Rachel Mackelprang

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Rachel Mackelprang is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Mackelprang has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rachel Mackelprang's work include Climate change and permafrost (10 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (7 papers). Rachel Mackelprang is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (10 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (7 papers). Rachel Mackelprang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Rachel Mackelprang's co-authors include Mark P. Waldrop, Janet Jansson, Maude M. David, Steven J. Blazewicz, Edward M. Rubin, Krystle L. Chavarría, Kristen M. DeAngelis, Joshua M. Akey, Erin N. Smith and Gaël Yvert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Mackelprang

28 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw

2011 518 citations Rachel Mackelprang, Mark P. Waldrop et al. Nature profile →
Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

2015 375 citations Jenni Hultman, Mark P. Waldrop et al. Nature profile →
Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau

2024 43 citations Luyao Kang, Yutong Song et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

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Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz United States

Maggie C. Y. Lau United States

Cristina Takacs‐Vesbach United States

Virginia I. Rich United States

Alison E. Murray United States

Steven J. Blazewicz United States

Paul F. Kemp United States

Rex R. Malmstrom United States

Charles K. Lee New Zealand

Christina Bienhold Germany

Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz United States

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Mackelprang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rachel Mackelprang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rachel Mackelprang 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 Rachel Mackelprang. Rachel Mackelprang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Mackelprang, Rachel, Robyn A. Barbato, Andrew M. Ramey, Ursel M. E. Schütte, & Mark P. Waldrop. (2025). Cooling perspectives on the risk of pathogenic viruses from thawing permafrost. mSystems. 10(2). e0004224–e0004224.

Fricker, Ashwana D., Mina Desai, L. Durán, et al.. (2025). A Pilot Study Exploring the Relationship Between Milk Composition and Microbial Capacity in Breastfed Infants. Nutrients. 17(2). 338–338. 1 indexed citations

Kang, Luyao, Yutong Song, Rachel Mackelprang, et al.. (2024). Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5920–5920. 43 indexed citations breakdown →

Miner, Kimberley, Joseph Razzell Hollis, Charles E. Miller, et al.. (2023). Earth to Mars: A Protocol for Characterizing Permafrost in the Context of Climate Change as an Analog for Extraplanetary Exploration. Astrobiology. 23(9). 1006–1018. 3 indexed citations

Waldrop, Mark P., Susanne Liebner, Steven R. Dudgeon, et al.. (2023). Permafrost microbial communities and functional genes are structured by latitudinal and soil geochemical gradients. The ISME Journal. 17(8). 1224–1235. 37 indexed citations

Leewis, Mary‐Cathrine, C. R. Lawrence, M. S. Schulz, et al.. (2022). The influence of soil development on the depth distribution and structure of soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 174. 108808–108808. 32 indexed citations

Miller, Daniel R., et al.. (2020). Quantification of endospores in ancient permafrost using time-resolved terbium luminescence. Analytical Biochemistry. 612. 113957–113957. 3 indexed citations

Leewis, Mary‐Cathrine, Renaud Berlemont, David C. Podgorski, et al.. (2020). Life at the Frozen Limit: Microbial Carbon Metabolism Across a Late Pleistocene Permafrost Chronosequence. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1753–1753. 23 indexed citations

Douglas, Thomas A., et al.. (2019). Changes in the Active, Dead, and Dormant Microbial Community Structure across a Pleistocene Permafrost Chronosequence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(7). 79 indexed citations

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Mackelprang, Rachel, Regina Lamendella, Ederson da Conceição Jesus, et al.. (2018). Microbial Community Structure and Functional Potential in Cultivated and Native Tallgrass Prairie Soils of the Midwestern United States. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1775–1775. 41 indexed citations

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Mackelprang, Rachel, et al.. (2017). Microbial survival strategies in ancient permafrost: insights from metagenomics. The ISME Journal. 11(10). 2305–2318. 118 indexed citations

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Wright, Justin, W. Bernard, Christopher J. McLimans, et al.. (2017). Bacterial Community Dynamics in Dichloromethane-Contaminated Groundwater Undergoing Natural Attenuation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 2300–2300. 26 indexed citations

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Hultman, Jenni, Mark P. Waldrop, Rachel Mackelprang, et al.. (2015). Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes. Nature. 521(7551). 208–212. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prestat, Emmanuel, Maude M. David, Jenni Hultman, et al.. (2014). FOAM (Functional Ontology Assignments for Metagenomes): a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) database with environmental focus. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(19). e145–e145. 78 indexed citations

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Graham, David E., Matthew D. Wallenstein, Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya, et al.. (2011). Microbes in thawing permafrost: the unknown variable in the climate change equation. The ISME Journal. 6(4). 709–712. 129 indexed citations

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Mackelprang, Rachel, Mark P. Waldrop, Kristen M. DeAngelis, et al.. (2011). Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw. Nature. 480(7377). 368–371. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mackelprang, Rachel & Edward M. Rubin. (2008). New Tricks with Old Bones. Science. 321(5886). 211–212. 2 indexed citations

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Mackelprang, Rachel, Robert Livingston, Michael A. Eberle, et al.. (2006). Sequence diversity, natural selection and linkage disequilibrium in the human T cell receptor alpha/delta locus. Human Genetics. 119(3). 255–266. 14 indexed citations

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Yvert, Gaël, Rachel B. Brem, Jacqueline Whittle, et al.. (2003). Trans-acting regulatory variation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the role of transcription factors. Nature Genetics. 35(1). 57–64. 480 indexed citations

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Mackelprang, Rachel, Christopher S. Carlson, Lakshman Subrahmanyan, et al.. (2002). Sequence variation in the human T‐cell receptor loci. Immunological Reviews. 190(1). 26–39. 21 indexed citations

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