of California, San Diego
David H. Wasserman
David H. Wasserman Vanderbilt University
Michael H. Dickinson
Michael H. Dickinson California Institute of Technology
Christopher D. Moyes
Christopher D. Moyes Queen's University
John Terblanche
John Terblanche Stellenbosch University
Paul J. Watson
Paul J. Watson University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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