William Nelson

138.6k citations
298 papers · 36.7k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 86

William Nelson

293 papers receiving 35.7k citations

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William Nelson
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  • Periodontics 1.6k
  • Endocrinology 1.5k
  • Molecular Biology 19.7k
  • Biological Psychiatry 692
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3.4k
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Fields of papers citing papers by William Nelson

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside William Nelson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1 20233
2 202223
3 20226
4 202146
5 202073
6 202055
7 201938
8 201885
9 2018128
10 201739
11 2017203
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Cultivation of a human-associated TM7 phylotype reveals a reduced genome and epibiotic parasitic lifestylebreakdown →
2014345
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Bacterial diversity in the oral cavity of 10 healthy individualsbreakdown →
2010492
14 200818
15 2007273
16 200650
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Metagenomic Analysis of the Human Distal Gut Microbiomebreakdown →
20063466
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Identification of a conserved bacterial protein secretion system in Vibrio cholerae using the Dictyostelium host model systembreakdown →
2006894
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Molecular analysis of the bacterial microbiota in the human stomachbreakdown →
2006817
20 200534

About William Nelson

William Nelson is a scholar working on Periodontics, Ecology and Molecular Biology, having authored 298 papers that have together received 36.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gut microbiota and health (91 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (68 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (60 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (24 papers), Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (20 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (16 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (15 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Periodontics (1.6k citations), Endocrinology (1.5k citations) and Molecular Biology (19.7k citations). William Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Steven R. Gill, David A. Relman, Paul B. Eckburg, Elisabeth M. Bik, Elizabeth Purdom, Çharles N. Bernstein, Les Dethlefsen, Michael Sargent, Claire M. Fraser and Manolito Torralba. Their work appears in journals such as Microbial Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

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