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Microbiology

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107
Citations
52921
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272
National Ranking
126

Genetics

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Tanja Woyke publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tanja Woyke sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 706 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Tanja Woyke D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tanja Woyke sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tanja Woyke is affiliated with the Joint Genome Institute in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Endocrinology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their main research topics center on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Tanja Woyke has published multiple papers in high-profile scientific journals. Some notable recent publications include:

  • The IMG/M data management and analysis system v.6.0: new tools and advanced capabilities (2020), Nucleic Acids Research
  • Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • IMG/VR v4: an expanded database of uncultivated virus genomes within a framework of extensive functional, taxonomic, and ecological metadata (2022), Nucleic Acids Research
  • Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics (2020), Nature
  • IMG/VR v3: an integrated ecological and evolutionary framework for interrogating genomes of uncultivated viruses (2020), Nucleic Acids Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Nikos C. Kyrpides
  • Frederik Schulz
  • Natalia Ivanova
  • Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh
  • T. B. K. Reddy

Tanja Woyke often publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Microbiology Resource Announcements, Frontiers in Microbiology, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), and Nucleic Acids Research.

Best Publications

  • Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter

    Christian Rinke;Patrick Schwientek;Alexander Sczyrba;Alexander Sczyrba;Natalia N. Ivanova

  • Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea

    Robert M. Bowers;Nikos C. Kyrpides;Ramunas Stepanauskas;Miranda Harmon-Smith

  • Metagenomic discovery of biomass-degrading genes and genomes from cow rumen.

    Matthias Hess;Matthias Hess;Alexander Sczyrba;Alexander Sczyrba;Rob Egan;Rob Egan;Tae Wan Kim

  • Assembling Single-Cell Genomes and Mini-Metagenomes From Chimeric MDA Products

    Sergey Nurk;Anton Bankevich;Dmitry Antipov;Alexey A. Gurevich

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing

    Patrick M. Shih;Patrick M. Shih;Dongying Wu;Amel Latifi;Seth D. Axen

  • Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation - A benchmark of metagenomics software

    Alexander Sczyrba;Peter Hofmann;Peter Hofmann;Peter Belmann;David Koslicki

  • IMG/M v.5.0: an integrated data management and comparative analysis system for microbial genomes and microbiomes.

    I-Min A Chen;Ken Chu;Krishna Palaniappan;Manoj Pillay

  • Airway microbiota and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with suboptimally controlled asthma.

    Yvonne J. Huang;Craig E. Nelson;Eoin L. Brodie;Todd Z. DeSantis

  • Functional characteristics of an endophyte community colonizing rice roots as revealed by metagenomic analysis.

    A. Sessitsch;P. Hardoim;J. Döring;A. Weilharter

  • Plant Compartment and Biogeography Affect Microbiome Composition in Cultivated and Native Agave Species

    Devin Coleman‐Derr;Devin Coleman‐Derr;Damaris Desgarennes;Citlali Fonseca‐Garcia;Stephen Gross

  • Assembling genomes and mini-metagenomes from highly chimeric reads

    Sergey Nurk;Anton Bankevich;Dmitry Antipov;Alexey Gurevich

  • Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

    Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria

    Imen Nouioui;Lorena Carro;Marina García-López;Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff

  • Potential for Chemolithoautotrophy Among Ubiquitous Bacteria Lineages in the Dark Ocean

    Brandon K. Swan;Manuel Martinez-Garcia;Christina M. Preston;Alexander Sczyrba

  • Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection

    Rekha Seshadri;Sinead C Leahy;Graeme T Attwood;Koon Hoong Teh

  • Metagenome, metatranscriptome and single-cell sequencing reveal microbial response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Olivia U. Mason;Olivia U. Mason;Terry C. Hazen;Terry C. Hazen;Sharon Borglin;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain

  • IMG 4 version of the integrated microbial genomes comparative analysis system

    Victor M. Markowitz;I-Min A. Chen;Krishna Palaniappan;Ken Chu

  • Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants.

    Asaf Levy;Isai Salas Gonzalez;Isai Salas Gonzalez;Maximilian Mittelviefhaus;Scott Clingenpeel

  • Complete genome sequence of DSM 30083(T), the type strain (U5/41(T)) of Escherichia coli, and a proposal for delineating subspecies in microbial taxonomy.

    Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Richard L. Hahnke;Jörn Petersen;Carmen Scheuner

  • Symbiosis insights through metagenomic analysis of a microbial consortium

    Tanja Woyke;Hanno Teeling;Natalia N. Ivanova;Marcel Huntemann

  • Primer and platform effects on 16S rRNA tag sequencing.

    Julien Tremblay;Julien Tremblay;Kanwar Singh;Alison Fern;Edward S. Kirton

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Lynne Goodwin
Lynne Goodwin Los Alamos National Laboratory
Natalia Ivanova
Natalia Ivanova Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Miriam Land
Miriam Land Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
Amrita Pati
Amrita Pati Amgen (United States)
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Loren Hauser
Loren Hauser Digital Infuzion (United States)
John C. Detter
John C. Detter Los Alamos National Laboratory

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