Kristen S. Swithers

753 total citations
17 papers, 478 citations indexed

About

Kristen S. Swithers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristen S. Swithers has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 478 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kristen S. Swithers's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Kristen S. Swithers is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers). Kristen S. Swithers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Norway. Kristen S. Swithers's co-authors include J. Peter Gogarten, Gregory P. Fournier, Kenneth M. Noll, Pascal Lapierre, Camilla Nesbø, Olga Zhaxybayeva, Derek M. Bickhart, W. Ford Doolittle, Robert T. DeBoy and William Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Kristen S. Swithers

17 papers receiving 463 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kristen S. Swithers United States 12 390 225 86 56 24 17 478
Fernando D. K. Tria Germany 10 291 0.7× 138 0.6× 66 0.8× 63 1.1× 10 0.4× 15 391
Michelle M. Leger Canada 10 403 1.0× 155 0.7× 39 0.5× 54 1.0× 12 0.5× 18 536
Cindi A. Hoover United States 8 240 0.6× 168 0.7× 106 1.2× 47 0.8× 39 1.6× 11 435
Zhe Zhao China 12 261 0.7× 192 0.9× 17 0.2× 59 1.1× 22 0.9× 38 444
Eder S. Pires Brazil 9 146 0.4× 80 0.4× 28 0.3× 47 0.8× 9 0.4× 19 299
Samuele Greco Italy 10 134 0.3× 106 0.5× 35 0.4× 47 0.8× 11 0.5× 32 357
Priscilla D’Amico Italy 10 340 0.9× 176 0.8× 48 0.6× 13 0.2× 41 1.7× 13 482
Yaacov Davidov Israel 10 323 0.8× 288 1.3× 82 1.0× 124 2.2× 15 0.6× 12 622
Blake T. Hovde United States 14 460 1.2× 149 0.7× 81 0.9× 69 1.2× 35 1.5× 31 683

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kristen S. Swithers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kristen S. Swithers

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Fullmer, Matthew S., Shannon M. Soucy, Kristen S. Swithers, et al.. (2014). Population and genomic analysis of the genus Halorubrum. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 140–140. 39 indexed citations
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Nesbø, Camilla, Kristen S. Swithers, Håkon Dahle, et al.. (2014). Evidence for extensive gene flow and Thermotoga subpopulations in subsurface and marine environments. The ISME Journal. 9(7). 1532–1542. 25 indexed citations
3.
Butzin, Nicholas C., Pascal Lapierre, Anna G. Green, et al.. (2013). Reconstructed Ancestral Myo-Inositol-3-Phosphate Synthases Indicate That Ancestors of the Thermococcales and Thermotoga Species Were More Thermophilic than Their Descendants. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e84300–e84300. 27 indexed citations
4.
Green, Anna G., Kristen S. Swithers, Jan F. Gogarten, & J. Peter Gogarten. (2013). Reconstruction of Ancestral 16S rRNA Reveals Mutation Bias in the Evolution of Optimal Growth Temperature in the Thermotogae Phylum. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 30(11). 2463–2474. 7 indexed citations
5.
Swithers, Kristen S., Shannon M. Soucy, Erica Lasek‐Nesselquist, Pascal Lapierre, & J. Peter Gogarten. (2013). Distribution and Evolution of the Mobile vma-1b Intein. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 30(12). 2676–2687. 10 indexed citations
6.
Drew, Bryan T., Romina Gazis, Patricia Cabezas, et al.. (2013). Lost Branches on the Tree of Life. PLoS Biology. 11(9). e1001636–e1001636. 41 indexed citations
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Swithers, Kristen S. & Laura A. Katz. (2013). Reconstructing the Tree of Life. Microbe Magazine. 8(6). 249–253. 2 indexed citations
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Butzin, Nicholas C., et al.. (2013). Thermotoga lettingae Can Salvage Cobinamide To Synthesize Vitamin B12. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(22). 7006–7012. 9 indexed citations
9.
Petrus, Amanda K., Kristen S. Swithers, Si Wu, et al.. (2012). Genes for the Major Structural Components of Thermotogales Species’ Togas Revealed by Proteomic and Evolutionary Analyses of OmpA and OmpB Homologs. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e40236–e40236. 15 indexed citations
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Swithers, Kristen S., Amanda K. Petrus, Camilla Nesbø, et al.. (2012). Vitamin B12 Synthesis and Salvage Pathways Were Acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer to the Thermotogales. Genome Biology and Evolution. 4(8). 842–851. 17 indexed citations
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Swithers, Kristen S., Shannon M. Soucy, & J. Peter Gogarten. (2012). The Role of Reticulate Evolution in Creating Innovation and Complexity. PubMed. 2012. 1–10. 18 indexed citations
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Swithers, Kristen S., Gregory P. Fournier, Anna G. Green, J. Peter Gogarten, & Pascal Lapierre. (2011). Reassessment of the Lineage Fusion Hypothesis for the Origin of Double Membrane Bacteria. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e23774–e23774. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, David, Gregory P. Fournier, Pascal Lapierre, et al.. (2011). A Rooted Net of Life. Biology Direct. 6(1). 45–45. 29 indexed citations
14.
Swithers, Kristen S., David Bruce, Roxanne Tapia, et al.. (2011). Genome Sequence of Kosmotoga olearia Strain TBF 19.5.1, a Thermophilic Bacterium with a Wide Growth Temperature Range, Isolated from the Troll B Oil Platform in the North Sea. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(19). 5566–5567. 14 indexed citations
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Swithers, Kristen S., J. Peter Gogarten, & Gregory P. Fournier. (2009). Trees in the Web of Life. Journal of Biology. 8(6). 54–54. 19 indexed citations
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Zhaxybayeva, Olga, Kristen S. Swithers, Pascal Lapierre, et al.. (2009). On the chimeric nature, thermophilic origin, and phylogenetic placement of the Thermotogales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(14). 5865–5870. 159 indexed citations
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Swithers, Kristen S., Alireza G. Senejani, Gregory P. Fournier, & J. Peter Gogarten. (2009). Conservation of intron and intein insertion sites: implications for life histories of parasitic genetic elements. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 303–303. 42 indexed citations

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