Jenna Lang

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Jenna Lang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Jenna Lang has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Jenna Lang's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4 papers). Jenna Lang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4 papers). Jenna Lang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Jenna Lang's co-authors include Jonathan A. Eisen, James Chandler, Srijak Bhatnagar, Artyom Kopp, Aaron E. Darling, John J. Stachowicz, David A. Coil, Angela M. Zivkovic, Guillaume Jospin and Melissa R. Kardish and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and PLoS Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Jenna Lang

26 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial Communities of Diverse Drosophila Species: Ecol... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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. Bacterial Communities of Diverse Drosophila Species: Ecological Context of a Host–Microbe Model System
    2011 559 citations James Chandler, Jenna Lang et al. PLoS Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jenna Lang United States 12 534 416 399 190 162 26 1.3k
Silvia Bulgheresi Austria 16 449 0.8× 450 1.1× 577 1.4× 279 1.5× 313 1.9× 33 1.6k
Sina Beier Germany 8 130 0.2× 653 1.6× 589 1.5× 58 0.3× 232 1.4× 11 1.4k
John M. Chaston United States 19 1.2k 2.2× 483 1.2× 179 0.4× 25 0.1× 331 2.0× 48 1.6k
Isabell Flade Germany 3 75 0.1× 594 1.4× 540 1.4× 56 0.3× 202 1.2× 5 1.3k
Wenyan Nong Hong Kong 20 87 0.2× 581 1.4× 326 0.8× 120 0.6× 184 1.1× 58 1.2k
William B. Ludington United States 18 378 0.7× 805 1.9× 198 0.5× 21 0.1× 92 0.6× 42 1.7k
Julia Schwartzman United States 20 58 0.1× 577 1.4× 460 1.2× 116 0.6× 127 0.8× 33 1.3k
Rewati Tappu Germany 6 75 0.1× 683 1.6× 557 1.4× 56 0.3× 201 1.2× 7 1.4k
Eric Mialhe France 23 242 0.5× 347 0.8× 627 1.6× 86 0.5× 107 0.7× 78 2.2k
Bessem Chouaia Italy 22 1.1k 2.0× 409 1.0× 192 0.5× 14 0.1× 259 1.6× 35 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jenna Lang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jenna Lang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jenna Lang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jenna Lang 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 Jenna Lang. Jenna Lang 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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Coil, David A., Russell Y. Neches, Jenna Lang, et al.. (2020). Bacterial communities associated with cell phones and shoes. PeerJ. 8. e9235–e9235. 9 indexed citations
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Bik, Holly M., Alexandra Alexiev, Jennifer C. Flanagan, et al.. (2019). Microbial Community Succession and Nutrient Cycling Responses following Perturbations of Experimental Saltwater Aquaria. mSphere. 4(1). 14 indexed citations
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Fahimipour, Ashkaan K., Melissa R. Kardish, Jenna Lang, et al.. (2017). Global-Scale Structure of the Eelgrass Microbiome. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(12). 113 indexed citations
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Lang, Jenna, David A. Coil, Russell Y. Neches, et al.. (2017). A microbial survey of the International Space Station (ISS). PeerJ. 5. e4029–e4029. 55 indexed citations
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Coil, David A., Russell Y. Neches, Jenna Lang, et al.. (2016). Growth of 48 built environment bacterial isolates on board the International Space Station (ISS). PeerJ. 4. e1842–e1842. 41 indexed citations
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Alexiev, Alexandra, et al.. (2016). Draft Genome Sequences of Two Pseudoalteromonas Strains Isolated from Roots and Leaf Blades of the Seagrass Zostera marina. Genome Announcements. 4(1). 2 indexed citations
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Jospin, Guillaume, et al.. (2016). Draft Genome Sequences of Two Vibrio splendidus Strains, Isolated from Seagrass Sediment. Genome Announcements. 4(1). 2 indexed citations
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Coil, David A., et al.. (2015). Porphyrobacter mercurialis sp. nov., isolated from a stadium seat and emended description of the genus Porphyrobacter. PeerJ. 3. e1400–e1400. 7 indexed citations
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Jospin, Guillaume, et al.. (2015). Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus vietnamensis Strain UCD-SED5 (Phylum Firmicutes ). Genome Announcements. 3(6). 3 indexed citations
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Russell, Shelbi L., Wesley T. Loo, Kristina M. Fontanez, et al.. (2014). The genome of the intracellular bacterium of the coastal bivalve, Solemya velum: a blueprint for thriving in and out of symbiosis. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 924–924. 21 indexed citations
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Lang, Jenna, Jonathan A. Eisen, & Angela M. Zivkovic. (2014). The microbes we eat: abundance and taxonomy of microbes consumed in a day’s worth of meals for three diet types. PeerJ. 2. e659–e659. 84 indexed citations
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Chandler, James, et al.. (2014). The bacterial communities ofDrosophila suzukiicollected from undamaged cherries. PeerJ. 2. e474–e474. 58 indexed citations
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Lang, Jenna, Aaron E. Darling, & Jonathan A. Eisen. (2013). Phylogeny of Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes Using Conserved Genes: Supertrees and Supermatrices. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62510–e62510. 102 indexed citations
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Lang, Jenna, et al.. (2013). Draft Genome Sequence of Microbacterium sp. Strain UCD-TDU (Phylum Actinobacteria ). Genome Announcements. 1(2). e0012013–e0012013. 5 indexed citations
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Holland‐Moritz, Hannah, et al.. (2013). Draft Genome Sequence of Leucobacter sp. Strain UCD-THU (Phylum Actinobacteria ). Genome Announcements. 1(3). 5 indexed citations
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Coil, David A., et al.. (2013). Draft Genome Sequence of Kocuria sp. Strain UCD-OTCP (Phylum Actinobacteria ). Genome Announcements. 1(3). 5 indexed citations
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Flanagan, Jennifer C., Jenna Lang, Aaron E. Darling, Jonathan A. Eisen, & David A. Coil. (2013). Draft Genome Sequence of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens Strain UCD-AKU (Phylum Actinobacteria ). Genome Announcements. 1(3). 9 indexed citations
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Lang, Jenna, et al.. (2013). Draft Genome Sequence of Dietzia sp. Strain UCD-THP (Phylum Actinobacteria ). Genome Announcements. 1(3). 5 indexed citations
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Chandler, James, Jenna Lang, Srijak Bhatnagar, Jonathan A. Eisen, & Artyom Kopp. (2011). Bacterial Communities of Diverse Drosophila Species: Ecological Context of a Host–Microbe Model System. PLoS Genetics. 7(9). e1002272–e1002272. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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