Paul Gilna

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Paul Gilna is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Gilna has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul Gilna's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (5 papers). Paul Gilna is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (5 papers). Paul Gilna collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Paul Gilna's co-authors include Brian H. Davison, Mark F. Davis, Richard P. Chandra, Gerald A. Tuskan, Gregg T. Beckham, Richard A. Dixon, J. N. Saddler, Martin Keller, Charles E. Wyman and Timothy J. Tschaplinski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Paul Gilna

23 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery

2014 3.2k citations Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gregg T. Beckham et al. Science profile →
Sequence and Expression of Human Estrogen Receptor Complementary DNA

1986 1.1k citations Geoffrey L. Greene, Paul Gilna et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Gilna United States	14	3.0k	1.9k	946	892	791	24	5.8k
Tao Chen China	49	2.0k 0.7×	6.3k 3.3×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	450 0.6×	337	10.3k
Jianping Wen China	37	1.4k 0.5×	2.4k 1.3×	337 0.4×	354 0.4×	343 0.4×	204	5.4k
Masayuki Inui Japan	50	4.2k 1.4×	7.8k 4.1×	618 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	639 0.8×	243	9.5k
Masao Fukuda Japan	51	1.8k 0.6×	3.3k 1.7×	1.5k 1.6×	490 0.5×	1.4k 1.7×	199	6.9k
Hisao Ohtake Japan	40	915 0.3×	2.8k 1.4×	387 0.4×	831 0.9×	283 0.4×	189	5.4k
Yanfeng Liu China	43	1.1k 0.4×	5.0k 2.6×	589 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	829 1.0×	335	7.1k
Bo Wu China	41	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 1.1×	426 0.5×	359 0.4×	258 0.3×	158	4.8k
K. T. Shanmugam United States	55	3.8k 1.3×	6.0k 3.1×	867 0.9×	995 1.1×	623 0.8×	133	8.3k
Kang Zhou China	43	977 0.3×	2.7k 1.4×	542 0.6×	248 0.3×	476 0.6×	135	5.2k
Brian F. Pfleger United States	41	2.0k 0.7×	4.2k 2.2×	303 0.3×	700 0.8×	268 0.3×	110	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Gilna

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Gilna

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Gilna

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Gilna. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Gilna 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 Paul Gilna. Paul Gilna 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

Gilna, Paul, Lee R. Lynd, Debra Mohnen, Mark F. Davis, & Brian H. Davison. (2017). Progress in understanding and overcoming biomass recalcitrance: a BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) perspective. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10(1). 285–285. 21 indexed citations

Gunsalus, Robert P., Bryan R. Crable, Lars Rohlin, et al.. (2016). Complete genome sequence of Methanospirillum hungatei type strain JF1. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 11(1). 2–2. 41 indexed citations

Ragauskas, Arthur J., Gregg T. Beckham, Mary J. Biddy, et al.. (2014). Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery. Science. 344(6185). 1246843–1246843. 3243 indexed citations breakdown →

Brown, Steven D., Dawn M. Klingeman, Courtney M. Johnson, et al.. (2013). Genome Sequences of Industrially Relevant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain M3707, Isolated from a Sample of Distillers Yeast and Four Haploid Derivatives. Genome Announcements. 1(3). 6 indexed citations

Flavell, R. B., C. H. Brito Cruz, Mike Christie, et al.. (2011). Moving forward with biofuels.. Nature. 474(7352). 2 indexed citations

Field, Dawn, Peter Sterk, Nikos C. Kyrpides, et al.. (2009). Meeting Report from the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) Workshops 6 and 7. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 1(1). 68–71. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Ying, Paul Gilna, & Weizhong Li. (2009). Identification of ribosomal RNA genes in metagenomic fragments. Bioinformatics. 25(10). 1338–1340. 174 indexed citations

Gilbert, Jack A., Dawn Field, Ying Huang, et al.. (2008). Detection of Large Numbers of Novel Sequences in the Metatranscriptomes of Complex Marine Microbial Communities. PLoS ONE. 3(8). e3042–e3042. 258 indexed citations

Seshadri, R., Saul Kravitz, Larry Smarr, Paul Gilna, & M.E. Frazier. (2007). CAMERA: A Community Resource for Metagenomics. PLoS Biology. 5(3). e75–e75. 291 indexed citations

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Chistoserdova, Ludmila, Alla Lapidus, Cliff Han, et al.. (2007). Genome of Methylobacillus flagellatus , Molecular Basis for Obligate Methylotrophy, and Polyphyletic Origin of Methylotrophy. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(11). 4020–4027. 88 indexed citations

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Xie, Gary, David Bruce, Jean F. Challacombe, et al.. (2007). Genome Sequence of the Cellulolytic Gliding Bacterium Cytophaga hutchinsonii. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(11). 3536–3546. 166 indexed citations

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Maeder, Dennis, Iain Anderson, Thomas Brettin, et al.. (2006). The Methanosarcina barkeri genome: comparative analysis with Methanosarcina acetivorans and Methanosarcina mazei reveals extensive rearrangement within methanosarcinal genomes.. PubMed. 188(22). 7922–31. 4 indexed citations

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Burks, Christian, et al.. (1992). GenBank. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(suppl). 2065–2069. 40 indexed citations

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Mandel, Jean‐Louis, Anthony P. Monaco, David Lee Nelson, et al.. (1992). Genome Maps III. 1992. Wall Chart. Science. 258(5079). 87–102. 2 indexed citations

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Mandel, J.-L., Anthony P. Monaco, David Schlessinger, et al.. (1992). Genome maps III. 258(5079). 1 indexed citations

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Burks, Christian, et al.. (1991). GenBank. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(suppl). 2221–2225. 52 indexed citations

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Fickett, James W., et al.. (1991). Electronic Data Publishing and GenBank. Science. 252(5010). 1273–1277. 63 indexed citations

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Gilna, Paul, et al.. (1989). Submission of Nucleotide Sequence Data to GenBank(R). Microbiology. 135(7). 1779–1786. 6 indexed citations

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Bettuzzi, Saverio, Richard A. Hiipakka, Paul Gilna, & Shutsung Liao. (1989). Identification of an androgen-repressed mRNA in rat ventral prostate as coding for sulphated glycoprotein 2 by cDNA cloning and sequence analysis. Biochemical Journal. 257(1). 293–296. 163 indexed citations

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Gilna, Paul, David W. Collins, Geoffrey L. Greene, & Frank Gannon. (1984). A strategy for the cloning of the human oestrogen-receptor gene: optimization of an immunodetection system for use in the screening of a cDNA library. Biochemical Society Transactions. 12(3). 486–486.

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