William D. Grant

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

William D. Grant is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Grant has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Ecology, 60 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William D. Grant's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (61 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (55 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (16 papers). William D. Grant is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (61 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (55 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (16 papers). William D. Grant collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and China. William D. Grant's co-authors include Ole Secher Madsen, Brian E. Jones, António Ventosa, A. W. Duckworth, Terry J. McGenity, Aharon Oren, Shaun Heaphy, Antony Williams, Don A. Cowan and Yanhe Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

William D. Grant

107 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William D. Grant United Kingdom	42	3.9k	2.9k	1.5k	1.0k	886	112	6.6k
Ferrán García‐Pichel United States	65	4.7k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	402 0.3×	5.0k 4.8×	1.9k 2.1×	160	12.7k
Richard W. Castenholz United States	50	3.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	185 0.1×	2.7k 2.6×	1.7k 2.0×	120	8.9k
Terry J. McGenity United Kingdom	47	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	138 0.1×	1.1k 1.0×	626 0.7×	113	5.3k
W. Irene C. Rijpstra Netherlands	57	5.5k 1.4×	2.8k 1.0×	305 0.2×	3.3k 3.2×	1.6k 1.8×	131	11.2k
Hongchen Jiang China	41	3.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	179 0.1×	1.8k 1.8×	565 0.6×	243	6.0k
Stephen B. Pointing Hong Kong	49	3.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	187 0.1×	527 0.5×	323 0.4×	113	6.8k
Lucas J. Stal Netherlands	55	5.3k 1.4×	2.3k 0.8×	384 0.3×	2.9k 2.8×	4.7k 5.3×	167	10.2k
Carmen Ascaso Spain	45	1.9k 0.5×	592 0.2×	1.3k 0.9×	441 0.4×	224 0.3×	190	6.0k
Fumio Inagaki Japan	55	5.8k 1.5×	3.2k 1.1×	152 0.1×	4.9k 4.7×	1.2k 1.4×	194	9.0k
Carl O. Wirsen United States	41	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	110 0.1×	1.7k 1.6×	1.7k 1.9×	67	5.7k

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Pagaling, Eulyn, William D. Grant, Don A. Cowan, et al.. (2012). Bacterial and archaeal diversity in two hot spring microbial mats from the geothermal region of Tengchong, China. Extremophiles. 16(4). 607–618. 54 indexed citations

Hu, Longjiao, Hui Pan, Yanfen Xue, et al.. (2008). Halorubrum luteum sp. nov., isolated from Lake Chagannor, Inner Mongolia, China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 58(7). 1705–1708. 20 indexed citations

Casanueva, Ana, Gillian C. Baker, William D. Grant, et al.. (2008). Nanoarchaeal 16S rRNA gene sequences are widely dispersed in hyperthermophilic and mesophilic halophilic environments. Extremophiles. 12(5). 651–656. 46 indexed citations

Márquez, M. Carmen, Yanfen Xue, Y. Ma, et al.. (2008). Aquisalibacillus elongatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium of the family Bacillaceae isolated from a saline lake. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 58(8). 1922–1926. 26 indexed citations

Vreeland, Russell H., Jay H. Jones, Daniel H. Monson, et al.. (2007). Isolation of Live Cretaceous (121–112 Million Years Old) HalophilicArchaeafrom Primary Salt Crystals. Geomicrobiology Journal. 24(3-4). 275–282. 48 indexed citations

Ghauri, Muhammad Afzal, Ahmad Mukhtar Khalid, Susan Grant, William D. Grant, & Shaun Heaphy. (2006). Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial Isolates from Man-Made High-pH, High-Salt Environments and Identification of Gene-Cassette–Associated Open Reading Frames. Current Microbiology. 52(6). 487–492. 5 indexed citations

Rees, Helen C., Susan Grant, Brian E. Jones, William D. Grant, & Shaun Heaphy. (2003). Detecting cellulase and esterase enzyme activities encoded by novel genes present in environmental DNA libraries. Extremophiles. 7(5). 415–421. 89 indexed citations

Ghauri, Muhammad Afzal, Ahmad Mukhtar Khalid, Susan Grant, Shaun Heaphy, & William D. Grant. (2003). Phylogenetic analysis of different isolates of Sulfobacillus spp. isolated from uranium-rich environments and recovery of genes using integron-specific primers. Extremophiles. 7(5). 341–345. 12 indexed citations

Fish, S., T. J. Shepherd, Terry J. McGenity, & William D. Grant. (2002). Recovery of 16S ribosomal RNA gene fragments from ancient halite. Nature. 417(6887). 432–436. 91 indexed citations

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Cullen, David C., William D. Grant, Sergey A. Piletsky, & M. R. Sims. (2001). Proposed biomimetic molecular sensor array for astrobiology applications. ESASP. 496. 329–332. 2 indexed citations

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McGenity, Terry J., et al.. (2000). Origins of halophilic microorganisms in ancient salt deposits. Environmental Microbiology. 2(3). 243–250. 154 indexed citations

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Corsaro, Maria Michela, et al.. (1999). Structure determination of an exopolysaccharide from an alkaliphilic bacterium closely related to Bacillus spp.. European Journal of Biochemistry. 264(2). 554–561. 20 indexed citations

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Grant, Sabrina, William D. Grant, Brian E. Jones, Chiaki Kato, & Lina Li. (1999). Novel archaeal phylotypes from an East African alkaline saltern. Extremophiles. 3(2). 139–145. 77 indexed citations

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Grant, William D., et al.. (1998). Extremophiles : microbial life in extreme environments. 187 indexed citations

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Jones, Brian E., et al.. (1998). Microbial diversity of soda lakes. Extremophiles. 2(3). 191–200. 337 indexed citations

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Grant, William D., et al.. (1998). Halobacteria: the evidence for longevity. Extremophiles. 2(3). 279–287. 106 indexed citations

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McGenity, Terry J., et al.. (1998). Proposal of a new halobacterial genus Natrinema gen. nov., with two species Natrinema pellirubrum nom. nov. and Natrinema pallidum nom. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48(4). 1187–1196. 88 indexed citations

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Duckworth, A. W., William D. Grant, Brian E. Jones, & Renske D.M. Steenbergen. (1996). Phylogenetic diversity of soda lake alkaliphiles. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 19(3). 181–191. 217 indexed citations

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Grant, William D. & Scott Glenn. (1983). Continental Shelf Sediment Transport: A Coupled Model for Flow and Sediment Dynamics. 124–124. 1 indexed citations

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Madsen, Ole Secher & William D. Grant. (1977). Quantitative Description of Sediment Transport by Waves. 1092–1112. 44 indexed citations

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