L. Y. Young

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

L. Y. Young is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Y. Young has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Pollution, 39 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 37 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in L. Y. Young's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (62 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (25 papers). L. Y. Young is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (62 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (25 papers). L. Y. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. L. Y. Young's co-authors include J.B. Healy, Craig D. Phelps, Max M. Häggblom, Perry L. McCarty, David C. Stuckey, William F. Owen, Carl E. Cerniglia, Maria D. Rivera, E. Danielle Rhine and Xinyuan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

L. Y. Young

138 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

Bioassay for monitoring biochemical methane potential and anaerobic toxicity

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Author						Papers	Cites
L. Y. Young	5.1k	2.1k	2.1k	1.7k	1.7k	140	9.0k
Joseph M. Suflita	4.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	798 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	161	9.1k
Stephen H. Zinder	3.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	91	7.9k
Christof Holliger	4.5k 0.9×	835 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	743 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	156	7.7k
Rainer U. Meckenstock	4.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	434 0.3×	2.1k 1.3×	155	8.1k
Reyes Sierra‐Álvarez	3.3k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	779 0.5×	525 0.3×	232	8.7k
Lisa Alvarez‐Cohen	5.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	3.5k 1.7×	264 0.2×	2.1k 1.3×	135	9.8k
Catherine N. Mulligan	5.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	475 0.3×	370 0.2×	158	9.9k
Frank E. Löffler	7.3k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	2.8k 1.3×	329 0.2×	4.3k 2.6×	204	12.7k
James M. Gossett	3.7k 0.7×	431 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	592 0.3×	802 0.5×	56	5.8k
J. Gijs Kuenen	7.0k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	310 0.2×	3.0k 1.8×	99	10.4k

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Barnes, Mallory L., Quan Zhang, Scott M. Robeson, et al.. (2024). A Century of Reforestation Reduced Anthropogenic Warming in the Eastern United States. Earth s Future. 12(2). 19 indexed citations

Porter, Abigail W., et al.. (2020). Pharmaceutical transforming microbes from wastewater and natural environments can colonize microplastics. AIMS environmental science. 7(1). 99–116. 6 indexed citations

Porter, Abigail W. & L. Y. Young. (2014). Benzoyl-CoA, a Universal Biomarker for Anaerobic Degradation of Aromatic Compounds. Advances in applied microbiology. 88. 167–203. 47 indexed citations

Porter, Abigail W., et al.. (2013). Sensitivity of the spectral induced polarization method to microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) processes. Geophysics. 78(5). E261–E269. 21 indexed citations

Wang, Yanping, Heather A. Wiatrowski, Chu‐Ching Lin, et al.. (2012). Impact of mercury on denitrification and denitrifying microbial communities in nitrate enrichments of subsurface sediments. Biodegradation. 24(1). 33–46. 20 indexed citations

Zanaroli, Giulio, Annalisa Balloi, Andrea Negroni, et al.. (2010). Characterization of the microbial community from the marine sediment of the Venice lagoon capable of reductive dechlorination of coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 178(1-3). 417–426. 44 indexed citations

Zhu, Wenyi, et al.. (2007). Sulfide-driven arsenic solubilization from arsenopyrite and pyritic black shale. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

Callaghan, Amy V., Boris Wawrik, Sinéad M. Ní Chadhain, L. Y. Young, & Gerben J. Zylstra. (2007). Anaerobic alkane-degrading strain AK-01 contains two alkylsuccinate synthase genes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 366(1). 142–148. 95 indexed citations

Callaghan, Amy V., Lisa M. Gieg, Kevin G. Kropp, Joseph M. Suflita, & L. Y. Young. (2006). Comparison of Mechanisms of Alkane Metabolism under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions among Two Bacterial Isolates and a Bacterial Consortium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(6). 4274–4282. 84 indexed citations

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Scala, David J., et al.. (2006). Characterization of Fe(III)-reducing enrichment cultures and isolation of Fe(III)-reducing bacteria from the Savannah River site, South Carolina. Research in Microbiology. 157(8). 772–783. 57 indexed citations

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Young, L. Y. & Craig D. Phelps. (2004). Metabolic Biomarkers for Monitoring in Situ Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(1). 62–67. 38 indexed citations

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Fedi, Stefano, Valentina Tremaroli, David J. Scala, et al.. (2004). T-RFLP analysis of bacterial communities in cyclodextrin-amended bioreactors developed for biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls. Research in Microbiology. 156(2). 201–210. 27 indexed citations

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Rhine, E. Danielle, et al.. (2004). A novel arsenate respiring isolate that can utilize aromatic substrates. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 48(3). 323–332. 82 indexed citations

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Rockne, Karl J., et al.. (2003). Toxicity of density separation media to Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium strain PC01: implications for density-separation of soils and sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 43(2). 185–189. 8 indexed citations

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Phelps, Craig D. & L. Y. Young. (2002). Metabolic biomarkers for detecting anaerobic PAH biodegradation in groundwater and sediments. Soil and Sediment Contamination An International Journal. 11(6). 1 indexed citations

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Phelps, Craig D., Lee J. Kerkhof, & L. Y. Young. (1998). Molecular characterization of a sulfate-reducing consortium which mineralizes benzene. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 27(3). 269–279. 148 indexed citations

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Phelps, Craig D., Junko Kazumi, & L. Y. Young. (1996). Anaerobic degradation of benzene in BTX mixtures dependent on sulfate reduction. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 145(3). 433–437. 56 indexed citations

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Häggblom, Max M., Maria D. Rivera, & L. Y. Young. (1996). Anaerobic degradation of halogenated benzoic acids coupled to denitrification observed in a variety of sediment and soil samples. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 144(2-3). 213–219. 21 indexed citations

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Young, L. Y., et al.. (1992). Quantification of denitrification by strain T1 during anaerobic degradation of toluene. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 37(1). 136–40. 10 indexed citations

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Bossert, Ingeborg D., Maria D. Rivera, & L. Y. Young. (1986). p-Cresol biodegradation under denitrifying conditions: isolation of a bacterial coculture. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 38(5). 313–319. 21 indexed citations

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