Amy Zimmerman

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Amy Zimmerman is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy Zimmerman has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Amy Zimmerman's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (4 papers). Amy Zimmerman is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (4 papers). Amy Zimmerman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Amy Zimmerman's co-authors include Alexandra Z. Worden, Susanne Wilken, Stephen J. Giovannoni, Patrick J. Keeling, Michael J. Follows, Steven Allison, Adam C. Martiny, Jacob Waldbauer, Maureen L. Coleman and Matthew B. Sullivan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Reviews Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Amy Zimmerman

17 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Rethinking the marine carbon cycle: Factoring in the multifarious lifestyles of microbes

2015 588 citations Alexandra Z. Worden, Michael J. Follows et al. Science profile →
Metabolic and biogeochemical consequences of viral infection in aquatic ecosystems

2019 277 citations Amy Zimmerman, Cristina Howard‐Varona et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Amy Zimmerman

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amy Zimmerman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy Zimmerman

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

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Iron limitation differentially affects viral replication in key marine microbes 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Kathryn M. Kauffman, Brady R. Cunningham, Amy Zimmerman, Alexandra Z. Worden, Seth G. John	0
2	New Workflow Enabling Cryo-EM Analyses of Viruses Natively Isolated from Soil 2024 ·Microscopy and Microanalysis ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Amy Zimmerman, Kirsten Hofmockel, Bill Nelson, James Evans	1
3	Estimating the Importance of Viral Contributions to Soil Carbon Dynamics 2024 ·Global Change Biology ·Amy Zimmerman, Emily Graham, Jason McDermott, Kirsten Hofmockel	11
4	Dynamic nitrogen fixation in an aerobic endophyte of Populus 2024 ·The ISME Journal ·(unknown), Jayde A. Aufrecht, (unknown), Amy Zimmerman, Young‐Mo Kim, Nathalie Munoz Munoz, (unknown), Vanessa Paurus, John Cliff, Dehong Hu, William Chrisler, (unknown), Emma Gomez-Rivas, Galya Orr, Amir Ahkami, Sharon Doty	6
5	The direct and indirect drivers shaping RNA viral communities in grassland soils 2024 ·mSystems ·Ruonan Wu, Amy Zimmerman, Kirsten Hofmockel	1
6	Tracking nitrogen allocation to proteome biosynthesis in a marine microbial community 2023 ·Nature Microbiology ·Amy Zimmerman, (unknown), (unknown), Maureen L. Coleman, Jacob Waldbauer	9
7	Effects of warming on bacterial growth rates in a peat soil under ambient and elevated CO2 2022 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Sheryl Bell, Amy Zimmerman, Bram WG Stone, (unknown), (unknown), Ryan Renslow, Jeffrey Propster, Michaela Hayer, Egbert Schwartz, Bruce A. Hungate, Kirsten Hofmockel	9
8	Metabolic and biogeochemical consequences of viral infection in aquatic ecosystems breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Amy Zimmerman, Cristina Howard‐Varona, David M. Needham, Seth G. John, Alexandra Z. Worden, Matthew B. Sullivan, Jacob Waldbauer, Maureen L. Coleman	277
9	Closely related viruses of the marine picoeukaryotic alga Ostreococcus lucimarinus exhibit different ecological strategies 2019 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Amy Zimmerman, Charles Bachy, (unknown), Simon Roux, Ho Bin Jang, Matthew B. Sullivan, Jacob Waldbauer, Alexandra Z. Worden	12
10	Resource allocation by the marine cyanobacterium SynechococcusWH8102 in response to different nutrient supply ratios 2015 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Céline Mouginot, Amy Zimmerman, Juan A. Bonachela, Helen F. Fredricks, Steven Allison, Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy, Adam C. Martiny	22
11	Rethinking the marine carbon cycle: Factoring in the multifarious lifestyles of microbes breakdown → 2015 ·Science ·Alexandra Z. Worden, Michael J. Follows, Stephen J. Giovannoni, Susanne Wilken, Amy Zimmerman, Patrick J. Keeling	588
12	Phosphate supply explains variation in nucleic acid allocation but not C : P stoichiometry in the western North Atlantic 2014 ·Biogeosciences ·Amy Zimmerman, Adam C. Martiny, Michael W. Lomas, Steven Allison	18
13	Phylogenetic constraints on elemental stoichiometry and resource allocation in heterotrophic marine bacteria 2013 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Amy Zimmerman, Steven Allison, Adam C. Martiny	57
14	Microdiversity of extracellular enzyme genes among sequenced prokaryotic genomes 2013 ·The ISME Journal ·Amy Zimmerman, Adam C. Martiny, Steven Allison	162
15	Influence of Microbially Reducible Fe(III) on the Bacterial Community Structure of Estuarine Surface Sediments 2010 ·Geomicrobiology Journal ·David E. Cummings, Amy Zimmerman, (unknown), Stefan Spring	9
16	An Electromyographical Evaluation of the Validity of the 2-Minute Sit-Up Section of the Army Physical Fitness Test in Measuring Abdominal Strength and Endurance 2002 ·Military Medicine ·(unknown), Amy Zimmerman, (unknown), Danielle Brady, (unknown)	19
17	Orbital Cellulitis Caused by Eikenella corrodens 1992 ·American Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), Amy Zimmerman, (unknown), James W. Karesh	12
18	PURTSCHERʼS RETINOPATHY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS 1990 ·Southern Medical Journal ·(unknown), Amy Zimmerman, Stanley S. Schocket	1

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