W. Ryan Easterday

2.3k total citations
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

W. Ryan Easterday is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Ryan Easterday has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in W. Ryan Easterday's work include Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (12 papers), Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (9 papers) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (9 papers). W. Ryan Easterday is often cited by papers focused on Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (12 papers), Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (9 papers) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (9 papers). W. Ryan Easterday collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and China. W. Ryan Easterday's co-authors include Paul Keim, Matthew N. Van Ert, Nils Chr. Stenseth, David M. Wagner, Christopher J. Allender, Christian Ginzler, Lars Walløe, Boris V. Schmid, Ulf Büntgen and Barbara Bramanti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

W. Ryan Easterday

22 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Ryan Easterday United States 16 694 635 289 283 253 22 1.2k
Dawn N. Birdsell United States 23 696 1.0× 793 1.2× 173 0.6× 308 1.1× 267 1.1× 44 1.3k
Silke R. Klee Germany 17 405 0.6× 681 1.1× 125 0.4× 341 1.2× 229 0.9× 33 1.2k
Minoarisoa Rajerison Madagascar 20 854 1.2× 283 0.4× 511 1.8× 207 0.7× 347 1.4× 68 1.3k
Paul Ettestad United States 15 483 0.7× 148 0.2× 324 1.1× 131 0.5× 229 0.9× 26 1.0k
Russell E. Enscore United States 21 801 1.2× 228 0.4× 663 2.3× 310 1.1× 386 1.5× 38 1.8k
Pablo Tortosa France 31 491 0.7× 484 0.8× 580 2.0× 378 1.3× 757 3.0× 102 2.3k
Kimothy L. Smith United States 19 801 1.2× 1.3k 2.1× 196 0.7× 657 2.3× 86 0.3× 19 1.8k
Silvie Huijben United States 21 675 1.0× 225 0.4× 1.0k 3.5× 198 0.7× 189 0.7× 42 1.7k
Amber Gillett Australia 21 316 0.5× 189 0.3× 120 0.4× 242 0.9× 269 1.1× 66 1.2k
Leo J. Kenefic United States 16 399 0.6× 499 0.8× 119 0.4× 281 1.0× 37 0.1× 18 867

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Ryan Easterday

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All Works

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Ravinet, Mark, Yujun Cui, Paul R. Berg, et al.. (2022). Polygenic plague resistance in the great gerbil uncovered by population sequencing. PNAS Nexus. 1(5). pgac211–pgac211. 2 indexed citations
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Solbakken, Monica Hongrø, Boris V. Schmid, Russell J. S. Orr, et al.. (2020). The Genome of the Great Gerbil Reveals Species-Specific Duplication of an MHCII Gene. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(2). 3832–3849. 7 indexed citations
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Easterday, W. Ryan, José Miguel Ponciano, Juan Pablo Gómez, et al.. (2020). Coalescence modeling of intrainfection Bacillus anthracis populations allows estimation of infection parameters in wild populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 4273–4280. 11 indexed citations
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Kamath, Pauline L., et al.. (2019). A classification framework for Bacillus anthracis defined by global genomic structure. Evolutionary Applications. 13(5). 935–944. 18 indexed citations
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Carlson, Colin J., Wayne M. Getz, Kyrre Kausrud, et al.. (2018). Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax ( Bacillus anthracis ). Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 93(4). 1813–1831. 68 indexed citations
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Mysterud, Atle, Vetle M. Stigum, W. Ryan Easterday, et al.. (2018). Tick abundance, pathogen prevalence, and disease incidence in two contrasting regions at the northern distribution range of Europe. Parasites & Vectors. 11(1). 309–309. 28 indexed citations
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Nesbø, Camilla, W. Ryan Easterday, Wendy C. Turner, et al.. (2017). Temporal dynamics in microbial soil communities at anthrax carcass sites. BMC Microbiology. 17(1). 206–206. 9 indexed citations
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Mysterud, Atle, et al.. (2016). Contrasting emergence of Lyme disease across ecosystems. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11882–11882. 60 indexed citations
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Turner, Wendy C., Kyrre Kausrud, Wolfgang Beyer, et al.. (2016). Lethal exposure: An integrated approach to pathogen transmission via environmental reservoirs. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27311–27311. 58 indexed citations
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Nesbø, Camilla, W. Ryan Easterday, Wendy C. Turner, et al.. (2016). Draft Genome Sequences of Two Bacillus anthracis Strains from Etosha National Park, Namibia. Genome Announcements. 4(4). 2 indexed citations
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Schmid, Boris V., Ulf Büntgen, W. Ryan Easterday, et al.. (2015). Climate-driven introduction of the Black Death and successive plague reintroductions into Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(10). 3020–3025. 181 indexed citations
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Easterday, W. Ryan, Kyrre Kausrud, Bastiaan Star, et al.. (2011). An additional step in the transmission of Yersinia pestis?. The ISME Journal. 6(2). 231–236. 20 indexed citations
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Easterday, W. Ryan, Matthew N. Van Ert, Paul Keim, et al.. (2010). Historical Distribution and Molecular Diversity ofBacillus anthracis, Kazakhstan. Emerging infectious diseases. 16(5). 789–796. 50 indexed citations
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Simonson, Tatum S., Richard T. Okinaka, Bingxiang Wang, et al.. (2009). Bacillus anthracis in China and its relationship to worldwide lineages. BMC Microbiology. 9(1). 71–71. 73 indexed citations
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Ert, Matthew N. Van, W. Ryan Easterday, Tatum S. Simonson, et al.. (2006). Strain-Specific Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(1). 47–53. 84 indexed citations
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Easterday, W. Ryan, Matthew N. Van Ert, Tatum S. Simonson, et al.. (2005). Use of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in theplcRGene for Specific Identification ofBacillus anthracis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43(4). 1995–1997. 59 indexed citations
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U’Ren, Jana M., Matthew N. Van Ert, James M. Schupp, et al.. (2005). Use of a Real-Time PCR TaqMan Assay for Rapid Identification and Differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43(11). 5771–5774. 41 indexed citations
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Achtman, Mark, Giovanna Morelli, Peixuan Zhu, et al.. (2004). Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(51). 17837–17842. 344 indexed citations
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Allender, Christopher J., W. Ryan Easterday, Matthew N. Van Ert, David M. Wagner, & Paul Keim. (2004). High-Throughput Extraction of Arthropod Vector and Pathogen DNA Using Bead Milling. BioTechniques. 37(5). 730–734. 26 indexed citations

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