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D-Index
45
Citations
6734
World Ranking
4901
National Ranking
529

Alex J. Dumbrell publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex J. Dumbrell sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 99 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Alex J. Dumbrell D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex J. Dumbrell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alex J. Dumbrell is affiliated with the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader categories, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Oceanography, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's main topics of study cover various aspects of microbial ecology and environmental DNA applications, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

Dumbrell has contributed to several research articles, including:

  • "Strategies for sample labelling and library preparation in DNA metabarcoding studies" (2021, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • "Disproportionate increase in freshwater methane emissions induced by experimental warming" (2020, Nature Climate Change)
  • "What drives study-dependent differences in distance-decay relationships of microbial communities?" (2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • "Key Questions for Next-Generation Biomonitoring" (2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science)
  • "Spatial Variation in Soil Fungal Communities across Paddy Fields in Subtropical China" (2020, mSystems)

Frequent co-authors of Alex J. Dumbrell include:

  • Alessia Bani
  • Pengfa Li
  • Corinne Whitby
  • Kate C. Randall
  • Guy Woodward

The scientist's work is regularly published in several venues, notably:

  • Nature Climate Change
  • mSystems
  • Plant and Soil
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Global Change Biology

Alex J. Dumbrell has also contributed to book publications, including the title A Next-Generation of Biomonitoring to Detect Global Ecosystem Change, published by Frontiers Media in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Relative roles of niche and neutral processes in structuring a soil microbial community

    Alex J Dumbrell;Michaela Nelson;Thorunn Helgason;Calvin Dytham

  • Distinct seasonal assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi revealed by massively parallel pyrosequencing

    Alex J. Dumbrell;Alex J. Dumbrell;Peter D. Ashton;Naveed Aziz;Gu Feng

  • DNA metabarcoding-Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions.

    Lucie Zinger;Aurélie Bonin;Inger G. Alsos;Miklós Bálint

  • Lost in diversity: the interactions between soil-borne fungi, biodiversity and plant productivity.

    Liesje Mommer;T. E. Anne Cotton;T. E. Anne Cotton;Jos M. Raaijmakers;Aad J. Termorshuizen

  • Next-Generation Global Biomonitoring: Large-scale, Automated Reconstruction of Ecological Networks.

    David A. Bohan;Corinne Vacher;Alireza Tamaddoni-Nezhad;Alan Raybould

  • Idiosyncrasy and overdominance in the structure of natural communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: is there a role for stochastic processes?

    Alex J. Dumbrell;Michaela Nelson;Thorunn Helgason;Calvin Dytham

  • Strategies for sample labelling and library preparation in DNA metabarcoding studies.

    Kristine Bohmann;Vasco Elbrecht;Christian Carøe;Iliana Bista;Iliana Bista

  • amoA Gene Abundances and Nitrification Potential Rates Suggest that Benthic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Not Archaea Dominate N Cycling in the Colne Estuary, United Kingdom

    Jialin Li;David B. Nedwell;Jessica Beddow;Alex J. Dumbrell

  • Impacts of selective logging on canopy and ground assemblages of tropical forest butterflies: Implications for sampling

    Alex J. Dumbrell;Jane K. Hill

  • Recommendations for the next generation of global freshwater biological monitoring tools

    M.C. Jackson;M.C. Jackson;O.L.F. Weyl;F. Altermatt;F. Altermatt;Isabelle Durance

  • Disproportionate increase in freshwater methane emissions induced by experimental warming

    Yizhu Zhu;Kevin J. Purdy;Özge Eyice;Lidong Shen;Lidong Shen

  • Importance and controls of anaerobic ammonium oxidation influenced by riverbed geology

    K. Lansdown;B. A. McKew;C. Whitby;C. M. Heppell

  • Networking Our Way to Better Ecosystem Service Provision

    David A. Bohan;Dries Landuyt;Athen Ma;Sarina Macfadyen

  • Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis).

    Wolfgang Wüster;Alex J. Dumbrell;Alex J. Dumbrell;Chris Hay;Catharine E. Pook

  • Changes in species diversity following habitat disturbance are dependent on spatial scale: theoretical and empirical evidence

    Alex J. Dumbrell;Ewen J. Clark;Ewen J. Clark;Gillian A. Frost;Thomas E. Randell

  • Community rescue in experimental metacommunities

    Etienne Low-Décarie;Marcus Kolber;Paige Homme;Andrea Lofano

  • What drives study-dependent differences in distance–decay relationships of microbial communities?

    Dave R. Clark;Graham J.C. Underwood;Terry J. McGenity;Alex J. Dumbrell

  • Differences between aerobic and anaerobic degradation of microphytobenthic biofilm-derived organic matter within intertidal sediments.

    Boyd A. McKew;Alex J. Dumbrell;Joe D. Taylor;Terry J. McGenity

  • Gene-to-ecosystem impacts of a catastrophic pesticide spill: testing a multilevel bioassessment approach in a river ecosystem

    Murray S. A. Thompson;Murray S. A. Thompson;Claire Bankier;Thomas Bell;Alex J. Dumbrell

  • Biomonitoring for the 21st Century: Integrating Next-Generation Sequencing Into Ecological Network Analysis

    Stéphane A.P. Derocles;David A. Bohan;Alex J. Dumbrell;James J.N. Kitson

  • Plant functional group drives the community structure of saprophytic fungi in a grassland biodiversity experiment

    Davide Francioli;Sophie Q. van Rijssel;Jasper van Ruijven;Aad J. Termorshuizen

  • Fungi in the future: interannual variation and effects of atmospheric change on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    T. E. Anne Cotton;T. E. Anne Cotton;T. E. Anne Cotton;Alastair H. Fitter;R. Michael Miller;Alex J. Dumbrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham J. C. Underwood
Graham J. C. Underwood University of Essex
David B. Nedwell
David B. Nedwell University of Essex
Guy Woodward
Guy Woodward Imperial College London
Terry J. McGenity
Terry J. McGenity University of Essex
David A. Bohan
David A. Bohan INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Douglas W. Yu
Douglas W. Yu University of East Anglia
Ian Colbeck
Ian Colbeck University of Essex
Mark Trimmer
Mark Trimmer Queen Mary University of London
Liesje Mommer
Liesje Mommer Wageningen University & Research
Alastair Fitter
Alastair Fitter University of York

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