Laura Weber

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Laura Weber is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Weber has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Oceanography and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Laura Weber's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers) and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (7 papers). Laura Weber is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers) and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (7 papers). Laura Weber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Cuba. Laura Weber's co-authors include Amy Apprill, Sean Mcnally, Rachel Parsons, Alyson E. Santoro, Maickel Armenteros, Cynthia C. Becker, Emelia DeForce, Julia M. Diaz, Tong Zhang and Colleen M. Hansel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Laura Weber

20 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Minor revision to V4 region SSU rRNA 806R gene primer greatly increases detection of SAR11 bacterioplankton

2015 1.7k citations Amy Apprill, Sean Mcnally et al. Aquatic Microbial Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Weber United States	14	1.3k	655	422	259	235	22	2.2k
Sean Mcnally United States	7	986 0.8×	602 0.9×	324 0.8×	251 1.0×	230 1.0×	9	1.9k
Angélique Gobet France	21	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	433 1.0×	234 0.9×	311 1.3×	31	2.2k
François Thomas France	24	1.2k 0.9×	971 1.5×	607 1.4×	271 1.0×	234 1.0×	49	2.7k
Beatriz Dı́ez Chile	26	2.2k 1.7×	1.4k 2.1×	653 1.5×	523 2.0×	229 1.0×	76	3.1k
Ruth‐Anne Sandaa Norway	28	2.0k 1.5×	792 1.2×	525 1.2×	270 1.0×	537 2.3×	64	2.8k
Ricardo Henrique Krüger Brazil	26	797 0.6×	866 1.3×	159 0.4×	136 0.5×	373 1.6×	98	2.5k
Manuel Kleiner United States	29	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	440 1.0×	150 0.6×	285 1.2×	77	2.5k
Chung Yeon Hwang South Korea	26	1.1k 0.8×	893 1.4×	152 0.4×	211 0.8×	224 1.0×	88	1.8k
Stephen Woodcock Australia	17	1.3k 1.0×	822 1.3×	361 0.9×	146 0.6×	241 1.0×	36	2.2k
Daniel P. R. Herlemann Germany	20	1.9k 1.5×	1.3k 2.0×	681 1.6×	553 2.1×	279 1.2×	41	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Weber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Weber

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Weber

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

All Works

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Armenteros, Maickel, et al.. (2024). Coral Reef Water Microbial Communities of Jardines de la Reina, Cuba. Microorganisms. 12(9). 1822–1822. 1 indexed citations

Veseli, Iva, Zachary S. Cooper, Matthew S. Schechter, et al.. (2024). Digital Microbe: a genome-informed data integration framework for team science on emerging model organisms. Scientific Data. 11(1). 967–967.

Becker, Cynthia C., Laura Weber, Brian Zgliczynski, et al.. (2023). Microorganisms and dissolved metabolites distinguish Florida's Coral Reef habitats. PNAS Nexus. 2(9). pgad287–pgad287. 14 indexed citations

Weber, Laura, et al.. (2022). Benthic exometabolites and their ecological significance on threatened Caribbean coral reefs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 101–101. 13 indexed citations

Apprill, Amy, H. Holm, Alyson E. Santoro, et al.. (2021). Microbial ecology of coral-dominated reefs in the Federated States of Micronesia. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 86. 115–136. 13 indexed citations

Apprill, Amy, Carolyn A. Miller, Jana M. U’Ren, et al.. (2020). Marine mammal skin microbiotas are influenced by host phylogeny. Royal Society Open Science. 7(5). 192046–192046. 21 indexed citations

Weber, Laura & Amy Apprill. (2020). Diel, daily, and spatial variation of coral reef seawater microbial communities. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0229442–e0229442. 28 indexed citations

Babbin, Andrew R., et al.. (2020). Discovery and quantification of anaerobic nitrogen metabolisms among oxygenated tropical Cuban stony corals. The ISME Journal. 15(4). 1222–1235. 25 indexed citations

Becker, Cynthia C., et al.. (2020). Microbial and nutrient dynamics in mangrove, reef, and seagrass waters over tidal and diurnal time scales. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 85. 101–119. 24 indexed citations

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Weber, Laura, et al.. (2020). Extracellular Reef Metabolites Across the Protected Jardines de la Reina, Cuba Reef System. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 19 indexed citations

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Weber, Laura, et al.. (2019). Small-Scale Variability Dominates Benthic Coverage and Diversity Across the Jardines de La Reina, Cuba Coral Reef System. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 10 indexed citations

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Weber, Laura, et al.. (2019). The coral ecosphere: A unique coral reef habitat that fosters coral–microbial interactions. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(6). 2373–2388. 55 indexed citations

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Weber, Laura, et al.. (2019). Microbial signatures of protected and impacted Northern Caribbean reefs: changes from Cuba to the Florida Keys. Environmental Microbiology. 22(1). 499–519. 31 indexed citations

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Weber, Laura. (2019). Characterizing the ecology of coral reef microorganisms across different scales within the Caribbean. Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community (Woods Hole Scientific Community).

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Weber, Laura, Emelia DeForce, & Amy Apprill. (2017). Optimization of DNA extraction for advancing coral microbiota investigations. Microbiome. 5(1). 18–18. 30 indexed citations

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Becker, Cynthia C., Konrad A Hughen, Tracy J. Mincer, et al.. (2017). Impact of prawn farming effluent on coral reef water nutrients and microorganisms. Aquaculture Environment Interactions. 9. 331–346. 10 indexed citations

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Apprill, Amy, Laura Weber, & Alyson E. Santoro. (2016). Distinguishing between Microbial Habitats Unravels Ecological Complexity in Coral Microbiomes. mSystems. 1(5). 85 indexed citations

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Diaz, Julia M., Colleen M. Hansel, Amy Apprill, et al.. (2016). Species-specific control of external superoxide levels by the coral holobiont during a natural bleaching event. Nature Communications. 7(1). 2025–2031. 65 indexed citations

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Apprill, Amy, Sean Mcnally, Rachel Parsons, & Laura Weber. (2015). Minor revision to V4 region SSU rRNA 806R gene primer greatly increases detection of SAR11 bacterioplankton. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 75(2). 129–137. 1707 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chapuis‐Lardy, Lydie, Alain Brauman, Laëtitia Bernard, et al.. (2010). Effect of the endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the microbial structure and activity related to CO2 and N2O fluxes from a tropical soil (Madagascar). Applied Soil Ecology. 45(3). 201–208. 72 indexed citations

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