Benli Chai

15.7k citations

36 papers · 11.6k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 23

Impact in

Pollution top 0.1%
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
Molecular Medicine top 0.5%
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Papers in

Pollution 15
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts 10
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants 5
Molecular Medicine 6
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria 6

Co-authors: James M. Tiedje James R. ColeQi WangErick Cardenas George M Garrity Jordan Fish Yanni Sun C. Titus Brown
Journals: Applied and Environmental Microbiology (4 papers)The ISME Journal (3 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (3 papers)Frontiers in Microbiology (2 papers)Bioinformatics (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States China France

In The Last Decade

Benli Chai

35 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

ARGs-OAP v2.0 with an expanded SARG database and Hidden Markov Models for enhancement characterization and quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental metagenomes 2018 · 517 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Bioinformatics
2013 Frontiers in Microbiology
2013 Nucleic Acids Research
2012 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 Nucleic Acids Research
2006 Nucleic Acids Research

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Metagenomic analysis reveals the shared and distinct features of the soil resistome across tundra, temperate prairie, and tropical ecosystems Microbiome ·Xun Qian, Santosh Gunturu, Jiarong Guo, Benli Chai, James R. Cole, Jie Gu, James M. Tiedje	2021	98
2	Alterations in the Endophyte-Enriched Root-Associated Microbiome of Rice Receiving Growth-Promoting Treatments of Urea Fertilizer and Rhizobium Biofertilizer Microbial Ecology ·Prabhat Nath Jha, A. M. Gomaa, Y. G. Yanni, Efi Markou, Tiffany M. Stedtfeld, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Stephan Gantner, Benli Chai, James H. Cole, Syed A. Hashsham, Frank B. Dazzo	2019	26
3	High throughput quantification of the functional genes associated with RDX biodegradation using the SmartChip real-time PCR system Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·H. Bansa, Benli Chai, James R. Cole, Mandy M. Michalsen, Alison M. Cupples	2019	7
4	Bioavailability of clay-adsorbed dioxin to Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 and its associated genome-wide shifts in gene expression The Science of The Total Environment ·Benli Chai, Tamara V. Tsoi, J. Brett Sallach, Miftahul Fadli Mutaqin, Jeff Landgraf, Feng Shang, Gerben J. Zylstra, Hui Li, Cliff T. Johnston, Brian J. Teppen, James R. Cole, Stephen A. Boyd, James M. Tiedje	2019	5
5	Long-Term Effect of Different Fertilization and Cropping Systems on the Soil Antibiotic Resistome Environmental Science & Technology ·Fang Wang, Min Xu, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Hongjie Sheng, Jianbo Fan, Ming Liu, Benli Chai, Teotônio Soares de Carvalho, Hui Li, Zhongpei Li, Syed A. Hashsham, James M. Tiedje	2018	116
6	Isothermal assay targeting class 1 integrase gene for environmental surveillance of antibiotic resistance markers Journal of Environmental Management ·Robert D. Stedtfeld, Tiffany M. Stedtfeld, Hassan Waseem, 안은희, Xueping Guo, Benli Chai, Maggie R. Williams, Л.С. Агеева, Amanda L. Logan, Maria Carmela Schisani, Jong-Chan Chae, Woo Jun Sul, Gigi Michaels, James R. Cole, Gerben J. Zylstra, James M. Tiedje, Brad L. Upham, Syed A. Hashsham	2017	19
7	Transcript Profile of Flowering Regulatory Genes in VcFT-Overexpressing Blueberry Plants PLoS ONE ·Aaron Walworth, Benli Chai, Guo‐qing Song	2016	35
8	Sphingomonas wittichii Strain RW1 Genome-Wide Gene Expression Shifts in Response to Dioxins and Clay PLoS ONE ·Benli Chai, Tamara V. Tsoi, Shoko Iwai, Cun Liu, Jordan Fish, Cheng Gu, Timothy A. Johnson, Gerben J. Zylstra, Brian J. Teppen, Hui Li, Syed A. Hashsham, Stephen A. Boyd, James R. Cole, James M. Tiedje	2016	21
9	Gene expression analysis of E. coli strains provides insights into the role of gene regulation in diversification The ISME Journal ·Marius Vital, Benli Chai, Bjørn Østman, James H. Cole, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, James M. Tiedje	2014	39
10	FunGene: the functional gene pipeline and repository Frontiers in Microbiology ·Jordan Fish, Benli Chai, Qiong Wang, Yanni Sun, C. Titus Brown, James M. Tiedje, James R. Cole Hit paper breakdown →	2013	515
11	Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throughput rRNA analysis Nucleic Acids Research ·James R. Cole, Qiong Wang, Jordan Fish, Benli Chai, S. Buysmann, Yanni Sun, C. Titus Brown, Andrea Porras‐Alfaro, Cheryl R. Kuske, James M. Tiedje Hit paper breakdown →	2013	3274
12	In-feed antibiotic effects on the swine intestinal microbiome Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Torey Looft, Timothy A. Johnson, Heather K. Allen, Darrell O. Bayles, David P. Alt, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Woo Jun Sul, Tiffany M. Stedtfeld, Benli Chai, James R. Cole, Syed A. Hashsham, James M. Tiedje, Thad B. Stanton Hit paper breakdown →	2012	836
13	Novel Biphenyl-Oxidizing Bacteria and Dioxygenase Genes from a Korean Tidal Mudflat Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Tae Kwon Lee, Jae‐Jin Lee, Woo Jun Sul, Shoko Iwai, Benli Chai, James M. Tiedje, Joonhong Park	2011	26
14	Bacterial Communities in the Rhizosphere of Biofuel Crops Grown on Marginal Lands as Evaluated by 16S rRNA Gene Pyrosequences BioEnergy Research ·Ederson da Conceição Jesus, Forgeot D'arc, JORGE ANTONIO SERRANO CERRUD, Qiong Wang, Benli Chai, J.-A. Serret, Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues, Kurt D. Thelen, James M. Tiedje	2010	40
15	Worldwide Prevalence of Class 2 Integrases outside the Clinical Setting Is Associated with Human Impact Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Kae-Lin Wong, J. Apajalahti, Benli Chai, James R. Cole, James M. Tiedje	2009	26
16	The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis Nucleic Acids Research ·James R. Cole, Qi Wang, Erick Cardenas, Jason E. Fish, Benli Chai, J.-A. Serret, Data4Change, S. Buysmann, Terence L. Marsh, George M Garrity, James M. Tiedje Hit paper breakdown →	2008	4017
17	Multiplex Approach for Screening Genetic Markers of Microbial Indicators Water Environment Research ·Robert D. Stedtfeld, Caroline Andersson Nilsson, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Benli Chai, James R. Cole, Syed A. Hashsham	2007	4
18	The ribosomal database project (RDP-II): introducing myRDP space and quality controlled public data Nucleic Acids Research ·James R. Cole, Benli Chai, J.-A. Serret, Qi Wang, Data4Change, S. Buysmann, Agnès von Kirchbar, Erick Cardenas, George M Garrity, James M. Tiedje Hit paper breakdown →	2006	940
19	Effect of substitution of the amino termini of coat proteins of distinct potyvirus species on viral infectivity and host specificity Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology ·Zakir Ullah, Benli Chai, Sue A. Hammar, B. Raccah, Amit Gal‐On, Rebecca Grumet	2003	17
20	Cloning of a chitinase-like cDNA (hs2), its transfer to creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) and development of brown patch (Rhizoctonia solani) disease resistant transgenic lines Plant Science ·Benli Chai, Shahina B. Maqbool, Ravindra K. Hajela, David Green, J. M. Vargas, Shinta Devi Ika Santhi Rahayu, 容亮陸川, Mariam B. Sticklen	2002	22

About Benli Chai

Benli Chai is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Medicine, Ecology, Biological Psychiatry and Endocrinology, having authored 36 papers that have together received 11.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (6 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (5 papers), Gut microbiota and health (4 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (3 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (2.6k citations), Molecular Medicine (920 citations), Ecology (4.0k citations), Environmental Chemistry (803 citations) and Molecular Biology (5.4k citations). Benli Chai has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and France. Frequent co-authors include James M. Tiedje, James R. Cole, Qi Wang, Erick Cardenas, George M Garrity, Jordan Fish, Yanni Sun, C. Titus Brown, Jason E. Fish and Terence L. Marsh. Their work appears in journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, The ISME Journal, Nucleic Acids Research, Frontiers in Microbiology and Bioinformatics.

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