Jay T. Lennon

19.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
140 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Jay T. Lennon is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jay T. Lennon has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Ecology, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jay T. Lennon's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (61 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (27 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers). Jay T. Lennon is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (61 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (27 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers). Jay T. Lennon collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Jay T. Lennon's co-authors include Stuart E. Jones, Jennifer A. Lau, Kenneth J. Locey, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Bryan L. Brown, Noah Fierer, Kathleen K. Treseder, Zachary T. Aanderud and Brent K. Lehmkuhl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jay T. Lennon

132 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial seed banks: the ecological and evolutionary imp... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2012 2010 2016 2015 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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 seed banks: the ecological and evolutionary implications of dormancy
    2011 1.3k citations Jay T. Lennon, Stuart E. Jones profile →
  2. Fundamentals of Microbial Community Resistance and Resilience
    2012 1.2k citations Jay T. Lennon et al. profile →
  3. Dormancy contributes to the maintenance of microbial diversity
    2010 673 citations Stuart E. Jones, Jay T. Lennon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity
    2016 625 citations Kenneth J. Locey, Jay T. Lennon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Microbiomes in light of traits: A phylogenetic perspective
    2015 561 citations Stuart E. Jones, Jay T. Lennon et al. profile →
  6. Rapid responses of soil microorganisms improve plant fitness in novel environments
    2012 544 citations Jennifer A. Lau, Jay T. Lennon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Ecosystem Consequences of Changing Inputs of Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter to Lakes: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges
    2015 421 citations Stuart E. Jones, Jay T. Lennon et al. profile →
  8. Temporal variability in soil microbial communities across land-use types
    2013 408 citations Jay T. Lennon et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  9. Fungal Traits That Drive Ecosystem Dynamics on Land
    2015 407 citations Jay T. Lennon et al. profile →
  10. Ecological networks of dissolved organic matter and microorganisms under global change
    2022 199 citations Ang Hu, Mira Choi et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Jay T. Lennon
Jennifer B. H. Martiny United States
James Stegen United States
Cheryl R. Kuske United States
Yunfeng Yang China
Liyou Wu United States
Jianjun Wang China
Lise Øvreås Norway
Stuart E. Jones United States
Jessica L. Green United States
Allan Konopka United States
Jennifer B. H. Martiny United States
Jay T. Lennon
Citations per year, relative to Jay T. Lennon Jay T. Lennon (= 1×) peers Jennifer B. H. Martiny

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jay T. Lennon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jay T. Lennon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jay T. Lennon 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 Jay T. Lennon. Jay T. Lennon 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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Lennon, Jay T., et al.. (2025). Resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) terminates dormancy among diverse soil bacteria. mSystems. 10(5). e0151724–e0151724. 1 indexed citations
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Lennon, Jay T., et al.. (2025). Dormancy in the origin, evolution and persistence of life on Earth. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2038). 20242035–20242035. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Ang, Kyoung‐Soon Jang, Andrew J. Tanentzap, et al.. (2024). Thermal responses of dissolved organic matter under global change. Nature Communications. 15(1). 576–576. 35 indexed citations
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Peixoto, Raquel S., Christian R. Voolstra, Lisa Y. Stein, et al.. (2024). Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 1 indexed citations
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Peixoto, Raquel S., Christian R. Voolstra, Lisa Y. Stein, et al.. (2024). Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9637–9637. 7 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Bacteria-phage coevolution with a seed bank. The ISME Journal. 17(8). 1315–1325. 10 indexed citations
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Shoemaker, William R., et al.. (2022). Seed banks alter the molecular evolutionary dynamics of Bacillus subtilis. Genetics. 221(2). 9 indexed citations
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Schimmelmann, Arndt, et al.. (2022). Diversity and Composition of Methanotroph Communities in Caves. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(4). e0156621–e0156621. 9 indexed citations
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Lehmkuhl, Brent K., et al.. (2021). Resuscitation of the microbial seed bank alters plant‐soil interactions. Molecular Ecology. 30(12). 2905–2914. 9 indexed citations
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Shoemaker, William R., et al.. (2021). Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(10). 4532–4545. 5 indexed citations
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Shoemaker, William R., Stuart E. Jones, Mario E. Muscarella, et al.. (2021). Microbial population dynamics and evolutionary outcomes under extreme energy limitation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(33). 46 indexed citations
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Wisnoski, Nathan I. & Jay T. Lennon. (2021). Stabilising role of seed banks and the maintenance of bacterial diversity. Ecology Letters. 24(11). 2328–2338. 19 indexed citations
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Lennon, Jay T., et al.. (2020). Low costs of adaptation to dietary restriction. Biology Letters. 16(3). 20200008–20200008. 6 indexed citations
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Locey, Kenneth J., Mario E. Muscarella, Megan L. Larsen, et al.. (2020). Dormancy dampens the microbial distance–decay relationship. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 375(1798). 20190243–20190243. 49 indexed citations
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Lennon, Jay T., Mario E. Muscarella, Sarah Placella, & Brent K. Lehmkuhl. (2018). How, When, and Where Relic DNA Affects Microbial Diversity. mBio. 9(3). 151 indexed citations
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Shoemaker, William R. & Jay T. Lennon. (2017). Evolution with a seed bank: The population genetic consequences of microbial dormancy. Evolutionary Applications. 11(1). 60–75. 65 indexed citations
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Lennon, Jay T., et al.. (2016). Microbial contributions to subterranean methane sinks. Geobiology. 15(2). 254–258. 27 indexed citations
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Locey, Kenneth J. & Jay T. Lennon. (2016). Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(21). 5970–5975. 625 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weitz, Joshua S., Charles A. Stock, Steven W. Wilhelm, et al.. (2015). A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes. The ISME Journal. 9(6). 1352–1364. 177 indexed citations
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Lau, Jennifer A. & Jay T. Lennon. (2012). Rapid responses of soil microorganisms improve plant fitness in novel environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(35). 14058–14062. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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