Michael Elk

975 total citations
19 papers, 768 citations indexed

About

Michael Elk is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Elk has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 768 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 7 papers in Water Science and Technology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Elk's work include Fecal contamination and water quality (7 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (5 papers). Michael Elk is often cited by papers focused on Fecal contamination and water quality (7 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (5 papers). Michael Elk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Canada. Michael Elk's co-authors include Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Hodon Ryu, Vikram Kapoor, Christopher A. Impellitteri, Xuan Li, Tarja Pitkänen, Kartik Chandran, Jorge Santo Domingo, Anna-Maria Hokajärvi and Maria J. Soto-Girón and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Elk

18 papers receiving 754 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Elk United States 16 258 194 193 191 169 19 768
Menu Leddy United States 16 192 0.7× 180 0.9× 208 1.1× 128 0.7× 152 0.9× 21 636
Sabrina R. Mueller‐Spitz United States 9 338 1.3× 170 0.9× 240 1.2× 249 1.3× 125 0.7× 12 708
Uta Böckelmann Germany 14 269 1.0× 155 0.8× 196 1.0× 127 0.7× 156 0.9× 16 704
Shin Giek Goh Singapore 19 360 1.4× 121 0.6× 181 0.9× 188 1.0× 265 1.6× 42 1.2k
Kelly Shannon Canada 11 193 0.7× 225 1.2× 243 1.3× 83 0.4× 115 0.7× 11 775
Sarah–Jane Haig United States 19 223 0.9× 361 1.9× 159 0.8× 268 1.4× 151 0.9× 35 1.3k
Thierry Berthe France 17 443 1.7× 175 0.9× 312 1.6× 183 1.0× 241 1.4× 30 1.1k
Jenny C. Fisher United States 14 206 0.8× 288 1.5× 261 1.4× 234 1.2× 150 0.9× 22 941
Tucker R. Burch United States 15 612 2.4× 146 0.8× 118 0.6× 160 0.8× 210 1.2× 28 931
Kishor Acharya United Kingdom 17 264 1.0× 127 0.7× 129 0.7× 155 0.8× 203 1.2× 35 737

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Elk

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Elk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Elk

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

All Works

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Tiwari, Ananda, Anna-Maria Hokajärvi, Jorge Santo Domingo, et al.. (2021). Bacterial diversity and predicted enzymatic function in a multipurpose surface water system – from wastewater effluent discharges to drinking water production. Environmental Microbiome. 16(1). 11–11. 25 indexed citations
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Tiwari, Ananda, Anna-Maria Hokajärvi, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, et al.. (2018). Categorical performance characteristics of method ISO 7899-2 and indicator value of intestinal enterococci for bathing water quality monitoring. Journal of Water and Health. 16(5). 711–723. 17 indexed citations
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Bagley, Mark J., et al.. (2018). Spatial and temporal dynamics of a freshwater eukaryotic plankton community revealed via 18S rRNA gene metabarcoding. Hydrobiologia. 818(1). 71–86. 52 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Vikram, Michael Elk, Carlos Toledo‐Hernández, & Jorge W. Santo Domingo. (2017). Analysis of human mitochondrial DNA sequences from fecally polluted environmental waters as a tool to study population diversity. AIMS environmental science. 4(3). 443–455. 4 indexed citations
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Inkinen, Jenni, B. Jayaprakash, Merja Ahonen, et al.. (2017). Bacterial community changes in copper and PEX drinking water pipeline biofilms under extra disinfection and magnetic water treatment. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 124(2). 611–624. 30 indexed citations
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Techtmann, Stephen M., Pablo Campo, Edith Holder, et al.. (2017). Corexit 9500 Enhances Oil Biodegradation and Changes Active Bacterial Community Structure of Oil-Enriched Microcosms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(10). 80 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Vikram, Michael Elk, Xuan Li, Christopher A. Impellitteri, & Jorge W. Santo Domingo. (2016). Effects of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) on nitrification inhibition as determined by SOUR, function-specific gene expression and 16S rRNA sequence analysis of wastewater nitrifying enrichments. Chemosphere. 147. 361–367. 38 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Vikram, et al.. (2016). Inhibitory effect of cyanide on wastewater nitrification determined using SOUR and RNA ‐based gene‐specific assays. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 63(2). 155–161. 15 indexed citations
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Soto-Girón, Maria J., Luis M. Rodriguez‐R, Chengwei Luo, et al.. (2016). Biofilms on Hospital Shower Hoses: Characterization and Implications for Nosocomial Infections. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82(9). 2872–2883. 80 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Vikram, Xuan Li, Michael Elk, et al.. (2015). Impact of Heavy Metals on Transcriptional and Physiological Activity of Nitrifying Bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(22). 13454–13462. 107 indexed citations
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Ryu, Hodon, et al.. (2014). Intestinal Microbiota and Species Diversity of Campylobacter and Helicobacter spp. in Migrating Shorebirds in Delaware Bay. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(6). 1838–1847. 51 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Vikram, Tarja Pitkänen, Hodon Ryu, et al.. (2014). Distribution of Human-Specific Bacteroidales and Fecal Indicator Bacteria in an Urban Watershed Impacted by Sewage Pollution, Determined Using RNA- and DNA-Based Quantitative PCR Assays. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(1). 91–99. 44 indexed citations
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Pitkänen, Tarja, Hodon Ryu, Michael Elk, et al.. (2013). Detection of Fecal Bacteria and Source Tracking Identifiers in Environmental Waters Using rRNA-Based RT-qPCR and rDNA-Based qPCR Assays. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(23). 13611–13620. 59 indexed citations
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Ryu, Hodon, Michael Elk, Izhar U. H. Khan, et al.. (2013). Comparison of two poultry litter qPCR assays targeting the 16S rRNA gene of Brevibacterium sp.. Water Research. 48. 613–621. 19 indexed citations
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Badawy, Amro El, Bradley W. Miller, Kirk G. Scheckel, et al.. (2013). The Impact of Silver Nanoparticles on the Composting of Municipal Solid Waste. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(24). 14385–14393. 43 indexed citations
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Ryu, Hodon, Michael W. Henson, Michael Elk, et al.. (2012). Development of Quantitative PCR Assays Targeting the 16S rRNA Genes of Enterococcus spp. and Their Application to the Identification of Enterococcus Species in Environmental Samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(1). 196–204. 77 indexed citations
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Ryu, Hodon, Jingrang Lu, Jason R. Vogel, et al.. (2012). Development and Evaluation of a Quantitative PCR Assay Targeting Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Fecal Pollution. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(12). 4338–4345. 25 indexed citations

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