Dana Willner

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Dana Willner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dana Willner has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Dana Willner's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (13 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (8 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (8 papers). Dana Willner is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (13 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (8 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (8 papers). Dana Willner collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Japan. Dana Willner's co-authors include Forest Rohwer, Philip Hugenholtz, Robert Schmieder, Mike Furlan, Matthew Haynes, Florent Angly, Douglas Conrad, Yan Wei Lim, Joshua Daly and Bahador Nosrat and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dana Willner

41 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Brief Report: Intestinal Dysbiosis in Ankylosing Spondylitis

2014 305 citations Mary‐Ellen Costello, Francesco Ciccia et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dana Willner Australia	24	1.2k	746	495	343	317	41	2.6k
Kristine M. Wylie United States	30	1.2k 1.0×	333 0.4×	863 1.7×	347 1.0×	582 1.8×	69	2.9k
David T. Pride United States	33	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	863 1.7×	205 0.6×	643 2.0×	77	3.6k
Kathryn Harris United Kingdom	30	853 0.7×	833 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	286 0.8×	774 2.4×	74	3.4k
Susannah J. Salter United Kingdom	12	1.6k 1.4×	692 0.9×	705 1.4×	161 0.5×	368 1.2×	19	3.2k
Eugene J. Leys United States	34	1.9k 1.6×	262 0.4×	697 1.4×	131 0.4×	286 0.9×	53	6.4k
Diana M. Proctor United States	10	1.2k 1.0×	547 0.7×	328 0.7×	131 0.4×	253 0.8×	12	2.5k
Szymon Calus United Kingdom	10	1.6k 1.4×	688 0.9×	506 1.0×	135 0.4×	351 1.1×	11	3.0k
Matthew S. Payne Australia	28	757 0.6×	344 0.5×	1.0k 2.0×	370 1.1×	186 0.6×	90	2.5k
Scott Sherrill-Mix United States	26	2.8k 2.4×	455 0.6×	694 1.4×	106 0.3×	880 2.8×	45	4.6k
Paul J. Planet United States	34	2.0k 1.7×	535 0.7×	704 1.4×	143 0.4×	1.0k 3.3×	117	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Dana Willner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dana Willner

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Willner, Dana, et al.. (2024). Transcriptional dynamics during Rhodococcus erythropolis infection with phage WC1. BMC Microbiology. 24(1). 107–107. 1 indexed citations

Willner, Dana, et al.. (2021). Limitations of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing to Characterize Lactobacillus Species in the Upper Genital Tract. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 641921–641921. 15 indexed citations

Pelzer, Elise, et al.. (2018). A role for the endometrial microbiome in dysfunctional menstrual bleeding. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 111(6). 933–943. 74 indexed citations

Thomas, Gethin, Dana Willner, Philip C. Robinson, et al.. (2017). Genetic diagnostic profiling in axial spondyloarthritis: a real world study.. PubMed. 35(2). 229–233. 24 indexed citations

Costello, Mary‐Ellen, Francesco Ciccia, Dana Willner, et al.. (2015). Brief report: intestinal dysbiosis in ankylosing spondylitis. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 9 indexed citations

Rahman, Nurdyana Abdul, Donovan H. Parks, Dana Willner, et al.. (2015). A molecular survey of Australian and North American termite genera indicates that vertical inheritance is the primary force shaping termite gut microbiomes. Microbiome. 3(1). 5–5. 77 indexed citations

Simpson, Jodie L., Joshua Daly, Katherine J. Baines, et al.. (2015). Airway dysbiosis:Haemophilus influenzaeandTropherymain poorly controlled asthma. European Respiratory Journal. 47(3). 792–800. 150 indexed citations

Pelzer, Elise, et al.. (2015). Is diversification of the endometrial microbiome significant for reproductive success?. Placenta. 36(9). A23–A23. 2 indexed citations

Willner, Dana, Philip Hugenholtz, Stephanie T. Yerkovich, et al.. (2013). Reestablishment of Recipient-associated Microbiota in the Lung Allograft Is Linked to Reduced Risk of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 187(6). 640–647. 104 indexed citations

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Costello, Mary‐Ellen, Francesco Ciccia, Brooke Gardiner, et al.. (2013). Evidence Of a Microbial Signature In The Intestinal Microbiome In Ankylosing Spondylitis.. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana, et al.. (2013). Longitudinal Holistic Profiling of the Lung Transplant Microbiome. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 32(4). S10–S11. 3 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana & Philip Hugenholtz. (2013). From deep sequencing to viral tagging: Recent advances in viral metagenomics. BioEssays. 35(5). 436–442. 34 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana, Joshua Daly, David M. Whiley, et al.. (2012). Comparison of DNA Extraction Methods for Microbial Community Profiling with an Application to Pediatric Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e34605–e34605. 118 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana, Matthew Haynes, Mike Furlan, et al.. (2011). Case Studies of the Spatial Heterogeneity of DNA Viruses in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 46(2). 127–131. 79 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana, Matthew Haynes, Mike Furlan, et al.. (2011). Spatial distribution of microbial communities in the cystic fibrosis lung. The ISME Journal. 6(2). 471–474. 134 indexed citations

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Ng, Terry Fei Fan, Dana Willner, Yan Wei Lim, et al.. (2011). Broad Surveys of DNA Viral Diversity Obtained through Viral Metagenomics of Mosquitoes. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20579–e20579. 178 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana. (2010). Viral metagenomics in host-associated systems. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana & Mike Furlan. (2010). Deciphering the role of phage in the cystic fibrosis airway. Virulence. 1(4). 309–313. 18 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana, Rebecca Vega Thurber, & Forest Rohwer. (2009). Metagenomic signatures of 86 microbial and viral metagenomes. Environmental Microbiology. 11(7). 1752–1766. 103 indexed citations

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Willner, Dana, Mike Furlan, Matthew Haynes, et al.. (2009). Metagenomic Analysis of Respiratory Tract DNA Viral Communities in Cystic Fibrosis and Non-Cystic Fibrosis Individuals. PLoS ONE. 4(10). e7370–e7370. 319 indexed citations

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