Soo Jen Low

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Soo Jen Low is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Soo Jen Low has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Soo Jen Low's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (2 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (2 papers). Soo Jen Low is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers), Reproductive tract infections research (2 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (2 papers). Soo Jen Low collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Japan. Soo Jen Low's co-authors include Derrick L. Nehrenberg, Stephen D. Kachman, Daniel Pomp, Kunjie Hua, Jaehyoung Kim, Daniel A. Peterson, Jens Walter, Min Zhang, Ryan Legge and Andrew K. Benson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Soo Jen Low

7 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Individuality in gut microbiota composition is a complex ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2021 250 500 750
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.

  1. Individuality in gut microbiota composition is a complex polygenic trait shaped by multiple environmental and host genetic factors
    2010 982 citations Andrew K. Benson, Scott A. Kelly et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut microbiome
    2021 313 citations Stephen Nayfach, David Páez-Espino et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

Peers

Soo Jen Low
Jonathan B. Clayton United States
Bo Zeng China
Guanxiang Liang United States
Alyxandria M. Schubert United States
Jens Roat Kultima Germany
Carrie McCracken United States
Vincent P. Richards United States
Matteo Soverini Italy
Pil Soo Kim South Korea
Crystal Jaing United States
Jonathan B. Clayton United States
Soo Jen Low
Citations per year, relative to Soo Jen Low Soo Jen Low (= 1×) peers Jonathan B. Clayton

Countries citing papers authored by Soo Jen Low

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Fields of papers citing papers by Soo Jen Low

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Soo Jen Low. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Soo Jen Low. The network helps show where Soo Jen Low may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Soo Jen Low

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

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Williams, Eloise, Soo Jen Low, Benjamin P. Howden, et al.. (2025). Selecting candidate Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea human challenge: a genomics-based analysis of clinical isolates. The Lancet Microbe. 6(9). 101105–101105. 1 indexed citations
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Low, Soo Jen, Matthew T. O’Neill, George Taiaroa, et al.. (2025). PathoGD: an integrative genomics approach to primer and guide RNA design for CRISPR-based diagnostics. Communications Biology. 8(1). 147–147. 5 indexed citations
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Taiaroa, George, Sebastián Duchêne, Soo Jen Low, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal genomic analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission dynamics in Australia. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8076–8076. 2 indexed citations
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Lim, Chuan Kok, Shivani Pasricha, & Soo Jen Low. (2024). Mpox diagnostics: a swift and integrated approach to outbreak control. Microbiology Australia. 45(3). 147–150.
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Nayfach, Stephen, David Páez-Espino, Soo Jen Low, et al.. (2021). Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut microbiome. Nature Microbiology. 6(7). 960–970. 313 indexed citations breakdown →
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Low, Soo Jen, Mária Džunková, Pierre-Alain Chaumeil, Donovan H. Parks, & Philip Hugenholtz. (2019). Evaluation of a concatenated protein phylogeny for classification of tailed double-stranded DNA viruses belonging to the order Caudovirales. Nature Microbiology. 4(8). 1306–1315. 68 indexed citations
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Džunková, Mária, Soo Jen Low, Joshua Daly, et al.. (2019). Defining the human gut host–phage network through single-cell viral tagging. Nature Microbiology. 4(12). 2192–2203. 88 indexed citations
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Benson, Andrew K., Scott A. Kelly, Ryan Legge, et al.. (2010). Individuality in gut microbiota composition is a complex polygenic trait shaped by multiple environmental and host genetic factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(44). 18933–18938. 982 indexed citations breakdown →

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