Rachel Parsons

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Rachel Parsons is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Parsons has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 20 papers in Oceanography and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rachel Parsons's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (25 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (14 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers). Rachel Parsons is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (25 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (14 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers). Rachel Parsons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bermuda and United Kingdom. Rachel Parsons's co-authors include Sean Mcnally, Amy Apprill, Laura Weber, Craig A. Carlson, Kevin L. Vergin, Mya Breitbart, Stephen J. Giovannoni, Dennis A. Hansell, Peter Salamon and Alexander H. Treusch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Parsons

43 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

2 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.

Minor revision to V4 region SSU rRNA 806R gene primer greatly increases detection of SAR11 bacterioplankton

2015 1.7k citations Amy Apprill, Sean Mcnally et al. Aquatic Microbial Ecology profile →
The Marine Viromes of Four Oceanic Regions

2006 709 citations Florent Angly, Ben Felts et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Parsons United States	24	2.5k	1.9k	890	579	446	46	4.6k
Bernd Wemheuer Germany	32	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	490 0.6×	652 1.1×	405 0.9×	69	4.4k
Alison Buchan United States	29	3.9k 1.5×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	579 1.0×	565 1.3×	62	5.1k
Slava S. Epstein United States	37	3.0k 1.2×	3.6k 1.9×	771 0.9×	419 0.7×	478 1.1×	72	6.0k
Jang‐Cheon Cho South Korea	37	3.4k 1.4×	3.0k 1.6×	669 0.8×	422 0.7×	486 1.1×	224	5.1k
Ruth A. Schmitz Germany	47	2.4k 0.9×	3.9k 2.0×	1.3k 1.4×	548 0.9×	615 1.4×	180	7.4k
Gurvan Michel France	48	1.8k 0.7×	3.5k 1.9×	1.5k 1.7×	1.2k 2.1×	332 0.7×	99	7.9k
Jan‐Hendrik Hehemann Germany	34	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	921 1.0×	493 0.9×	356 0.8×	71	5.1k
Giuseppe D’Auria Spain	30	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	307 0.3×	446 0.8×	492 1.1×	73	4.2k
Thomas Schweder Germany	42	2.1k 0.8×	3.0k 1.6×	831 0.9×	420 0.7×	402 0.9×	137	5.3k
Ricardo Cavicchioli Australia	49	4.4k 1.7×	4.7k 2.5×	758 0.9×	660 1.1×	1.0k 2.3×	134	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rachel Parsons

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rachel Parsons

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Parsons

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bolaños, Luis M., Craig A. Carlson, Ruth Curry, et al.. (2025). Seasonal patterns of DOM molecules are linked to microbial functions in the oligotrophic ocean. mSystems. 11(2). e0154025–e0154025.

Hervé, Vincent, et al.. (2025). Sailing together: A review of the pelagic Sargassum microbiome. Harmful Algae. 148. 102904–102904.

Parsons, Rachel & Mukul S. Bansal. (2025). DupLoss-2: Improved Phylogenomic Species Tree Inference under Gene Duplication and Loss. Systematic Biology. 1 indexed citations

Longnecker, Krista, Melissa C. Kido Soule, Gretchen J. Swarr, et al.. (2024). Seasonal and daily patterns in known dissolved metabolites in the northwestern Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(3). 449–466. 6 indexed citations

Warwick-Dugdale, Joanna, Funing Tian, Michelle L. Michelsen, et al.. (2024). Long-read powered viral metagenomics in the oligotrophic Sargasso Sea. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4089–4089. 8 indexed citations

Bachy, Charles, Jan Strauss, Leocadio Blanco‐Bercial, et al.. (2024). Recurring seasonality exposes dominant species and niche partitioning strategies of open ocean picoeukaryotic algae. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 266–266. 4 indexed citations

Parsons, Rachel, et al.. (2023). Methylphosphonate Is Utilized by Commensal Microbiota of Macroalgae in the Oligotrophic Sargasso Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(12). 3 indexed citations

Bolaños, Luis M., Karen Tait, Paul J. Somerfield, et al.. (2022). Influence of short and long term processes on SAR11 communities in open ocean and coastal systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 116–116. 16 indexed citations

Blanco‐Bercial, Leocadio, Rachel Parsons, Luis M. Bolaños, et al.. (2022). The protist community traces seasonality and mesoscale hydrographic features in the oligotrophic Sargasso Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Shuting, Rachel Parsons, Nicholas Baetge, et al.. (2020). Different carboxyl‐rich alicyclic molecules proxy compounds select distinct bacterioplankton for oxidation of dissolved organic matter in the mesopelagic Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(7). 1532–1553. 45 indexed citations

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Mcnally, Sean, Rachel Parsons, Alyson E. Santoro, & Amy Apprill. (2016). Multifaceted impacts of the stony coral Porites astreoides on picoplankton abundance and community composition. Limnology and Oceanography. 62(1). 217–234. 34 indexed citations

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Apprill, Amy, Sean Mcnally, Rachel Parsons, & Laura Weber. (2015). Minor revision to V4 region SSU rRNA 806R gene primer greatly increases detection of SAR11 bacterioplankton. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 75(2). 129–137. 1707 indexed citations breakdown →

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Parsons, Rachel, Mya Breitbart, Michael W. Lomas, & Craig A. Carlson. (2011). Ocean time-series reveals recurring seasonal patterns of virioplankton dynamics in the northwestern Sargasso Sea. The ISME Journal. 6(2). 273–284. 118 indexed citations

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Tucker, Kimberly Pause, Rachel Parsons, Erin M. Symonds, & Mya Breitbart. (2010). Diversity and distribution of single-stranded DNA phages in the North Atlantic Ocean. The ISME Journal. 5(5). 822–830. 83 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Francesco, Céline Cano, Nicola J. Curtin, et al.. (2010). Synthesis and biological evaluation of 5-substituted O4-alkylpyrimidines as CDK2 inhibitors. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 8(10). 2397–2397. 23 indexed citations

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Massey, Andrew J., Helen Browne, Zoe Daniels, et al.. (2009). Abstract A212: A novel, small molecule inhibitor of Hsc70/Hsp70 potentiates Hsp90 inhibitor-induced apoptosis in HCT116 colon carcinoma cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 8(12_Supplement). A212–A212. 1 indexed citations

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Angly, Florent, Ben Felts, Mya Breitbart, et al.. (2006). The Marine Viromes of Four Oceanic Regions. PLoS Biology. 4(11). e368–e368. 709 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carlson, Craig A., et al.. (2004). Interactions among dissolved organic carbon, microbial processes, and community structure in the mesopelagic zone of the northwestern Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography. 49(4). 1073–1083. 180 indexed citations

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Sayle, Kerry L., Johanne Bentley, AH Calvert, et al.. (2003). Structure-Based design of 2-Arylamino-4-cyclohexylmethyl-5-nitroso-6-aminopyrimidine inhibitors of cyclin-Dependent kinases 1 and 2. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(18). 3079–3082. 63 indexed citations

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Hansell, Dennis A., et al.. (2002). Effect of nutrient amendments on bacterioplankton production, community structure, and DOC utilization in the northwestern Sargasso Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 30. 19–36. 189 indexed citations

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