Laura Wegener Parfrey

25.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
80 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Laura Wegener Parfrey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Wegener Parfrey has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Laura Wegener Parfrey's work include Gut microbiota and health (25 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (19 papers). Laura Wegener Parfrey is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (25 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (19 papers). Laura Wegener Parfrey collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Czechia. Laura Wegener Parfrey's co-authors include Rob Knight, Stilianos Louca, Michael Doebeli, Luke K. Ursell, José C. Clemente, Laura A. Katz, Jessica L. Metcalf, Christian Quast, Jörg Peplies and Pablo Yarza and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Laura Wegener Parfrey

77 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Impact of the Gut Microbiota on Human Health: An Integrative View

2012 2.7k citations José C. Clemente, Laura Wegener Parfrey et al. profile →
The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks

2013 2.6k citations Laura Wegener Parfrey et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Decoupling function and taxonomy in the global ocean microbiome

2016 2.3k citations Stilianos Louca, Laura Wegener Parfrey et al. profile →
Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems

2018 1.2k citations Stilianos Louca, Martin F. Polz et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Defining the human microbiome

2012 827 citations Laura Wegener Parfrey, Rob Knight et al. profile →
Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks

2011 615 citations Laura Wegener Parfrey, Daniel J. G. Lahr et al. profile →
Experimental and analytical tools for studying the human microbiome

2011 528 citations Justin Kuczynski, Christian L. Lauber et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
High taxonomic variability despite stable functional structure across microbial communities

2016 384 citations Stilianos Louca, Aliny P. F. Pires et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Wegener Parfrey

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Wegener Parfrey

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Abiotic stress destabilizes the bacterial community of sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima (Phaeophyceae) 2025 ·Journal of Phycology ·(unknown), (unknown), Laura Wegener Parfrey	1
2	An experimental test of the influence of microbial manipulation on sugar kelp ( Saccharina latissima ) supports the core influences host function hypothesis 2025 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Eduardo Kohn, (unknown), Katherine M. Davis, (unknown), Laura Wegener Parfrey	0
3	Manipulation of the seagrass‐associated microbiome reduces disease severity 2024 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Olivia Graham, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Samantha Burke, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Taylor L. Hughes, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Laura Wegener Parfrey, C. Drew Harvell	8
4	Epibiont communities on mussels in relation to parasitism and location in the rocky intertidal zone 2024 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Katherine M. Davis, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Christopher D. G. Harley, Keith Holmes, (unknown), Alyssa‐Lois M. Gehman	2
5	Nitrogen Fixation and Microbial Communities Associated with Decomposing Seagrass Leaves in Temperate Coastal Waters 2024 ·Microbial Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Laura Wegener Parfrey, Lasse Riemann	3
6	Successional dynamics of the cultivated kelp microbiome 2023 ·Journal of Phycology ·Katherine M. Davis, (unknown), Allison Q. Byrne, Jonathan D. Davis, (unknown), Michael Wright, Laura Wegener Parfrey	18
7	Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems breakdown → 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Stilianos Louca, Martin F. Polz, Florent Mazel, Michaeline Albright, Julie A. Huber, Mary I. O’Connor, Martin Ackermann, Aria S Hahn, Diane S. Srivastava, Sean A. Crowe, Michael Doebeli, Laura Wegener Parfrey	1178
8	EukRef: Phylogenetic curation of ribosomal RNA to enhance understanding of eukaryotic diversity and distribution 2018 ·PLoS Biology ·Javier del Campo, Martin Kolísko, Vittorio Boscaro, Luciana F. Santoferrara, Serafim Nenarokov, Ramón Massana, Laure Guillou, Alastair G. B. Simpson, Cédric Berney, Colomban de Vargas, Matthew W. Brown, Patrick J. Keeling, Laura Wegener Parfrey	89
9	Bacterial diversification through geological time 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Stilianos Louca, Patrick M. Shih, Matthew W. Pennell, Woodward W. Fischer, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Michael Doebeli	63
10	High taxonomic variability despite stable functional structure across microbial communities breakdown → 2016 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Stilianos Louca, (unknown), Aliny P. F. Pires, Juliana S. Leal, Diane S. Srivastava, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Vinicius F. Farjalla, Michael Doebeli	384
11	Defining the diversity of microbial eukaryotic communities in the mammalian gut within the context of environmental eukaryotic diversity 2014 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Laura Wegener Parfrey, William A. Walters, Christian L. Lauber, José C. Clemente, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jack A. Gilbert, (unknown)	2
12	Changes in bacterial and eukaryotic communities during sewage decomposition in Mississippi river water 2014 ·Water Research ·Asja Korajkic, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Brian R. McMinn, (unknown), (unknown), Rob Knight, Orin C. Shanks	53
13	Microbial community dynamics and effect of environmental microbial reservoirs on red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) 2013 ·The ISME Journal ·Andrew H. Loudon, Douglas C. Woodhams, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Holly Archer, Rob Knight, Valerie J. McKenzie, Reid N. Harris	237
14	Experimental and analytical tools for studying the human microbiome breakdown → 2011 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Justin Kuczynski, Christian L. Lauber, William A. Walters, Laura Wegener Parfrey, José C. Clemente, Dirk Gevers, Rob Knight	528
15	Human-Associated Microbial Signatures: Examining Their Predictive Value 2011 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Dan Knights, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Jesse Zaneveld, Catherine Lozupone, Rob Knight	100
16	Subulatomonas tetraspora nov. gen. nov. sp. is a Member of a Previously Unrecognized Major Clade of Eukaryotes 2011 ·Protist ·Laura A. Katz, Jessica R. Grant, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Anastasia Gant Kanegusuku, Charles J. O’Kelly, O. Roger Anderson, Robert E. Molestina, Thomas A. Nerad	23
17	Genome Dynamics Are Influenced by Food Source in Allogromia laticollaris Strain CSH (Foraminifera) 2010 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Laura Wegener Parfrey, Laura A. Katz	18
18	Molecular Data Are Transforming Hypotheses on the Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes 2009 ·BioScience ·Yonas I. Tekle, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Laura A. Katz	23
19	The Dynamic Nature of Eukaryotic Genomes 2008 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Laura Wegener Parfrey, Daniel J. G. Lahr, Laura A. Katz	112
20	Genome-wide analysis of transcriptional dependence and probable target sites for Abf1 and Rap1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2006 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Laura Wegener Parfrey, Randall H. Morse	68

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