Keith Keller

13.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Keith Keller is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Keller has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Keith Keller's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Keith Keller is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Keith Keller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Japan. Keith Keller's co-authors include Gary L. Andersen, Todd Z. DeSantis, Eoin Brodie, Philip Hugenholtz, Thomas Huber, N. Larsen, Pengwei Hu, Daniel Dalevi, Mark Rojas and N. Agersnap Larsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Keith Keller

28 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Greengenes, a Chimera-Checked 16S rRNA Gene Database and Workbench Compatible with ARB

2006 8.6k citations Todd Z. DeSantis, Philip Hugenholtz et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
NAST: a multiple sequence alignment server for comparative analysis of 16S rRNA genes

2006 880 citations Todd Z. DeSantis, Philip Hugenholtz et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Keller United States	18	5.5k	3.3k	1.0k	954	953	30	10.5k
N. Larsen Denmark	14	6.7k 1.2×	4.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	22	12.2k
Daniel Dalevi United States	15	5.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.9×	863 0.9×	969 1.0×	897 0.9×	27	9.4k
Thomas Huber Australia	46	8.9k 1.6×	3.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	997 1.0×	191	17.1k
Sarah K. Highlander United States	31	5.7k 1.1×	3.0k 0.9×	980 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	71	11.7k
Niall Gormley United Kingdom	22	3.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	783 0.8×	1000 1.0×	470 0.5×	36	8.3k
Mark Rojas United States	11	4.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	822 0.8×	870 0.9×	865 0.9×	15	8.9k
Jason Betley United Kingdom	12	3.6k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	804 0.8×	982 1.0×	587 0.6×	16	7.9k
Tanja Magoč United States	5	5.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	2.4k 2.5×	1.0k 1.1×	7	12.1k
Barbara A. Methé United States	39	5.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	725 0.7×	726 0.8×	706 0.7×	98	9.8k
David Berry Austria	49	5.1k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	791 0.8×	789 0.8×	162	10.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Keith Keller

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Keller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Keller

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jefferson, J. Ashley, Karin Chen, Sangeeta Hingorani, et al.. (2025). Genetic and Iatrogenic Defects in Peripheral Tolerance Associated with Anti-Nephrin Antibody-Associated Minimal Change Disease. PubMed. 5(1). 74–83.

Keller, Keith, Amha Atakilit, Mary Taglienti, et al.. (2025). The integrin repertoire drives YAP-dependent epithelial:stromal interactions during injury of the kidney glomerulus. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3322–3322.

Fujita, Yoko, Daisuke Ichikawa, Yugo Shibagaki, et al.. (2024). Clinical Characteristics of Nephrin Autoantibody-Positive Minimal Change Disease in Older Adults. Kidney International Reports. 9(8). 2563–2566. 1 indexed citations

Bressendorff, Iain, et al.. (2024). Antinephrin-Associated Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Successfully Treated With Plasmapheresis. Kidney International Reports. 9(9). 2829–2831. 3 indexed citations

Marshall, Jamie L., Teia Noel, Qingbo S. Wang, et al.. (2022). High-resolution Slide-seqV2 spatial transcriptomics enables discovery of disease-specific cell neighborhoods and pathways. iScience. 25(4). 104097–104097. 47 indexed citations

Jhaveri, Kenar D., Vanesa Bijol, Rimda Wanchoo, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine-Associated Autoimmunity Presenting as Minimal Change Disease and Membranous Nephropathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 32(10S). 94–94. 1 indexed citations

Sidhom, Eriene-Heidi, Choah Kim, Maria Kost‐Alimova, et al.. (2021). Targeting a Braf/Mapk pathway rescues podocyte lipid peroxidation in CoQ-deficiency kidney disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(5). 30 indexed citations

Chivian, Dylan, Paramvir Dehal, Keith Keller, & Adam P. Arkin. (2012). metaMicrobesOnline: phylogenomic analysis of microbial communities. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(D1). D648–D654. 14 indexed citations

DeSantis, Todd Z., Keith Keller, Ulaş Karaöz, et al.. (2011). Simrank: Rapid and sensitive general-purpose k-mer search tool. BMC Ecology. 11(1). 11–11. 22 indexed citations

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Keller, Keith, et al.. (2009). Metabolic analysis of the soil microbe Dechloromonas aromatica str. RCB: indications of a surprisingly complex life-style and cryptic anaerobic pathways for aromatic degradation. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 351–351. 143 indexed citations

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DeSantis, Todd Z., Philip Hugenholtz, N. Larsen, et al.. (2006). Greengenes: Chimera-checked 16S rRNA gene database and workbench compatible in ARB. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 10 indexed citations

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DeSantis, Todd Z., Philip Hugenholtz, N. Larsen, et al.. (2006). Greengenes, a Chimera-Checked 16S rRNA Gene Database and Workbench Compatible with ARB. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(7). 5069–5072. 8568 indexed citations breakdown →

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DeSantis, Todd Z., Philip Hugenholtz, Keith Keller, et al.. (2006). NAST: a multiple sequence alignment server for comparative analysis of 16S rRNA genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(Web Server). W394–W399. 880 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alm, Eric J., Katherine Huang, Morgan N. Price, et al.. (2005). The MicrobesOnline Web site for comparative genomics. Genome Research. 15(7). 1015–1022. 169 indexed citations

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Yodlowski, Marilyn L., et al.. (1990). Antibody to interleukin 1 inhibits the cartilage degradative and thymocyte proliferative actions of rheumatoid synovial culture medium.. PubMed. 17(12). 1600–7. 11 indexed citations

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Smith, C M, et al.. (1987). Viscoelasticity of packed erythrocyte suspensions subjected to low amplitude oscillatory deformation. Biophysical Journal. 52(3). 357–365. 13 indexed citations

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Dworkin, Martin, et al.. (1983). Experimental observations consistent with a surface tension model of gliding motility of Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology. 155(3). 1367–1371. 34 indexed citations

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Rosenberg, Eugene, Keith Keller, & Martin Dworkin. (1977). Cell density-dependent growth of Myxococcus xanthus on casein. Journal of Bacteriology. 129(2). 770–777. 153 indexed citations

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Aris, R. & Keith Keller. (1972). Asymmetries Generated by Diffusion and Reaction, and Their Bearing on Active Transport Through Membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 69(4). 777–779. 8 indexed citations

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Keller, Keith & Sheldon K. Friedlander. (1966). The Steady-State Transport of Oxygen through Hemoglobin Solutions. The Journal of General Physiology. 49(4). 663–679. 52 indexed citations

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