James T. Staley

17.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
169 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

James T. Staley is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James T. Staley has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Ecology, 63 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James T. Staley's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (80 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (45 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (19 papers). James T. Staley is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (80 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (45 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (19 papers). James T. Staley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. James T. Staley's co-authors include E. A. Starke, Allan Konopka, John J. Gosink, Brian P. Hedlund, Anna‐Louise Reysenbach, F. Palmer, R.P. Herwig, Matthew D. Kane, Jennifer Adams Krumins and Lise Øvreås and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James T. Staley

169 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map

2006 2.2k citations James T. Staley et al. profile →
Application of modern aluminum alloys to aircraft

1996 1.1k citations James T. Staley et al. profile →
MEASUREMENT OF IN SITU ACTIVITIES OF NONPHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL HABITATS

1985 977 citations James T. Staley et al. profile →
Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium : New Prosthecate Freshwater Bacteria

1968 489 citations James T. Staley profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James T. Staley United States	54	5.9k	4.8k	1.8k	1.4k	1.3k	169	12.4k
Larry J. Forney United States	63	4.2k 0.7×	7.5k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	197 0.1×	1.4k 1.1×	255	19.9k
Robert Atlas United States	74	4.0k 0.7×	4.1k 0.9×	6.9k 3.9×	238 0.2×	1.7k 1.3×	347	22.9k
Jun Gong China	48	2.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	412 0.2×	2.4k 1.7×	396 0.3×	286	8.0k
Rocky de Nys Australia	68	2.9k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	440 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	261	16.7k
Roman Stocker United States	61	4.3k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	606 0.3×	322 0.2×	368 0.3×	208	12.3k
David C. White United States	75	7.7k 1.3×	6.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.7×	215 0.2×	2.1k 1.6×	326	21.8k
Jae‐Hak Lee South Korea	36	3.6k 0.6×	5.5k 1.1×	393 0.2×	157 0.1×	1.7k 1.2×	236	10.8k
Kazuya Watanabe Japan	58	2.9k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	3.2k 1.8×	305 0.2×	492 0.4×	297	12.5k
Hans‐Curt Flemming Germany	53	3.4k 0.6×	10.8k 2.3×	4.1k 2.3×	429 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	114	24.3k
Daniel V. Murphy Australia	66	3.5k 0.6×	802 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	165 0.1×	2.9k 2.2×	196	13.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Staley, James T.. (2017). Domain Cell Theory supports the independent evolution of the Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea and the Nuclear Compartment Commonality hypothesis. Open Biology. 7(6). 170041–170041. 19 indexed citations

Staley, James T. & John A. Fuerst. (2017). Ancient, highly conserved proteins from a LUCA with complex cell biology provide evidence in support of the nuclear compartment commonality (NuCom) hypothesis. Research in Microbiology. 168(5). 395–412. 8 indexed citations

Riley, Monica, James T. Staley, Antoine Danchin, et al.. (2008). Genomics of an extreme psychrophile, Psychromonas ingrahamii. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 210–210. 80 indexed citations

Auman, Ann J., et al.. (2006). Psychromonas ingrahamii sp. nov., a novel gas vacuolate, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Arctic polar sea ice. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 56(5). 1001–1007. 58 indexed citations

Oakley, Brian B., Christopher Francis, K. Roberts, et al.. (2006). Analysis of nitrite reductase ( nirK and nirS ) genes and cultivation reveal depauperate community of denitrifying bacteria in the Black Sea suboxic zone. Environmental Microbiology. 9(1). 118–130. 78 indexed citations

Brenner, D J, et al.. (2005). The alpha-, beta-, delta-, and epsilonproteobacteria. Springer eBooks. 26 indexed citations

Jenkins, Cheryl, Ram Samudrala, Iain Anderson, et al.. (2002). Genes for the cytoskeletal protein tubulin in the bacterial genus Prosthecobacter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(26). 17049–17054. 126 indexed citations

Staley, James T.. (2002). The Metabolism of Earth's First Organisms. AAS. 201. 4 indexed citations

Boone, David R., Richard W. Castenholz, George M Garrity, James T. Staley, & D. H. Bergey. (2001). The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic bacteria. Springer eBooks. 188 indexed citations

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Junge, Karen, John J. Gosink, Hans‐Georg Hoppe, & James T. Staley. (1998). Arthrobacter, Brachybacterium and Planococcus Isolates Identified from Antarctic Sea Ice Brine. Description of Planococcus mcmeekinii, sp. nov.. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 21(2). 306–314. 70 indexed citations

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Gosink, John J., C R Woese, & James T. Staley. (1998). Polaribacter gen. nov., with three new species, P. irgensii sp. nov., P. franzmannii sp. nov. and P. filamentus sp. nov., gas vacuolate polar marine bacteria of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group and reclassification of 'Flectobacillus glomeratus' as Polaribacter glomeratus comb. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48(1). 223–235. 220 indexed citations

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Staley, James T.. (1997). Biodiversity: are microbial species threatened?. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 8(3). 340–345. 71 indexed citations

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Hedlund, Brian P., John J. Gosink, & James T. Staley. (1997). Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the Bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 72(1). 29–38. 139 indexed citations

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Irgens, Roar L., John J. Gosink, & James T. Staley. (1996). Polaromonas vacuolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a Psychrophilic, Marine, Gas Vacuolate Bacterium from Antarctica. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46(3). 822–826. 103 indexed citations

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Krumbein, Wolfgang E., et al.. (1996). Morphological, physiological, and molecular characterization of actinomycetes isolated from dry soil, rocks, and monument surfaces. Archives of Microbiology. 166(1). 12–22. 86 indexed citations

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Herwig, R.P., et al.. (1994). Rhodococcus zopfii sp. nov., a Toxicant-Degrading Bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 44(1). 106–110. 24 indexed citations

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Gosink, John J., Roar L. Irgens, & James T. Staley. (1993). Vertical distribution of bacteria in arctic sea ice. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 102(2). 85–90. 23 indexed citations

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Herwig, Russell P., et al.. (1988). Chitinolytic bacteria and chitin mineralization in the marine waters and sediments along the Antartic Peninsula. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 53(2). 101–111. 23 indexed citations

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Staley, James T.. (1987). Spatial and temporal distribution of Caulobacter spp. in two mesotrophic lakes. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 45(1). 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Perry, Randall S., et al.. (1980). Characterization, distribution, and significance ofMetallogenium in Lake Washington. Microbial Ecology. 6(2). 125–140. 35 indexed citations

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