Paul N. Evans

6.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Paul N. Evans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul N. Evans has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Paul N. Evans's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (18 papers). Paul N. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (18 papers). Paul N. Evans collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Japan. Paul N. Evans's co-authors include Gene W. Tyson, Donovan H. Parks, Ben J. Woodcroft, Philip Hugenholtz, Christian Rinke, Maria Chuvochina, Pierre-Alain Chaumeil, S. D. Golding, Steven J. Robbins and Joel A. Boyd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Paul N. Evans

48 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Recovery of nearly 8,000 metagenome-assembled genomes substantially expands the tree of life

2017 1.1k citations Donovan H. Parks, Christian Rinke et al. profile →
Methane metabolism in the archaeal phylum Bathyarchaeota revealed by genome-centric metagenomics

2015 546 citations Paul N. Evans, Donovan H. Parks et al. Science profile →
An evolving view of methane metabolism in the Archaea

2019 400 citations Paul N. Evans, Joel A. Boyd et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota

2016 363 citations Paul N. Evans, Donovan H. Parks et al. profile →
Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost

2018 293 citations Ben J. Woodcroft, Joel A. Boyd et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul N. Evans Australia	26	2.1k	2.0k	1.3k	658	405	50	4.1k
Chris Greening Australia	45	2.6k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	438 0.7×	548 1.4×	124	6.0k
Mostafa S. Elshahed United States	44	2.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.2×	991 0.8×	338 0.5×	838 2.1×	105	5.9k
Anne‐Kristin Kaster Germany	23	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	830 0.6×	1.0k 1.6×	406 1.0×	57	3.6k
Guillaume Borrel France	27	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	849 0.7×	418 0.6×	201 0.5×	44	3.2k
Noha H. Youssef United States	36	2.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	698 0.5×	368 0.6×	1.6k 3.9×	95	5.7k
Hideyuki Tamaki Japan	34	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	854 0.7×	515 0.8×	771 1.9×	140	4.0k
Bert Engelen Germany	29	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	252 0.4×	651 1.6×	68	3.9k
Susumu Asakawa Japan	36	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	875 0.7×	626 1.0×	564 1.4×	148	4.0k
Levente Bodrossy Australia	43	2.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	520 0.8×	897 2.2×	117	5.5k
Rebecca A. Daly United States	24	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	592 0.5×	146 0.2×	361 0.9×	55	3.6k

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Khare, Sunil Kumar, et al.. (2025). Characterisation of the thermophilic P450 CYP116B305 identified using metagenomics-derived sequence data from an Australian hot spring. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 109(1). 133–133. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Jiarui, Miho Hirai, Yoshihiro Takaki, et al.. (2025). Metagenomic insights into taxonomic and functional patterns in shallow coastal and deep subseafloor sediments in the Western Pacific. Microbial Genomics. 11(3).

Cronin, Dylan, et al.. (2024). Impact of storage and extraction methods on peat soil microbiomes. PeerJ. 12. e18745–e18745.

Tan, Sha, Lan Liu, Jian‐Yu Jiao, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Origins and Evolution of Oxygenic and Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Deeply Branched Cyanobacteriota. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(8). 6 indexed citations

Luo, Zhen‐Hao, Qi Li, LV Ai-ping, et al.. (2024). Temperature, pH, and oxygen availability contributed to the functional differentiation of ancient Nitrososphaeria. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 9 indexed citations

Soo, Rochelle M., Paul N. Evans, Emily C. Hoedt, et al.. (2023). Isolation and characterisation of novel Methanocorpusculum species indicates the genus is ancestrally host-associated. BMC Biology. 21(1). 59–59. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Yan, Tao Liu, Mengmeng Li, et al.. (2023). Hot spring distribution and survival mechanisms of thermophilic comammox Nitrospira. The ISME Journal. 17(7). 993–1003. 36 indexed citations

Wang, Jiajia, Yan-Ni Qu, Paul N. Evans, et al.. (2023). Evidence for nontraditional mcr -containing archaea contributing to biological methanogenesis in geothermal springs. Science Advances. 9(26). eadg6004–eadg6004. 14 indexed citations

Sun, Jiarui, Paul N. Evans, Emma J. Gagen, et al.. (2021). Recoding of stop codons expands the metabolic potential of two novel Asgardarchaeota lineages. ISME Communications. 1(1). 30–30. 31 indexed citations

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Evans, Paul N., Yang-Zhi Rao, Yan-Ni Qu, et al.. (2021). Comparative Genomics Reveals Thermal Adaptation and a High Metabolic Diversity in “ Candidatus Bathyarchaeia”. mSystems. 6(4). e0025221–e0025221. 30 indexed citations

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Delogu, Francesco, Benoît J. Kunath, Paul N. Evans, et al.. (2020). Integration of absolute multi-omics reveals dynamic protein-to-RNA ratios and metabolic interplay within mixed-domain microbiomes. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4708–4708. 26 indexed citations

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Boyd, Joel A., Sean P. Jungbluth, Andy O Leu, et al.. (2019). Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi. The ISME Journal. 13(5). 1269–1279. 51 indexed citations

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Hua, Zheng‐Shuang, Yulin Wang, Paul N. Evans, et al.. (2019). Insights into the ecological roles and evolution of methyl-coenzyme M reductase-containing hot spring Archaea. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4574–4574. 106 indexed citations

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Evans, Paul N., Joel A. Boyd, Andy O Leu, et al.. (2019). An evolving view of methane metabolism in the Archaea. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 17(4). 219–232. 400 indexed citations breakdown →

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Evans, Paul N., Donovan H. Parks, Grayson L. Chadwick, et al.. (2015). Methane metabolism in the archaeal phylum Bathyarchaeota revealed by genome-centric metagenomics. Science. 350(6259). 434–438. 546 indexed citations breakdown →

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Samsudin, Anjas Asmara, Paul N. Evans, André‐Denis G. Wright, & Rafat Al Jassim. (2011). Molecular diversity of the foregut bacteria community in the dromedary camel ( Camelus dromedarius ). Environmental Microbiology. 13(11). 3024–3035. 53 indexed citations

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Evans, Paul N., B. A. Dehority, & André‐Denis G. Wright. (2008). Methanogens detected in the foreguts of the Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) and Western Grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus). Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 48. 1 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Matthew J., Paul N. Evans, & K. N. Joblin. (2007). Analysis of Methanogen Diversity in the Rumen Using Temporal Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis: Identification of Uncultured Methanogens. Microbial Ecology. 54(1). 141–150. 47 indexed citations

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Skillman, Lucy, Paul N. Evans, Carsten Strömpl, & K. N. Joblin. (2006). 16S rDNA directed PCR primers and detection of methanogens in the bovine rumen. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 42(3). 222–228. 81 indexed citations

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Riffkin, Penny, et al.. (2001). Extending pasture quality later into the season.. 3 indexed citations

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