V. B. D. Skerman

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

V. B. D. Skerman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, V. B. D. Skerman has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in V. B. D. Skerman's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers). V. B. D. Skerman is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (5 papers). V. B. D. Skerman collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Nepal. V. B. D. Skerman's co-authors include P. H. A. Sneath, P.D. Franzmann, I. C. MacRae, M. P. Starr, Lindsay I. Sly, K. C. Marshall, James T. Staley, L. R. Hill and G. W. Skyring and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Bacteriology and Annual Review of Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

V. B. D. Skerman

30 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names
    1980 1.9k citations V. B. D. Skerman, P. H. A. Sneath et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
V. B. D. Skerman Australia 17 1.6k 734 651 322 257 31 2.8k
Einar Leifson United States 18 2.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.8× 737 1.1× 348 1.1× 427 1.7× 40 3.5k
M. Goodfellow United Kingdom 14 1.2k 0.8× 551 0.8× 392 0.6× 222 0.7× 178 0.7× 26 1.9k
F. A. RAINEY Germany 22 2.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 617 0.9× 199 0.6× 393 1.5× 24 3.2k
Vilma A. Stanisich Australia 18 1.2k 0.8× 633 0.9× 746 1.1× 327 1.0× 233 0.9× 36 2.5k
Naomi Ward-Rainey Germany 15 2.0k 1.3× 1.0k 1.4× 582 0.9× 140 0.4× 291 1.1× 19 2.9k
Roger A. Hutson United Kingdom 30 1.2k 0.8× 478 0.7× 468 0.7× 222 0.7× 151 0.6× 62 2.5k
A. Reynaerts Belgium 10 2.7k 1.8× 1.2k 1.7× 1.2k 1.8× 215 0.7× 534 2.1× 19 3.3k
Rudolph Hugh United States 7 673 0.4× 344 0.5× 487 0.7× 230 0.7× 179 0.7× 8 1.6k
Volker A. R. Huss Germany 30 2.5k 1.6× 1.7k 2.3× 755 1.2× 199 0.6× 198 0.8× 56 4.1k
N. Kovács Australia 5 772 0.5× 458 0.6× 435 0.7× 166 0.5× 127 0.5× 7 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by V. B. D. Skerman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. B. D. Skerman

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1986). World catalogue of Rhizobium collections. 2 indexed citations
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Franzmann, P.D. & V. B. D. Skerman. (1984). Gemmata obscuriglobus, a new genus and species of the budding bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 50(3). 261–268. 79 indexed citations
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Hill, L. R., V. B. D. Skerman, & P. H. A. Sneath. (1984). Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names: Edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34(4). 508–511. 8 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1983). Conglomeromonas largomobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Sodium-Sensitive, Mixed-Flagellated Organism from Fresh Waters. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 33(2). 300–308. 30 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1981). Chitinophaga, a New Genus of Chitinolytic Myxobacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 31(3). 285–293. 144 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1981). Saprospira species—Natural predators. Current Microbiology. 5(3). 169–174. 18 indexed citations
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Franzmann, P.D. & V. B. D. Skerman. (1981). Agitococcus lubricus gen. nov. sp. nov., a Lipolytic, Twitching Coccus from Freshwater. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 31(2). 177–183. 17 indexed citations
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Staley, James T., K. C. Marshall, & V. B. D. Skerman. (1980). Budding and prosthecate bacteria from freshwater habitats of various trophic states. Microbial Ecology. 5(4). 245–251. 20 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1980). Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 30(1). 225–420. 1929 indexed citations breakdown →
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1979). Azotobacteraceae : the taxonomy and ecology of the aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Academic Press eBooks. 87 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1976). Two Alternative Proposals for Abbreviations of Names of Genera Suggested for Coding Microbiological Data. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 26(4). 442–446. 2 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1972). Examination of Myxobacteria by Scanning Electron Microscopy. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 22(4). 243–250. 10 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1972). World directory of collections of cultures of microorganisms.. 33 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D.. (1968). A New Type of Micromanipulator and Microforge. Journal of General Microbiology. 54(2). 287–297. 83 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1968). Production of Axenic Cultures of Soil-borne and Endophytic Blue-green Algae. Journal of General Microbiology. 54(2). 299–306. 58 indexed citations
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Starr, M. P. & V. B. D. Skerman. (1965). Bacterial Diversity: The Natural History of Selected Morphologically Unusual Bacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology. 19(1). 407–454. 34 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D. & I. C. MacRae. (1961). THE INFLUENCE OF OXYGEN ON THE FORMATION OF NITRATASE IN PSEUDOMONAS DENITRIFICANS. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 7(2). 169–174. 8 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D.. (1959). A Guide to the Identification of the Genera of Bacteria with Methods and Digests of Generic Characteristics based on Data given in the Seventh Edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology and on Original Papers.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1958). THE INFLUENCE OF OXYGEN ON THE REDUCTION OF NITRITE BY WASHED SUSPENSIONS OF ADAPTED CELLS OF ACHROMOBACTER LIQUEFACIENS. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 4(3). 243–256. 10 indexed citations
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Skerman, V. B. D., et al.. (1957). INTRACELLULAR DEPOSITION OF SULFUR BY SPHAEROTILUS NATANS. Journal of Bacteriology. 73(4). 504–512. 23 indexed citations

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