Madeline C. Weiss

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 781 citations indexed

About

Madeline C. Weiss is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Madeline C. Weiss has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 781 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Madeline C. Weiss's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers). Madeline C. Weiss is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers). Madeline C. Weiss collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Portugal and Austria. Madeline C. Weiss's co-authors include William Martin, Shijulal Nelson‐Sathi, Filipa L. Sousa, Sinje Neukirchen, Mayo Roettger, Natalia Mrnjavac, Joana C. Xavier, Martina Preiner, Verena Zimorski and Gottfried Unden and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS Genetics, Environmental Microbiology and Nature Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Madeline C. Weiss

5 papers receiving 765 citations

Hit Papers

The physiology and habita... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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.

  1. The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor
    2016 635 citations Madeline C. Weiss, Filipa L. Sousa et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Madeline C. Weiss Germany 4 468 273 158 95 74 5 781
Natalia Mrnjavac Germany 7 412 0.9× 254 0.9× 137 0.9× 86 0.9× 64 0.9× 12 718
Sinje Neukirchen Austria 8 543 1.2× 237 0.9× 293 1.9× 170 1.8× 64 0.9× 11 912
Víctor Sojo Germany 13 375 0.8× 392 1.4× 87 0.6× 68 0.7× 150 2.0× 17 816
Daria V. Dibrova Russia 12 420 0.9× 233 0.9× 120 0.8× 50 0.5× 103 1.4× 24 700
Betül Kaçar United States 16 350 0.7× 208 0.8× 145 0.9× 36 0.4× 33 0.4× 45 678
Joana C. Xavier Germany 14 418 0.9× 328 1.2× 76 0.5× 35 0.4× 105 1.4× 22 672
Barry Herschy United Kingdom 10 266 0.6× 532 1.9× 79 0.5× 82 0.9× 154 2.1× 10 726
Martina Preiner Germany 13 336 0.7× 367 1.3× 50 0.3× 59 0.6× 95 1.3× 19 638
Seán F. Jordan United Kingdom 14 222 0.5× 254 0.9× 75 0.5× 58 0.6× 90 1.2× 31 603
Eloi Camprubí United Kingdom 9 245 0.5× 414 1.5× 50 0.3× 68 0.7× 127 1.7× 11 583

Countries citing papers authored by Madeline C. Weiss

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Madeline C. Weiss's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Madeline C. Weiss with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Madeline C. Weiss more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Madeline C. Weiss

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Madeline C. Weiss. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Madeline C. Weiss. The network helps show where Madeline C. Weiss may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Madeline C. Weiss

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

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
1.
Weiss, Madeline C., Martina Preiner, Joana C. Xavier, Verena Zimorski, & William Martin. (2018). The last universal common ancestor between ancient Earth chemistry and the onset of genetics. PLoS Genetics. 14(8). e1007518–e1007518. 117 indexed citations
2.
Barth, C., Madeline C. Weiss, Mayo Roettger, William Martin, & Gottfried Unden. (2018). Origin and phylogenetic relationships of [4Fe–4S]‐containing O 2 sensors of bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 20(12). 4567–4586. 10 indexed citations
3.
Weiss, Madeline C., Filipa L. Sousa, Natalia Mrnjavac, et al.. (2016). The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor. Nature Microbiology. 1(9). 16116–16116. 635 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Martin, William, Madeline C. Weiss, Sinje Neukirchen, Shijulal Nelson‐Sathi, & Filipa L. Sousa. (2016). Physiology, phylogeny, and LUCA. Microbial Cell. 3(12). 582–587. 18 indexed citations
5.
Yilmaz, Pelin, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Johannes F. Imhoff, et al.. (2014). A complete view on the aquatic-derived fungal phylogeny and ecology. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Natalia Mrnjavac Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sinje Neukirchen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Víctor Sojo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Daria V. Dibrova Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Betül Kaçar Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Joana C. Xavier Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Barry Herschy Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Martina Preiner Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Seán F. Jordan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eloi Camprubí
Rankless by CCL
2026