Andrew S. Lang

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Andrew S. Lang is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew S. Lang has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Ecology, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Andrew S. Lang's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (40 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (25 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (22 papers). Andrew S. Lang is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (40 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (25 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (22 papers). Andrew S. Lang collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Andrew S. Lang's co-authors include J. Thomas Beatty, Alexander I. Culley, Curtis A. Suttle, Olga Zhaxybayeva, Hugh Whitney, Marta Canuti, Robert E. Blankenship, Gregory J. Robertson, Ryan G. Mercer and Alexander B. Westbye and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andrew S. Lang

114 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Complete genome sequence of the metabolically versatile photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris

2003 600 citations J. Thomas Beatty, Andrew S. Lang et al. profile →
Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements

2025 14 citations Andrew S. Lang, Alison Buchan et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew S. Lang Canada	35	2.6k	2.0k	837	817	795	119	4.8k
Diep Thi Hoang Vietnam	6	1.6k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	542 0.7×	1.4k 1.8×	11	6.4k
Michael D. Woodhams Australia	11	1.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.9×	1.8k 2.2×	972 1.2×	1.7k 2.1×	16	8.3k
Dominik Schrempf United Kingdom	12	1.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.9×	1.9k 2.2×	968 1.2×	1.6k 2.0×	17	8.3k
Natalya Yutin United States	43	3.9k 1.5×	2.9k 1.5×	2.1k 2.5×	677 0.8×	640 0.8×	66	6.0k
Kazunori Yamada Japan	23	1.3k 0.5×	3.5k 1.8×	2.4k 2.9×	740 0.9×	920 1.2×	76	7.8k
Matthew Haynes United States	28	3.4k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	865 1.0×	905 1.1×	316 0.4×	41	5.7k
Robert P. Hirt United Kingdom	43	1.1k 0.4×	3.0k 1.5×	852 1.0×	378 0.5×	340 0.4×	88	5.3k
Subha Kalyaanamoorthy Canada	17	2.6k 1.0×	4.9k 2.5×	2.5k 3.0×	924 1.1×	2.3k 2.8×	40	11.4k
John Rozewicki Japan	8	1.2k 0.5×	2.7k 1.4×	2.3k 2.7×	666 0.8×	715 0.9×	8	6.4k
Richard J. Ellis United Kingdom	36	924 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	690 0.8×	667 0.8×	793 1.0×	124	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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 →

Avery‐Gomm, Stephanie, Jolene A. Giacinti, Megan Jones, et al.. (2024). Geographic, ecological, and temporal patterns of seabird mortality during the 2022 HPAI H5N1 outbreak on the island of Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 103. 1–12. 3 indexed citations

Smol, John P., Neal Michelutti, Gregory J. Robertson, et al.. (2024). Blending census and paleolimnological data allows for tracking the establishment and growth of a major gannet colony over several centuries. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20462–20462.

Tahlan, Kapil, et al.. (2024). Anthropogenic contamination sources drive differences in antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli in three urban lakes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(3). e0180923–e0180923. 6 indexed citations

Robertson, Gregory J., Rodney S. Russell, Wanhong Xu, et al.. (2024). Avian influenza virus circulation and immunity in a wild urban duck population prior to and during a highly pathogenic H5N1 outbreak. Veterinary Research. 55(1). 154–154. 6 indexed citations

Canuti, Marta, Giovanni Franzo, H. Dean Cluff, et al.. (2024). Diverse fox circovirus (Circovirus canine) variants circulate at high prevalence in grey wolves (Canis lupus) from the Northwest Territories, Canada. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 2 indexed citations

Lang, Andrew S., et al.. (2023). Extracellular Polysaccharide Receptor and Receptor-Binding Proteins of the Rhodobacter capsulatus Bacteriophage-like Gene Transfer Agent RcGTA. Genes. 14(5). 1124–1124. 2 indexed citations

Beatty, J. Thomas, et al.. (2022). Formal recognition and classification of gene transfer agents as viriforms. Virus Evolution. 8(2). veac100–veac100. 9 indexed citations

Canuti, Marta, et al.. (2022). Co‐circulation of five species of dog parvoviruses and canine adenovirus type 1 among gray wolves (Canis lupus) in northern Canada. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 69(5). e1417–e1433. 17 indexed citations

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Canuti, Marta, et al.. (2022). Distinct epidemiological profiles of porcine circovirus 3 and fox circovirus in Canadian foxes (Vulpes spp.). Current Research in Microbial Sciences. 3. 100161–100161. 4 indexed citations

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Canuti, Marta, Hugh Whitney, Garry B. Stenson, et al.. (2021). Newlavirus, a Novel, Highly Prevalent, and Highly Diverse Protoparvovirus of Foxes (Vulpes spp.). Viruses. 13(10). 1969–1969. 5 indexed citations

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Canuti, Marta, Joost T. P. Verhoeven, Davor Ojkić, et al.. (2021). Investigating the Diversity and Host Range of Novel Parvoviruses from North American Ducks Using Epidemiology, Phylogenetics, Genome Structure, and Codon Usage Analysis. Viruses. 13(2). 193–193. 13 indexed citations

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Canuti, Marta, Emily G. McDonald, Richard F. Neville, et al.. (2020). Multi-host dispersal of known and novel carnivore amdoparvoviruses. Virus Evolution. 6(2). veaa072–veaa072. 19 indexed citations

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Canuti, Marta, et al.. (2020). Ecology and Infection Dynamics of Multi-Host Amdoparvoviral and Protoparvoviral Carnivore Pathogens. Pathogens. 9(2). 124–124. 31 indexed citations

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Ramey, Andrew M., Andrew B. Reeves, Judith Z. Drexler, et al.. (2020). Influenza A viruses remain infectious for more than seven months in northern wetlands of North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1934). 20201680–20201680. 38 indexed citations

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Hendrikse, Liam D., et al.. (2019). Identification of a Novel Gammaherpesvirus in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Viruses. 11(4). 363–363. 6 indexed citations

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Canuti, Marta, Cathy V. Williams, Selena M. Sagan, et al.. (2018). Virus discovery reveals frequent infection by diverse novel members of the Flaviviridae in wild lemurs. Archives of Virology. 164(2). 509–522. 8 indexed citations

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Ayre, D. Craig, Ian C. Chute, Andrew P. Joy, et al.. (2017). CD24 induces changes to the surface receptors of B cell microvesicles with variable effects on their RNA and protein cargo. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8642–8642. 18 indexed citations

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Canuti, Marta, et al.. (2017). Introduction of canine parvovirus 2 into wildlife on the Island of Newfoundland, Canada. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 55. 205–208. 17 indexed citations

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Beatty, J. Thomas, Jörg Overmann, Andrew S. Lang, et al.. (2005). An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(26). 9306–9310. 251 indexed citations

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