Jennifer L. Macalady

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Jennifer L. Macalady is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer L. Macalady has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jennifer L. Macalady's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (20 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (17 papers). Jennifer L. Macalady is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (20 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (17 papers). Jennifer L. Macalady collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Jennifer L. Macalady's co-authors include Daniel S. Jones, Irene Schaperdoth, Kate M. Scow, Katherine S. Dawson, Trinity L. Hamilton, Dariusz Strąpoć, María Mastalerz, Courtney Turich, Katherine H. Freeman and William D. Burgos and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer L. Macalady

73 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Biogeochemistry of Microbial Coal-Bed Methane

2011 360 citations Katherine S. Dawson, Jennifer L. Macalady et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer L. Macalady United States	36	1.4k	1.4k	775	531	520	74	3.6k
Mary A. Voytek United States	33	1.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.5×	579 0.7×	432 0.8×	184 0.4×	73	4.6k
Frederick S. Colwell United States	33	1.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	920 1.2×	459 0.9×	161 0.3×	76	3.8k
Jens Kallmeyer Germany	30	2.1k 1.5×	2.4k 1.8×	913 1.2×	892 1.7×	140 0.3×	101	4.8k
Henrik Sass Germany	37	2.2k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	354 0.7×	252 0.5×	66	3.6k
Martin Krüger Germany	36	1.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.8×	607 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	146 0.3×	95	4.2k
Christian Griebler Germany	42	2.3k 1.6×	1.0k 0.7×	814 1.1×	229 0.4×	289 0.6×	125	5.6k
Kai Uwe Totsche Germany	42	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	610 0.8×	233 0.4×	390 0.8×	178	6.8k
Matthew O. Schrenk United States	26	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	917 1.2×	625 1.2×	385 0.7×	59	3.8k
Yuki Morono Japan	32	2.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	406 0.8×	133 0.3×	105	3.3k
Hisako Hirayama Japan	35	2.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	290 0.5×	242 0.5×	54	3.6k

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Mills, Daniel B., Jennifer L. Macalady, Adam Frank, & Jason T. Wright. (2025). A reassessment of the “hard-steps” model for the evolution of intelligent life. Science Advances. 11(7). eads5698–eads5698. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yutong, Jennifer L. Macalady, Javier Sánchez‐España, & William D. Burgos. (2024). Enrichment of acid-tolerant sulfide-producing microbes from an acidic pit lake. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1475137–1475137. 2 indexed citations

Aronson, Heidi S., et al.. (2023). Sulfur disproportionating microbial communities in a dynamic, microoxic‐sulfidic karst system. Geobiology. 21(6). 791–803. 7 indexed citations

Ayala, Diana E., Jennifer L. Macalady, Javier Sánchez‐España, et al.. (2022). Microbial carbon, sulfur, iron, and nitrogen cycling linked to the potential remediation of a meromictic acidic pit lake. The ISME Journal. 16(12). 2666–2679. 39 indexed citations

Ayala, Diana E., William D. Burgos, Javier Sánchez‐España, et al.. (2020). Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Study of Microbial Metal Resistance in an Acidic Pit Lake. Microorganisms. 8(9). 1350–1350. 25 indexed citations

Klatt, Judith M., Gonzalo V. Gomez‐Saez, Petra Pop Ristova, et al.. (2020). Versatile cyanobacteria control the timing and extent of sulfide production in a Proterozoic analog microbial mat. The ISME Journal. 14(12). 3024–3037. 12 indexed citations

Jones, Daniel S., et al.. (2019). Microbial Ecology, Evolution, and Biosignature Potential in Isolated Chemosynthetic Cave Ecosystems. 2108. 5030. 1 indexed citations

Lincoln, Sara A., et al.. (2018). The influence of pressure on crude oil biodegradation in shallow and deep Gulf of Mexico sediments. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0199784–e0199784. 40 indexed citations

Mansor, Muammar, et al.. (2016). Calcium isotopic fractionation in microbially mediated gypsum precipitates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 184. 114–131. 38 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Trinity L., Donald A. Bryant, & Jennifer L. Macalady. (2015). The role of biology in planetary evolution: cyanobacterial primary production in low‐oxygen Proterozoic oceans. Environmental Microbiology. 18(2). 325–340. 120 indexed citations

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Jones, Daniel S., Irene Schaperdoth, & Jennifer L. Macalady. (2014). Metagenomic Evidence for Sulfide Oxidation in Extremely Acidic Cave Biofilms. Geomicrobiology Journal. 31(3). 194–204. 23 indexed citations

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Dawson, Katherine S., Irene Schaperdoth, Katherine H. Freeman, & Jennifer L. Macalady. (2013). Anaerobic biodegradation of the isoprenoid biomarkers pristane and phytane. Organic Geochemistry. 65. 118–126. 27 indexed citations

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Jones, Daniel S., Heidi L. Albrecht, Katherine S. Dawson, et al.. (2011). Community genomic analysis of an extremely acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing biofilm. The ISME Journal. 6(1). 158–170. 130 indexed citations

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Huang, Weilin, Jennifer L. Macalady, Alessandro Montanari, et al.. (2008). Pelagosite climate record and the role of cyanobacterial biomineralization. GeCAS. 72(12). 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Eunju, et al.. (2008). Geomicrobiology and hopanoid content of sulfidic subsurface vent biofilms, Little Salt Spring, Florida. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Macalady, Jennifer L., B. G. Koffman, Lindsey K. Albertson, et al.. (2006). Dominant Microbial Populations in Limestone-Corroding Stream Biofilms, Frasassi Cave System, Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(8). 5596–5609. 155 indexed citations

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Macalady, Jennifer L., et al.. (2004). Tetraether-linked membrane monolayers in Ferroplasma spp: a key to survival in acid. Extremophiles. 8(5). 411–419. 123 indexed citations

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Macalady, Jennifer L., Andrew M. S. McMillan, Angela F. Dickens, Stanley C. Tyler, & Kate M. Scow. (2002). Population dynamics of type I and II methanotrophic bacteria in rice soils. Environmental Microbiology. 4(3). 148–157. 95 indexed citations

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Macalady, Jennifer L., et al.. (2002). Biogeochemical contributions to soil formation and landscape lowering. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 3 indexed citations

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Macalady, Jennifer L. & Kate M. Scow. (2001). Effects of Copper Availability on Methanotroph Growth and Activity in Rice Paddy Soil. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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