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Richard E. Lenski

Active 1984–2025

147
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41,588
Citations
106
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Citations

Citations per year for Richard E. Lenski1952: 1 citations1979: 1 citations1985: 1 citations1986: 2 citations1987: 2 citations1988: 13 citations1989: 11 citations1990: 14 citations1991: 24 citations1992: 23 citations1993: 27 citations1994: 56 citations1995: 66 citations1996: 68 citations1997: 93 citations1998: 126 citations1999: 150 citations2000: 266 citations2001: 203 citations2002: 244 citations2003: 242 citations2004: 328 citations2005: 266 citations2006: 332 citations2007: 391 citations2008: 315 citations2009: 446 citations2010: 393 citations2011: 418 citations2012: 594 citations2013: 513 citations2014: 560 citations2015: 533 citations2016: 408 citations2017: 506 citations2018: 441 citations2019: 1,021 citations2020: 925 citations2021: 851 citations2022: 673 citations2023: 524 citations2024: 792 citations2025: 286 citations2026: 26 citations1953–1978: no citations, so these years are not shown1980–1984: no citations, so these years are not shown

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World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,592 citing papers, 33.8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,046 citing papers, 9.8% of this breakdownGermany: 630 citing papers, 5.9% of this breakdownFrance: 628 citing papers, 5.9% of this breakdownCanada: 498 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownChina: 382 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 373 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownSpain: 358 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 269 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownAustralia: 261 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownSweden: 224 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownDenmark: 213 citing papers, 2% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology59.8%
  • Environmental Science13.6%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
  • Medicine4.9%
  • Social Sciences3.6%
  • Computer Science2.9%
  • Other7%

Topics

  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics15.7%
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation6.1%
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies4%
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions3.8%
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology2.8%
  • Genetic diversity and population structure2.8%
  • Other64.8%

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  1. The Black Queen Hypothesis: Evolution of Dependencies through Adaptive Gene Loss

    Authors: Jeffrey Morris, Richard E. Lenski, Erik R. Zinser - mBio 2012 cited by 1,256

  2. Contingency and determinism in evolution: Replaying life’s tape

    Authors: Zachary D. Blount, Richard E. Lenski, Jonathan B. Losos - Science 2018 cited by 649

  3. The dynamics of molecular evolution over 60,000 generations

    Authors: Benjamin H. Good, Michael J. McDonald, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Richard E. Lenski, Michael M. Desai - Nature 2017 cited by 851

  4. Long-Term Experimental Evolution in Escherichia coli. I. Adaptation and Divergence During 2,000 Generations

    Authors: Richard E. Lenski, Michael R. Rose, Suzanne C. Simpson, Scott C. Tadler - The American Naturalist 1991 cited by 1,697

  5. Genome dynamics during experimental evolution

    Authors: Jeffrey E. Barrick, Richard E. Lenski - Nature Reviews Genetics 2013 cited by 686

  6. Repeatability and Contingency in the Evolution of a Key Innovation in Phage Lambda

    Authors: Justin R. Meyer, Devin T. Dobias, Joshua S. Weitz, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Ryan T. Quick, Richard E. Lenski - Science 2012 cited by 545

  7. Long-Term Dynamics of Adaptation in Asexual Populations

    Authors: Michael J. Wiser, Noah Ribeck, Richard E. Lenski - Science 2013 cited by 656

  8. Tempo and mode of genome evolution in a 50,000-generation experiment

    Authors: Olivier Tenaillon, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Noah Ribeck, Daniel E. Deatherage, Jeffrey L. Blanchard, Aurko Dasgupta, Gabriel C. Wu, Sébastien Wielgoss, Stéphane Cruveiller, Claudine Médigue, Dominique Schneider, Richard E. Lenski - Nature 2016 cited by 555

  9. Negative Epistasis Between Beneficial Mutations in an Evolving Bacterial Population

    Authors: Aisha Khan, Duy M. Dinh, Dominique Schneider, Richard E. Lenski, Tim F. Cooper - Science 2011 cited by 664

  10. Experimental evolution and the dynamics of adaptation and genome evolution in microbial populations

    Authors: Richard E. Lenski - The ISME Journal 2017 cited by 398

  11. Experimental evolution

    Authors: Tadeusz J. Kawecki, Richard E. Lenski, Dieter Ebert, Brian Hollis, Isabelle Olivieri, Michael C. Whitlock - Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2012 cited by 859

  12. Genome evolution and adaptation in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli

    Authors: Jeffrey E. Barrick, Dong Yu, Sung Ho Yoon, Haeyoung Jeong, Tae Kwang Oh, Dominique Schneider, Richard E. Lenski, Jihyun F. Kim - Nature 2009 cited by 1,249

  13. Evolution experiments with microorganisms: the dynamics and genetic bases of adaptation

    Authors: Santiago F. Elena, Richard E. Lenski - Nature Reviews Genetics 2003 cited by 1,431

  14. Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli

    Authors: Zachary D. Blount, Christina Z. Borland, Richard E. Lenski - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2008 cited by 881

  15. Does evolutionary theory need a rethink?

    Authors: Kevin N. Laland, Tobias Uller, Marc Feldman, Kim Sterelny, Gerd B. Müller, Armin P. Moczek, Eva Jablonka, John Odling‐Smee, Gregory A. Wray, Hopi E. Hoekstra, Douglas J. Futuyma, Richard E. Lenski, Trudy F. C. Mackay, Dolph Schluter, Joan E. Strassmann - Nature 2014 cited by 1,101

  16. Dynamics of adaptation and diversification: a 10,000-generation experiment with bacterial populations.

    Authors: Richard E. Lenski, Michael Travisano - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1994 cited by 1,054

  17. Evolution of digital organisms at high mutation rates leads to survival of the flattest

    Authors: Claus O. Wilke, Jia Lan Wang, Charles Ofria, Richard E. Lenski, Christoph Adami - Nature 2001 cited by 666

  18. Mutation rate dynamics in a bacterial population reflect tension between adaptation and genetic load

    Authors: Sébastien Wielgoss, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Olivier Tenaillon, Michael J. Wiser, W. James Dittmar, Stéphane Cruveiller, Béatrice Chane-Woon-Ming, Claudine Médigue, Richard E. Lenski, Dominique Schneider - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012 cited by 318

  19. The Surprising Creativity of Digital Evolution: A Collection of Anecdotes from the Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life Research Communities

    Authors: Joel Lehman, Jeff Clune, Dusan Misevic, Christoph Adami, Altenberg, Lee, Julie Beaulieu, Peter J. Bentley, S BERNARD, Guillaume Beslon, David M. Bryson, Chrabaszcz, Patryk, Nick Cheney, Antoine Cully, Stéphane Doncieux, Fred C. Dyer, Kai Olav Ellefsen, Robert Feldt, Stephan Fischer, Stephanie Forrest, Antoine Frénoy, Gagné, Christian, Goff, Leni Le, Laura M. Grabowski, Babak Hodjat, Hutter, Frank, Laurent Keller, Carole Knibbe, Peter Krčah, Richard E. Lenski, Hod Lipson, Robert MacCurdy, Carlos Maestre, Risto Miikkulainen, Sara Mitri, David E. Moriarty, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Anh Duc Nguyen, Charles Ofria, Marc Parizeau, David Parsons, Robert T. Pennock, William F. Punch, Thomas S. Ray, Marc Schoenauer, Eric Shulte, Karl Sims, Kenneth O. Stanley, François Taddéi, Danesh Tarapore, Simon Thibault, Westley Weimer, Richard A. Watson, Yosinski, Jason - Artificial Life, Artif. Life 2020 cited by 178

  20. Linking genetic change to community evolution: insights from studies of bacteria and bacteriophage

    Authors: Brendan J. M. Bohannan, Richard E. Lenski - Ecology Letters 2000 cited by 554

  21. Specificity of genome evolution in experimental populations of Escherichia coli evolved at different temperatures

    Authors: Daniel E. Deatherage, J. Kepner, Albert F. Bennett, Richard E. Lenski, Jeffrey E. Barrick - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017 cited by 143

  22. Genomic evolution of antibiotic resistance is contingent on genetic background following a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli

    Authors: Kyle J. Card, Misty D. Thomas, Joseph L. Graves, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Richard E. Lenski - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021 cited by 78

  23. Evolution of high mutation rates in experimental populations of E. coli

    Authors: Paul Sniegowski, Philip J. Gerrish, Richard E. Lenski - Nature 1997 cited by 942

  24. Insertion-sequence-mediated mutations both promote and constrain evolvability during a long-term experiment with bacteria

    Authors: Jessika Consuegra, Joël Gaffé, Richard E. Lenski, Thomas Hindré, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Olivier Tenaillon, Dominique Schneider - Nature Communications 2021 cited by 132