David Yellowlees

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

David Yellowlees is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David Yellowlees has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David Yellowlees's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (21 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (11 papers). David Yellowlees is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (21 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (11 papers). David Yellowlees collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. David Yellowlees's co-authors include Terry P. Hughes, William Leggat, David Carter, Mark Tibbett, Spencer M. Whitney, T. A. V. Rees, Murray R. Badger, Ross Jones, Martha Ludwig and Philip Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

David Yellowlees

84 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium

2012 778 citations David Yellowlees, Terry P. Hughes ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) profile →
Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems

2006 492 citations David Carter, David Yellowlees et al. Die Naturwissenschaften profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Yellowlees Australia	34	3.5k	2.3k	1.2k	1.2k	626	85	5.7k
Daniel L. Distel United States	39	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	3.0k 2.5×	1.1k 1.0×	387 0.6×	80	6.9k
John D. Taylor United Kingdom	55	2.9k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.5×	711 1.1×	253	9.7k
Colomban de Vargas France	57	6.9k 2.0×	3.9k 1.7×	4.7k 3.8×	641 0.6×	128 0.2×	131	10.1k
Françoise Gaill France	43	2.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	916 0.7×	906 0.8×	134 0.2×	134	4.4k
Baruch Rinkevich Israel	57	5.8k 1.7×	3.4k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	5.5k 4.7×	84 0.1×	327	10.2k
Kjetill S. Jakobsen Norway	60	3.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	4.8k 3.9×	585 0.5×	101 0.2×	192	9.5k
Anthony W. D. Larkum Australia	53	5.8k 1.7×	5.8k 2.5×	2.8k 2.3×	1.6k 1.4×	82 0.1×	190	10.8k
Jennifer E. Smith United States	49	6.3k 1.8×	5.2k 2.2×	367 0.3×	3.6k 3.1×	81 0.1×	109	8.9k
Colin Brownlee United Kingdom	53	1.2k 0.3×	2.9k 1.2×	5.1k 4.1×	673 0.6×	203 0.3×	186	12.4k
Yehuda Benayahu Israel	43	4.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	674 0.5×	2.4k 2.1×	59 0.1×	224	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Yellowlees

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

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Yellowlees, David & Terry P. Hughes. (2012). Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 778 indexed citations breakdown →

Yellowlees, David, et al.. (2012). Hyperdiversity of Genes Encoding Integral Light-Harvesting Proteins in the Dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47456–e47456. 29 indexed citations

Yellowlees, David, et al.. (2010). Measuring Symbiodinium sp. gene expression patterns with quantitative real-time PCR. Micromachines. 14(2). 18 indexed citations

Carter, David, David Yellowlees, & Mark Tibbett. (2010). Moisture can be the dominant environmental parameter governing cadaver decomposition in soil. Forensic Science International. 200(1-3). 60–66. 123 indexed citations

Yellowlees, David, T. A. V. Rees, & William Leggat. (2008). Metabolic interactions between algal symbionts and invertebrate hosts. Plant Cell & Environment. 31(5). 679–694. 403 indexed citations

Carter, David, David Yellowlees, & Mark Tibbett. (2008). Temperature affects microbial decomposition of cadavers (Rattus rattus) in contrasting soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 40(1). 129–137. 130 indexed citations

Leggat, William, Tracy D. Ainsworth, John C. Bythell, et al.. (2007). The hologenome theory disregards the coral holobiont. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 5(10). 826–826. 19 indexed citations

Carter, David, David Yellowlees, & Mark Tibbett. (2006). Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. Die Naturwissenschaften. 94(1). 12–24. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

Leggat, William, et al.. (2005). A novel carbonic anhydrase from the giant clam Tridacna gigas contains two carbonic anhydrase domains. FEBS Journal. 272(13). 3297–3305. 21 indexed citations

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Leggat, William, Spencer M. Whitney, & David Yellowlees. (2004). Is Coral Bleaching due to the Instability of the Zooxanthellae Dark Reactions. Symbiosis. 37. 137–153. 33 indexed citations

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Leggat, William, Brett K. Baillie, Spencer M. Whitney, et al.. (2002). Dinoflagellate symbioses: strategies and adaptations for the acquisition and fixation of inorganic carbon. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 29(3). 309–322. 61 indexed citations

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Li, Yonghe, et al.. (1998). Expression of α2-macroglobulin receptor-associated protein in normal human epidermal melanocytes and human melanoma cell lines. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 71(2). 149–157. 2 indexed citations

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Leggat, William, et al.. (1998). Growth and metabolic responses of the giant clam-zooxanthellae symbiosis in a reef-fertilisation experiment. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 170. 131–141. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Yonghe, et al.. (1997). Expression of α2Macroglobulin Receptor/Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein Is Cell Culture Density-Dependent in Human Breast Cancer Cell Line BT-20. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 240(1). 122–127. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Yonghe, et al.. (1997). Expression of α2-macroglobulin receptor/low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein on surfaces of tumour ceils: a study using flow cytometry. Cancer Letters. 111(1-2). 199–205. 19 indexed citations

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Johnston, Danielle, Josephine M. Hermans, & David Yellowlees. (1995). Isolation and Characterization of a Trypsin from the Slipper Lobster,Thenus orientalis(Lund). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 324(1). 35–40. 32 indexed citations

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Jackson, Anne, David J. Miller, & David Yellowlees. (1989). Phosphorus metabolism in the coral–zooxanthellae symbiosis: characterization and possible roles of two acid phosphatases in the algal symbiont Symbiodinium sp. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 238(1291). 193–202. 25 indexed citations

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Miller, David J. & David Yellowlees. (1989). Inorganic nitrogen uptake by symbiotic marine cnidarians: a critical review. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 237(1286). 109–125. 100 indexed citations

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Meikle, Peter J., G. N. Richards, & David Yellowlees. (1988). Structural investigations on the mucus from six species of coral. Marine Biology. 99(2). 187–193. 142 indexed citations

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Yellowlees, David. (1980). Purification and characterisation of limit dextrinase from Pisum sativum L.. Carbohydrate Research. 83(1). 109–118. 6 indexed citations

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