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7665
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3493

Brett J. Baker publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brett J. Baker sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 151 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Brett J. Baker D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brett J. Baker sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brett J. Baker is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of microbiology and environmental science, with a focus on microbial community ecology and physiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and related environmental fields.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, they have contributed to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, and Clinical Biochemistry.

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions
  • Protist Diversity and Phylogeny
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • Microbial Bioremediation and Biosurfactants

Baker has a consistent publication record in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Microbiology, The ISME Journal, Nature Communications, and Nature Biotechnology.

Recent published papers include:

  • "Diversity, ecology and evolution of Archaea" (2020) in Nature Microbiology
  • "A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes" (2020) in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Inference and reconstruction of the heimdallarchaeial ancestry of eukaryotes" (2023) in Nature
  • "Large-scale protein level comparison of Deltaproteobacteria reveals cohesive metabolic groups" (2021) in The ISME Journal
  • "Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria" (2020) in Nature Microbiology

The scientist frequently collaborates with various co-authors. Notable frequent collaborators are Valerie De Anda, Kiley W. Seitz, Kathryn E. Appler, Nina Dombrowski, and Jillian F. Banfield.

Brett J. Baker also has contributed to book publications, including a volume titled "Rising Stars in Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps: 2021," published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • A new view of the tree of life

    Laura A. Hug;Laura A. Hug;Brett J. Baker;Karthik Anantharaman;Christopher T. Brown

  • Microbial communities in acid mine drainage

    Brett J Baker;Jillian F Banfield

  • Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity

    Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka;Eva Fernández Cáceres;Jimmy Hser Wah Saw;Disa Bäckström

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Community Proteomics of a Natural Microbial Biofilm

    Rachna J. Ram;Nathan C. VerBerkmoes;Michael P. Thelen;Michael P. Thelen;Gene W. Tyson

  • Community-wide analysis of microbial genome sequence signatures

    Gregory J Dick;Gregory J Dick;Anders F Andersson;Anders F Andersson;Brett J Baker;Sheri L Simmons

  • Gene transfer from bacteria and archaea facilitated evolution of an extremophilic eukaryote

    Gerald Schönknecht;Gerald Schönknecht;Wei Hua Chen;Wei Hua Chen;Chad M. Ternes;Guillaume G. Barbier

  • Enigmatic, ultrasmall, uncultivated Archaea

    Brett J. Baker;Luis R. Comolli;Gregory J. Dick;Loren J. Hauser

  • Genomic resolution of linkages in carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling among widespread estuary sediment bacteria.

    Brett J Baker;Brett J Baker;Cassandre Sara Lazar;Cassandre Sara Lazar;Andreas P Teske;Gregory J Dick

  • EMIRGE: reconstruction of full-length ribosomal genes from microbial community short read sequencing data.

    Christopher S Miller;Brett J Baker;Brett J Baker;Brian C Thomas;Steven W Singer;Steven W Singer

  • Diversity, ecology and evolution of Archaea

    Brett J. Baker;Valerie De Anda;Kiley W. Seitz;Nina Dombrowski

  • Acid mine drainage biogeochemistry at Iron Mountain, California

    Gregory K Druschel;Gregory K Druschel;Brett J Baker;Thomas M Gihring;Thomas M Gihring;Jillian F Banfield

  • Genome-Directed Isolation of the Key Nitrogen Fixer Leptospirillum ferrodiazotrophum sp. nov. from an Acidophilic Microbial Community

    Gene W. Tyson;Ian Lo;Brett J. Baker;Eric E. Allen

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Genomic inference of the metabolism of cosmopolitan subsurface Archaea, Hadesarchaea

    Brett J. Baker;Jimmy H. Saw;Anders E. Lind;Cassandre Sara Lazar

  • Predictability of hydraulic head changes and characterization of aquifer-system and fault properties from InSAR-derived ground deformation

    E. Chaussard;R. Bürgmann;Manoochehr Shirzaei;E. J. Fielding

  • Lineages of Acidophilic Archaea Revealed by Community Genomic Analysis

    Brett J. Baker;Gene W. Tyson;Richard I. Webb;Judith Flanagan

  • Expansive microbial metabolic versatility and biodiversity in dynamic Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments

    Nina Dombrowski;Andreas P. Teske;Brett J. Baker

  • Metabolically Active Eukaryotic Communities in Extremely Acidic Mine Drainage

    Brett J. Baker;Michelle A. Lutz;Scott C. Dawson;Philip L. Bond

  • Reconstructing metabolic pathways of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Nina Dombrowski;John A. Donaho;Tony Gutierrez;Kiley W. Seitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Thijs J. G. Ettema
Thijs J. G. Ettema Wageningen University & Research
Gregory J. Dick
Gregory J. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andreas P Teske
Andreas P Teske University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Janet Fletcher
Janet Fletcher University of Melbourne
Gene W. Tyson
Gene W. Tyson Queensland University of Technology
Catherine T. Best
Catherine T. Best Haskins Laboratories
Philip Hugenholtz
Philip Hugenholtz University of Queensland
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Nancy N. Rabalais
Nancy N. Rabalais Louisiana State University

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