Farooq Azam

37.6k total citations · 13 hit papers
220 papers, 26.3k citations indexed

About

Farooq Azam is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Farooq Azam has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 26.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Ecology, 94 papers in Oceanography and 44 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Farooq Azam's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (112 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (89 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers). Farooq Azam is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (112 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (89 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers). Farooq Azam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Farooq Azam's co-authors include Jed A. Fuhrman, Meinhard Simon, Francesca Malfatti, Grieg F. Steward, David C. Smith, Daniel C. Smith, Richard A. Long, Forest Rohwer, Kay D. Bidle and Lasse Riemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Farooq Azam

210 papers receiving 24.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Protein content and protein synthesis rates of planktonic marine bacteria

1989 1.6k citations Farooq Azam et al. profile →
Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean

2010 1.3k citations Farooq Azam et al. profile →
Microbial structuring of marine ecosystems

2007 1.2k citations Farooq Azam, Francesca Malfatti profile →
Thymidine incorporation as a measure of heterotrophic bacterioplankton production in marine surface waters: Evaluation and field results

1982 1.2k citations Farooq Azam et al. profile →
A simple, economical method for measuring bacterial protein synthesis rates in seawater using 3H-leucine

1992 949 citations Farooq Azam et al. profile →
Diversity and distribution of coral-associated bacteria

2002 941 citations Forest Rohwer, Farooq Azam et al. profile →
Microbial Control of Oceanic Carbon Flux: The Plot Thickens

1998 929 citations Farooq Azam profile →
Intense hydrolytic enzyme activity on marine aggregates and implications for rapid particle dissolution

1992 796 citations Farooq Azam et al. profile →
Bacterioplankton Secondary Production Estimates for Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Antarctica, and California

1980 708 citations Farooq Azam et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Genomic analysis of uncultured marine viral communities

2002 700 citations Mya Breitbart, Farooq Azam et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Major role of bacteria in biogeochemical fluxes in the ocean's interior

1988 631 citations Farooq Azam et al. profile →
The oceanic gel phase: a bridge in the DOM–POM continuum

2004 550 citations Farooq Azam et al. profile →
Dynamics of Bacterial Community Composition and Activity during a Mesocosm Diatom Bloom

2000 540 citations Lasse Riemann, Grieg F. Steward et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Farooq Azam

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Possible Missing Sources of Atmospheric Glyoxal Part II: Oxidation of Toluene Derived from the Primary Production of Marine Microorganisms 2024 ·Metabolites ·(unknown), (unknown), Jennifer M. Michaud, Nicholas Stevens, Michael J. Meehan, Camille M. Sultana, Christopher Lee, Francesca Malfatti, Yanyan Zhou, Farooq Azam, Kimberly A. Prather, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Michael D. Burkart, Robert S. Pomeroy	0
2	Possible Missing Sources of Atmospheric Glyoxal Part I: Phospholipid Oxidation from Marine Algae 2024 ·Metabolites ·(unknown), (unknown), Camille M. Sultana, Christopher Lee, Jessica L. Axson, Francesca Malfatti, Yanyan Zhou, Kathryn A. Moore, Nicholas Stevens, Mitchell V. Santander, Farooq Azam, Kimberly A. Prather, Robert S. Pomeroy	1
3	Outer membrane vesicles produced by coral-associated Vibrio coralliilyticus inhibit bacteriophage infection and its ecological implications 2024 ·Microbiological Research ·Jie Li, (unknown), Sijun Huang, Farooq Azam, Xinyuanyuan Sun, Jian Zhang, Lijuan Long, Si Zhang	8
4	Impact of dust addition on the microbial food web under present and future conditions of pH and temperature 2022 ·Biogeosciences ·Julie Dinasquet, Estelle Bigeard, Frédéric Gazeau, Farooq Azam, Cécile Guieu, Emilio Marañón, Céline Ridame, France Van Wambeke, Ingrid Obernosterer, Anne‐Claire Baudoux	8
5	Synthetic algal-bacteria consortia for space-efficient microalgal growth in a simple hydrogel system 2021 ·Journal of Applied Phycology ·(unknown), (unknown), Julie Dinasquet, (unknown), (unknown), Dimitri D. Deheyn, Farooq Azam, Jennifer E. Smith, Matthew P. Davey, Alison G. Smith, Silvia Vignolini, Daniel Wangpraseurt	33
6	Bionic 3D printed corals 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Daniel Wangpraseurt, Shangting You, Farooq Azam, Gianni Jacucci, (unknown), Mark Hildebrand, Michael Kühl, Alison G. Smith, Matthew P. Davey, (unknown), Dimitri D. Deheyn, Shaochen Chen, Silvia Vignolini	106
7	Threonine in broiler diets: an updated review 2018 ·Annals of Animal Science ·Shafqat Nawaz Qaisrani, (unknown), (unknown), Fehmida Bibi, Saima Naveed, T. N. Pasha, Farooq Azam	14
8	Bacterioplankton drawdown of coral mass-spawned organic matter 2018 ·The ISME Journal ·(unknown), Ryo Kaneko, Jessica M. Blanton, (unknown), Matthias Witt, (unknown), Eric E. Allen, Mónica Medina, Koji Hamasaki, Boris Koch, Farooq Azam	8
9	Single bacterial strain capable of significant contribution to carbon cycling in the surface ocean 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Byron E. Pedler, Lihini I. Aluwihare, Farooq Azam	182
10	Relationship of morphological traits and grain yield in recombinant inbred wheat lines grown under drought conditions. 2010 ·Pakistan Journal of Botany ·(unknown), Farooq Azam, (unknown)	45
11	Microbial Carbon Pump ---A New Mechanism for Long-Term Carbon Storage in the Global Ocean (Invited) 2010 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Farooq Azam, (unknown)	1
12	Mixed cropping effects on growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and chickpea (Cicer arietenum L.). 2009 ·Pakistan Journal of Botany ·(unknown), Muhammad Abid, Farooq Azam	11
13	Vibrio cholerae Strains Possess Multiple Strategies for Abiotic and Biotic Surface Colonization 2007 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Ryan Mueller, Diane McDougald, (unknown), (unknown), Staffan Kjelleberg, Farooq Azam, Douglas H. Bartlett	69
14	Actively Growing Bacteria in the Inland Sea of Japan, Identified by Combined Bromodeoxyuridine Immunocapture and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis 2007 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Koji Hamasaki, Akito Taniguchi, Yuya Tada, Richard A. Long, Farooq Azam	48
15	Stability of rust resistance and yield potential of some ICARDA bread wheat lines in Pakistan 2003 ·Pakistan journal of scientific and industrial research ·(unknown), Abdul Jabbar Khan, Farooq Azam, Javed Iqbal Mirza, (unknown)	3
16	Diversity of bacteria associated with the Caribbean coral Montastraea franksi 2001 ·Coral Reefs ·Forest Rohwer, Mya Breitbart, Javier Jara, Farooq Azam, Nancy Knowlton	353
17	Release, movement and recovery of 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP), ammonium, and nitrate from stabilized nitrogen fertilizer granules in a silty clay soil under laboratory conditions 2001 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Farooq Azam, G. Benckiser, (unknown), J. C. G. Ottow	56
18	Dynamics of Bacterial Community Composition and Activity during a Mesocosm Diatom Bloom breakdown → 2000 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Lasse Riemann, Grieg F. Steward, Farooq Azam	540
19	Phytoplankton and Bacterial Production and Biomass in Subalpine Eastern Brook Lake, Sierra Nevada, California. II. Comparison With Other High-Elevation Lakes 1991 ·Arctic and Alpine Research ·William H. Thomas, (unknown), Farooq Azam	2
20	Effect of sodium chloride on growth, nutrient uptake and pigment production by some fungi isolated from salt-affected soils. 1990 ·Sarhad Journal of Agriculture ·(unknown), Farooq Azam	0

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