Michael J. Follows

19.1k citations

167 papers · 10.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 56

Co-authors: Stephanie Dutkiewicz Ben A. Ward Richard G. Williams Takamitsu Ito Sallie W. Chisholm Payal Parekh Jason G. Bragg Scott Grant
Topics: Marine and coastal ecosystems (122 papers)Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (56 papers)Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (50 papers)
Cited by: Oceanography Ecology Environmental Chemistry
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Follows

166 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Emergent Biogeography of Microbial Communities in a Model Ocean

2007 617 citations Michael J. Follows, Stephanie Dutkiewicz et al. Science profile →
Rethinking the marine carbon cycle: Factoring in the multifarious lifestyles of microbes

2015 588 citations Michael J. Follows et al. Science profile →
Imbalance of global nutrient cycles exacerbated by the greater retention of phosphorus over nitrogen in lakes

2022 105 citations Gregory L. Britten, Michael J. Follows et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Intraspecific Diversity in Thermal Performance Determines Phytoplankton Ecological Niche 2025 ·Ecology Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Sheean T. Haley,Sonya T. Dyhrman,Stephanie Dutkiewicz,Michael J. Follows,Harriet Alexander	1
2	Missing microbial eukaryotes and misleading meta-omic conclusions 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),(unknown),Sarah K. Hu,Natalie R. Cohen,Tatiana A. Rynearson,Michael J. Follows,Frederik Schulz,Harriet Alexander	3
3	Multiple biotic interactions establish phytoplankton community structure across environmental gradients 2024 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Stephanie Dutkiewicz,Christopher L. Follett,Michael J. Follows,(unknown),François Ribalet,Mary R. Gradoville,Sacha Coesel,Hanna Farnelid,Zoe V. Finkel,Andrew J. Irwin,Oliver Jahn,David M. Karl,Jann Paul Mattern,Angelicque White,Jonathan P. Zehr,E. Virginia Armbrust	5
4	Latitudinal patterns in ocean C:N:P reflect phytoplankton acclimation and macromolecular composition 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Justin D. Liefer,Angelicque White,Zoe V. Finkel,Andrew J. Irwin,Mathilde Dugenne,Keisuke Inomura,François Ribalet,E. Virginia Armbrust,David M. Karl,(unknown),Christopher M. Brown,Michael J. Follows	6
5	Challenges and opportunities in connecting gene count observations with ocean biogeochemical models: Reply to Zehr and Riemann (2023) 2023 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown),Gregory L. Britten,Stephanie Dutkiewicz,Pia H. Moisander,Michael J. Follows	2
6	Diel light cycles affect phytoplankton competition in the global ocean 2022 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·(unknown),Michael J. Follows,Stephanie Dutkiewicz,Christopher L. Follett,Joseph J. Vallino	6
7	Seasonal Photoacclimation in the North Pacific Transition Zone 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Gregory L. Britten,(unknown),Gaël Forget,Michael J. Follows	5
8	Basin-scale biogeography of marine phytoplankton reflects cellular-scale optimization of metabolism and physiology 2022 ·Science Advances ·John R. Casey,Rene Boiteau,Martin K. M. Engqvist,Zoe V. Finkel,Gang Li,Justin D. Liefer,Christian L. Müller,Nathalie Munoz Munoz,Michael J. Follows	20
9	Biogeochemical Dynamics in Adjacent Mesoscale Eddies of Opposite Polarity 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Benedetto Barone,Matthew J. Church,Mathilde Dugenne,Nicholas J. Hawco,Oliver Jahn,Angelicque White,Seth G. John,Michael J. Follows,Edward F. DeLong,David M. Karl	21
10	A Flux‐Based Threshold for Anaerobic Activity in the Ocean 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Emily J. Zakem,Jonathan Maitland Lauderdale,Reiner Schlitzer,Michael J. Follows	2
11	Anthropogenic Asian aerosols provide Fe to the North Pacific Ocean 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Paulina Pinedo‐González,Nicholas J. Hawco,Randelle M. Bundy,E. Virginia Armbrust,Michael J. Follows,B. B. Cael,Angelicque White,Sara Ferrón,David M. Karl,Seth G. John	68
12	Biochemical diversity of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis as a driver of Coccolithovirus competitive ecology 2019 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Jozef I. Nissimov,David Talmy,Liti Haramaty,Helen F. Fredricks,Ehud Zelzion,Ben Knowles,A. Murat Eren,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Kuldeep D. More,Marco J. L. Coolen,Michael J. Follows,Debashish Bhattacharya,Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy,Kay D. Bidle	15
13	Growth of marine Vibrio in oligotrophic environments is not stimulated by the addition of inorganic iron 2019 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Ruifeng Zhang,(unknown),Kathryn M. Kauffman,(unknown),Jonathan Maitland Lauderdale,Michael J. Follows,Seth G. John	7
14	Light regulation of coccolithophore host–virus interactions 2018 ·New Phytologist ·Kimberlee Thamatrakoln,David Talmy,Liti Haramaty,(unknown),(unknown),Ben Knowles,Frank Natale,Marco J. L. Coolen,Michael J. Follows,Kay D. Bidle	23
15	Seasonal resource conditions favor a summertime increase in North Pacific diatom–diazotroph associations 2018 ·Nature ·Christopher L. Follett,Stephanie Dutkiewicz,David M. Karl,Keisuke Inomura,Michael J. Follows	7
16	Metabolic evolution and the self-organization of ecosystems 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rogier Braakman,Michael J. Follows,Sallie W. Chisholm	103
17	A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes 2015 ·The ISME Journal ·Joshua S. Weitz,Charles A. Stock,Steven W. Wilhelm,Lydia Bourouiba,Maureen L. Coleman,Alison Buchan,Michael J. Follows,Jed A. Fuhrman,Luis F. Jover,Jay T. Lennon,Mathias Middelboe,Derek L. Sonderegger,Curtis A. Suttle,Bradford P. Taylor,T. Frede Thingstad,William H. Wilson,K. Eric Wommack	177
18	Single-Cell Genomics Reveals Hundreds of Coexisting Subpopulations in Wild Prochlorococcus 2014 ·Science ·Nadav Kashtan,Sara E. Roggensack,Sébastien Rodrigue,(unknown),Steven J. Biller,Allison Coe,Huiming Ding,Pekka Marttinen,Rex R. Malmstrom,Roman Stocker,Michael J. Follows,Ramūnas Stepanauskas,Sallie W. Chisholm	359
19	Morphological optimization for access to dual oxidants in biofilms 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christopher P. Kempes,Chinweike Okegbe,(unknown),Michael J. Follows,Lars E. P. Dietrich	64
20	Emergent Biogeography of Microbial Communities in a Model Oceanbreakdown → 2007 ·Science ·Michael J. Follows,Stephanie Dutkiewicz,Scott Grant,Sallie W. Chisholm	617

About Michael J. Follows

Michael J. Follows is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 167 papers that have together received 10.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (122 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (56 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (50 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (7.1k citations), Ecology (4.6k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (1.6k citations). Michael J. Follows has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Ben A. Ward, Richard G. Williams, Takamitsu Ito, Sallie W. Chisholm, Payal Parekh, Jason G. Bragg, Scott Grant, Oliver Jahn and John Marshall. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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