Stanley W. Watson

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Stanley W. Watson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Stanley W. Watson has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Stanley W. Watson's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (9 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (4 papers). Stanley W. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (9 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (4 papers). Stanley W. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Stanley W. Watson's co-authors include John Waterbury, Frederica W. Valois, Robert R. L. Guillard, Larry E. Brand, Charles C. Remsen, Warren Kaplan, Steven C. Wofsy, Michael B. McElroy, Thomas J. Goreau and James D. Sullivan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Stanley W. Watson

35 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Widespread occurrence of a unicellular, marine, planktonic, cyanobacterium

1979 661 citations John Waterbury, Stanley W. Watson et al. Nature profile →
Production of NO ₂ ^- and N ₂ O by Nitrifying Bacteria at Reduced Concentrations of Oxygen

1980 615 citations Frederica W. Valois, Stanley W. Watson et al. profile →

Peers

Stanley W. Watson

ECOLO

OCEAN

POLLU

Frederica W. Valois United States

D. K. Button United States

R. A. Herbert United Kingdom

T. D. Brock United States

J. G. Jones United Kingdom

Ralph J. Daley Canada

A. F. Carlucci United States

James B. Guckert United States

Charles C. Remsen United States

Pierre Caumette France

Frederica W. Valois United States

Stanley W. Watson

1.5k ×1.1

ECOLO

938 ×1.0

OCEAN

630 ×0.8

POLLU

603 ×0.9

464 ×1.1

Citations per year, relative to Stanley W. Watson Stanley W. Watson (= 1×) peers Frederica W. Valois

Countries citing papers authored by Stanley W. Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stanley W. Watson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Watson, Stanley W., Jack Levin, & Thomas J. Novitsky. (1987). Detection of bacterial endotoxins with the Limulus amebocyte test : proceedings of an international conference held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, September 8-11, 1985. 1 indexed citations

Watson, Stanley W., et al.. (1986). Nitrospira marina gen. nov. sp. nov.: a chemolithotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium. Archives of Microbiology. 144(1). 1–7. 215 indexed citations

Novitsky, Thomas J., et al.. (1982). Automated LAL Testing of Parenteral Drugs in the Abbott MS-2. PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology. 36(1). 11–16. 4 indexed citations

Watson, Stanley W., Jack Levin, & Thomas J. Novitsky. (1982). Endotoxins and their detection with the limulus amebocyte lysate test : proceedings of an International Conference on Endotoxin Standards and Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Use With Parenteral Drugs, held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, September 1981. 5 indexed citations

Waterbury, John, Stanley W. Watson, Robert R. L. Guillard, & Larry E. Brand. (1979). Widespread occurrence of a unicellular, marine, planktonic, cyanobacterium. Nature. 277(5694). 293–294. 661 indexed citations breakdown →

Sullivan, James D. & Stanley W. Watson. (1975). Purification and properties of the clotting enzyme from limulus lysate. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66(2). 848–855. 23 indexed citations

Carpenter, Edward J., Charles C. Remsen, & Stanley W. Watson. (1972). UTILIZATION OF UREA BY SOME MARINE PHYTOPLANKTERS1. Limnology and Oceanography. 17(2). 265–269. 84 indexed citations

Bernheimer, Alan W., et al.. (1972). Factors Affecting Interaction of Staphylococcal Alpha Toxin with Membranes. Infection and Immunity. 6(4). 636–642. 23 indexed citations

Watson, Stanley W. & John Waterbury. (1971). Characteristics of two marine nitrite oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospina gracilis nov. gen. nov. sp. and Nitrococcus mobilis nov. gen. nov. sp.. Archives of Microbiology. 77(3). 203–230. 152 indexed citations

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Watson, Stanley W., et al.. (1971). A lobular, ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosolobus multiformis Nov. Gen. Nov. sp.. Archives of Microbiology. 76(3). 183–203. 57 indexed citations

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Watson, Stanley W. & M. Mandel. (1971). Comparison of the Morphology and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Composition of 27 Strains of Nitrifying Bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 107(2). 563–569. 76 indexed citations

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Watson, Stanley W.. (1971). Reisolation of Nitrosospira briensis S. Winogradsky and H. Winogradsky 1933. Archives of Microbiology. 75(3). 179–188. 47 indexed citations

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Remsen, Charles C., Stanley W. Watson, & Hans G. Trüper. (1970). Macromolecular Subunits in the Walls of Marine Photosynthetic Bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 103(1). 254–257. 26 indexed citations

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Watson, Stanley W., Mary Ann Asbell, & Frederica W. Valois. (1970). Ammonia oxidation by cell-free extracts of Nitrosocystisoceanus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 38(6). 1113–1119. 16 indexed citations

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Degens, Egon T., Stanley W. Watson, & Charles C. Remsen. (1970). Fossil Membranes and Cell Wall Fragments from a 7000-Year-Old Black Sea Sediment. Science. 168(3936). 1207–1208. 14 indexed citations

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Watson, Stanley W. & Charles C. Remsen. (1970). Cell envelope of Nitrosocystis oceanus. Journal of Ultrastructure Research. 33(1-2). 148–160. 36 indexed citations

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Williams, Peter J. LeB. & Stanley W. Watson. (1968). Autotrophy in Nitrosocystis oceanus. Journal of Bacteriology. 96(5). 1640–1648. 15 indexed citations

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Watson, Stanley W.. (1965). CHARACTERISTICS OF A MARINE NITRIFYING BACTERIUM, NITROSOCYSTIS OCEANUS SP. N.1. Limnology and Oceanography. 10(suppl). 105 indexed citations

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Saz, Arthur K., et al.. (1963). ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF MARINE WATERS.1 I. MACROMOLECULAR NATURE OF ANTISTAPI‐IYLOCOCCAL FACTOR. Limnology and Oceanography. 8(1). 63–67. 28 indexed citations

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Watson, Stanley W. & Erling J. Ordal. (1957). TECHNIQUES FOR THE ISOLATION OF LABYRINTHULA AND THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM IN PURE CULTURE. Journal of Bacteriology. 73(4). 589–590. 26 indexed citations

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