- Editor, Mechanistic Studies of DNA Replication and Genetic Recombination, ICN-UCLA Symposium of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Vol. l9. Academic Press, New York (1980).
- Co-author, Molecular Biology of the Cell. B. Alberts, D. Bray, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts, and J.D. Watson. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York (Third edition, 1994. Second edition, 1989. First edition, 1983.).
- Associate Editor, Annual Review of Cell Biology (1985-present).
- Author of the article on Cells for the Encyclopedia Britannica (1987 Edition).
- Author of a chapter in The Dynamic Genome: Barbara McClintock’s Ideas in the Century of Genetics, “Please come to my laboratory for better coffee, fresh orange juice,…conversation.” N. Fedoroff and D. Botstein, eds. 277-280. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (1992).
- Co-author, Essential Cell Biology, B.M. Alberts, D. Bray, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts, and P. Walter. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York (1998).
- Author of a chapter in Critical Issues in Global Health, “Biomedical Research in the Next Century.” C. Everett Koop, Clarence E. Pearson, M. Roy Schwarz, eds. 287-296. Wiley (2001).
- Co-author, Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th edition). B. Alberts, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts, and P. Walter. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York (2002).
- Co-author, Essential Cell Biology, B.M. Alberts, D. Bray, K. Hopkin, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts, and P. Walter. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York (Fourth Edition, 2014. Third Edition, 2009. Second Edition, 2003.)
- Co-author, Molecular Biology of the Cell (5th edition). B. Alberts, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, K. Roberts, and P. Walter. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York (2007).
- Author of article on DNA in Life Illuminated: Selected Papers from Cold Spring Harbor Volume 2, 1972–1994, “Introduction: Why the Revolution That Jim Started Continues” J. Witkowski, A. Gann, and J. Sam Brook. (2008).
- Author of Introduction for Creating Effective Undergraduate Programs in Science. R. Taraban and R. Blanton. Teachers College Press, New York (July 2008).
- Author of Introduction for Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology G. Madhavan, B. Oakley, and L. Kun. Springer , New York (Sept. 2008).
- Co-author, Molecular Biology of the Cell (6th edition). B. Alberts, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, D. Morgan, K. Roberts, and P. Walter. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York (2015).
- Author of a chapter in The Past as Prologue: The National Academy of Education at 50, “Empowering Our Best Teachers: Essential for Producing More Effective Systems of Education in the United States.” M.J. Feuer, A.I. Berman and R.C. Atkinson, eds. 143-150. National Academy of Education, Washinton, DC (2015).
- Author of a chapter, with M. McCartney, in The Power and Promise of Early Research, “The Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction” D. Murray, S Obare and J. Hageman, eds. 195-206. Oxford University Press (2016).
- Foreword for Preparing Teachers for Three-Dimensional Instruction. Jack Rhoton, Editor. NSTA Press, Arlington, Virginia (2018). (See p. 10 of linked excerpt.)