James M. Tiedje

135.4k total citations · 38 hit papers
609 papers, 95.0k citations indexed

About

James M. Tiedje is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Tiedje has authored 609 papers receiving a total of 95.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 275 papers in Ecology, 240 papers in Molecular Biology and 227 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in James M. Tiedje's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (214 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (117 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (104 papers). James M. Tiedje is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (214 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (117 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (104 papers). James M. Tiedje collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. James M. Tiedje's co-authors include James R. Cole, George M Garrity, Qiong Wang, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Jizhong Zhou, Benli Chai, Liyou Wu, Terence L. Marsh, Syed A. Hashsham and Johan Goris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James M. Tiedje

606 papers receiving 91.9k citations

Hit Papers

Naive Bayesian Classifier for Rapi... 1979 2026 1994 2010 2007 2008 2007 2013 2013 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
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  1. Naive Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy
    2007 16.0k citations James M. Tiedje, James R. Cole et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  2. The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis
    2008 4.0k citations James R. Cole, Benli Chai et al. profile →
  3. DNA–DNA hybridization values and their relationship to whole-genome sequence similarities
    2007 3.6k citations Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, James M. Tiedje et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →
  4. Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throughput rRNA analysis
    2013 3.3k citations James R. Cole, Benli Chai et al. profile →
  5. Diverse and abundant antibiotic resistance genes in Chinese swine farms
    2013 2.0k citations Timothy A. Johnson, Robert D. Stedtfeld et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Genomic insights that advance the species definition for prokaryotes
    2005 1.5k citations Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, James M. Tiedje Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability
    2021 1.4k citations Liyou Wu, James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  8. Ecology of Denitrification and Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium
    1988 1.1k citations James M. Tiedje profile →
  9. Using the class 1 integron-integrase gene as a proxy for anthropogenic pollution
    2014 1.1k citations James M. Tiedje et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  10. Metagenomic and network analysis reveal wide distribution and co-occurrence of environmental antibiotic resistance genes
    2015 977 citations James M. Tiedje et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  11. The ribosomal database project (RDP-II): introducing myRDP space and quality controlled public data
    2006 940 citations James R. Cole, Benli Chai et al. profile →
  12. Revealing the Bacterial Butyrate Synthesis Pathways by Analyzing (Meta)genomic Data
    2014 885 citations Marius Vital, Adina Chuang Howe et al. mBio profile →
  13. Towards a Genome-Based Taxonomy for Prokaryotes
    2005 851 citations Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, James M. Tiedje Journal of Bacteriology profile →
  14. In-feed antibiotic effects on the swine intestinal microbiome
    2012 836 citations Torey Looft, Timothy A. Johnson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  15. Towards environmental systems biology of Shewanella
    2008 791 citations Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues, James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  16. A general framework for quantitatively assessing ecological stochasticity
    2019 761 citations Ye Deng, James M. Tiedje et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. Stochasticity, succession, and environmental perturbations in a fluidic ecosystem
    2014 670 citations Jizhong Zhou, Ye Deng et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  18. Phases of denitrification following oxygen depletion in soil
    1979 588 citations James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  19. Interactions between Aboveground and Belowground Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Feedbacks
    2000 586 citations David E. Bignell, V. K. Brown et al. profile →
  20. An omics-based framework for assessing the health risk of antimicrobial resistance genes
    2021 569 citations James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  21. Direct Measurement of Oxygen Profiles and Denitrification Rates in Soil Aggregates
    1985 561 citations James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  22. Spatial and Resource Factors Influencing High Microbial Diversity in Soil
    2002 538 citations Jizhong Zhou, Liyou Wu et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  23. ARGs-OAP v2.0 with an expanded SARG database and Hidden Markov Models for enhancement characterization and quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental metagenomes
    2018 517 citations Benli Chai, James R. Cole et al. profile →
  24. FunGene: the functional gene pipeline and repository
    2013 515 citations Benli Chai, C. Titus Brown et al. profile →
  25. Denitrification: ecological niches, competition and survival
    1983 514 citations James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  26. Kinetic Explanation for Accumulation of Nitrite, Nitric Oxide, and Nitrous Oxide During Bacterial Denitrification
    1981 475 citations James M. Tiedje et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  27. Microbial reductive dehalogenation
    1992 461 citations James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  28. Conversion of the Amazon rainforest to agriculture results in biotic homogenization of soil bacterial communities
    2012 446 citations Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues, Vivian H. Pellizari et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  29. The Planned Introduction of Genetically Engineered Organisms: Ecological Considerations and Recommendations
    1989 445 citations James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  30. General method for determining anaerobic biodegradation potential
    1984 404 citations James M. Tiedje et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  31. Nitrous Oxide from Soil Denitrification: Factors Controlling Its Biological Production
    1980 400 citations James M. Tiedje et al. Science profile →
  32. The Microbial Genomes Atlas (MiGA) webserver: taxonomic and gene diversity analysis of Archaea and Bacteria at the whole genome level
    2018 394 citations James M. Tiedje, James R. Cole et al. profile →
  33. Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: Choices and outcomes
    2017 343 citations G. Philip Robertson, Stephen K. Hamilton et al. Science profile →
  34. The soil microbial carbon pump: From conceptual insights to empirical assessments
    2020 232 citations Randall D. Jackson, James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  35. Integrating Biochar, Bacteria, and Plants for Sustainable Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Organic Pollutants
    2022 227 citations Jean Damascene Harindintwali, James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  36. Long-term excess nitrogen fertilizer increases sensitivity of soil microbial community to seasonal change revealed by ecological network and metagenome analyses
    2021 151 citations John F. Quensen, James M. Tiedje et al. profile →
  37. Microbes and Climate Change: a Research Prospectus for the Future
    2022 103 citations James M. Tiedje, Craig S. Criddle et al. mBio profile →
  38. Agricultural subsoil microbiomes and functions exhibit lower resistance to global change than topsoils in Chinese agroecosystems
    2025 13 citations Xun Qian, James M. Tiedje 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 M. Tiedje United States 140 35.8k 34.4k 26.2k 12.9k 11.9k 609 95.0k
Jizhong Zhou United States 122 30.4k 0.8× 20.7k 0.6× 12.6k 0.5× 10.7k 0.8× 11.3k 0.9× 770 62.0k
Noah Fierer United States 118 39.4k 1.1× 29.4k 0.9× 7.7k 0.3× 20.2k 1.6× 26.3k 2.2× 274 89.4k
Philip Hugenholtz Australia 105 31.2k 0.9× 40.2k 1.2× 9.2k 0.4× 8.7k 0.7× 2.3k 0.2× 416 77.7k
Rob Knight United States 194 49.5k 1.4× 133.6k 3.9× 12.4k 0.5× 20.4k 1.6× 12.1k 1.0× 898 227.5k
Rudolf Amann Germany 133 42.9k 1.2× 30.1k 0.9× 19.4k 0.7× 5.6k 0.4× 1.1k 0.1× 471 75.9k
Yong‐Guan Zhu China 139 12.6k 0.4× 9.2k 0.3× 39.4k 1.5× 15.9k 1.2× 8.1k 0.7× 1.1k 75.4k
Mark A. Bradford United States 72 21.1k 0.6× 109.9k 3.2× 8.4k 0.3× 57.1k 4.4× 15.9k 1.3× 229 239.7k
Wolfgang Ludwig Germany 80 23.1k 0.6× 22.9k 0.7× 9.4k 0.4× 4.4k 0.3× 1.5k 0.1× 311 50.1k
Michael Wagner Austria 121 23.7k 0.7× 15.2k 0.4× 21.9k 0.8× 2.6k 0.2× 1.8k 0.2× 358 51.1k
Frank Oliver Glöckner Germany 60 25.3k 0.7× 28.2k 0.8× 5.6k 0.2× 7.8k 0.6× 2.5k 0.2× 158 57.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Feng, Yiran Zhang, John F. Quensen, et al.. (2025). Diversification, niche adaptation, and evolution of a candidate phylum thriving in the deep Critical Zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2424463122–e2424463122. 2 indexed citations
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Mei, Zhi, Fang Wang, Yu Liu, et al.. (2024). Biofilm enhanced the mitigations of antibiotics and resistome in sulfadiazine and trimethoprim co-contaminated soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 479. 135721–135721. 3 indexed citations
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Thùy, Thị, Javier Tamames, Robert D. Stedtfeld, et al.. (2017). Antibiotic Resistance Gene Detection in the Microbiome Context. Microbial Drug Resistance. 24(5). 542–546. 15 indexed citations
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Robertson, G. Philip, Stephen K. Hamilton, Bradford L. Barham, et al.. (2017). Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: Choices and outcomes. Science. 356(6345). 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vital, Marius, Adina Chuang Howe, & James M. Tiedje. (2014). Revealing the Bacterial Butyrate Synthesis Pathways by Analyzing (Meta)genomic Data. mBio. 5(2). e00889–e00889. 885 indexed citations breakdown →
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Howe, Adina Chuang, Janet Jansson, Stephanie Malfatti, et al.. (2014). Tackling soil diversity with the assembly of large, complex metagenomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(13). 4904–4909. 217 indexed citations
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Looft, Torey, Timothy A. Johnson, Heather K. Allen, et al.. (2012). In-feed antibiotic effects on the swine intestinal microbiome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(5). 1691–1696. 836 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nostrand, Joy D. Van, Liyou Wu, Wei‐Min Wu, et al.. (2011). Dynamics of Microbial Community Composition and Function during In Situ Bioremediation of a Uranium-Contaminated Aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(11). 3860–3869. 46 indexed citations
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Yoder-Himes, Deborah R., Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, & James M. Tiedje. (2010). Identification of Potential Therapeutic Targets for Burkholderia cenocepacia by Comparative Transcriptomics. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8724–e8724. 31 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, Débora F., Ederson da Conceição Jesus, Héctor L. Ayala-del-Rı́o, et al.. (2009). Biogeography of two cold-adapted genera: Psychrobacter and Exiguobacterium. The ISME Journal. 3(6). 658–665. 71 indexed citations
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Yoder-Himes, Deborah R., Patrick Chain, Yiwen Zhu, et al.. (2009). Mapping the Burkholderia cenocepacia niche response via high-throughput sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(10). 3976–3981. 199 indexed citations
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Sul, Woo Jun, Joonhong Park, John F. Quensen, et al.. (2009). DNA-Stable Isotope Probing Integrated with Metagenomics for Retrieval of Biphenyl Dioxygenase Genes from Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Contaminated River Sediment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(17). 5501–5506. 77 indexed citations
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Ramette, Alban & James M. Tiedje. (2007). Multiscale responses of microbial life to spatial distance and environmental heterogeneity in a patchy ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(8). 2761–2766. 351 indexed citations
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Parnell, Jacob, Joonhong Park, Vincent J. Denef, et al.. (2006). Coping with Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Toxicity: Physiological and Genome-Wide Responses of Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 to PCB-Mediated Stress. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(10). 6607–6614. 45 indexed citations
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Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T. & James M. Tiedje. (2005). Towards a Genome-Based Taxonomy for Prokaryotes. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(18). 6258–6264. 851 indexed citations breakdown →
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Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T. & James M. Tiedje. (2004). Trends between gene content and genome size in prokaryotic species with larger genomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(9). 3160–3165. 366 indexed citations
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Wu, Liyou, Dorothea K. Thompson, Guangshan Li, et al.. (2001). Development and Evaluation of Functional Gene Arrays for Detection of Selected Genes in the Environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67(12). 5780–5790. 261 indexed citations
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Cho, Jae-Chang & James M. Tiedje. (2001). Bacterial Species Determination from DNA-DNA Hybridization by Using Genome Fragments and DNA Microarrays. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67(8). 3677–3682. 141 indexed citations
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Евтушенко, Л. И., et al.. (2000). Nocardiopsis tropica sp. nov., Nocardiopsis trehalosi sp. nov., nom. rev. and Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida subsp. nov., comb. nov.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 50(1). 73–81. 52 indexed citations
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Brussaard, L., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, David E. Bignell, et al.. (1997). Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soil. AMBIO. 26(8). 563–570. 411 indexed citations

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