Mitchell L. Sogin

52.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
213 papers, 39.0k citations indexed

About

Mitchell L. Sogin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitchell L. Sogin has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 39.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Molecular Biology, 100 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mitchell L. Sogin's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (91 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (65 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (56 papers). Mitchell L. Sogin is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (91 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (65 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (56 papers). Mitchell L. Sogin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Mitchell L. Sogin's co-authors include Hilary G. Morrison, Susan M. Huse, David B. Mark Welch, Julie A. Huber, David A. Relman, Les Dethlefsen, S. M. Huse, Norman R. Pace, David A. Stahl and A. Murat Eren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mitchell L. Sogin

213 papers receiving 37.9k citations

Hit Papers

A core gut microbiome in ... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2008 2006 1985 2008 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins
    2008 5.9k citations Mitchell L. Sogin et al. profile →
  2. Microbial diversity in the deep sea and the underexplored “rare biosphere”
    2006 2.7k citations Mitchell L. Sogin, Hilary G. Morrison et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Rapid determination of 16S ribosomal RNA sequences for phylogenetic analyses.
    1985 2.5k citations Mitchell L. Sogin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. The Pervasive Effects of an Antibiotic on the Human Gut Microbiota, as Revealed by Deep 16S rRNA Sequencing
    2008 1.8k citations Les Dethlefsen, S. M. Huse et al. profile →
  5. Anvi’o: an advanced analysis and visualization platform for ‘omics data
    2015 1.2k citations A. Murat Eren, Özcan C. Esen et al. PeerJ profile →
  6. Ironing out the wrinkles in the rare biosphere through improved OTU clustering
    2010 1.1k citations Susan M. Huse, David B. Mark Welch et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
  7. Accuracy and quality of massively parallel DNA pyrosequencing
    2007 989 citations Susan M. Huse, Julie A. Huber et al. profile →
  8. Exploring Microbial Diversity and Taxonomy Using SSU rRNA Hypervariable Tag Sequencing
    2008 772 citations Susan M. Huse, Les Dethlefsen et al. PLoS Genetics profile →
  9. IDENTIFICATION OF GROUP‐ AND STRAIN‐SPECIFIC GENETIC MARKERS FOR GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED ALEXANDRIUM (DINOPHYCEAE). II. SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF A FRAGMENT OF THE LSU rRNA GENE1
    1994 766 citations Mitchell L. Sogin et al. profile →
  10. Microbial Population Structures in the Deep Marine Biosphere
    2007 698 citations Julie A. Huber, David B. Mark Welch et al. Science profile →
  11. Microbial Diversity of Hydrothermal Sediments in the Guaymas Basin: Evidence for Anaerobic Methanotrophic Communities
    2002 549 citations Mitchell L. Sogin et al. profile →
  12. Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru
    2006 548 citations Karen G. Lloyd, Mitchell L. Sogin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  13. Monophyletic Origins of the Metazoa: an Evolutionary Link with Fungi
    1993 501 citations Gregory Hinkle, Mitchell L. Sogin et al. Science profile →
  14. Oligotyping: differentiating between closely related microbial taxa using 16S rRNA gene data
    2013 480 citations A. Murat Eren, Sharon L. Grim et al. profile →
  15. Global Patterns of Bacterial Beta-Diversity in Seafloor and Seawater Ecosystems
    2011 464 citations Susan M. Huse, David B. Mark Welch et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  16. Minimum entropy decomposition: Unsupervised oligotyping for sensitive partitioning of high-throughput marker gene sequences
    2014 406 citations A. Murat Eren, Hilary G. Morrison et al. The ISME Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mitchell L. Sogin United States 90 23.0k 15.6k 5.1k 3.7k 3.6k 213 39.0k
Patrick D. Schloss United States 75 22.6k 1.0× 14.1k 0.9× 3.1k 0.6× 3.8k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 201 44.1k
Jörg Peplies Germany 28 21.9k 1.0× 17.5k 1.1× 4.2k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 39 44.4k
Christian Quast Germany 17 17.9k 0.8× 15.1k 1.0× 3.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 22 38.6k
Elmar Pruesse Germany 8 19.8k 0.9× 16.4k 1.0× 4.1k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 10 41.1k
Norman R. Pace United States 91 24.4k 1.1× 14.1k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 255 38.0k
Susan Holmes United States 60 23.9k 1.0× 13.8k 0.9× 2.4k 0.5× 4.5k 1.2× 2.1k 0.6× 189 52.9k
Paul J. McMurdie United States 19 19.9k 0.9× 12.9k 0.8× 2.3k 0.5× 3.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 22 42.5k
Frank Oliver Glöckner Germany 60 28.2k 1.2× 25.3k 1.6× 6.2k 1.2× 2.7k 0.7× 4.6k 1.3× 158 57.0k
Jack A. Gilbert United States 92 18.0k 0.8× 13.6k 0.9× 2.1k 0.4× 2.3k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 383 38.9k
J. Gregory Caporaso United States 65 28.1k 1.2× 18.6k 1.2× 3.5k 0.7× 4.3k 1.2× 2.4k 0.7× 123 57.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mitchell L. Sogin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vineis, Joseph H., William S. Reznikoff, Dionysios A. Antonopoulos, et al.. (2024). A novel conjugative transposon carrying an autonomously amplified plasmid. mBio. 15(2). e0278723–e0278723. 1 indexed citations
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Mullowney, Michael W., Aretha Fiebig, Matthew K. Schnizlein, et al.. (2024). Microbially catalyzed conjugation of GABA and tyramine to bile acids. Journal of Bacteriology. 206(1). e0042623–e0042623. 6 indexed citations
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Ruff, S. Emil, Isabella Hrabě de Angelis, Jérôme Payet, et al.. (2023). A global atlas of subsurface microbiomes reveals phylogenetic novelty, large scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide. 6. 2 indexed citations
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Fiebig, Aretha, Matthew K. Schnizlein, Florian Trigodet, et al.. (2023). Bile acid fitness determinants of a Bacteroides fragilis isolate from a human pouchitis patient. mBio. 15(1). e0283023–e0283023. 6 indexed citations
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Hoen, Anne G., Juliette C. Madan, Zhigang Li, et al.. (2018). Sex-specific associations of infants’ gut microbiome with arsenic exposure in a US population. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12627–12627. 50 indexed citations
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Kleindienst, Sara, Sharon L. Grim, Mitchell L. Sogin, et al.. (2015). Diverse, rare microbial taxa responded to the Deepwater Horizon deep-sea hydrocarbon plume. The ISME Journal. 10(2). 400–415. 119 indexed citations
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Eren, A. Murat, Özcan C. Esen, Christopher Quince, et al.. (2015). Anvi’o: an advanced analysis and visualization platform for ‘omics data. PeerJ. 3. e1319–e1319. 1168 indexed citations breakdown →
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Newton, Ryan J., et al.. (2013). Shifts in the Microbial Community Composition of Gulf Coast Beaches Following Beach Oiling. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e74265–e74265. 68 indexed citations
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Newton, Ryan J., Melinda J. Bootsma, Hilary G. Morrison, Mitchell L. Sogin, & Sandra L. McLellan. (2013). A Microbial Signature Approach to Identify Fecal Pollution in the Waters Off an Urbanized Coast of Lake Michigan. Microbial Ecology. 65(4). 1011–1023. 183 indexed citations
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Gifford, Alex H., Zhigang Li, Lisa A. Moulton, et al.. (2013). Iron supplementation does not worsen respiratory health or alter the sputum microbiome in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 13(3). 311–318. 25 indexed citations
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Goetz, Giles, S. M. Huse, Hilary G. Morrison, et al.. (2012). Acinetobacter , Aeromonas and Trichococcus populations dominate the microbial community within urban sewer infrastructure. Environmental Microbiology. 14(9). 2538–2552. 149 indexed citations
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Gobet, Angélique, Simone Böer, Susan M. Huse, et al.. (2011). Diversity and dynamics of rare and of resident bacterial populations in coastal sands. The ISME Journal. 6(3). 542–553. 203 indexed citations
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Valm, Alex M., Jessica L. Mark Welch, Yuko Hasegawa, et al.. (2011). Systems-level analysis of microbial community organization through combinatorial labeling and spectral imaging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(10). 4152–4157. 235 indexed citations
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Turanov, Anton A., Alexey V. Lobanov, Dmitri E. Fomenko, et al.. (2009). Genetic Code Supports Targeted Insertion of Two Amino Acids by One Codon. Science. 323(5911). 259–261. 96 indexed citations
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McLellan, Sandra L., S. M. Huse, Sabrina R. Mueller‐Spitz, Ekaterina N. Andreishcheva, & Mitchell L. Sogin. (2009). Diversity and population structure of sewage‐derived microorganisms in wastewater treatment plant influent. Environmental Microbiology. 12(2). 378–392. 350 indexed citations
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Huse, Susan M., Les Dethlefsen, Julie A. Huber, et al.. (2008). Correction: Exploring Microbial Diversity and Taxonomy Using SSU rRNA Hypervariable Tag Sequencing. PLoS Genetics. 4(12). 120 indexed citations
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Nixon, Julie, Amy Wang, Hilary G. Morrison, et al.. (2002). A spliceosomal intron in Giardia lamblia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(6). 3701–3705. 125 indexed citations
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McArthur, Andrew G., Hilary G. Morrison, Julie Nixon, et al.. (2000). TheGiardiagenome project database. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 189(2). 271–273. 144 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qiao, et al.. (1997). Phylogenetic Analysis of Olfactory Receptor Genes from Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus). Biological Bulletin. 193(2). 248–250. 9 indexed citations
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Förster, H., et al.. (1990). Sequence Analysis of the Small Subunit Ribosomal Rnas of Three Zoosporic Fungi and Implications for Fungal Evolution. Mycologia. 82(3). 306–312. 144 indexed citations

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