Ahmed A. Zayed

7.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
20 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ahmed A. Zayed is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmed A. Zayed has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ahmed A. Zayed's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Ahmed A. Zayed is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Ahmed A. Zayed collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Ahmed A. Zayed's co-authors include Matthew B. Sullivan, Benjamin Bolduc, Simon Roux, Dean Vik, María Consuelo Gazitúa, Olivier Zablocki, Akbar Adjie Pratama, Jiarong Guo, Ann Gregory and Guillermo Domínguez‐Huerta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ahmed A. Zayed

19 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

VirSorter2: a multi-classifier, expert-guided approach to detect diverse DNA and RNA viruses

2021 682 citations Jiarong Guo, Benjamin Bolduc et al. Microbiome profile →
DRAM for distilling microbial metabolism to automate the curation of microbiome function

2020 580 citations Michael Shaffer, Mikayla Borton et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
The Gut Virome Database Reveals Age-Dependent Patterns of Virome Diversity in the Human Gut

2020 407 citations Ann Gregory, Olivier Zablocki et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost

2018 293 citations Ben J. Woodcroft, Caitlin M. Singleton et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ahmed A. Zayed

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluating urine volume and host depletion methods to enable genome-resolved metagenomics of the urobiome 2025 ·Microbiome ·(unknown), (unknown), Christopher Madden, Dean Vik, Ahmed A. Zayed, Garrett J. Smith, Sheryl S. Justice, Adam J. Rudinsky, Jessica A. Hokamp, Vanessa L. Hale	0
2	Long-read powered viral metagenomics in the oligotrophic Sargasso Sea 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Joanna Warwick-Dugdale, Funing Tian, Michelle L. Michelsen, Dylan Cronin, Karen Moore, Audrey Farbos, Lauren Chittick, Ashley Bell, Ahmed A. Zayed, (unknown), Luis M. Bolaños, Rachel Parsons, Michael J. Allen, Matthew B. Sullivan, Ben Temperton	8
3	Virus ecology and 7‐year temporal dynamics across a permafrost thaw gradient 2024 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Christine Sun, Akbar Adjie Pratama, María Consuelo Gazitúa, Dylan Cronin, Bridget B. McGivern, James M. Wainaina, Dean Vik, Ahmed A. Zayed, Benjamin Bolduc, (unknown), Kelly Wrighton, Virginia I. Rich, Matthew B. Sullivan	4
4	Environment-specific virocell metabolic reprogramming 2024 ·The ISME Journal ·Cristina Howard‐Varona, (unknown), Jane Fudyma, (unknown), Natalie Solonenko, Ahmed A. Zayed, William Andreopoulos, Heather Olson, Young‐Mo Kim, Jennifer Kyle, Tijana Glavina Del Rio, Joshua Adkins, Malak Tfaily, Subhadeep Paul, Matthew B. Sullivan, Melissa B. Duhaime	7
5	Novel integrative elements and genomic plasticity in ocean ecosystems 2023 ·Cell ·Thomas Hackl, Raphaël Laurenceau, Markus J. Ankenbrand, Christina Bliem, (unknown), (unknown), Keven Dooley, (unknown), Shane Hogle, Paul M. Berube, Gabriel E. Leventhal, Elaine Luo, John M. Eppley, Ahmed A. Zayed, John Beaulaurier, Ramūnas Stepanauskas, Matthew B. Sullivan, Edward F. DeLong, Steven J. Biller, Sallie W. Chisholm	44
6	Road Tree Pollen Grains Sensation to Allergy and their Effects on the Immune System 2022 ·ACTA SCIENTIFIC MICROBIOLOGY ·(unknown), Ahmed A. Zayed, (unknown), (unknown)	1
7	The RNA virosphere: How big and diverse is it? 2022 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Guillermo Domínguez‐Huerta, James M. Wainaina, Ahmed A. Zayed, Alexander I. Culley, Jens H. Kuhn, Matthew B. Sullivan	9
8	VirSorter2: a multi-classifier, expert-guided approach to detect diverse DNA and RNA viruses breakdown → 2021 ·Microbiome ·Jiarong Guo, Benjamin Bolduc, Ahmed A. Zayed, Arvind Varsani, Guillermo Domínguez‐Huerta, Tom O. Delmont, Akbar Adjie Pratama, María Consuelo Gazitúa, Dean Vik, Matthew B. Sullivan, Simon Roux	682
9	Expanding standards in viromics: in silico evaluation of dsDNA viral genome identification, classification, and auxiliary metabolic gene curation 2021 ·PeerJ ·Akbar Adjie Pratama, Benjamin Bolduc, Ahmed A. Zayed, Zhi-Ping Zhong, Jiarong Guo, Dean Vik, María Consuelo Gazitúa, James M. Wainaina, Simon Roux, Matthew B. Sullivan	73
10	Functional capacities of microbial communities to carry out large scale geochemical processes are maintained during ex situ anaerobic incubation 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Rachel Wilson, Ahmed A. Zayed, (unknown), Ben J. Woodcroft, Malak Tfaily, Joanne Emerson, (unknown), Suzanne B. Hodgkins, (unknown), Gene W. Tyson, Patrick Crill, S. R. Saleska, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Virginia I. Rich, (unknown), (unknown)	16
11	Interaction dynamics and virus–host range for estuarine actinophages captured by epicPCR 2021 ·Nature Microbiology ·Eric G. Sakowski, (unknown), Funing Tian, Ahmed A. Zayed, Olivier Zablocki, Matthew B. Sullivan, Sarah P. Preheim	46
12	efam: an expanded, metaproteome-supported HMM profile database of viral protein families 2021 ·Bioinformatics ·Ahmed A. Zayed, (unknown), (unknown), Dylan Cronin, (unknown), Ann Gregory, Katherine R. Hargreaves, Paul Piehowski, Richard White, Eric Huang, Joshua Adkins, Simon Roux, Cristina Moraru, Matthew B. Sullivan	18
13	Spinal Cord Injury Changes the Structure and Functional Potential of Gut Bacterial and Viral Communities 2021 ·mSystems ·Jingjie Du, Ahmed A. Zayed, Kristina A. Kigerl, (unknown), Matthew B. Sullivan, Phillip G. Popovich	46
14	Phage-specific metabolic reprogramming of virocells 2020 ·The ISME Journal ·Cristina Howard‐Varona, (unknown), (unknown), Natalie Solonenko, Ahmed A. Zayed, Ho Bin Jang, Bill Andreopoulos, Heather M. Brewer, Tijana Glavina Del Rio, Joshua Adkins, Subhadeep Paul, Matthew B. Sullivan, Melissa B. Duhaime	142
15	The Gut Virome Database Reveals Age-Dependent Patterns of Virome Diversity in the Human Gut breakdown → 2020 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Ann Gregory, Olivier Zablocki, Ahmed A. Zayed, (unknown), Benjamin Bolduc, Matthew B. Sullivan	407
16	DRAM for distilling microbial metabolism to automate the curation of microbiome function breakdown → 2020 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Michael Shaffer, Mikayla Borton, Bridget B. McGivern, Ahmed A. Zayed, (unknown), Lindsey Solden, Pengfei Liu, Adrienne B. Narrowe, Josué Rodríguez-Ramos, Benjamin Bolduc, María Consuelo Gazitúa, Rebecca A. Daly, Garrett J. Smith, Dean Vik, Phillip B. Pope, Matthew B. Sullivan, Simon Roux, Kelly Wrighton	580
17	Genome‐resolved viral ecology in a marine oxygen minimum zone 2020 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Dean Vik, María Consuelo Gazitúa, Christine Sun, Ahmed A. Zayed, Montserrat Aldunate, Margaret R. Mulholland, Osvaldo Ulloa, Matthew B. Sullivan	12
18	Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost breakdown → 2018 ·Nature ·Ben J. Woodcroft, Caitlin M. Singleton, Joel A. Boyd, Paul N. Evans, Joanne Emerson, Ahmed A. Zayed, Robert D. Hoelzle, Timothy O. Lamberton, C. K. McCalley, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Rachel Wilson, Samuel Purvine, Carrie Nicora, Changsheng Li, Steve Frolking, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Patrick Crill, S. R. Saleska, Virginia I. Rich, Gene W. Tyson	293
19	Discovery and ecogenomic context of a global Caldiserica-related phylum active in thawing permafrost, Candidatus Cryosericota phylum nov., Ca. Cryosericia class nov., Ca. Cryosericales ord. nov., Ca. Cryosericaceae fam. nov., comprising the four species Cryosericum septentrionale gen. nov. sp. nov., Ca. C. hinesii sp. nov., Ca. C. odellii sp. nov., Ca. C. terrychapinii sp. nov. 2018 ·Systematic and Applied Microbiology ·Miguel Ángel Martínez, Ben J. Woodcroft, J. Cesar Ignacio‐Espinoza, Ahmed A. Zayed, Caitlin M. Singleton, Joel A. Boyd, Yueh‐Fen Li, Samuel Purvine, Heather Maughan, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, (unknown), (unknown), Ben Temperton, Benjamin Bolduc, S. R. Saleska, Gene W. Tyson, Virginia I. Rich	17
20	‘Supermutators’ found amongst highly levofloxacin-resistant E. coli isolates: a rapid protocol for the detection of mutation sites 2015 ·Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Ahmed A. Zayed, Tamer Essam, (unknown), O. M. El‐Tayeb	19

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