Gordon Lax

440 total citations
21 papers, 242 citations indexed

About

Gordon Lax is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon Lax has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 242 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Gordon Lax's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (17 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers). Gordon Lax is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (17 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers). Gordon Lax collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Japan and Czechia. Gordon Lax's co-authors include Alastair G. B. Simpson, Yana Eglit, Erin M. Bertrand, Laura Eme, Andrew J. Roger, Patrick J. Keeling, Won Je Lee, Denis V. Tikhonenkov, Jan Janouškovec and Jeremy G. Wideman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Current Biology and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gordon Lax

21 papers receiving 242 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gordon Lax Canada 9 216 181 29 20 18 21 242
Yana Eglit Canada 10 245 1.1× 167 0.9× 21 0.7× 30 1.5× 56 3.1× 16 292
Andrzej Bodył Poland 13 334 1.5× 219 1.2× 38 1.3× 10 0.5× 31 1.7× 21 361
Johan Viklund Sweden 6 281 1.3× 189 1.0× 10 0.3× 13 0.7× 19 1.1× 6 317
Shannon J. Sibbald Canada 8 255 1.2× 161 0.9× 28 1.0× 31 1.6× 63 3.5× 10 323
Filippo Ferrantini Italy 9 288 1.3× 268 1.5× 28 1.0× 19 0.9× 34 1.9× 11 347
Takahiko Akematsu Japan 10 205 0.9× 68 0.4× 20 0.7× 21 1.1× 21 1.2× 18 234
Binnypreet Kaur Czechia 6 136 0.6× 48 0.3× 12 0.4× 12 0.6× 14 0.8× 6 153
Eva Dobáková Czechia 7 194 0.9× 68 0.4× 7 0.2× 37 1.9× 32 1.8× 9 334
Cameron J. Grisdale Canada 6 152 0.7× 57 0.3× 22 0.8× 39 1.9× 31 1.7× 10 197
Bilgenur Baloğlu Singapore 5 143 0.7× 175 1.0× 5 0.2× 7 0.3× 15 0.8× 5 226

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gordon Lax

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gordon Lax

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kwong, Waldan K., Samuel J. Livingston, Gordon Lax, et al.. (2025). Phylogenomics of coral-infecting corallicolids reveal multiple independent losses of chlorophyll biosynthesis in apicomplexan parasites. Current Biology. 35(5). 1156–1163.e4. 2 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, et al.. (2025). Ultrastructure of Olkasia polycarbonata (Euglenozoa, Euglenida) demonstrates cytoskeletal innovations associated with the feeding and flagellar apparatuses. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 72(1). e13074–e13074. 1 indexed citations
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Zlatogursky, Vasily V., et al.. (2025). Phylogenetic position and mitochondrial genome evolution of “orphan” eukaryotic lineages. iScience. 28(8). 113184–113184. 1 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, et al.. (2024). Genomic analyses of Symbiomonas scintillans show no evidence for endosymbiotic bacteria but does reveal the presence of giant viruses. PLoS Genetics. 20(4). e1011218–e1011218. 1 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, Eunji Park, Waldan K. Kwong, et al.. (2024). Phylogenomic diversity of archigregarine apicomplexans. Open Biology. 14(9). 240141–240141. 1 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, et al.. (2024). Phylogenomic analyses of ochrophytes (stramenopiles) with an emphasis on neglected lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 198. 108120–108120. 7 indexed citations
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Campos, Cláudia, et al.. (2024). Phylogenomics reveals Adeleorina are an ancient and distinct subgroup of Apicomplexa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 195. 108060–108060. 5 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, Noriko Okamoto, & Patrick J. Keeling. (2024). Phylogenomic position of eupelagonemids, abundant, and diverse deep-ocean heterotrophs. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 2 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, et al.. (2023). Phylogenomics of novel ploeotid taxa contribute to the backbone of the euglenid tree. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4). e12973–e12973. 6 indexed citations
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George, Emma E., Gordon Lax, Daria Tashyreva, et al.. (2023). A single cryptomonad cell harbors a complex community of organelles, bacteria, a phage, and selfish elements. Current Biology. 33(10). 1982–1996.e4. 5 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon & Patrick J. Keeling. (2023). Molecular phylogenetics of sessile Dolium sedentarium, a petalomonad euglenid. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(5). e12991–e12991. 1 indexed citations
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Tikhonenkov, Denis V., et al.. (2023). Phylogenomic position of genetically diverse phagotrophic stramenopile flagellates in the sediment-associated MAST-6 lineage and a potentially halotolerant placididean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 190. 107964–107964. 8 indexed citations
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Záhonová, Kristína, Gordon Lax, Guy Leonard, et al.. (2021). Single-cell genomics unveils a canonical origin of the diverse mitochondrial genomes of euglenozoans. BMC Biology. 19(1). 103–103. 11 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, Martin Kolísko, Yana Eglit, et al.. (2021). Multigene phylogenetics of euglenids based on single-cell transcriptomics of diverse phagotrophs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 159. 107088–107088. 23 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon & Alastair G. B. Simpson. (2020). The Molecular Diversity of Phagotrophic Euglenids Examined Using Single-cell Methods. Protist. 171(5). 125757–125757. 10 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, Won Je Lee, Yana Eglit, & Alastair G. B. Simpson. (2019). Ploeotids Represent Much of the Phylogenetic Diversity of Euglenids. Protist. 170(2). 233–257. 15 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon, Yana Eglit, Laura Eme, et al.. (2018). Hemimastigophora is a novel supra-kingdom-level lineage of eukaryotes. Nature. 564(7736). 410–414. 79 indexed citations
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Filker, Sabine, et al.. (2014). “Candidatus Haloectosymbiotes riaformosensis” (Halobacteriaceae), an archaeal ectosymbiont of the hypersaline ciliate Platynematum salinarum. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 37(4). 244–251. 12 indexed citations
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Tikhonenkov, Denis V., et al.. (2014). Characterization of Tulamoeba bucina n. sp., an Extremely Halotolerant Amoeboflagellate Heterolobosean Belonging to the Tulamoeba–Pleurostomum Clade (Tulamoebidae n. fam.). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 62(2). 227–238. 15 indexed citations
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Lax, Gordon & Alastair G. B. Simpson. (2013). Combining Molecular Data with Classical Morphology for Uncultured Phagotrophic Euglenids (Excavata): A Single‐Cell Approach. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 60(6). 615–625. 26 indexed citations

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