Alex Copeland

14.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Alex Copeland is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Copeland has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alex Copeland's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (13 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers). Alex Copeland is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (13 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers). Alex Copeland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Alex Copeland's co-authors include Alicia Clum, James Drake, Evan E. Eichler, Chen-Shan Chin, Cheryl Heiner, Patrick Marks, David H. Alexander, Aaron A. Klammer, Stephen W. Turner and Jonas Korlach and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Alex Copeland

31 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Nonhybrid, finished microbial genome assemblies from long-read SMRT sequencing data

2013 3.1k citations Chen-Shan Chin, David H. Alexander et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Copeland United States	19	3.1k	1.6k	1.5k	453	406	31	5.2k
Alicia Clum United States	23	3.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	506 1.1×	606 1.5×	47	5.6k
Einar Andreas Rødland Norway	19	4.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	510 1.1×	389 1.0×	27	5.9k
Karin Lagesen Norway	16	4.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	649 1.4×	421 1.0×	37	6.0k
Cheryl Heiner United States	18	3.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	456 1.0×	722 1.8×	21	5.7k
Margaret Priest United States	5	3.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	535 1.2×	803 2.0×	6	5.9k
Peter F. Hallin Denmark	18	4.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	785 1.7×	539 1.3×	33	5.8k
Alexis Dereeper France	22	2.6k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	839 0.6×	290 0.6×	615 1.5×	53	5.6k
Sebastien Pesseat United Kingdom	4	3.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	244 0.5×	819 2.0×	4	6.0k
Sharadha Sakthikumar United States	10	3.6k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	586 1.3×	825 2.0×	13	6.3k
A. F. Quinn United Kingdom	4	3.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	229 0.5×	811 2.0×	5	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Copeland

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Copeland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Copeland

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

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Stajich, Jason, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Marcel Huntemann, et al.. (2021). Metagenome Sequencing to Explore Phylogenomics of Terrestrial Cyanobacteria. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10(22). e0025821–e0025821. 17 indexed citations

Hagen, Live H., Charles Brooke, Claire Shaw, et al.. (2020). Proteome specialization of anaerobic fungi during ruminal degradation of recalcitrant plant fiber. The ISME Journal. 15(2). 421–434. 71 indexed citations

Hofmeyr, Steven, Rob Egan, Evangelos Georganas, et al.. (2020). Terabase-scale metagenome coassembly with MetaHipMer. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10689–10689. 31 indexed citations

Mackelprang, Rachel, Regina Lamendella, Ederson da Conceição Jesus, et al.. (2018). Microbial Community Structure and Functional Potential in Cultivated and Native Tallgrass Prairie Soils of the Midwestern United States. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1775–1775. 41 indexed citations

Gregory, Ann, Sergei A. Solonenko, J. Cesar Ignacio‐Espinoza, et al.. (2016). Genomic differentiation among wild cyanophages despite widespread horizontal gene transfer. BMC Genomics. 17(1). 930–930. 70 indexed citations

Izhaki, Ido, Alla Lapidus, Alex Copeland, et al.. (2016). High quality permanent draft genome sequence of Phaseolibacter flectens ATCC 12775T, a plant pathogen of French bean pods. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 11(1). 4–4. 1 indexed citations

Thiel, Teresa, Brenda S. Pratte, Jinshun Zhong, et al.. (2014). Complete genome sequence of Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9(3). 562–573. 37 indexed citations

Moulin, Lionel, Agnieszka Klonowska, Caroline Bournaud, et al.. (2014). Complete Genome sequence of Burkholderia phymatum STM815T, a broad host range and efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Mimosa species. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9(3). 763–774. 42 indexed citations

Weiß, Michael, Kurt LaButti, Sam Pitluck, et al.. (2013). Permanent draft genome sequence of Comamonas testosteroni KF-1. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 8(2). 239–254. 17 indexed citations

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Chin, Chen-Shan, David H. Alexander, Patrick Marks, et al.. (2013). Nonhybrid, finished microbial genome assemblies from long-read SMRT sequencing data. Nature Methods. 10(6). 563–569. 3105 indexed citations breakdown →

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Meier‐Kolthoff, Jan P., Megan Lu, Marcel Huntemann, et al.. (2013). Genome sequence of the chemoheterotrophic soil bacterium Saccharomonospora cyanea type strain (NA-134T). Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9(1). 28–41. 5 indexed citations

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Mavromatis, Konstantinos, Miriam Land, Thomas Brettin, et al.. (2012). The Fast Changing Landscape of Sequencing Technologies and Their Impact on Microbial Genome Assemblies and Annotation. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e48837–e48837. 100 indexed citations

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Peng, Ze, Zhiying Zhao, Nandita Nath, et al.. (2012). Generation of Long Insert Pairs Using a Cre-LoxP Inverse PCR Approach. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e29437–e29437. 24 indexed citations

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Lykidis, Athanasios, Susannah G. Tringe, Alice C. McHardy, et al.. (2010). Multiple syntrophic interactions in a terephthalate-degrading methanogenic consortium. The ISME Journal. 5(1). 122–130. 100 indexed citations

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Anderson, Iain, Magdalena Sieprawska‐Lupa, Eugene Goltsman, et al.. (2009). Complete genome sequence of Methanocorpusculum labreanum type strain Z. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 1(2). 197–203. 27 indexed citations

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Kalyuzhnaya, Marina, Alla Lapidus, Natalia Ivanova, et al.. (2008). High-resolution metagenomics targets specific functional types in complex microbial communities. Nature Biotechnology. 26(9). 1029–1034. 194 indexed citations

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Mavromatis, Konstantinos, C. Kuyler Doyle, A. Lykidis, et al.. (2006). The Genome of the Obligately Intracellular Bacterium Ehrlichia canis Reveals Themes of Complex Membrane Structure and Immune Evasion Strategies. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(11). 4015–4023. 70 indexed citations

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Bass, Michael, Alex Copeland, Jordan Davidson, et al.. (1999). A microchannel electrophoresis DNA sequencing system. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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Brewer, Laurence R., Alex Copeland, Jordan Davidson, et al.. (1999). <title>Large microchannel array fabrication and results for DNA sequencing</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3606. 100–110. 2 indexed citations

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Copeland, Alex & Greg Lennon. (1994). Rapid arrayed filter production using the 'ORCA' robot. Nature. 369(6479). 421–422. 13 indexed citations

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