Phyllis Lam

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Phyllis Lam is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Phyllis Lam has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Pollution and 19 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Phyllis Lam's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (32 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (21 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers). Phyllis Lam is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (32 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (21 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers). Phyllis Lam collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Phyllis Lam's co-authors include Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Gaute Lavik, Marlene Mark Jensen, Rudolf Amann, Mike S. M. Jetten, Dagmar Woebken, Carsten J. Schubert, Bo Thamdrup, Dimitri Gutiérrez and Markus Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Phyllis Lam

39 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone

2009 609 citations Phyllis Lam, Gaute Lavik et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Microbial Nitrogen Cycling Processes in Oxygen Minimum Zones

2010 502 citations Phyllis Lam, Marcel M. M. Kuypers Annual Review of Marine Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Phyllis Lam Germany	27	3.3k	2.3k	2.2k	1.1k	833	40	5.1k
Gaute Lavik Germany	53	6.0k 1.8×	4.2k 1.8×	4.7k 2.2×	2.1k 1.9×	1.4k 1.6×	103	10.3k
Martin Könneke Germany	28	4.6k 1.4×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.9×	2.0k 2.4×	47	6.2k
Osvaldo Ulloa Chile	49	5.0k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	5.2k 2.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.8k 2.1×	114	8.2k
Jakob Zopfi Switzerland	37	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	706 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	463 0.6×	77	4.2k
Amal Jayakumar United States	37	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	3.1k 1.4×	798 0.7×	431 0.5×	73	4.5k
Craig Tobias United States	29	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.9×	134 0.2×	74	4.6k
Stefan Hulth Sweden	30	1.3k 0.4×	882 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	611 0.6×	175 0.2×	54	3.3k
Anitra E. Ingalls United States	37	3.6k 1.1×	960 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	71	5.2k
Dale T. Andersen United States	28	2.1k 0.6×	453 0.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	380 0.5×	90	4.8k
Matthew R. McIlvin United States	32	2.5k 0.7×	689 0.3×	2.0k 0.9×	819 0.7×	744 0.9×	71	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Phyllis Lam

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20 of 20 papers shown

Long, Sihui, et al.. (2025). Modeling and Feasibility Assessment of Mineral Carbonation Based on Biological pH Swing for Atmospheric CO₂ Removal. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(19). 6972–6981.

Naqvi, S.W.A., Phyllis Lam, Amit Sarkar, et al.. (2018). Methane stimulates massive nitrogen loss from freshwater reservoirs in India. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1265–1265. 59 indexed citations

Lampitt, Richard S., et al.. (2018). Prokaryotic niche partitioning between suspended and sinking marine particles. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 11(3). 386–400. 57 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

Heller, Maija I., Phyllis Lam, & James W. Moffett. (2016). Westward Penetration of Particulate and Dissolved Iron Redox Species from the Peruvian Margin. 2016. 1 indexed citations

Milucka, Jana, Mathias K. Kirf, Lu Lu, et al.. (2015). Methane oxidation coupled to oxygenic photosynthesis in anoxic waters. The ISME Journal. 9(9). 1991–2002. 118 indexed citations

Abed, Raeid M. M., Phyllis Lam, Dirk de Beer, & Peter Stief. (2013). High rates of denitrification and nitrous oxide emission in arid biological soil crusts from the Sultanate of Oman. The ISME Journal. 7(9). 1862–1875. 71 indexed citations

Sheik, Abdul, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Gaute Lavik, et al.. (2013). Responses of the coastal bacterial community to viral infection of the algae Phaeocystis globosa. The ISME Journal. 8(1). 212–225. 66 indexed citations

Holtappels, Moritz, Phyllis Lam, Gavin Collins, et al.. (2012). Benthic Nitrogen Loss in the Arabian Sea Off Pakistan. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. 395–395. 31 indexed citations

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Lam, Phyllis, Marlene Mark Jensen, Annette Kock, et al.. (2011). Origin and fate of the secondary nitrite maximum in the Arabian Sea. 10 indexed citations

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Lam, Phyllis, Marlene Mark Jensen, Annette Kock, et al.. (2011). Origin and fate of the secondary nitrite maximum in the Arabian Sea. Biogeosciences. 8(6). 1565–1577. 82 indexed citations

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Lam, Phyllis & Marcel M. M. Kuypers. (2010). Microbial Nitrogen Cycling Processes in Oxygen Minimum Zones. Annual Review of Marine Science. 3(1). 317–345. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lam, Phyllis, Gaute Lavik, Marlene Mark Jensen, et al.. (2009). Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(12). 4752–4757. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Halm, Hannah, Niculina Musat, Phyllis Lam, et al.. (2009). Co‐occurrence of denitrification and nitrogen fixation in a meromictic lake, Lake Cadagno (Switzerland). Environmental Microbiology. 11(8). 1945–1958. 88 indexed citations

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Schmid, Markus, Alan B. Hooper, Martin G. Klotz, et al.. (2008). Environmental detection of octahaem cytochrome c hydroxylamine/hydrazine oxidoreductase genes of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium‐oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 10(11). 3140–3149. 157 indexed citations

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Lavik, Gaute, Volker Brüchert, Anja K. van der Plas, et al.. (2008). Detoxification of sulphidic African shelf waters by blooming chemolithotrophs. Nature. 457(7229). 581–584. 269 indexed citations

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Woebken, Dagmar, Phyllis Lam, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, et al.. (2008). A microdiversity study of anammox bacteria reveals a novel Candidatus Scalindua phylotype in marine oxygen minimum zones. Environmental Microbiology. 10(11). 3106–3119. 211 indexed citations

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Cowen, James P., Richard E. Thomson, David Kadko, et al.. (2004). Biogeochemical Processes in Mid-Ocean Ridge Hydrothermal Plumes. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Lam, Phyllis, James P. Cowen, & Ronald D. Jones. (2003). Autotrophic ammonia oxidation in a deep-sea hydrothermal plume. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 47(2). 191–206. 71 indexed citations

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Cowen, James P., et al.. (1999). Microbial biomass in the hydrothermal plumes associated with the 1998 Axial Volcano Eruption. Geophysical Research Letters. 26(24). 3637–3640. 16 indexed citations

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