W. Kelley Thomas

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

W. Kelley Thomas is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Kelley Thomas has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Plant Science, 43 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in W. Kelley Thomas's work include Nematode management and characterization studies (40 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (22 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers). W. Kelley Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Nematode management and characterization studies (40 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (22 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers). W. Kelley Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. W. Kelley Thomas's co-authors include Paul De Ley, Robin M. Giblin-davis, Holly M. Bik, L.M. Frisse, Way Sung, Dorota L. Porazinska, Mark Blaxter, Simon Creer, Krystalynne Morris and Leo X. Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

W. Kelley Thomas

83 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda

1998 1.5k citations Mark Blaxter, Paul De Ley et al. Nature profile →
Genetic drift, selection and the evolution of the mutation rate

2016 528 citations Michael Lynch, Jean-François Goût et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Kelley Thomas United States	34	3.6k	2.7k	2.1k	1.2k	836	84	6.5k
Paul De Ley United States	26	2.7k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	740 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	909 1.1×	90	4.6k
Andy Vierstraete Belgium	22	2.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	604 0.3×	630 0.5×	673 0.8×	46	3.3k
Steven A. Nadler United States	49	4.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	373 0.4×	134	6.9k
W. Kelley Thomas United States	33	2.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	4.2k 2.0×	471 0.4×	276 0.3×	84	8.3k
Philippe Jarne France	47	3.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	414 0.5×	157	8.8k
Thierry Backeljau Belgium	45	4.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	2.2k 1.8×	1.8k 2.2×	289	9.9k
Jean‐Lou Justine France	38	5.2k 1.4×	571 0.2×	1.3k 0.6×	269 0.2×	881 1.1×	300	6.0k
Elisabeth A. Herniou France	37	1.5k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	2.0k 1.7×	355 0.4×	81	5.5k
Wim Bert Belgium	28	1.2k 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	427 0.2×	560 0.5×	336 0.4×	168	3.3k
David A. Wharton New Zealand	27	1.3k 0.4×	687 0.3×	298 0.1×	617 0.5×	254 0.3×	133	2.5k

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Baidouri, Fouad El, et al.. (2025). An optimized eDNA protocol for fish tracking in estuarine environments. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1175–1175. 1 indexed citations

Brachmann, Andreas, Kevin M. Kocot, Francesca Leasi, et al.. (2024). Complementing aculiferan mitogenomics: comparative characterization of mitochondrial genomes of Solenogastres (Mollusca, Aplacophora). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(1). 128–128.

Needle, David B., Nadia Rodríguez-Medina, Stephen Simpson, et al.. (2023). Serovars, Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Strains from Dairy Systems in Mexico. Antibiotics. 12(12). 1662–1662. 2 indexed citations

Green, Stefan J., Tamás Török, Jonathan Allen, et al.. (2023). Metagenomic Methods for Addressing NASA's Planetary Protection Policy Requirements on Future Missions: A Workshop Report. Astrobiology. 23(8). 897–907. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, et al.. (2019). Marker genes as predictors of shared genomic function. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 268–268. 11 indexed citations

Bergeron, R. Daniel, et al.. (2017). PALADIN: protein alignment for functional profiling whole metagenome shotgun data. Bioinformatics. 33(10). 1473–1478. 30 indexed citations

Goût, Jean-François, Weiyi Li, Clark Fritsch, et al.. (2017). The landscape of transcription errors in eukaryotic cells. Science Advances. 3(10). e1701484–e1701484. 95 indexed citations

Lallias, Delphine, Jan Geert Hiddink, Vera G. Fonseca, et al.. (2014). Environmental metabarcoding reveals heterogeneous drivers of microbial eukaryote diversity in contrasting estuarine ecosystems. The ISME Journal. 9(5). 1208–1221. 102 indexed citations

Bik, Holly M., Kenneth M. Halanych, Jyotsna Sharma, & W. Kelley Thomas. (2012). Dramatic Shifts in Benthic Microbial Eukaryote Communities following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38550–e38550. 128 indexed citations

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Wang, Qi, Cecilia N. Arighi, Benjamin L. King, et al.. (2012). Community annotation and bioinformatics workforce development in concert--Little Skate Genome Annotation Workshops and Jamborees. Database. 2012(0). bar064–bar064. 50 indexed citations

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Bik, Holly M. & W. Kelley Thomas. (2012). Metagenomics will highlight and drive links to taxonomic data: reply to Murray. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 27(12). 652–653. 3 indexed citations

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Bik, Holly M., Dorota L. Porazinska, Simon Creer, et al.. (2012). Sequencing our way towards understanding global eukaryotic biodiversity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 27(4). 233–243. 323 indexed citations

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Abebe, Eyualem, et al.. (2010). An entomopathogenic Caenorhabditis briggsae. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213(18). 3223–3229. 30 indexed citations

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Bik, Holly M., W. Kelley Thomas, David H. Lunt, & P.J.D. Lambshead. (2010). Low endemism, continued deep-shallow interchanges, and evidence for cosmopolitan distributions in free-living marine nematodes (order Enoplida). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 389–389. 69 indexed citations

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Creer, Simon, Vera G. Fonseca, Dorota L. Porazinska, et al.. (2010). Ultrasequencing of the meiofaunal biosphere: practice, pitfalls and promises. Molecular Ecology. 19(s1). 4–20. 267 indexed citations

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Bik, Holly M., P.J.D. Lambshead, W. Kelley Thomas, & David H. Lunt. (2010). Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: a focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 353–353. 63 indexed citations

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Gülcü, Barış, Selçuk Hazır, Robin M. Giblin-davis, et al.. (2008). Molecular variability of Schistonchus caprifici (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Ficus carica in Turkey. Nematology. 10(5). 639–649. 12 indexed citations

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Kaplan, D. T., W. Kelley Thomas, L.M. Frisse, et al.. (2000). Phylogenetic Analysis of Geographically Diverse Radopholus similis via rDNA Sequence Reveals a Monomorphic Motif.. PubMed. 32(2). 134–42. 30 indexed citations

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Duncan, L. W., R. N. Inserra, W. Kelley Thomas, et al.. (1999). Investigation-Research: Molecular and Morphological Analysis of Isolates of Pratylenchus coffeae and Closely Related Species. Nematropica. 29(1). 61–80. 70 indexed citations

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Blaxter, Mark, Paul De Ley, James R. Garey, et al.. (1998). A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda. Nature. 392(6671). 71–75. 1498 indexed citations breakdown →

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