S. W. Watson

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

S. W. Watson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, S. W. Watson has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in S. W. Watson's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers). S. W. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (4 papers). S. W. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. S. W. Watson's co-authors include Frederica W. Valois, H.L. Quinby, Thomas J. Novitsky, James D. Sullivan, S. C. Dexter, R. G. E. Murray, James R. Williams, Charles C. Remsen, Oliver C. Zafiriou and Fredric Lipschultz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

S. W. Watson

16 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Determination of bacterial number and biomass in the marine environment

1977 464 citations S. W. Watson, Thomas J. Novitsky et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. W. Watson United States	13	542	389	364	312	226	16	1.6k
G. D. Floodgate United Kingdom	14	269 0.5×	224 0.6×	257 0.7×	115 0.4×	227 1.0×	29	1.1k
Charles C. Remsen United States	30	761 1.4×	898 2.3×	392 1.1×	334 1.1×	394 1.7×	71	2.2k
Galen E. Jones United States	19	457 0.8×	267 0.7×	259 0.7×	385 1.2×	230 1.0×	45	1.3k
D. C. White United States	19	452 0.8×	316 0.8×	208 0.6×	143 0.5×	176 0.8×	52	1.2k
Tom Berman Israel	23	523 1.0×	170 0.4×	598 1.6×	266 0.9×	463 2.0×	39	1.5k
Charles R. Lovell United States	27	1.5k 2.7×	996 2.6×	581 1.6×	641 2.1×	307 1.4×	58	3.3k
Robert Lehmann United States	25	566 1.0×	342 0.9×	53 0.1×	625 2.0×	400 1.8×	65	2.0k
G. R. Johnson Canada	19	499 0.9×	384 1.0×	348 1.0×	138 0.4×	642 2.8×	52	2.0k
Yanyan Zhou China	22	450 0.8×	344 0.9×	333 0.9×	274 0.9×	438 1.9×	68	1.7k
James S. Maki United States	30	728 1.3×	525 1.3×	684 1.9×	616 2.0×	374 1.7×	76	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. W. Watson

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

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16 of 16 papers shown

Lassiter, Herbert A., et al.. (1992). Complement Factor 9 Deficiency in Serum of Human Neonates. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 166(1). 53–57. 39 indexed citations

Dodson, Mark S., et al.. (1983). Comparison of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Homologies of Six Strains of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 33(3). 521–524. 10 indexed citations

Sullivan, James D., et al.. (1983). Comparison of the Limulus amoebocyte lysate test with plate counts and chemical analyses for assessment of the quality of lean fish. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 45(2). 720–722. 15 indexed citations

Lipschultz, Fredric, Oliver C. Zafiriou, Steven C. Wofsy, et al.. (1981). Production of NO and N2O by soil nitrifying bacteria. Nature. 294(5842). 641–643. 254 indexed citations

Watson, S. W., Thomas J. Novitsky, H.L. Quinby, & Frederica W. Valois. (1977). Determination of bacterial number and biomass in the marine environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 33(4). 940–946. 464 indexed citations breakdown →

Dexter, S. C., James D. Sullivan, Janet M. Williams, & S. W. Watson. (1975). Influence of Substrate Wettability on the Attachment of Marine Bacteria to Various Surfaces1. Applied Microbiology. 30(2). 298–308. 111 indexed citations

Dexter, S. C., James D. Sullivan, James R. Williams, & S. W. Watson. (1975). Influence of Substrate Wettability on the Attachment of Marine Bacteria to Various Surfaces. Applied Microbiology. 30(2). 298–308. 193 indexed citations

Mescher, M F, Jack L. Strominger, & S. W. Watson. (1974). Protein and Carbohydrate Composition of the Cell Envelope of Halobacterium salinarium. Journal of Bacteriology. 120(2). 945–954. 68 indexed citations

Watson, S. W.. (1974). Gram-negative chemolithotrophic bacteria, Family 1.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 450–456. 9 indexed citations

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Watson, S. W.. (1971). Taxonomic Considerations of the Family Nitrobacteraceae Buchanan: Requests for Opinions. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 21(3). 254–270. 40 indexed citations

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Watson, S. W. & Charles C. Remsen. (1969). Macromolecular Subunits in the Walls of Marine Nitrifying Bacteria. Science. 163(3868). 685–686. 41 indexed citations

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Blumer, Max, Theodore Chase, & S. W. Watson. (1969). Fatty Acids in the Lipids of Marine and Terrestrial Nitrifying Bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 99(2). 366–370. 54 indexed citations

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Remsen, Charles C., S. W. Watson, John Waterbury, & Hans G. Trüper. (1968). Fine Structure of Ectothiorhodospira mobilis Pelsh. Journal of Bacteriology. 95(6). 2374–2392. 96 indexed citations

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Murray, R. G. E. & S. W. Watson. (1965). Structure of Nitrosocystis oceanus and Comparison with Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter. Journal of Bacteriology. 89(6). 1594–1609. 124 indexed citations

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Murray, R. G. E. & S. W. Watson. (1963). An Organelle confined within the Cell Wall of Nitrosocystis oceanus (Watson). Nature. 197(4863). 211–212. 6 indexed citations

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Vishniac, Helen S. & S. W. Watson. (1953). The Steroid Requirements of Labyrinthula vitellina var. pacifica. Journal of General Microbiology. 8(2). 248–255. 29 indexed citations

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