James L. Van Etten

14.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
291 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

James L. Van Etten is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James L. Van Etten has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Ecology, 152 papers in Molecular Biology and 122 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in James L. Van Etten's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (191 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (84 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (64 papers). James L. Van Etten is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (191 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (84 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (64 papers). James L. Van Etten collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Italy. James L. Van Etten's co-authors include Dwight E. Burbank, Russel H. Meints, David D. Dunigan, Anne K. Vidaver, Laura Lane, James R. Gurnon, Michael V. Graves, R.H. Meints, R. K. Koski and Gerhard Thiel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

James L. Van Etten

286 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

A phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas: basis for the... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 100 200 300 400 500
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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. A phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas: basis for their classification
    1989 580 citations James L. Van Etten et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James L. Van Etten United States 56 7.1k 5.6k 4.6k 955 808 291 11.6k
Stéphane Audic France 48 4.3k 0.6× 7.4k 1.3× 3.7k 0.8× 1.4k 1.5× 944 1.2× 69 14.3k
Todd M. Lowe United States 34 5.6k 0.8× 15.2k 2.7× 4.0k 0.9× 2.5k 2.6× 659 0.8× 62 20.3k
Gary J. Olsen United States 35 3.0k 0.4× 6.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.3× 1.3k 1.4× 477 0.6× 63 10.4k
Valérie Barbe France 56 2.3k 0.3× 5.1k 0.9× 2.5k 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 674 0.8× 155 11.3k
Guillaume Blanc France 30 1.7k 0.2× 5.4k 1.0× 4.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 603 0.7× 65 9.9k
Alan J. Bleasby United Kingdom 14 1.9k 0.3× 7.6k 1.4× 2.5k 0.6× 1.7k 1.7× 721 0.9× 27 12.1k
Olga Chernomor Austria 8 3.8k 0.5× 6.4k 1.1× 3.5k 0.8× 3.3k 3.4× 1.6k 1.9× 8 15.6k
Michael Remmert Germany 11 1.6k 0.2× 9.1k 1.6× 2.2k 0.5× 1.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.4× 14 14.0k
Siv G. E. Andersson Sweden 50 2.2k 0.3× 5.8k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 2.0k 2.1× 826 1.0× 126 10.5k
Fabian Sievers Ireland 13 1.6k 0.2× 8.9k 1.6× 2.3k 0.5× 1.7k 1.8× 1.3k 1.6× 16 14.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Etten, James L. Van, Irina V. Agarkova, David D. Dunigan, Qianqian Shao, & Qianglin Fang. (2025). Emerging structure of chlorovirus PBCV-1. Virology. 608. 110552–110552. 1 indexed citations
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Dong, Rui, Irina V. Agarkova, Wayne R. Riekhof, et al.. (2025). Membrane Composition Modulates Vp54 Binding: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study. Pathogens. 14(10). 1000–1000.
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Hansen, Ulf‐Peter, Indra Schroeder, James L. Van Etten, et al.. (2021). Distinct lipid bilayer compositions have general and protein-specific effects on K+ channel function. The Journal of General Physiology. 153(2). 8 indexed citations
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Langhans, Markus, et al.. (2021). Codon Bias Can Determine Sorting of a Potassium Channel Protein. Cells. 10(5). 1128–1128. 7 indexed citations
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Hertel, Brigitte, Christopher R. Schvarcz, Andrea Saponaro, et al.. (2020). A Functional K+ Channel from Tetraselmis Virus 1, a Member of the Mimiviridae. Viruses. 12(10). 1107–1107. 3 indexed citations
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Greiner, Timo, Anna Moroni, James L. Van Etten, & Gerhard Thiel. (2018). Genes for Membrane Transport Proteins: Not So Rare in Viruses. Viruses. 10(9). 456–456. 16 indexed citations
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Thiel, Gerhard, Timo Greiner, David D. Dunigan, Anna Moroni, & James L. Van Etten. (2015). Large dsDNA chloroviruses encode diverse membrane transport proteins. Virology. 479-480. 38–45. 4 indexed citations
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Charlop–Powers, Zachary, Jean Jakoncic, James R. Gurnon, James L. Van Etten, & Ming‐Ming Zhou. (2012). Paramecium bursaria ChlorellaVirus 1 Encodes a PolyamineAcetyltransferase. Insecta mundi. 11 indexed citations
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Blanc, Guillaume, Garry A. Duncan, Irina Agarkova, et al.. (2010). The Chlorella variabilis NC64A Genome Reveals Adaptation to Photosymbiosis, Coevolution with Viruses, and Cryptic Sex . The Plant Cell. 22(9). 2943–2955. 389 indexed citations
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Baumann, Sascha, et al.. (2006). Chlorella viruses contain genes encoding a complete polyamine biosynthetic pathway. Virology. 360(1). 209–217. 35 indexed citations
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Yamada, Takashi, et al.. (2006). Chlorella Viruses. Advances in virus research. 66. 293–336. 102 indexed citations
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Shah, Rahul, Catherine S. Coleman, Jeffrey Baldwin, et al.. (2004). Paramecium bursaria Chlorella Virus-1 Encodes an Unusual Arginine Decarboxylase That Is a Close Homolog of Eukaryotic Ornithine Decarboxylases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(34). 35760–35767. 32 indexed citations
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Nandhagopal, N., A.A. Simpson, James R. Gurnon, et al.. (2002). The structure and evolution of the major capsid protein of a large, lipid-containing DNA virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(23). 14758–14763. 209 indexed citations
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Graves, Michael V., Cory T. Bernadt, Ronald L. Cerny, & James L. Van Etten. (2001). Molecular and Genetic Evidence for a Virus-Encoded Glycosyltransferase Involved in Protein Glycosylation. Virology. 285(2). 332–345. 52 indexed citations
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Burbank, Dwight E., et al.. (1995). Large Deletions in Antigenic Variants of the Chlorella Virus PBCV-11. Virology. 214(2). 413–420. 31 indexed citations
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Xia, Yuannan, Richard Morgan, Ira Schildkraut, & James L. Van Etten. (1988). A site-specific single strand endonuclease activity induced by NYs-1 virus infection of aChlorella-like green alga. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(20). 9477–9487. 40 indexed citations
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Etten, James L. Van, et al.. (1969). Altersbedingte Änderungen der Zusammensetzung und des Stoffwechsels bei Pilzen. University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg). 2 indexed citations

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