Julia W. Neilson

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Julia W. Neilson is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Julia W. Neilson has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Pollution and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Julia W. Neilson's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (8 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (7 papers). Julia W. Neilson is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (8 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (7 papers). Julia W. Neilson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Australia. Julia W. Neilson's co-authors include Raina M. Maier, Barry M. Pryor, Ian L. Pepper, Monica O. Mendez, Jay Quade, Jack A. Gilbert, Antje Legatzki, Norval A. Sinclair, Albert Barberán and Yongjian Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Julia W. Neilson

44 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Innate Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children

2016 652 citations Julia W. Neilson, Raina M. Maier et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julia W. Neilson United States	24	983	751	471	371	358	45	2.7k
Milton Wainwright United Kingdom	29	398 0.4×	493 0.7×	344 0.7×	699 1.9×	337 0.9×	195	2.7k
Xiaobo Liu China	29	757 0.8×	905 1.2×	283 0.6×	231 0.6×	63 0.2×	126	3.0k
Kim M. Handley New Zealand	33	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.9×	710 1.5×	200 0.5×	96 0.3×	72	3.9k
Daniel P. R. Herlemann Germany	20	1.9k 1.9×	1.3k 1.7×	444 0.9×	279 0.8×	145 0.4×	41	3.5k
Alma E. Parada United States	14	2.8k 2.8×	2.0k 2.6×	639 1.4×	594 1.6×	308 0.9×	18	5.1k
Sarah Fansler United States	27	1.2k 1.2×	837 1.1×	366 0.8×	321 0.9×	689 1.9×	48	2.6k
Amy Apprill United States	32	4.2k 4.3×	1.7k 2.3×	441 0.9×	540 1.5×	266 0.7×	95	6.6k
Ian D. Bull United Kingdom	35	1.2k 1.2×	486 0.6×	379 0.8×	323 0.9×	651 1.8×	105	4.2k
Rebecca A. Daly United States	24	1.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.9×	361 0.8×	404 1.1×	171 0.5×	55	3.6k
Michael S. Robeson United States	26	1.9k 1.9×	1.5k 2.1×	232 0.5×	814 2.2×	570 1.6×	59	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julia W. Neilson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Neilson, Julia W., et al.. (2025). Effects of Stockpiling on Topsoil Biogeochemistry for Semiarid Mine Reclamation. Mining Metallurgy & Exploration. 42(1). 15–26. 1 indexed citations

McMahan, Colleen, et al.. (2024). Field to Greenhouse: How Stable Is the Soil Microbiome after Removal from the Field?. Microorganisms. 12(1). 110–110. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Yongjian, David A. Dierig, Dennis T. Ray, et al.. (2023). Identifying critical microbes in guayule-microbe and microbe-microbe associations. Plant and Soil. 494(1-2). 269–284. 2 indexed citations

Neilson, Julia W., et al.. (2021). Soil microbial community and abiotic soil properties influence Zn and Cd hyperaccumulation differently in Arabidopsis halleri. The Science of The Total Environment. 803. 150006–150006. 28 indexed citations

Neilson, Julia W., et al.. (2021). Arid Ecosystem Vegetation Canopy-Gap Dichotomy: Influence on Soil Microbial Composition and Nutrient Cycling Functional Potential. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(5). 24 indexed citations

Neilson, Julia W., et al.. (2019). Effect of Re-acidification on Buffalo Grass Rhizosphere and Bulk Microbial Communities During Phytostabilization of Metalliferous Mine Tailings. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1209–1209. 25 indexed citations

Neilson, Julia W., Juliana Gil-Loaiza, Robert A. Root, et al.. (2019). Soil Microbiome Dynamics During Pyritic Mine Tailing Phytostabilization: Understanding Microbial Bioindicators of Soil Acidification. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1211–1211. 18 indexed citations

Sengupta, Aditi, James Stegen, Antônio Alves Meira Neto, et al.. (2019). Assessing Microbial Community Patterns During Incipient Soil Formation From Basalt. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(4). 941–958. 15 indexed citations

Cruz‐Ortega, Rocío, Diana Meza‐Figueroa, Francisco Romero, et al.. (2017). Plants from the abandoned Nacozari mine tailings: evaluation of their phytostabilization potential. PeerJ. 5. e3280–e3280. 22 indexed citations

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Neilson, Julia W., et al.. (2017). Bacterial Rhizoplane Colonization Patterns of Buchloe dactyloides Growing in Metalliferous Mine Tailings Reflect Plant Status and Biogeochemical Conditions. Microbial Ecology. 74(4). 853–867. 18 indexed citations

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Sengupta, Aditi, Antônio Alves Meira Neto, Katerina Dontsova, et al.. (2016). Soil Lysimeter Excavation for Coupled Hydrological, Geochemical, and Microbiological Investigations. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

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Matmon, Ari, Jay Quade, Christa Placzek, et al.. (2014). Seismic origin of the Atacama Desert boulder fields. Geomorphology. 231. 28–39. 16 indexed citations

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Root, Robert A., et al.. (2014). Environmental factors influencing the structural dynamics of soil microbial communities during assisted phytostabilization of acid-generating mine tailings: A mesocosm experiment. The Science of The Total Environment. 500-501. 314–324. 61 indexed citations

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Neilson, Julia W., Fiona L. Jordan, & Raina M. Maier. (2013). Analysis of artifacts suggests DGGE should not be used for quantitative diversity analysis. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 92(3). 256–263. 67 indexed citations

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Neilson, Julia W., Jay Quade, William M. Nelson, et al.. (2012). Life at the hyperarid margin: novel bacterial diversity in arid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Extremophiles. 16(3). 553–566. 177 indexed citations

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Wickramasekara, Samanthi, Julia W. Neilson, Naren Patel, et al.. (2011). Proteomics Analyses of the Opportunistic Pathogen Burkholderia vietnamiensis Using Protein Fractionations and Mass Spectrometry. BioMed Research International. 2011(1). 701928–701928. 11 indexed citations

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Legatzki, Antje, Julia W. Neilson, Sky Dominguez, et al.. (2011). Bacterial and Archaeal Community Structure of Two Adjacent Calcite Speleothems in Kartchner Caverns, Arizona, USA. Geomicrobiology Journal. 28(2). 99–117. 38 indexed citations

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Maier, Raina M., Raina M. Maier, Michael W. Palmer, et al.. (2010). Environmental Determinants of and Impact on Childhood Asthma by the Bacterial Community in Household Dust. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76(8). 2663–2667. 47 indexed citations

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Neilson, Julia W., et al.. (2010). Cadmium effects on transcriptional expression of rhlB/rhlC genes and congener distribution of monorhamnolipid and dirhamnolipid in Pseudomonas aeruginosa IGB83. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 88(4). 953–963. 19 indexed citations

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Ikner, Luisa A., et al.. (2006). Culturable Microbial Diversity and the Impact of Tourism in Kartchner Caverns, Arizona. Microbial Ecology. 53(1). 30–42. 108 indexed citations

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