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Sarah L. Westcott

University of Michigan US

56
Publications
34,834
Citations
24
H-Index
33
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Most Cited Works

Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities OA
Patrick D. Schloss, Sarah L. Westcott, Thomas Ryabin, Justine R. Hall, Martin Hartmann +10 more
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009
21,561
Development of a Dual-Index Sequencing Strategy and Curation Pipeline for Analyzing Amplicon Sequence Data on the MiSeq Illumina Sequencing Platform OA
James J. Kozich, Sarah L. Westcott, Nielson T. Baxter, Sarah K. Highlander, Patrick D. Schloss
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2013
7,465
Reducing the Effects of PCR Amplification and Sequencing Artifacts on 16S rRNA-Based Studies OA
Patrick D. Schloss, Dirk Gevers, Sarah L. Westcott
PLoS ONE 2011
2,124
Assessing and Improving Methods Used in Operational Taxonomic Unit-Based Approaches for 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis OA
Patrick D. Schloss, Sarah L. Westcott
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2011
751
The Molecular Basis of FHA Domain:Phosphopeptide Binding Specificity and Implications for Phospho-Dependent Signaling Mechanisms OA
Daniel Durocher, Ian A. Taylor, Dilara Sarbassova, L.F. Haire, Sarah L. Westcott +3 more
Molecular Cell 2000
459

Publications

56 total

clustur: an R package for clustering features using sparse distance matrices OA

Gregory Johnson, Sarah L. Westcott, P. Schloss - Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2025
Cited by 0 Semantic Scholar

OptiFit: an Improved Method for Fitting Amplicon Sequences to Existing OTUs OA

Kelly L. Sovacool, Sarah L. Westcott, Brodie Mumphrey, Gabrielle A. Dotson, P. Schloss - bioRxiv, 2021
Cited by 4 Semantic Scholar

OptiClust, an Improved Method for Assigning Amplicon-Based Sequence Data to Operational Taxonomic Units PDF

Sarah L. Westcott, Patrick D. Schloss - mSphere, 2017
Cited by 435 OpenAlex

Sequencing 16S rRNA gene fragments using the PacBio SMRT DNA sequencing system PDF

Patrick D. Schloss, Matthew L. Jenior, Charles C. Koumpouras, Sarah L. Westcott, Sarah K. Highlander - PeerJ, 2016
Cited by 235 OpenAlex

OptiClust: Improved method for assigning amplicon-based sequence data to operational taxonomic units OA

Sarah L. Westcott, P. Schloss - bioRxiv, 2016
Cited by 364 Semantic Scholar

De novo clustering methods outperform reference-based methods for assigning 16S rRNA gene sequences to operational taxonomic units PDF

Sarah L. Westcott, Patrick D. Schloss - PeerJ, 2015
Cited by 299 OpenAlex

Development of a Dual-Index Sequencing Strategy and Curation Pipeline for Analyzing Amplicon Sequence Data on the MiSeq Illumina Sequencing Platform PDF

James J. Kozich, Sarah L. Westcott, Nielson T. Baxter, Sarah K. Highlander, Patrick D. Schloss - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013
Cited by 7,465 OpenAlex

Communitiesand Comparing Microbial Community-Supported Software for Platform-Independent, Introducing mothur: Open-Source,

D. J. Horn, C. Weber, J. Sahl, B. Stres, J. Hall - Unknown Venue, 2013
Cited by 1 Semantic Scholar

Reducing the Effects of PCR Amplification and Sequencing Artifacts on 16S rRNA-Based Studies PDF

Patrick D. Schloss, Dirk Gevers, Sarah L. Westcott - PLoS ONE, 2011
Cited by 2,124 OpenAlex

Assessing and Improving Methods Used in Operational Taxonomic Unit-Based Approaches for 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis PDF

Patrick D. Schloss, Sarah L. Westcott - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2011
Cited by 751 OpenAlex

Research Topics

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19) Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (18) Infant Development and Preterm Care (15) Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15) Gut microbiota and health (14)

Frequent Co-Authors

PA
Patrick D. Schloss
7 joint publications
SA
Sarah K. Highlander
2 joint publications
ST
Stephen J. Smerdon
2 joint publications
TH
Thomas Ryabin
1 joint publication
JU
Justine R. Hall
1 joint publication
MA
Martin Hartmann
1 joint publication

Affiliations

Aga Khan University
PK 1998 - 1998
Allegheny College
US 1998 - 1997
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
US 2005 - 2005
University of Puget Sound
US 2006 - 2005
Georgia State University
US 2005 - 2005

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