Fred A. Rainey
Impact in
- Microbiology top 0.05%
- Actinomycetales infections and treatment
- Ecology top 0.2%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Papers in
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- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 92
- Protist diversity and phylogeny 8
- Ecology 71
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 65
- Co-authors
- Erko Stackebrandt (29 shared papers)Milton S. da Costa (43 shared papers)M. Fernanda Nobre (34 shared papers)Jongsik Chun (3 shared papers)William M. Moe (18 shared papers)Peter H. Janssen (5 shared papers)Peter Schümann (6 shared papers)Luciana Albuquerque (15 shared papers)
- Journals
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY (43 papers)Systematic and Applied Microbiology (17 papers)Applied and Environmental Microbiology (10 papers)Extremophiles (4 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanyPortugal
In The Last Decade
Fred A. Rainey
126 papers receiving 8.1k citations
Fred A. Rainey's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
- Microbiology 546
- Ecology 3.8k
- Pollution 1.3k
- Environmental Chemistry 969
- Biotechnology 572
Countries citing papers authored by Fred A. Rainey
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Fields of papers citing papers by Fred A. Rainey
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Fred A. Rainey, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 127 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Effect of genome size and rrn gene copy number on PCR amplification of 16S rRNA genes from a mixture of bacterial species Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 586 |
| 2 | Integrating genomics into the taxonomy and systematics of the Bacteria and Archaea Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 433 |
| 3 | 2003 | 429 | |
| 4 | 1994 | 346 | |
| 5 | 1997 | 292 | |
| 6 | 2005 | 277 | |
| 7 | 1996 | 172 | |
| 8 | 1997 | 167 | |
| 9 | 2011 | 153 | |
| 10 | 1994 | 144 | |
| 11 | 2009 | 140 | |
| 12 | 2005 | 138 | |
| 13 | 2015 | 136 | |
| 14 | 2009 | 134 | |
| 15 | 1999 | 132 | |
| 16 | 1995 | 129 | |
| 17 | 1999 | 125 | |
| 18 | 1994 | 119 | |
| 19 | 1997 | 118 | |
| 20 | Microbial diversity in soil: the need for a combined approach using molecular and cultivation techniques. | 1997 | 116 |
About Fred A. Rainey
Fred A. Rainey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pollution, Microbiology and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 127 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (92 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (65 papers), Actinomycetales infections and treatment (14 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (12 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (11 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (9 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (8 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (546 citations), Ecology (3.8k citations), Pollution (1.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (969 citations) and Biotechnology (572 citations). Fred A. Rainey has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Portugal. Frequent co-authors include Erko Stackebrandt, Milton S. da Costa, M. Fernanda Nobre, Jongsik Chun, William M. Moe, Peter H. Janssen, Peter Schümann, Luciana Albuquerque, Naomi Ward-Rainey and A. F. Yassin. Their work appears in journals such as INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, Systematic and Applied Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Extremophiles and Journal of Bacteriology.
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