Jason B. Sylvan

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Jason B. Sylvan is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Jason B. Sylvan has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 26 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Jason B. Sylvan's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (35 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (29 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers). Jason B. Sylvan is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (35 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (29 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers). Jason B. Sylvan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Jason B. Sylvan's co-authors include Katrina J. Edwards, Beth N. Orcutt, N. J. Knab, James W. Ammerman, Antonietta Quigg, Brandy M. Toner, James E. Haber, Frédéric Pâques, Sang Eun Lee and Shawn M. Doyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Jason B. Sylvan

57 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial Ecology of the Dark Ocean above, at, and below ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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. Microbial Ecology of the Dark Ocean above, at, and below the Seafloor
    2011 485 citations Beth N. Orcutt, Jason B. Sylvan et al. profile →

Peers

Jason B. Sylvan
Jennifer L. Macalady United States
Jana Milucka Germany
Christof Meile United States
Sten Littmann Germany
Beth N. Orcutt United States
Laura A. Bristow Denmark
Huaiyang Zhou China
Moritz Holtappels Germany
Trinity L. Hamilton United States
Yeala Shaked Israel
Jennifer L. Macalady United States
Jason B. Sylvan
Citations per year, relative to Jason B. Sylvan Jason B. Sylvan (= 1×) peers Jennifer L. Macalady

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jason B. Sylvan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jason B. Sylvan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jason B. Sylvan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jason B. Sylvan 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 Jason B. Sylvan. Jason B. Sylvan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Coggon, Rosalind M., Christopher M. Lowery, D.A.H. Teagle, et al.. (2025). A geological carbon cycle sink hosted by ocean crust talus breccias. Nature Geoscience. 18(12). 1279–1286.
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Dottin, James, James Farquhar, David T. Johnston, et al.. (2024). Effects of microbial alteration of oceanic crust on sulfur cycling in hydrothermal systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 393. 107–121. 1 indexed citations
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Sylvan, Jason B., Benjamin Tully, Yuki Morono, et al.. (2024). Bacterial abundance and diversity in 64–74 Ma subseafloor igneous basement from the Louisville Seamount Chain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 578–583.
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Coggon, Rosalind M., D.A.H. Teagle, Jason B. Sylvan, et al.. (2024). South Atlantic Transect. 2 indexed citations
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Doyle, Shawn M., et al.. (2022). Mesopelagic microbial community dynamics in response to increasing oil and Corexit 9500 concentrations. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263420–e0263420. 2 indexed citations
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Sylvan, Jason B., et al.. (2021). IODP Technical Note. 3 indexed citations
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Edgcomb, Virginia P., et al.. (2021). Microbial Abundance and Diversity in Subsurface Lower Oceanic Crust at Atlantis Bank, Southwest Indian Ridge. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(22). e0151921–e0151921. 4 indexed citations
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McAllister, Sean M., Shawn W. Polson, D. A. Butterfield, et al.. (2020). Validating the Cyc2 Neutrophilic Iron Oxidation Pathway Using Meta-omics of Zetaproteobacteria Iron Mats at Marine Hydrothermal Vents. mSystems. 5(1). 73 indexed citations
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Coggon, Rosalind M., Gail Christeson, Jason B. Sylvan, et al.. (2020). Expedition 390/393 Scientific Prospectus: The South Atlantic Transect. 5 indexed citations
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Mara, Paraskevi, Florence Schubotz, David Beaudoin, et al.. (2020). Meta‐omics highlights the diversity, activity and adaptations of fungi in deep oceanic crust. Environmental Microbiology. 22(9). 3950–3967. 29 indexed citations
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Reese, Brandi Kiel, Laura Zinke, Beth N. Orcutt, et al.. (2018). Nitrogen Cycling of Active Bacteria within Oligotrophic Sediment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Flank. Geomicrobiology Journal. 35(6). 468–483. 29 indexed citations
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Doyle, Shawn M., Terry L. Wade, Anthony H. Knap, et al.. (2018). Rapid Formation of Microbe-Oil Aggregates and Changes in Community Composition in Coastal Surface Water Following Exposure to Oil and the Dispersant Corexit. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 689–689. 80 indexed citations
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Orcutt, Beth N., Jason B. Sylvan, Daniel R. Rogers, et al.. (2015). Carbon fixation by basalt-hosted microbial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 904–904. 35 indexed citations
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Tully, Benjamin, Jason B. Sylvan, John F. Heidelberg, & Julie A. Huber. (2014). Exploring Genomic Diversity Using Metagenomics of Deep-Sea Subsurface Microbes from the Louisville Seamount and the South Pacific Gyre. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Sylvan, Jason B., Yuki Morono, Sharon L. Grim, Fumio Inagaki, & Katrina J. Edwards. (2013). Deep subsurface microbiology of 64-71 million year old inactive seamounts along the Louisville Seamount Chain. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Edwards, Katrina J., C.G. Wheat, & Jason B. Sylvan. (2011). Under the sea: microbial life in volcanic oceanic crust. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 9(10). 703–712. 69 indexed citations
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Sylvan, Jason B., Brandy M. Toner, Peter R. Girguis, & Katrina J. Edwards. (2009). Bacterial community composition in hydrothermal plume environments is heterogeneous and distinct. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Ammerman, James W. & Jason B. Sylvan. (2004). Phosphorus Limitation of Phytoplankton Growth in the Mississippi River Plume: A Case for Dual Nutrient Control?. AGUFM. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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