Robert G. Beiko

28.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
107 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Robert G. Beiko is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert G. Beiko has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert G. Beiko's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (60 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (25 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (21 papers). Robert G. Beiko is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (60 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (25 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (21 papers). Robert G. Beiko collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Robert G. Beiko's co-authors include Donovan H. Parks, Philip Hugenholtz, Gene W. Tyson, Morgan G. I. Langille, Curtis Huttenhower, Rebecca L. Vega Thurber, Deron E. Burkepile, Jesse Zaneveld, José C. Clemente and J. Gregory Caporaso and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert G. Beiko

104 papers receiving 16.4k 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.

Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

2013 7.1k citations Morgan G. I. Langille, Robert G. Beiko et al. profile →
STAMP: statistical analysis of taxonomic and functional profiles

2014 3.3k citations Donovan H. Parks, Robert G. Beiko et al. Bioinformatics profile →
Identifying biologically relevant differences between metagenomic communities

2010 792 citations Donovan H. Parks, Robert G. Beiko Bioinformatics profile →
A Phylogenomic View of Ecological Specialization in the Lachnospiraceae, a Family of Digestive Tract-Associated Bacteria

2014 568 citations Conor J. Meehan, Robert G. Beiko Genome Biology and Evolution profile →
16S rRNA Gene Analysis with QIIME2

2018 415 citations Michael Hall, Robert G. Beiko profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert G. Beiko Canada	40	9.4k	4.2k	1.9k	1.7k	1.6k	107	16.5k
Christian L. Lauber United States	25	8.8k 0.9×	4.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	33	17.9k
Lars Hestbjerg Hansen Denmark	64	9.1k 1.0×	3.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	331	16.9k
Donna Berg-Lyons United States	14	8.9k 0.9×	6.4k 1.5×	2.6k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	14	19.7k
Laura Wegener Parfrey Canada	39	8.4k 0.9×	5.2k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	80	15.8k
Morgan G. I. Langille Canada	38	7.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	99	13.5k
Todd Z. DeSantis United States	29	11.5k 1.2×	6.3k 1.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	52	21.6k
William A. Walters United States	24	11.6k 1.2×	4.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	3.3k 2.0×	30	19.8k
Andrew Han United States	13	10.4k 1.1×	6.9k 1.6×	3.5k 1.8×	1.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	18	22.7k
Emily B. Hollister United States	33	9.7k 1.0×	7.4k 1.8×	3.1k 1.6×	2.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	62	21.6k
Jesse Zaneveld United States	22	7.0k 0.7×	5.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	35	14.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert G. Beiko

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Choudoir, Mallory J., Suzanne L. Ishaq, Robert G. Beiko, et al.. (2025). The case for microbiome stewardship: what it is and how to get there. mSystems. 10(5). e0006225–e0006225.

Hsu, Tiffany, Chengwei Luo, Robert G. Beiko, et al.. (2025). Profiling lateral gene transfer events in the human microbiome using WAAFLE. Nature Microbiology. 10(1). 94–111. 6 indexed citations

Sanderson, Haley, et al.. (2024). Plaseval: a framework for comparing and evaluating plasmid detection tools. BMC Bioinformatics. 25(1). 365–365.

Hall, Michael, et al.. (2023). Suspension of oral hygiene practices highlights key bacterial shifts in saliva, tongue, and tooth plaque during gingival inflammation and resolution. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 23–23. 7 indexed citations

Maguire, Finlay, Baofeng Jia, Kristen L. Gray, et al.. (2020). Metagenome-assembled genome binning methods with short reads disproportionately fail for plasmids and genomic Islands. Microbial Genomics. 6(10). 82 indexed citations

Maguire, Finlay, Muhammad Attiq Rehman, Catherine D. Carrillo, Moussa S. Diarra, & Robert G. Beiko. (2019). Identification of Primary Antimicrobial Resistance Drivers in Agricultural Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica Serovars by Using Machine Learning. mSystems. 4(4). 28 indexed citations

Wright, Benjamin, et al.. (2018). Phylogenetic Clustering of Genes Reveals Shared Evolutionary Trajectories and Putative Gene Functions. Genome Biology and Evolution. 10(9). 2255–2265. 17 indexed citations

Petkau, Aaron, Philip Mabon, Natalie Knox, et al.. (2017). SNVPhyl: a single nucleotide variant phylogenomics pipeline for microbial genomic epidemiology. Microbial Genomics. 3(6). e000116–e000116. 108 indexed citations

Hall, Michael, et al.. (2017). Ananke: temporal clustering reveals ecological dynamics of microbial communities. PeerJ. 5. e3812–e3812. 11 indexed citations

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Meehan, Conor J., Morgan G. I. Langille, & Robert G. Beiko. (2015). Frailty and the Microbiome. PubMed. 41. 54–65. 12 indexed citations

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Whidden, Chris, Norbert Zeh, & Robert G. Beiko. (2014). Supertrees Based on the Subtree Prune-and-Regraft Distance. Systematic Biology. 63(4). 566–581. 43 indexed citations

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Boon, Eva, et al.. (2013). Interactions in the microbiome: communities of organisms and communities of genes. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 38(1). 90–118. 146 indexed citations

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Hug, Laura, Robert G. Beiko, Annette R. Rowe, Ruth E. Richardson, & Elizabeth A. Edwards. (2012). Comparative metagenomics of three Dehalococcoides-containing enrichment cultures: the role of the non-dechlorinating community. BMC Genomics. 13(1). 327–327. 91 indexed citations

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Parks, Donovan H., Norman Macdonald, & Robert G. Beiko. (2011). Classifying short genomic fragments from novel lineages using composition and homology. BMC Bioinformatics. 12(1). 328–328. 52 indexed citations

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Parks, Donovan H. & Robert G. Beiko. (2010). Identifying biologically relevant differences between metagenomic communities. Bioinformatics. 26(6). 715–721. 792 indexed citations breakdown →

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Holloway, Catherine & Robert G. Beiko. (2010). Assembling networks of microbial genomes using linear programming. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 360–360. 4 indexed citations

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Parks, Donovan H., et al.. (2009). GenGIS: A geospatial information system for genomic data. Genome Research. 19(10). 1896–1904. 101 indexed citations

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Chan, Cheong Xin, Robert G. Beiko, & Mark A. Ragan. (2007). A two-phase strategy for detecting recombination in nucleotide sequences. South African Computer Journal. 38. 20–27. 12 indexed citations

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Beiko, Robert G., Timothy J. Harlow, & Mark A. Ragan. (2005). Highways of gene sharing in prokaryotes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(40). 14332–14337. 372 indexed citations

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Ragan, Mark A., Timothy J. Harlow, & Robert G. Beiko. (2005). Do different surrogate methods detect lateral genetic transfer events of different relative ages?. Trends in Microbiology. 14(1). 4–8. 69 indexed citations

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