Pelin Yilmaz

48.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
40 papers, 29.0k citations indexed

About

Pelin Yilmaz is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Pelin Yilmaz has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 29.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Pelin Yilmaz's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (12 papers). Pelin Yilmaz is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (23 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (12 papers). Pelin Yilmaz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Pelin Yilmaz's co-authors include Frank Oliver Glöckner, Pablo Yarza, Elmar Pruesse, Christian Quast, Jan Gerken, Jörg Peplies, Wolfgang Ludwig, Laura Wegener Parfrey, William B. Whitman and Ramon Rosselló‐Móra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Pelin Yilmaz

40 papers receiving 28.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

2012 22.5k citations Christian Quast, Elmar Pruesse et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks

2013 2.6k citations Pelin Yilmaz, Laura Wegener Parfrey et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Uniting the classification of cultured and uncultured bacteria and archaea using 16S rRNA gene sequences

2014 1.8k citations Pablo Yarza, Pelin Yilmaz et al. profile →
25 years of serving the community with ribosomal RNA gene reference databases and tools

2017 632 citations Frank Oliver Glöckner, Pelin Yilmaz et al. profile →
Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities

2020 350 citations David W. Waite, Maria Chuvochina et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pelin Yilmaz Germany	22	13.6k	11.3k	4.0k	2.8k	2.7k	40	29.0k
Pablo Yarza Spain	20	14.0k 1.0×	11.5k 1.0×	4.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	22	29.5k
Jan Gerken Germany	5	11.7k 0.9×	9.6k 0.8×	3.7k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	7	25.8k
Christopher Quince United Kingdom	54	17.1k 1.3×	14.0k 1.2×	4.9k 1.2×	3.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	111	34.5k
George M Garrity United States	34	14.4k 1.1×	10.3k 0.9×	4.3k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	247	28.8k
Gary L. Andersen United States	70	15.7k 1.1×	10.6k 0.9×	4.7k 1.2×	3.7k 1.3×	2.4k 0.9×	216	34.5k
Brian B. Oakley United States	32	9.1k 0.7×	9.3k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	3.5k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	78	22.9k
Sarah L. Westcott United States	23	11.8k 0.9×	9.7k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	36	26.7k
Jack A. Gilbert United States	92	18.0k 1.3×	13.6k 1.2×	5.0k 1.3×	3.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	383	38.9k
Benjamin J. Callahan United States	22	13.4k 1.0×	8.7k 0.8×	4.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	42	28.9k
Christian Quast Germany	17	17.9k 1.3×	15.1k 1.3×	4.9k 1.2×	3.9k 1.4×	3.6k 1.4×	22	38.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pelin Yilmaz

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Thomas, Alexander, Olympia E. Anastasiou, Ulf Dittmer, et al.. (2024). UnCoVar: a reproducible and scalable workflow for transparent and robust virus variant calling and lineage assignment using SARS-CoV-2 as an example. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 647–647. 1 indexed citations

Mohr, Wiebke, Soeren Ahmerkamp, Hannah K. Marchant, et al.. (2021). Terrestrial-type nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between seagrass and a marine bacterium. Nature. 600(7887). 105–109. 65 indexed citations

Callbeck, Cameron M., Donald E. Canfield, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, et al.. (2021). Sulfur cycling in oceanic oxygen minimum zones. Limnology and Oceanography. 66(6). 2360–2392. 52 indexed citations

Klatt, Judith M., Gonzalo V. Gomez‐Saez, Petra Pop Ristova, et al.. (2020). Versatile cyanobacteria control the timing and extent of sulfide production in a Proterozoic analog microbial mat. The ISME Journal. 14(12). 3024–3037. 12 indexed citations

Waite, David W., Maria Chuvochina, Claus Pelikan, et al.. (2020). Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 70(11). 5972–6016. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

Henderson, Gemma, Pelin Yilmaz, Sandeep Kumar, et al.. (2019). Improved taxonomic assignment of rumen bacterial 16S rRNA sequences using a revised SILVA taxonomic framework. PeerJ. 7. e6496–e6496. 67 indexed citations

Rambold, Gerhard, et al.. (2019). Meta-omics data and collection objects (MOD-CO): a conceptual schema and data model for processing sample data in meta-omics research. Database. 2019. 11 indexed citations

Chuvochina, Maria, Christian Rinke, Donovan H. Parks, et al.. (2018). The importance of designating type material for uncultured taxa. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 42(1). 15–21. 76 indexed citations

Füssel, Jessika, Sebastian Lücker, Pelin Yilmaz, et al.. (2017). Adaptability as the key to success for the ubiquitous marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus. Science Advances. 3(11). e1700807–e1700807. 71 indexed citations

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Beccati, Alan, Jan Gerken, Christian Quast, Pelin Yilmaz, & Frank Oliver Glöckner. (2017). SILVA tree viewer: interactive web browsing of the SILVA phylogenetic guide trees. BMC Bioinformatics. 18(1). 433–433. 27 indexed citations

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Kozlov, Alexey M., Jiajie Zhang, Pelin Yilmaz, Frank Oliver Glöckner, & Alexandros Stamatakis. (2016). Phylogeny-aware identification and correction of taxonomically mislabeled sequences. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(11). 5022–5033. 65 indexed citations

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Hoopen, Petra ten, Ramona Walls, Ethalinda K. S. Cannon, et al.. (2016). Plant specimen contextual data consensus. GigaScience. 5(1). 1–4. 4 indexed citations

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Yilmaz, Pelin, Michael Weiß, Lothar Reich, et al.. (2015). Identification of Habitat-Specific Biomes of Aquatic Fungal Communities Using a Comprehensive Nearly Full-Length 18S rRNA Dataset Enriched with Contextual Data. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0134377–e0134377. 58 indexed citations

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Wieczorek, John, Olaf Bánki, Stan Blum, et al.. (2014). Meeting Report: GBIF hackathon-workshop on Darwin Core and sample data (22-24 May 2013). Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9(3). 585–598. 8 indexed citations

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Yilmaz, Pelin, Laura Wegener Parfrey, Pablo Yarza, et al.. (2013). The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(D1). D643–D648. 2612 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tuama, Éamonn Ó, John Deck, Markus Döring, et al.. (2012). Meeting Report: Hackathon-Workshop on Darwin Core and MIxS Standards Alignment (February 2012). Standards in Genomic Sciences. 7(1). 166–170. 6 indexed citations

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Quast, Christian, Elmar Pruesse, Pelin Yilmaz, et al.. (2012). The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(D1). D590–D596. 22524 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yilmaz, Pelin, Renzo Kottmann, Elmar Pruesse, Christian Quast, & Frank Oliver Glöckner. (2011). Analysis of 23S rRNA genes in metagenomes – A case study from the Global Ocean Sampling Expedition. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 34(6). 462–469. 11 indexed citations

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Hirschman, Lynette, Peter Sterk, Dawn Field, et al.. (2010). Meeting Report: “Metagenomics, Metadata and Meta-analysis” (M3) Workshop at the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2010. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 2(3). 357–360. 3 indexed citations

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Kottmann, Renzo, Ivaylo Kostadinov, Melissa B. Duhaime, et al.. (2009). Megx.net: integrated database resource for marine ecological genomics. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(Database). D391–D395. 26 indexed citations

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