Janet L. Siefert

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Janet L. Siefert is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Janet L. Siefert has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Janet L. Siefert's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 papers). Janet L. Siefert is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 papers). Janet L. Siefert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Germany. Janet L. Siefert's co-authors include James F. Kasting, Christopher R. Staples, Jason Raymond, Robert E. Blankenship, Pushker Kharecha, Valeria Souza, Luis E. Eguiarte, George E. Fox, James J. Elser and Alexander A. Pavlov and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Reviews Microbiology and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Janet L. Siefert

27 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

The Natural History of Nitrogen Fixation

2004 594 citations Jason Raymond, Janet L. Siefert et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Janet L. Siefert United States	19	839	769	308	299	274	27	2.0k
Asunción de los Rı́os Spain	36	1.6k 1.9×	461 0.6×	274 0.9×	746 2.5×	172 0.6×	152	4.0k
Jacob Waldbauer United States	20	1.3k 1.6×	774 1.0×	290 0.9×	143 0.5×	447 1.6×	38	2.6k
Patricia Sánchez‐Baracaldo United Kingdom	27	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	355 1.2×	494 1.7×	525 1.9×	53	2.8k
D. D. Wynn‐Williams United Kingdom	34	1.3k 1.5×	354 0.5×	169 0.5×	143 0.5×	162 0.6×	79	2.7k
Gregory P. Fournier United States	23	465 0.6×	901 1.2×	162 0.5×	122 0.4×	274 1.0×	51	1.6k
Radu Popa United States	23	508 0.6×	435 0.6×	261 0.8×	91 0.3×	155 0.6×	60	1.7k
Patrick M. Shih United States	26	563 0.7×	1.5k 2.0×	221 0.7×	677 2.3×	227 0.8×	82	2.5k
Lewis M. Ward United States	19	655 0.8×	679 0.9×	240 0.8×	64 0.2×	399 1.5×	45	1.5k
Jacek Wierzchoś Spain	43	1.8k 2.1×	471 0.6×	391 1.3×	280 0.9×	506 1.8×	132	4.8k
Joseph Seckbach Israel	20	451 0.5×	359 0.5×	192 0.6×	193 0.6×	139 0.5×	51	1.5k

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Bullivant, Stephen, et al.. (2024). God and Astrobiology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations

Poret‐Peterson, Amisha T., Janet L. Siefert, Drishti Kaul, et al.. (2017). Nutrient Stoichiometry Shapes Microbial Community Structure in an Evaporitic Shallow Pond. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 949–949. 42 indexed citations

Nitti, Anthony, Camille Daniels, Janet L. Siefert, et al.. (2012). Spatially Resolved Genomic, Stable Isotopic, and Lipid Analyses of a Modern Freshwater Microbialite from Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico. Astrobiology. 12(7). 685–698. 31 indexed citations

Siefert, Janet L.. (2012). Man and his spaceships. Mobile Genetic Elements. 2(6). 272–278. 5 indexed citations

Cerritos, René, Luis E. Eguiarte, Janet L. Siefert, et al.. (2010). Diversity of culturable thermo-resistant aquatic bacteria along an environmental gradient in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, México. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 99(2). 303–318. 43 indexed citations

Meech, K. J., J. V. Keane, M. J. Mumma, & Janet L. Siefert. (2009). Bioastronomy 2007 : molecules, microbes, and extraterrestrial life : proceedings of a workshop held at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 16-20 July 2007. Astronomical Society of the Pacific eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Yerrapragada, Shailaja, Janet L. Siefert, & George E. Fox. (2009). Horizontal Gene Transfer in Cyanobacterial Signature Genes. Methods in molecular biology. 532. 339–366. 19 indexed citations

Siefert, Janet L.. (2009). Defining the Mobilome. Methods in molecular biology. 532. 13–27. 89 indexed citations

Cerritos, René, Pablo Vinuesa, Luis E. Eguiarte, et al.. (2008). Bacillus coahuilensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic species from a desiccation lagoon in the Cuatro Cienegas Valley in Coahuila, Mexico. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 58(4). 919–923. 32 indexed citations

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Souza, Valeria, Luis E. Eguiarte, Janet L. Siefert, & James J. Elser. (2008). Microbial endemism: does phosphorus limitation enhance speciation?. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 6(7). 559–564. 69 indexed citations

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Breitbart, Mya, A. Hoare, Anthony Nitti, et al.. (2008). Metagenomic and stable isotopic analyses of modern freshwater microbialites in Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico. Environmental Microbiology. 11(1). 16–34. 159 indexed citations

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Meech, K. J., J. V. Keane, M. J. Mumma, Janet L. Siefert, & Dan Werthimer. (2007). BIOASTRONOMY 2007: MOLECULES, MICROBES, AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE. ASPC. 420. 26 indexed citations

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Raymond, Jason, Janet L. Siefert, Christopher R. Staples, & Robert E. Blankenship. (2004). The Natural History of Nitrogen Fixation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21(3). 541–554. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martin, Kirt, Janet L. Siefert, Yue Lu, et al.. (2003). Cyanobacterial signature genes. Photosynthesis Research. 75(3). 211–221. 18 indexed citations

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Kasting, James F., Alexander A. Pavlov, & Janet L. Siefert. (2001). A Coupled Ecosystem-Climate Model for Predicting the Methane Concentration in the Archean Atmosphere. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 31(3). 271–285. 65 indexed citations

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Siefert, Janet L. & Michael Mutz. (2001). Processing of leaf litter in acid waters of the post-mining landscape in Lusatia, Germany. Ecological Engineering. 17(2-3). 297–306. 31 indexed citations

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Siefert, Janet L., L. K. Nakamura, Ralph A. Slepecky, et al.. (2000). Phylogeny of Marine Bacillus Isolates from the Gulf of Mexico. Current Microbiology. 41(2). 84–88. 73 indexed citations

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Siefert, Janet L., et al.. (2000). Co-conservation of rRNA tetraloop sequences and helix length suggests involvement of the tetraloops in higher-order interactions. Biochimie. 82(3). 221–227. 7 indexed citations

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Siefert, Janet L., Kirt Martin, Fadi Abdi, William R. Widger, & George E. Fox. (1997). Conserved Gene Clusters in Bacterial Genomes Provide Further Support for the Primacy of RNA. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 45(5). 467–472. 43 indexed citations

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Pitulle, Christian, Y. F. Yang, Marcello Marchiani, et al.. (1994). Phylogenetic Position of the Genus Hydrogenobacter. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 44(4). 620–626. 85 indexed citations

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