Eric J. Alm

88.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
187 papers, 19.2k citations indexed

About

Eric J. Alm is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Alm has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 19.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Infectious Diseases and 49 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Alm's work include Gut microbiota and health (71 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (42 papers). Eric J. Alm is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (71 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (42 papers). Eric J. Alm collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Greece. Eric J. Alm's co-authors include Jonathan Friedman, David Baker, Lawrence A. David, Martin F. Polz, Adam P. Arkin, Mark Smith, Claire Duvallet, Christopher S. Smillie, Sean M. Gibbons and William P. Hanage and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Alm

182 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

Inferring Correlation Networks from Genomic ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2012 2017 2014 2011 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Inferring Correlation Networks from Genomic Survey Data
    2012 1.8k citations Jonathan Friedman, Eric J. Alm PLoS Computational Biology profile →
  2. Meta-analysis of gut microbiome studies identifies disease-specific and shared responses
    2017 675 citations Sean M. Gibbons, Thomas Gurry et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Host lifestyle affects human microbiota on daily timescales
    2014 666 citations Lawrence A. David, Arne Materna et al. Genome biology profile →
  4. Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome
    2011 663 citations Christopher S. Smillie, Mark Smith et al. Nature profile →
  5. SARS-CoV-2 Titers in Wastewater Are Higher than Expected from Clinically Confirmed Cases
    2020 593 citations Kathryn M. Kauffman, William P. Hanage et al. mSystems profile →
  6. An omics-based framework for assessing the health risk of antimicrobial resistance genes
    2021 569 citations Anni Zhang, Chengzhen L. Dai et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Correlation detection strategies in microbial data sets vary widely in sensitivity and precision
    2016 542 citations Jonathan Friedman, Eric J. Alm et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  8. Fecal microbiota transplant from a rational stool donor improves hepatic encephalopathy: A randomized clinical trial
    2017 439 citations Thomas Gurry, Eric J. Alm et al. profile →
  9. Mechanisms of protein folding
    2001 383 citations Eric J. Alm et al. profile →
  10. Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Relapsing Clostridium difficile Infection Using a Frozen Inoculum From Unrelated Donors: A Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled Pilot Study
    2014 349 citations Mark Smith, Eric J. Alm et al. profile →
  11. Prediction of protein-folding mechanisms from free-energy landscapes derived from native structures
    1999 318 citations Eric J. Alm et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. Adaptive Evolution within Gut Microbiomes of Healthy People
    2019 254 citations Shijie Zhao, Mathilde Poyet et al. profile →
  13. High-throughput, single-microbe genomics with strain resolution, applied to a human gut microbiome
    2022 170 citations Shijie Zhao, Ethan D. Evans et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric J. Alm United States 70 12.0k 4.0k 3.4k 2.2k 1.4k 187 19.2k
Daniel McDonald United States 47 13.3k 1.1× 4.6k 1.1× 2.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 116 22.8k
Thomas M. Schmidt United States 66 8.9k 0.7× 6.1k 1.5× 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 1.3× 204 20.2k
Paul Stoodley United States 78 16.0k 1.3× 3.2k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 2.2k 1.6× 262 29.5k
Weizhong Li United States 45 16.8k 1.4× 5.6k 1.4× 1.4k 0.4× 2.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 130 25.7k
Ashlee M. Earl United States 42 10.5k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 1.8k 1.3× 110 17.8k
Sofia K. Forslund Germany 38 16.9k 1.4× 3.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.4× 2.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 99 25.6k
Morgan N. Price United States 39 11.7k 1.0× 6.0k 1.5× 1.9k 0.6× 2.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 96 22.0k
Ian T. Paulsen Australia 82 11.5k 1.0× 4.6k 1.1× 2.0k 0.6× 3.7k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 312 22.7k
Manfred Rohde Germany 83 11.1k 0.9× 5.5k 1.3× 4.2k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 3.4k 2.5× 523 25.7k
Tim Tolker‐Nielsen Denmark 72 14.6k 1.2× 3.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 3.1k 1.4× 986 0.7× 239 20.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vidal, Amanda Ferreira, Anni Zhang, Mathilde Poyet, et al.. (2024). Temporal dynamics of gut microbiomes in non-industrialized urban Amazonia. mSystems. 9(3). e0070723–e0070723. 2 indexed citations
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Long, C.L., Jen Nguyen, Yang‐Yu Liu, et al.. (2024). Structured community transitions explain the switching capacity of microbial systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(6). e2312521121–e2312521121. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Anni, Chengzhen L. Dai, Shijie Zhao, et al.. (2021). An omics-based framework for assessing the health risk of antimicrobial resistance genes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4765–4765. 569 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yu, Xiaoqian, et al.. (2020). Prebiotics and Community Composition Influence Gas Production of the Human Gut Microbiota. mBio. 11(5). 37 indexed citations
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Evans, Ethan D., Chengzhen L. Dai, Siavash Isazadeh, et al.. (2020). Longitudinal wastewater sampling in buildings reveals temporal dynamics of metabolites. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(6). e1008001–e1008001. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Xiaoqian, Martin F. Polz, & Eric J. Alm. (2019). Interactions in self-assembled microbial communities saturate with diversity. The ISME Journal. 13(6). 1602–1617. 66 indexed citations
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Kearney, Sean M., Sean M. Gibbons, Mathilde Poyet, et al.. (2018). Endospores and other lysis-resistant bacteria comprise a widely shared core community within the human microbiota. The ISME Journal. 12(10). 2403–2416. 36 indexed citations
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Martín‐Platero, Antonio M., Brian Cleary, Kathryn M. Kauffman, et al.. (2018). High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton. Nature Communications. 9(1). 266–266. 98 indexed citations
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Johns, Nathan I, Antonio L. C. Gomes, Sung Sun Yim, et al.. (2018). Metagenomic mining of regulatory elements enables programmable species-selective gene expression. Nature Methods. 15(5). 323–329. 69 indexed citations
10.
Olesen, Scott W., Thomas Gurry, & Eric J. Alm. (2017). Designing fecal microbiota transplant trials that account for differences in donor stool efficacy. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 27(10). 2906–2917. 13 indexed citations
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Groussin, Mathieu, Florent Mazel, Jon G. Sanders, et al.. (2017). Unraveling the processes shaping mammalian gut microbiomes over evolutionary time. Nature. 3 indexed citations
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Allegretti, Jessica R., Elijah Bogart, Kevin Bullock, et al.. (2016). Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection associates with distinct bile acid and microbiome profiles. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations
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Poutahidis, Theofilos, Bernard J. Varian, Tatiana Levkovich, et al.. (2015). Dietary Microbes Modulate Transgenerational Cancer Risk. Cancer Research. 75(7). 1197–1204. 42 indexed citations
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David, Lawrence A., Arne Materna, Jonathan Friedman, et al.. (2014). Host lifestyle affects human microbiota on daily timescales. Genome biology. 15(7). R89–R89. 666 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shapiro, B. Jesse, Jonathan Friedman, Otto X. Cordero, et al.. (2012). Population Genomics of Early Events in the Ecological Differentiation of Bacteria. Science. 336(6077). 48–51. 365 indexed citations
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Papa, Eliseo, Michael Docktor, Christopher S. Smillie, et al.. (2012). Non-Invasive Mapping of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota Identifies Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39242–e39242. 214 indexed citations
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Chivian, Dylan, Eoin Brodie, Eric J. Alm, et al.. (2008). Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single-Species Ecosystem Deep Within Earth. Science. 322(5899). 275–278. 329 indexed citations
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Hunt, Dana E., Lawrence A. David, Dirk Gevers, et al.. (2008). Resource Partitioning and Sympatric Differentiation Among Closely Related Bacterioplankton. Science. 320(5879). 1081–1085. 379 indexed citations
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Price, Morgan N., Adam P. Arkin, & Eric J. Alm. (2006). The Life-Cycle of Operons. PLoS Genetics. 2(6). e96–e96. 140 indexed citations
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Price, Morgan N., Adam P. Arkin, & Eric J. Alm. (2005). OpWise: Operons aid the identification of differentially expressed genes in bacterial \nmicroarray experiments. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22 indexed citations

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