Alex Betts

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alex Betts is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Betts has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alex Betts's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (7 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (4 papers). Alex Betts is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (7 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (4 papers). Alex Betts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Alex Betts's co-authors include Kayla C. King, Oliver Kaltz, Michael Hochberg, R. Craig MacLean, Christopher J. Marx, William R. Harcombe, Daniel Segrè, Gracia Bonilla, Ilija Dukovski and William J. Riehl and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Alex Betts

15 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Metabolic Resource Allocation in Individual Microbes Determines Ecosystem Interactions and Spatial Dynamics

2014 372 citations William R. Harcombe, William J. Riehl et al. Cell Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Betts United Kingdom	13	524	372	365	147	139	15	1.0k
Suzanne A. Ford United Kingdom	11	338 0.6×	144 0.4×	235 0.6×	91 0.6×	65 0.5×	13	905
Mike Quail United Kingdom	7	301 0.6×	280 0.8×	220 0.6×	146 1.0×	45 0.3×	9	998
Clara Torres‐Barceló France	16	393 0.8×	680 1.8×	277 0.8×	318 2.2×	44 0.3×	24	1.1k
Sean Meaden United Kingdom	17	585 1.1×	822 2.2×	258 0.7×	278 1.9×	24 0.2×	29	1.2k
Tom Vogwill United Kingdom	15	389 0.7×	368 1.0×	603 1.7×	237 1.6×	121 0.9×	16	1.2k
Louis‐Marie Bobay United States	20	860 1.6×	663 1.8×	435 1.2×	287 2.0×	26 0.2×	37	1.5k
Susanna K. Remold United States	17	320 0.6×	188 0.5×	540 1.5×	265 1.8×	144 1.0×	26	1000
Stineke van Houte United Kingdom	24	1.3k 2.5×	1.1k 3.0×	558 1.5×	282 1.9×	40 0.3×	43	2.1k
Brian T. Ho United States	12	774 1.5×	336 0.9×	537 1.5×	225 1.5×	45 0.3×	16	2.1k
Nandita R. Garud United States	17	871 1.7×	231 0.6×	717 2.0×	341 2.3×	57 0.4×	33	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Betts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Betts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Betts

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

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

Betts, Alex, Evan Easton‐Calabria, & Kate Pincock. (2020). Refugee-led responses in the fight against COVID-19: building lasting participatory models. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 8 indexed citations

Millán, Álvaro San, Macarena Toll‐Riera, Qin Qi, et al.. (2018). Integrative analysis of fitness and metabolic effects of plasmids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. The ISME Journal. 12(12). 3014–3024. 84 indexed citations

Betts, Alex, et al.. (2018). High parasite diversity accelerates host adaptation and diversification. Science. 360(6391). 907–911. 99 indexed citations

Gurney, James, Alex Betts, Claire Gougat‐Barbera, et al.. (2017). Network structure and local adaptation in co‐evolving bacteria–phage interactions. Molecular Ecology. 26(7). 1764–1777. 37 indexed citations

Betts, Alex, Charlotte Rafaluk‐Mohr, & Kayla C. King. (2016). Host and Parasite Evolution in a Tangled Bank. Trends in Parasitology. 32(11). 863–873. 38 indexed citations

Betts, Alex, Danna R. Gifford, R. Craig MacLean, & Kayla C. King. (2016). Parasite diversity drives rapid host dynamics and evolution of resistance in a bacteria-phage system. Evolution. 70(5). 969–978. 31 indexed citations

King, Kayla C., Michael A. Brockhurst, Olga Vasieva, et al.. (2016). Rapid evolution of microbe-mediated protection against pathogens in a worm host. The ISME Journal. 10(8). 1915–1924. 130 indexed citations

Harcombe, William R., Alex Betts, Jason W. Shapiro, & Christopher J. Marx. (2016). Adding biotic complexity alters the metabolic benefits of mutualism. Evolution. 70(8). 1871–1881. 28 indexed citations

Betts, Alex, Oliver Kaltz, & Michael Hochberg. (2014). Contrasted coevolutionary dynamics between a bacterial pathogen and its bacteriophages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(30). 11109–11114. 80 indexed citations

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Harcombe, William R., William J. Riehl, Ilija Dukovski, et al.. (2014). Metabolic Resource Allocation in Individual Microbes Determines Ecosystem Interactions and Spatial Dynamics. Cell Reports. 7(4). 1104–1115. 372 indexed citations breakdown →

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Betts, Alex, Marie Vasse, Oliver Kaltz, & Michael Hochberg. (2013). Back to the future: evolving bacteriophages to increase their effectiveness against the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Evolutionary Applications. 6(7). 1054–1063. 63 indexed citations

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Kasza, L, Robert S. Hodges, Alex Betts, & P. C. Trexler. (1969). Pneumonia in gnotobiotic pigs produced by simultaneous inoculation of a swine adenovirus and mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Veterinary Record. 84(11). 262–267. 25 indexed citations

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Hodges, Robert S. & Alex Betts. (1969). Complement-fixation tests in the diagnosis of enzootic pneumonia of pigs. I. Experimental studies. Veterinary Record. 84(17). 452–455. 12 indexed citations

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Hodges, Robert S. & Alex Betts. (1969). Complement-fixation tests in the diagnosis of enzootic pneumonia of pigs. II. Field studies. Veterinary Record. 84(17). 455–458. 7 indexed citations

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Hodges, Robert S., Alex Betts, & A.R. Jennings. (1969). Production of pneumonia in gnotobiotic pigs with pure cultures of mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Veterinary Record. 84(11). 268–273. 17 indexed citations

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