Scott T. Kelley

96.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
138 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Scott T. Kelley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott T. Kelley has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Scott T. Kelley's work include Gut microbiota and health (35 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers). Scott T. Kelley is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (35 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers). Scott T. Kelley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Scott T. Kelley's co-authors include Rob Knight, Micah Hamady, Catherine Lozupone, Andrew J. Bohonak, Jeffrey L. Jensen, Brian D. Farrell, Norman R. Pace, Dan Knights, Justin Kuczynski and Varykina G. Thackray and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Scott T. Kelley

133 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

Quantitative and Qualitative β Diversity Measures Lead to Different Insights into Factors That Structure Microbial Communities

2007 2.0k citations Scott T. Kelley, Rob Knight et al. profile →
Isolation by distance, web service

2005 1.3k citations Scott T. Kelley et al. profile →
Bayesian community-wide culture-independent microbial source tracking

2011 1.3k citations Rob Knight, Scott T. Kelley et al. profile →
Metabolic Reconstruction for Metagenomic Data and Its Application to the Human Microbiome \n

2012 723 citations Sahar Abubucker, Nicola Segata et al. Goce Delchev University Repository (Goce Delčev University of Štip) profile →
The Marine Viromes of Four Oceanic Regions

2006 709 citations Florent Angly, Ben Felts et al. PLoS Biology profile →
Gut Microbial Diversity in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Correlates With Hyperandrogenism

2018 273 citations Scott T. Kelley, Varykina G. Thackray et al. profile →
Age- and Sex-Dependent Patterns of Gut Microbial Diversity in Human Adults

2019 270 citations Jacobo de la Cuesta‐Zuluaga, Scott T. Kelley et al. mSystems profile →

Peers

Scott T. Kelley

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Thomas M. Schmidt United States

Tania Nolan United Kingdom

Jan Hellemans Belgium

Robert G. Beiko Canada

Christian L. Lauber United States

Jim F. Huggett United Kingdom

Sarah K. Highlander United States

Gregory L. Shipley United States

Morgan G. I. Langille Canada

Lars Hestbjerg Hansen Denmark

Thomas M. Schmidt United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott T. Kelley

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Song, Se Jin, Britta De Pessemier, Daniel McDonald, et al.. (2025). Chronological age estimation from human microbiomes with transformer-based Robust Principal Component Analysis. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1159–1159.

Kelley, Scott T., et al.. (2025). Influence of menstrual cycle and oral contraception on taxonomic composition and gas production in the gut microbiome. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 74(3). 2 indexed citations

Kelley, Scott T., et al.. (2023). Metabolic dysregulation and gut dysbiosis linked to hyperandrogenism in female mice. Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism. 7(1). e443–e443. 6 indexed citations

Jones, Elizabeth, et al.. (2022). Socially Distanced Teaching: Faculty Feedback on Teaching During Telemedicine. Medical Science Educator. 32(6). 1305–1307. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Ying, et al.. (2020). Quantitative profiling of built environment bacterial and fungal communities reveals dynamic material dependent growth patterns and microbial interactions. Indoor Air. 31(1). 188–205. 10 indexed citations

Chopyk, Jessica, Kevan Akrami, Ji Hyun Shin, et al.. (2020). Temporal variations in bacterial community diversity and composition throughout intensive care unit renovations. Microbiome. 8(1). 86–86. 20 indexed citations

Kelley, Scott T., et al.. (2020). An application of compositional data analysis to multiomic time-series data. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 2(4). lqaa079–lqaa079. 14 indexed citations

Cuesta‐Zuluaga, Jacobo de la, Scott T. Kelley, Yingfeng Chen, et al.. (2019). Age- and Sex-Dependent Patterns of Gut Microbial Diversity in Human Adults. mSystems. 4(4). 270 indexed citations breakdown →

Lax, Simon, César Cardona, Dan Zhao, et al.. (2019). Microbial and metabolic succession on common building materials under high humidity conditions. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1767–1767. 55 indexed citations

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Smith, Daniel P., John C. Alverdy, Gary An, et al.. (2013). The Hospital Microbiome Project: Meeting Report for the 1st Hospital Microbiome Project Workshop on sampling design and building science measurements, Chicago, USA, June 7th-8th 2012. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 8(1). 112–117. 13 indexed citations

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Ramey, Rob R., et al.. (2013). Desert-dwelling African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Namibia dig wells to purify drinking water. Pachyderm. 53. 66–72. 33 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Krissi M., Frank L. Mannino, Antonio González, et al.. (2013). Bacterial Diversity in Two Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54703–e54703. 111 indexed citations

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Abubucker, Sahar, Nicola Segata, Johannes B. Goll, et al.. (2012). Metabolic Reconstruction for Metagenomic Data and Its Application to the Human Microbiome \n. Goce Delchev University Repository (Goce Delčev University of Štip). 723 indexed citations breakdown →

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Casas, Veronica, et al.. (2010). Reservoir of Bacterial Exotoxin Genes in the Environment. International Journal of Microbiology. 2010. 1–10. 7 indexed citations

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Kelley, Scott T., Christianna Alger, & Douglas H. Deutschman. (2009). "Extreme Programming" in a Bioinformatics Class. 35(1). 58–65. 1 indexed citations

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McLoughlin, James M., Marcovalerio Melis, Erin M. Siegel, et al.. (2008). Are Patients with Esophageal Cancer Who Become PET Negative after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Free of Cancer?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 206(5). 879–886. 39 indexed citations

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Townsend, Ted M., et al.. (2008). Rapid development of multiple nuclear loci for phylogenetic analysis using genomic resources: An example from squamate reptiles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47(1). 129–142. 214 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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Maezato, Yukari, et al.. (2005). Microscopic examination of acidic hot springs of Waiotapu, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 39(5). 1001–1011. 11 indexed citations

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Harris, J. Kirk, et al.. (2005). Structural implications of novel diversity in eucaryal RNase P RNA. RNA. 11(5). 739–751. 50 indexed citations

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