Alison Buchan

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Alison Buchan is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Buchan has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Alison Buchan's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (42 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers). Alison Buchan is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (42 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers). Alison Buchan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Canada. Alison Buchan's co-authors include José M. González, Mary Ann Moran, Gary R. LeCleir, Christopher A. Gulvik, Steven W. Wilhelm, Joshua S. Weitz, Ellen L. Neidle, James T. Hollibaugh, Luis F. Jover and Steven Y. Newell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alison Buchan

60 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

  1. Master recyclers: features and functions of bacteria associated with phytoplankton blooms
    2014 859 citations Alison Buchan, Gary R. LeCleir et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  2. Overview of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage
    2005 700 citations Alison Buchan, Mary Ann Moran et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  3. Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements
    2025 14 citations Andrew S. Lang, Alison Buchan et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers

Alison Buchan
Silvia G. Acinas Spain
Jang‐Cheon Cho South Korea
Assaf Vardi Israel
Rachel Parsons United States
Mark V. Brown Australia
Feng Chen United States
Thorsten Brinkhoff Germany
Grieg F. Steward United States
Matthew T. Cottrell United States
Alexandra Z. Worden United States
Silvia G. Acinas Spain
Alison Buchan
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Countries citing papers authored by Alison Buchan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alison Buchan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Buchan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gilbert, Naomi E., Gary R. LeCleir, Helena L. Pound, et al.. (2025). Seasonal enhancement of the viral shunt catalyzes a subsurface oxygen maximum in the Sargasso Sea. Nature Communications. 17(1). 352–352.
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Lang, Andrew S., Alison Buchan, & Vincent Burrus. (2025). Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 23(7). 423–438. 14 indexed citations breakdown →
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Buchan, Alison, et al.. (2023). Evidence for novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation pathways in culturable marine isolates. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(1). e0340923–e0340923. 5 indexed citations
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Mayers, Kyle, et al.. (2023). Grazing on Marine Viruses and Its Biogeochemical Implications. mBio. 14(1). e0192121–e0192121. 9 indexed citations
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Ghini, Veronica, et al.. (2022). Towards a mechanistic understanding of microalgae–bacteria interactions: integration of metabolomic analysis and computational models. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 46(5). 17 indexed citations
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Buchan, Alison, et al.. (2022). Quorum Sensing and Antimicrobial Production Orchestrate Biofilm Dynamics in Multispecies Bacterial Communities. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(6). e0261522–e0261522. 4 indexed citations
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Campagna, Shawn R., et al.. (2022). Growth Substrate and Prophage Induction Collectively Influence Metabolite and Lipid Profiles in a Marine Bacterium. mSystems. 7(5). e0058522–e0058522. 5 indexed citations
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Gann, Eric R., et al.. (2022). Plasmid-Mediated Stabilization of Prophages. mSphere. 7(2). e0093021–e0093021. 5 indexed citations
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LeCleir, Gary R., et al.. (2022). Microbiomes and Planctomycete diversity in large-scale aquaria habitats. PLoS ONE. 17(5). e0267881–e0267881. 5 indexed citations
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Buchan, Alison, et al.. (2022). Breaking Barriers with Bread: Using the Sourdough Starter Microbiome to Teach High-Throughput Sequencing Techniques. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 23(2). 2 indexed citations
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Correa, Adrienne M. S., Cristina Howard‐Varona, Samantha R Coy, et al.. (2021). Revisiting the rules of life for viruses of microorganisms. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19(8). 501–513. 112 indexed citations
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Ankrah, Nana Y. D., et al.. (2020). Genetically similar temperate phages form coalitions with their shared host that lead to niche-specific fitness effects. The ISME Journal. 14(7). 1688–1700. 24 indexed citations
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Buchan, Alison, et al.. (2020). Lysogeny in the oceans: Lessons from cultivated model systems and a reanalysis of its prevalence. Environmental Microbiology. 22(12). 4919–4933. 31 indexed citations
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Frank, Ashley M., et al.. (2018). Functional Redundancy in the Hydroxycinnamate Catabolism Pathways of the Salt Marsh Bacterium Sagittula stellata E-37. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(23). 9 indexed citations
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Moran, Mary Ann, Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Aron Stubbins, et al.. (2016). Deciphering ocean carbon in a changing world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(12). 3143–3151. 234 indexed citations
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Sonderegger, Derek L., Corina P. D. Brussaard, Alison Buchan, et al.. (2016). Re-examination of the relationship between marine virus and microbial cell abundances. Nature Microbiology. 1(3). 15024–15024. 218 indexed citations
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Weitz, Joshua S., Charles A. Stock, Steven W. Wilhelm, et al.. (2015). A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes. The ISME Journal. 9(6). 1352–1364. 177 indexed citations
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Budinoff, Charles R., et al.. (2011). Marivita roseacus sp. nov., of the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from a temperate estuary and an emended description of the genus Marivita. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 57(5). 259–267. 18 indexed citations
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Poretsky, Rachel, Nasreen Bano, Alison Buchan, et al.. (2005). Analysis of Microbial Gene Transcripts in Environmental Samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(7). 4121–4126. 139 indexed citations
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Lyons, Justine, Steven Y. Newell, Alison Buchan, & Mary Ann Moran. (2003). Diversity of Ascomycete Laccase Gene Sequences in a Southeastern US Salt Marsh. Microbial Ecology. 45(3). 270–281. 57 indexed citations

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