Alison Devault

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 987 citations indexed

About

Alison Devault is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Devault has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 987 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alison Devault's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (4 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (4 papers). Alison Devault is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (4 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (4 papers). Alison Devault collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alison Devault's co-authors include Hendrik N. Poinar, Jacob Enk, Melanie Kuch, Robyn S. Cowan, Jan T. Kim, Félix Forest, Laura R. Botigué, Niroshini Epitawalage, Matthew G. Johnson and Steven Dodsworth and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Analytical Biochemistry and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alison Devault

19 papers receiving 972 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.

A Universal Probe Set for Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes from Any Flowering Plant Designed Using k-Medoids Clustering

2018 351 citations Matthew G. Johnson, Lisa Pokorny et al. Systematic Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Devault United States	11	502	372	261	176	174	20	987
Jack Kamm United States	10	269 0.5×	630 1.7×	78 0.3×	113 0.6×	116 0.7×	15	951
José Alfredo Samaniego Castruita Denmark	18	527 1.0×	623 1.7×	89 0.3×	237 1.3×	429 2.5×	33	1.4k
Christian Carøe Denmark	12	620 1.2×	362 1.0×	65 0.2×	131 0.7×	532 3.1×	26	1.3k
Robert Schaefer United States	15	373 0.7×	550 1.5×	56 0.2×	287 1.6×	219 1.3×	23	1.0k
Jacob Enk United States	11	276 0.5×	365 1.0×	116 0.4×	26 0.1×	275 1.6×	18	816
Matthew George United States	7	608 1.2×	756 2.0×	178 0.7×	101 0.6×	440 2.5×	14	1.3k
Helen F. Spriggs United Kingdom	8	453 0.9×	273 0.7×	48 0.2×	74 0.4×	287 1.6×	8	1.3k
Franco Rollo Italy	22	412 0.8×	389 1.0×	68 0.3×	271 1.5×	205 1.2×	59	1.1k
Licia Colli Italy	25	306 0.6×	1.3k 3.5×	135 0.5×	192 1.1×	129 0.7×	61	1.7k
Noureddine Chatti Tunisia	15	130 0.3×	253 0.7×	54 0.2×	154 0.9×	150 0.9×	40	634

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sinskey, Anthony J., T. M. Johnson, Alison Devault, et al.. (2025). Impact of x rays on the sensitivity of CR-39 detectors to 2.4-MeV protons. Review of Scientific Instruments. 96(7).

Johnson, T. M., B. L. Reichelt, Alison Devault, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the effects of neutron fluence on proton signal retention in CR-39. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(10). 1 indexed citations

Devault, Alison, T. M. Johnson, J. H. Kunimune, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the response of radiochromic film to quasi-monoenergetic x rays through a cross-calibration with image plates. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(9). 1 indexed citations

Johnson, T. M., Alison Devault, J. H. Kunimune, et al.. (2024). Image plate multi-scan response to fusion protons in the range of 1–14 MeV. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(9). 1 indexed citations

Devault, Alison, T. M. Johnson, J. H. Kunimune, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the image plate multi-scan response to mono-energetic x-rays. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(9). 1 indexed citations

Dennis, Tristan P. W., Barbara K. Mable, Brian W. Brunelle, et al.. (2022). Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. Microbial Genomics. 8(5). 9 indexed citations

Lopez, Jacqueline, John E. Carlson, Alison Devault, et al.. (2022). Female flowers first: QTL mapping in eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) identifies a dominant locus for heterodichogamy syntenic with that in Persian walnut (J. regia L.). Tree Genetics & Genomes. 19(1). 5 indexed citations

Beaudry, Megan S., Jincheng Wang, Troy J. Kieran, et al.. (2021). Improved Microbial Community Characterization of 16S rRNA via Metagenome Hybridization Capture Enrichment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 644662–644662. 30 indexed citations

Beaudry, Megan S., Jesse C. Thomas, Rodrigo P. Baptista, et al.. (2021). Escaping the fate of Sisyphus: assessing resistome hybridization baits for antimicrobial resistance gene capture. Environmental Microbiology. 23(12). 7523–7537. 7 indexed citations

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Klunk, Jennifer, Ana T. Duggan, Rebecca Redfern, et al.. (2019). Genetic resiliency and the Black Death: No apparent loss of mitogenomic diversity due to the Black Death in medieval London and Denmark. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 169(2). 240–252. 13 indexed citations

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Johnson, Matthew G., Lisa Pokorny, Steven Dodsworth, et al.. (2018). A Universal Probe Set for Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes from Any Flowering Plant Designed Using k-Medoids Clustering. Systematic Biology. 68(4). 594–606. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hoffberg, Sandra L., Troy J. Kieran, Julian Catchen, et al.. (2016). RAD cap: sequence capture of dual‐digest RAD seq libraries with identifiable duplicates and reduced missing data. Molecular Ecology Resources. 16(5). 1264–1278. 103 indexed citations

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Enk, Jacob, Alison Devault, Chris Widga, et al.. (2016). Mammuthus Population Dynamics in Late Pleistocene North America: Divergence, Phylogeography, and Introgression. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4. 59 indexed citations

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Dang, Utkarsh J., Alison Devault, Tatum D. Mortimer, et al.. (2016). Estimation of Gene Insertion/Deletion Rates with Missing Data. Genetics. 204(2). 513–529. 3 indexed citations

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Marciniak, Stephanie, Jennifer Klunk, Alison Devault, Jacob Enk, & Hendrik N. Poinar. (2015). Ancient human genomics: the methodology behind reconstructing evolutionary pathways. Journal of Human Evolution. 79. 21–34. 16 indexed citations

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Enk, Jacob, et al.. (2014). Ancient Whole Genome Enrichment Using Baits Built from Modern DNA. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(5). 1292–1294. 92 indexed citations

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Devault, Alison, G. Brian Golding, Nicholas Waglechner, et al.. (2014). Second-Pandemic Strain ofVibrio choleraefrom the Philadelphia Cholera Outbreak of 1849. New England Journal of Medicine. 370(4). 334–340. 105 indexed citations

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Devault, Alison, Kevin McLoughlin, Crystal Jaing, et al.. (2014). Ancient pathogen DNA in archaeological samples detected with a Microbial Detection Array. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 41 indexed citations

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Enk, Jacob, Alison Devault, Régis Debruyne, et al.. (2011). Complete Columbian mammoth mitogenome suggests interbreeding with woolly mammoths. Genome biology. 12(5). R51–R51. 56 indexed citations

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Okello, John B. A., Alison Devault, Melanie Kuch, et al.. (2010). Comparison of methods in the recovery of nucleic acids from archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded autopsy tissues. Analytical Biochemistry. 400(1). 110–117. 93 indexed citations

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