Jan Sapp

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Jan Sapp is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Sapp has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jan Sapp's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (6 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers). Jan Sapp is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (6 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers). Jan Sapp collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Jan Sapp's co-authors include Alfred I. Tauber, Scott F. Gilbert, Elisabeth A. Lloyd, Nolwenn M. Dheilly, Scott F. Gilbert, Eugene Rosenberg, Seth R. Bordenstein, Kevin R. Theis, Ilana Zilber‐Rosenberg and Robert M. Brucker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genetics and Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jan Sapp

44 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never Been Individuals 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2016 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Sapp Canada 16 563 372 363 307 269 44 1.9k
Maureen A. O’Malley Australia 30 1.4k 2.5× 528 1.4× 552 1.5× 258 0.8× 376 1.4× 70 3.1k
Rachel A. Ankeny Australia 25 421 0.7× 359 1.0× 254 0.7× 180 0.6× 214 0.8× 118 2.2k
M.W. Feldman United States 19 628 1.1× 1.7k 4.6× 387 1.1× 297 1.0× 416 1.5× 30 3.2k
Adam S. Wilkins United Kingdom 21 1.0k 1.8× 1.2k 3.2× 168 0.5× 282 0.9× 115 0.4× 72 2.3k
Marc Ereshefsky Canada 24 479 0.9× 273 0.7× 237 0.7× 175 0.6× 267 1.0× 41 1.7k
William B. Provine United States 16 381 0.7× 1.1k 2.9× 126 0.3× 185 0.6× 536 2.0× 27 2.4k
Sean H. Rice United States 18 618 1.1× 1.2k 3.1× 296 0.8× 147 0.5× 398 1.5× 27 2.0k
Steven Hecht Orzack United States 27 191 0.3× 976 2.6× 703 1.9× 148 0.5× 393 1.5× 46 2.7k
Benoît Pujol France 25 485 0.9× 1.0k 2.8× 515 1.4× 762 2.5× 155 0.6× 62 2.5k
Homayoun C. Bagheri Switzerland 23 1.3k 2.4× 1.3k 3.4× 506 1.4× 494 1.6× 369 1.4× 43 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Sapp

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Sapp

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Sapp

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jan Sapp. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jan Sapp based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jan Sapp. Jan Sapp is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Theis, Kevin R., Nolwenn M. Dheilly, Jonathan L. Klassen, et al.. (2016). Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes. mSystems. 1(2). 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gilbert, Scott F., Jan Sapp, & Alfred I. Tauber. (2012). A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never Been Individuals. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 87(4). 325–341. 601 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sapp, Jan. (2010). Saltational symbiosis. Theory in Biosciences. 129(2-3). 125–133. 14 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (2009). “Just” in time: Gene theory and the biology of the cell surface. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 76(10). 903–911. 4 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (2007). The structure of microbial evolutionary theory. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 38(4). 780–795. 11 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (2006). Two faces of the prokaryote concept.. PubMed. 9(3). 163–72. 12 indexed citations
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Werren, John H. & Jan Sapp. (2004). Heritable Microorganisms and Reproductive Parasitism.. 60(3). 290–315. 14 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (2004). The dynamics of symbiosis: an historical overview. Canadian Journal of Botany. 82(8). 1046–1056. 84 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan, et al.. (2002). Symbiogenesis: the hidden face of constantin Merezhkowsky. History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 24(3-4). 413–440. 30 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (2002). Paul Buchner (1886–1978) and hereditary symbiosis in insects. International Microbiology. 5(3). 145–150. 14 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1999). What is natural? : coral reef crisis. Oxford University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1999). What Is Natural?. 11 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1999). The New Foundations of Evolution. 12 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1999). The evolution of complexity. Essay review.. PubMed. 21(2). 215–26. 1 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1997). Jean Brachet, l'hérédité générale and the origins of molecular embryology.. PubMed. 19(1). 69–87. 4 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1994). Evolution By Association. 152 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1991). Concepts of Organization the Leverage of Ciliate Protozoa. PubMed. 7. 229–258. 7 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1991). Where the truth lies. Trends in Genetics. 7(10). 310–310. 6 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1990). A Guide to the Genetics Collection of the American Philosophical Society. Bentley Glass. Isis. 81(1). 159–159. 1 indexed citations
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Sapp, Jan. (1989). Beyond the Gene: Cytoplasmic Inheritance and the Struggle for Authority in Genetics. Journal of the History of Biology. 22(2). 17 indexed citations

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