Laura S. Weyrich

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Laura S. Weyrich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura S. Weyrich has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Laura S. Weyrich's work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (8 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (7 papers). Laura S. Weyrich is often cited by papers focused on Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (8 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (7 papers). Laura S. Weyrich collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Laura S. Weyrich's co-authors include Alan Cooper, Keith Dobney, Laurence J. Clarke, Julien Soubrier, Jennifer M. Young, Wolfgang Haak, Christina Adler, Kurt W. Alt, Arkadiusz Sołtysiak and Corey J. A. Bradshaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Laura S. Weyrich

25 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions

2013 409 citations Christina Adler, Keith Dobney et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura S. Weyrich Australia	16	687	546	371	230	208	26	1.5k
Christina Adler Australia	17	554 0.8×	183 0.3×	634 1.7×	472 2.1×	475 2.3×	27	1.8k
Raphael Eisenhofer Australia	13	657 1.0×	276 0.5×	123 0.3×	60 0.3×	46 0.2×	32	1.1k
Yoshan Moodley South Africa	21	548 0.8×	480 0.9×	587 1.6×	11 0.0×	30 0.1×	58	2.4k
Kirsten I. Bos Germany	24	727 1.1×	293 0.5×	1.6k 4.3×	29 0.1×	591 2.8×	34	2.4k
Andaine Seguin‐Orlando Denmark	19	674 1.0×	239 0.4×	491 1.3×	6 0.0×	69 0.3×	29	1.5k
Michael G. Campana United States	21	329 0.5×	266 0.5×	642 1.7×	6 0.0×	89 0.4×	60	1.2k
Holly L. Lutz United States	20	189 0.3×	222 0.4×	226 0.6×	10 0.0×	18 0.1×	48	1.1k
Gila Kahila Bar‐Gal Israel	21	243 0.4×	189 0.3×	451 1.2×	4 0.0×	228 1.1×	47	1.6k
Jennifer L. Pechal United States	23	406 0.6×	528 1.0×	481 1.3×	9 0.0×	407 2.0×	52	1.8k
B. L. Roeder United States	13	184 0.3×	691 1.3×	44 0.1×	11 0.0×	80 0.4×	24	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura S. Weyrich

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Kularatna, Sanjeewa, Sonia Nath, Kostas Kapellas, et al.. (2025). Costs of Providing Culturally Safe Dental Care for Indigenous People of Australia: A Follow‐Up Intervention Study. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology.

Nath, Sonia, et al.. (2024). Characterising healthy Australian oral microbiomes for ‘super donor’ selection. Journal of Dentistry. 151. 105435–105435. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yichen, Wei Wen Wong, Adam J. Kessler, et al.. (2023). Using sedimentary prokaryotic communities to assess historical changes in the Gippsland Lakes. Freshwater Biology. 68(11). 1839–1858. 3 indexed citations

Farrer, Andrew G., Christina Adler, Emily Davenport, et al.. (2023). Ancient dental calculus reveals oral microbiome shifts associated with lifestyle and disease in Great Britain. Nature Microbiology. 8(12). 2315–2325. 13 indexed citations

Handsley‐Davis, Matilda, Emma Kowal, Lynette Russell, & Laura S. Weyrich. (2020). Researchers using environmental DNA must engage ethically with Indigenous communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(2). 146–148. 21 indexed citations

Weyrich, Laura S., Andrew G. Farrer, Raphael Eisenhofer, et al.. (2019). Laboratory contamination over time during low‐biomass sample analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(4). 982–996. 162 indexed citations

Littleford‐Colquhoun, Bethan L., Laura S. Weyrich, Nicola Jackson, & Céline Frère. (2019). City life alters the gut microbiome and stable isotope profiling of the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii). Molecular Ecology. 28(20). 4592–4607. 29 indexed citations

Kapellas, Kostas, et al.. (2018). Consequences of colonialism: A microbial perspective to contemporary Indigenous health. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 167(2). 423–437. 12 indexed citations

Eisenhofer, Raphael, Atholl Anderson, Keith Dobney, Alan Cooper, & Laura S. Weyrich. (2017). Ancient Microbial DNA in Dental Calculus: A New method for Studying Rapid Human Migration Events. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 14(2). 149–162. 14 indexed citations

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Young, Jennifer M., Jeremy J. Austin, & Laura S. Weyrich. (2016). Soil DNA metabarcoding and high-throughput sequencing as a forensic tool: considerations, potential limitations and recommendations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(2). fiw207–fiw207. 29 indexed citations

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Llamas, Bastien, Guido Valverde, Lars Fehren‐Schmitz, et al.. (2016). From the field to the laboratory: Controlling DNA contamination in human ancient DNA research in the high-throughput sequencing era. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1–14. 133 indexed citations

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Young, Jennifer M., Nicolas J. Rawlence, Laura S. Weyrich, & Alan Cooper. (2014). Limitations and recommendations for successful DNA extraction from forensic soil samples: A review. Science & Justice. 54(3). 238–244. 64 indexed citations

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Clarke, Laurence J., Julien Soubrier, Laura S. Weyrich, & Alan Cooper. (2014). Environmental metabarcodes for insects: in silicoPCR reveals potential for taxonomic bias. Molecular Ecology Resources. 14(6). 1160–1170. 266 indexed citations

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Young, Jennifer M., Laura S. Weyrich, & Alan Cooper. (2014). Forensic soil DNA analysis using high-throughput sequencing: A comparison of four molecular markers. Forensic Science International Genetics. 13. 176–184. 48 indexed citations

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Weyrich, Laura S., Keith Dobney, & Alan Cooper. (2014). Ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus. Journal of Human Evolution. 79. 119–124. 89 indexed citations

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Weyrich, Laura S., et al.. (2013). Resident Microbiota Affect Bordetella pertussis Infectious Dose and Host Specificity. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209(6). 913–921. 36 indexed citations

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Adler, Christina, Keith Dobney, Laura S. Weyrich, et al.. (2013). Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions. Nature Genetics. 45(4). 450–455. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weyrich, Laura S. & Eric T. Harvill. (2013). Teaching Ethical Aptitude to Graduate Student Researchers. Accountability in Research. 20(1). 5–12. 10 indexed citations

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Weyrich, Laura S., Jihye Park, Nicholas A. Spidale, et al.. (2012). A Type VI Secretion System Encoding Locus Is Required for Bordetella bronchiseptica Immunomodulation and Persistence In Vivo. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e45892–e45892. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuqing, et al.. (2012). Lack of Cross-protection againstBordetella holmesiiafter Pertussis Vaccination. Emerging infectious diseases. 18(11). 1771–1779. 29 indexed citations

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