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D-Index
60
Citations
15987
World Ranking
11794
National Ranking
5072

Brian Palenik 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 Brian Palenik sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 139 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian Palenik 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 Brian Palenik sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian Palenik is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans various domains within environmental science, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and earth and planetary sciences.

The main fields of study in Brian Palenik's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

They have contributed to several subfields including:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Biomaterials

Brian Palenik's research covers a variety of topics with a focus on microbial and ecological systems:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Frequent publication venues where Brian Palenik's work has appeared include:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Phycologia
  • Journal of Phycology
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Environmental Microbiology Reports

Their recent papers include:

  • Standardized multi-omics of Earth's microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Spatial and temporal variations in Synechococcus microdiversity in the Southern California coastal ecosystem, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Relating sinking and suspended microbial communities in the California Current Ecosystem: digestion resistance and the contributions of phytoplankton taxa to export, 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • Diversity and putative interactions of parasitic alveolates belonging to Syndiniales at a coastal Pacific site, 2023, Environmental Microbiology Reports
  • Chromosome-scale assembly of the streamlined picoeukaryote Picochlorum sp. SENEW3 genome reveals Rabl-like chromatin structure and potential for C4 photosynthesis, 2024, Microbial Genomics

They collaborate frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Maitreyi Nagarkar
  • Torsten Thomas
  • Ashley Shade
  • James Stegen
  • Maggie Wang

Best Publications

  • The Genome of the Diatom Thalassiosira Pseudonana: Ecology, Evolution, and Metabolism

    E. Virginia Armbrust;John A. Berges;Chris Bowler;Beverley R. Green

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • The genome of a motile marine Synechococcus

    B. Palenik;B. Brahamsha;F. W. Larimer;F. W. Larimer;M. Land;M. Land

  • The tiny eukaryote Ostreococcus provides genomic insights into the paradox of plankton speciation

    Brian Palenik;Jane Grimwood;Andrea Aerts;Pierre Rouzé

  • Preparation and chemistry of the artificial algal culture medium aquil

    Neil M. Price;Gail I. Harrison;Janet G. Hering;Robert J. Hudson

  • Assessing the dynamics and ecology of marine picophytoplankton: The importance of the eukaryotic component

    Alexandra Z. Worden;Jessica K. Nolan;B. Palenik

  • Bringing the ocean into the laboratory to probe the chemical complexity of sea spray aerosol

    Kimberly A. Prather;Timothy H. Bertram;Vicki H. Grassian;Grant B. Deane

  • Prochlorococcus marinus nov. gen. nov. sp.: an oxyphototrophic marine prokaryote containing divinyl chlorophyll a and b

    Sallie W. Chisholm;Sheila L. Frankel;Ralf Goericke;Robert J. Olson

  • Multiple evolutionary origins of prochlorophytes, the chlorophyll b-containing prokaryotes.

    B. Palenik;R. Haselkorn

  • Unraveling the genomic mosaic of a ubiquitous genus of marine cyanobacteria.

    Alexis Dufresne;Alexis Dufresne;Martin Ostrowski;David J Scanlan;Laurence Garczarek

  • Genome sequence of Synechococcus CC9311: Insights into adaptation to a coastal environment

    Brian Palenik;Qinghu Ren;Chris L. Dupont;Garry S. Myers

  • Modern proteomes contain putative imprints of ancient shifts in trace metal geochemistry.

    Christopher L. Dupont;Song Yang;Brian Palenik;Philip E. Bourne

  • Chromatic adaptation in marine Synechococcus strains.

    Brian Palenik

  • Niche adaptation in ocean cyanobacteria

    Michael J. Ferris;Brian Palenik

  • Amino acid utilization by marine phytoplankton: A novel mechanism

    B. Palenik;Francois M. M. Morel

  • Temporal variation of Synechococcus clades at a coastal Pacific Ocean monitoring site

    Vera Tai;Brian Palenik

  • Phosphate Stress in Cultures and Field Populations of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum Detected by a Single-Cell Alkaline Phosphatase Assay

    Sonya T. Dyhrman;Brian Palenik

  • Synechococcus Diversity in the California Current as Seen by RNA Polymerase (rpoC1) Gene Sequences of Isolated Strains

    Gerardo Toledo;Brian Palenik

  • The marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH7805 requires urease (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.5) to utilize urea as a nitrogen source: molecular-genetic and biochemical analysis of the enzyme.

    Jackie L. Collier;Bianca Brahamsha;Brian Palenik

  • Broad-host-range vector system for synthetic biology and biotechnology in cyanobacteria

    Arnaud Taton;Federico Unglaub;Nicole E. Wright;Wei Yue Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian T. Paulsen
Ian T. Paulsen Macquarie University
Christopher L. Dupont
Christopher L. Dupont J. Craig Venter Institute
François M. M. Morel
François M. M. Morel Princeton University
Andrew E. Allen
Andrew E. Allen J. Craig Venter Institute
Ying Xu
Ying Xu University of Georgia
Sonya T. Dyhrman
Sonya T. Dyhrman Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Farooq Azam
Farooq Azam University of California, San Diego
Gregory J. Pazour
Gregory J. Pazour University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Katherine A. Barbeau
Katherine A. Barbeau University of California, San Diego

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