J. Elijah Powell

4.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
20 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

J. Elijah Powell is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Elijah Powell has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Insect Science, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in J. Elijah Powell's work include Insect and Pesticide Research (19 papers), Plant and animal studies (17 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (15 papers). J. Elijah Powell is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Pesticide Research (19 papers), Plant and animal studies (17 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (15 papers). J. Elijah Powell collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. J. Elijah Powell's co-authors include Nancy A. Moran, Hao Zheng, Katherine R. Urban‐Mead, Vincent G. Martinson, Carsten Dietrich, Margaret I. Steele, Waldan K. Kwong, Zakee L. Sabree, Allison K. Hansen and Sean P. Leonard and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

J. Elijah Powell

20 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Honeybee gut microbiota promotes host weight gain via ba... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2017 2014 2012 2019 2020 100 200 300 400
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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. Honeybee gut microbiota promotes host weight gain via bacterial metabolism and hormonal signaling
    2017 452 citations Hao Zheng, J. Elijah Powell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Routes of Acquisition of the Gut Microbiota of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera
    2014 396 citations J. Elijah Powell, Vincent G. Martinson et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  3. Distinctive Gut Microbiota of Honey Bees Assessed Using Deep Sampling from Individual Worker Bees
    2012 334 citations Nancy A. Moran, Allison K. Hansen et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  4. Division of labor in honey bee gut microbiota for plant polysaccharide digestion
    2019 241 citations Hao Zheng, Julie Perreau et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Engineered symbionts activate honey bee immunity and limit pathogens
    2020 175 citations Sean P. Leonard, J. Elijah Powell et al. Science profile →

Peers

J. Elijah Powell
Vincent G. Martinson United States
Waldan K. Kwong United States
Francesco Nazzi Italy
Paola Varricchio Italy
Claudia Husseneder United States
Stephen F. Pernal Canada
Yijuan Xu China
Marie Diogon France
Ivan Meeus Belgium
Vanessa Corby‐Harris United States
Vincent G. Martinson United States
J. Elijah Powell
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Powell, J. Elijah, et al.. (2025). Lack of significant effect of gut microbiota on weight gain in newly emerged worker honeybee. Royal Society Open Science. 12(3). 242151–242151. 2 indexed citations
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Powell, J. Elijah, et al.. (2023). The microbiome and gene expression of honey bee workers are affected by a diet containing pollen substitutes. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0286070–e0286070. 16 indexed citations
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Huang, Qiang, Patrick J. Lariviere, J. Elijah Powell, & Nancy A. Moran. (2023). Engineered gut symbiont inhibits microsporidian parasite and improves honey bee survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(25). e2220922120–e2220922120. 23 indexed citations
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Lariviere, Patrick J., Sean P. Leonard, Richard D. Horak, J. Elijah Powell, & Jeffrey E. Barrick. (2022). Honey bee functional genomics using symbiont-mediated RNAi. Nature Protocols. 18(3). 902–928. 25 indexed citations
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Motta, Erick V. S., J. Elijah Powell, & Nancy A. Moran. (2022). Glyphosate induces immune dysregulation in honey bees. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 16–16. 48 indexed citations
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Motta, Erick V. S., J. Elijah Powell, Sean P. Leonard, & Nancy A. Moran. (2022). Prospects for probiotics in social bees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1853). 20210156–20210156. 50 indexed citations
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Li, Yiyuan, Sean P. Leonard, J. Elijah Powell, & Nancy A. Moran. (2022). Species divergence in gut-restricted bacteria of social bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(18). e2115013119–e2115013119. 33 indexed citations
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Powell, J. Elijah, et al.. (2021). Field-Realistic Tylosin Exposure Impacts Honey Bee Microbiota and Pathogen Susceptibility, Which Is Ameliorated by Native Gut Probiotics. Microbiology Spectrum. 9(1). e0010321–e0010321. 38 indexed citations
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Leonard, Sean P., J. Elijah Powell, Jiřı́ Perůtka, et al.. (2020). Engineered symbionts activate honey bee immunity and limit pathogens. Science. 367(6477). 573–576. 175 indexed citations breakdown →
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Motta, Erick V. S., et al.. (2020). Oral or Topical Exposure to Glyphosate in Herbicide Formulation Impacts the Gut Microbiota and Survival Rates of Honey Bees. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(18). 98 indexed citations
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Zheng, Hao, Julie Perreau, J. Elijah Powell, et al.. (2019). Division of labor in honey bee gut microbiota for plant polysaccharide digestion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(51). 25909–25916. 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Powell, J. Elijah, et al.. (2018). Modulation of the honey bee queen microbiota: Effects of early social contact. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0200527–e0200527. 41 indexed citations
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Leonard, Sean P., Jiřı́ Perůtka, J. Elijah Powell, et al.. (2018). Genetic Engineering of Bee Gut Microbiome Bacteria with a Toolkit for Modular Assembly of Broad-Host-Range Plasmids. ACS Synthetic Biology. 7(5). 1279–1290. 88 indexed citations
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Zheng, Hao, J. Elijah Powell, Margaret I. Steele, Carsten Dietrich, & Nancy A. Moran. (2017). Honeybee gut microbiota promotes host weight gain via bacterial metabolism and hormonal signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(18). 4775–4780. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Powell, J. Elijah, Sean P. Leonard, Waldan K. Kwong, Philipp Engel, & Nancy A. Moran. (2016). Genome-wide screen identifies host colonization determinants in a bacterial gut symbiont. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(48). 13887–13892. 112 indexed citations
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Cariveau, Daniel P., J. Elijah Powell, Hauke Koch, Rachael Winfree, & Nancy A. Moran. (2014). Variation in gut microbial communities and its association with pathogen infection in wild bumble bees (Bombus). The ISME Journal. 8(12). 2369–2379. 191 indexed citations
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Powell, J. Elijah, Vincent G. Martinson, Katherine R. Urban‐Mead, & Nancy A. Moran. (2014). Routes of Acquisition of the Gut Microbiota of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(23). 7378–7387. 396 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moran, Nancy A., Allison K. Hansen, J. Elijah Powell, & Zakee L. Sabree. (2012). Distinctive Gut Microbiota of Honey Bees Assessed Using Deep Sampling from Individual Worker Bees. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e36393–e36393. 334 indexed citations breakdown →
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Powell, J. Elijah. (1998). Papillomavirus research and plantar warts. The Foot. 8(1). 26–32. 3 indexed citations

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