Joel A. Boyd

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Joel A. Boyd is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel A. Boyd has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Joel A. Boyd's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (4 papers). Joel A. Boyd is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (4 papers). Joel A. Boyd collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Sweden. Joel A. Boyd's co-authors include Gene W. Tyson, Ben J. Woodcroft, Paul N. Evans, Philip Hugenholtz, Donovan H. Parks, Andy O Leu, Virginia I. Rich, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, S. R. Saleska and Caitlin M. Singleton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Joel A. Boyd

10 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

An evolving view of methane metabolism in the Archaea 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 100 200 300 400
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. An evolving view of methane metabolism in the Archaea
    2019 400 citations Paul N. Evans, Joel A. Boyd et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  2. Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost
    2018 293 citations Ben J. Woodcroft, Caitlin M. Singleton et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joel A. Boyd Australia 9 615 444 363 168 146 10 1.1k
В. Ф. Гальченко Russia 19 496 0.8× 489 1.1× 330 0.9× 85 0.5× 102 0.7× 69 1.1k
Garrett J. Smith United States 13 719 1.2× 447 1.0× 281 0.8× 94 0.6× 50 0.3× 19 1.2k
Ruth Henneberger Switzerland 12 451 0.7× 419 0.9× 221 0.6× 117 0.7× 44 0.3× 25 998
Angela V. Smirnova Canada 16 465 0.8× 608 1.4× 360 1.0× 107 0.6× 30 0.2× 31 1.2k
Nancy Stralis‐Pavese Austria 21 678 1.1× 778 1.8× 424 1.2× 156 0.9× 42 0.3× 34 1.5k
Vitaly V. Kadnikov Russia 24 874 1.4× 692 1.6× 663 1.8× 120 0.7× 72 0.5× 99 1.7k
Caitlin M. Singleton Denmark 16 677 1.1× 462 1.0× 193 0.5× 151 0.9× 132 0.9× 23 1.4k
Adrien Vigneron Canada 21 695 1.1× 381 0.9× 467 1.3× 37 0.2× 77 0.5× 41 1.3k
Carl‐Eric Wegner Germany 20 609 1.0× 469 1.1× 295 0.8× 70 0.4× 35 0.2× 36 1.2k
Pok Man Leung Australia 14 690 1.1× 375 0.8× 197 0.5× 30 0.2× 66 0.5× 23 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joel A. Boyd

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel A. Boyd

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Zhou, Joyce, Joel A. Boyd, Nicola Angel, et al.. (2023). Draft genome sequence of two “Candidatus Intestinicoccus colisanans” strains isolated from faeces of healthy humans. BMC Research Notes. 16(1). 174–174. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yulin, Jun Ye, Feng Ju, et al.. (2021). Successional dynamics and alternative stable states in a saline activated sludge microbial community over 9 years. Microbiome. 9(1). 199–199. 62 indexed citations
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Pribyl, Alena L., Donovan H. Parks, Nicola Angel, et al.. (2021). Critical evaluation of faecal microbiome preservation using metagenomic analysis. ISME Communications. 1(1). 14–14. 17 indexed citations
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Boyd, Joel A., Sean P. Jungbluth, Andy O Leu, et al.. (2019). Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. The ISME Journal. 13(5). 1269–1279. 51 indexed citations
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Evans, Paul N., Joel A. Boyd, Andy O Leu, et al.. (2019). An evolving view of methane metabolism in the Archaea. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 17(4). 219–232. 400 indexed citations breakdown →
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Woodcroft, Ben J., Caitlin M. Singleton, Joel A. Boyd, et al.. (2018). Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost. Nature. 560(7716). 49–54. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Singleton, Caitlin M., C. K. McCalley, Ben J. Woodcroft, et al.. (2018). Methanotrophy across a natural permafrost thaw environment. The ISME Journal. 12(10). 2544–2558. 97 indexed citations
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Boyd, Joel A., Ben J. Woodcroft, & Gene W. Tyson. (2018). GraftM: a tool for scalable, phylogenetically informed classification of genes within metagenomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(10). e59–e59. 107 indexed citations
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Woodcroft, Ben J., Joel A. Boyd, & Gene W. Tyson. (2016). OrfM: a fast open reading frame predictor for metagenomic data. Bioinformatics. 32(17). 2702–2703. 30 indexed citations

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