William J. Jones

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

William J. Jones is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Jones has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Oceanography and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William J. Jones's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (6 papers). William J. Jones is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (6 papers). William J. Jones collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and New Zealand. William J. Jones's co-authors include Micah Hamady, Bernard Henrissat, Ruth E. Ley, Tanya Yatsunenko, Alexis E. Duncan, Bruce A. Roe, Andrew C. Heath, Mitchell L. Sogin, Jason P. Affourtit and Brandi L. Cantarel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William J. Jones

34 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

2008 5.9k citations Peter J. Turnbaugh, Micah Hamady et al. Nature profile →

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Jason P. Affourtit United States

Embriette R. Hyde United States

Zhenjiang Zech Xu China

Nielson T. Baxter United States

Knut Rudi Norway

Antonio González United States

Sean M. Gibbons United States

Sathish Subramanian United States

Daniel Dalevi United States

Fabrice Armougom France

Jason P. Affourtit United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Jones

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20 of 20 papers shown

Arnott, Stephen A., et al.. (2015). Development of a sandwich hybridization assay for the identification and quantification of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) eggs: a novel tool for fishery research and management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72(6). 915–925. 3 indexed citations

Thurber, Andrew R., William J. Jones, & Kareen E. Schnabel. (2011). Dancing for Food in the Deep Sea: Bacterial Farming by a New Species of Yeti Crab. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e26243–e26243. 74 indexed citations

Lombaert, Éric, Thomas Guillemaud, Cathleen E. Thomas, et al.. (2011). Inferring the origin of populations introduced from a genetically structured native range by approximate Bayesian computation: case study of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Molecular Ecology. 20(22). 4654–4670. 124 indexed citations

Holland, Nicholas D., et al.. (2009). A new deep-sea species of epibenthic acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta). Zoosystema. 31(2). 333–346. 24 indexed citations

Turnbaugh, Peter J., Micah Hamady, Tanya Yatsunenko, et al.. (2008). A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins. Nature. 457(7228). 480–484. 5912 indexed citations breakdown →

Rouse, Greg W., Katrine Worsaae, Shannon B. Johnson, William J. Jones, & Robert C. Vrijenhoek. (2008). Acquisition of Dwarf Male “Harems” by Recently Settled Females of Osedax roseus n. sp. (Siboglinidae; Annelida). Biological Bulletin. 214(1). 67–82. 60 indexed citations

Goffredi, Shana K., et al.. (2008). Epibiotic bacteria associated with the recently discovered Yeti crab, Kiwa hirsuta. Environmental Microbiology. 10(10). 2623–2634. 77 indexed citations

Vrijenhoek, Robert C., Melissa B. Duhaime, & William J. Jones. (2007). Subtype Variation Among Bacterial Endosymbionts of Tubeworms (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from the Gulf of California. Biological Bulletin. 212(3). 180–184. 31 indexed citations

Jones, William J., Christina M. Preston, Roman Marin, Christopher A. Scholin, & Robert C. Vrijenhoek. (2007). A robotic molecular method for in situ detection of marine invertebrate larvae. Molecular Ecology Resources. 8(3). 540–550. 45 indexed citations

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Jones, William J., Shannon B. Johnson, Greg W. Rouse, & Robert C. Vrijenhoek. (2007). Marine worms (genus Osedax ) colonize cow bones. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 275(1633). 387–391. 49 indexed citations

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Johnson, Shannon B., Curtis R. Young, William J. Jones, Anders Warén, & Robert C. Vrijenhoek. (2006). Migration, Isolation, and Speciation of Hydrothermal Vent Limpets (Gastropoda; Lepetodrilidae) Across the Blanco Transform Fault. Biological Bulletin. 210(2). 140–157. 73 indexed citations

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Scholin, Chris, Scott Jensen, Brent Roman, et al.. (2006). The Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) ¿ An Autonomous Robotic Device for Detecting Microorganisms Remotely using Molecular Probe Technology. 1–4. 25 indexed citations

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Goffredi, Shana K., William J. Jones, Christopher A. Scholin, Roman Marin, & Robert C. Vrijenhoek. (2005). Molecular Detection of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Marine Biotechnology. 8(2). 149–160. 60 indexed citations

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Jones, William J., et al.. (2002). Morphological and genetic analysis of the Red Hills roach (Cyprinidae: Lavinia symmetricus). Conservation Genetics. 3(3). 261–276. 8 indexed citations

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Ely, Bert, John Mark Dean, Jaime R. Alvarado Bremer, et al.. (2002). GENETIC ANALYSES OF ATLANTIC NORTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA CAPTURED IN THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. 1 indexed citations

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Quattro, Joseph M., et al.. (2001). PCR primers for an aldolase-B intron in acanthopterygian fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 1(1). 9–9. 5 indexed citations

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Quattro, Joseph M., et al.. (2001). Gene–Gene Concordance and the Phylogenetic Relationships among Rare and Widespread Pygmy Sunfishes (Genus Elassoma). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 18(2). 217–226. 13 indexed citations

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Masucci, John A., et al.. (2001). The Use of On-line and Off-line Chromatographic Extraction Techniques coupled with Mass Spectrometry for Support of In Vivo and In Vitro Assays in Drug Discovery. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 1(5). 463–471. 7 indexed citations

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Garrison, Arthur W., et al.. (2000). Phytodegradation of p,p′-DDT and the Enantiomers of o,p′-DDT. Environmental Science & Technology. 34(21). 4662–4662. 5 indexed citations

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Jones, William J. & Joseph M. Quattro. (1999). Genetic structure of summer flounder ( Paralichthys dentatus ) populations north and south of Cape Hatteras. Marine Biology. 133(1). 129–135. 39 indexed citations

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