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82
Citations
20738
World Ranking
759
National Ranking
278

Cameron R. Currie 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 Cameron R. Currie sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 217 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cameron R. Currie 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 Cameron R. Currie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Cameron R. Currie is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research work spans multiple areas within biological and agricultural sciences, with significant contributions in insect science, molecular biology, and genetics.

Their main fields of study include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Among their focused subfields are:

  • Insect Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Pharmacology

Cameron R. Currie's research topics cover diverse areas, including:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Frequent publication venues for Cameron R. Currie include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • mBio
  • mSystems
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics, 2023, Nature
  • A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi, 2020, Science
  • A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining, 2021, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Coordination of fungal biofilm development by extracellular vesicle cargo, 2021, Nature Communications

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors in their research, including:

  • Tim S. Bugni
  • Marc G. Chevrette
  • David R. Andes
  • Shelby Sandstrom
  • Reed M. Stubbendieck

Best Publications

  • Fungus-growing ants use antibiotic-producing bacteria to control garden parasites

    Cameron R. Currie;James A. Scott;Richard C. Summerbell;Richard C. Summerbell;David Malloch

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Bacterial protection of beetle-fungus mutualism.

    Jarrod J. Scott;Dong-Chan Oh;M. Cetin Yuceer;Kier D. Klepzig

  • The agricultural pathology of ant fungus gardens

    Cameron R. Currie;Ulrich G. Mueller;David Malloch

  • The natural history of antibiotics

    Jon Clardy;Michael A. Fischbach;Cameron R. Currie

  • Ancient tripartite coevolution in the attine ant-microbe symbiosis.

    Cameron Robert Currie;Bess Wong;Alison E. Stuart;Ted R. Schultz

  • Dentigerumycin: a bacterial mediator of an ant-fungus symbiosis

    Dong-Chan Oh;Michael Poulsen;Cameron R Currie;Jon Clardy

  • A Community of Ants, Fungi, and Bacteria: A Multilateral Approach to Studying Symbiosis

    Cameron R. Currie

  • The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism.

    Ulrich G. Mueller;Ted R. Schultz;Cameron R. Currie;Rachelle M. M. Adams

  • Coevolved Crypts and Exocrine Glands Support Mutualistic Bacteria in Fungus-Growing Ants

    Cameron Robert Currie;Michael Poulsen;John Mendenhall;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • Evolution and Ecology of Actinobacteria and Their Bioenergy Applications.

    Gina R. Lewin;Camila Carlos;Camila Carlos;Marc G. Chevrette;Heidi A. Horn

  • Weeding and grooming of pathogens in agriculture by ants.

    Cameron Robert Currie;Alison E. Stuart

  • Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus Gardens of Leaf-Cutter Ants

    Adrián A. Pinto-Tomás;Mark A. Anderson;Garret Suen;Garret Suen;David M. Stevenson

  • Draft genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile).

    Christopher D. Smith;Aleksey Zimin;Carson Holt;Ehab Abouheif

  • The antimicrobial potential of Streptomyces from insect microbiomes

    Marc G. Chevrette;Caitlin M. Carlson;Humberto E. Ortega;Chris Thomas

  • Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

    Chris R. Smith;Christopher D. Smith;Hugh M. Robertson;Martin Helmkampf

  • The genome sequence of the leaf-cutter ant Atta cephalotes reveals insights into its obligate symbiotic lifestyle

    Garret Suen;Garret Suen;Clotilde Teiling;Lewyn Li;Carson Holt

  • Mountain pine beetles colonizing historical and naive host trees are associated with a bacterial community highly enriched in genes contributing to terpene metabolism.

    Aaron S. Adams;Frank O. Aylward;Frank O. Aylward;Sandye M. Adams;Nadir Erbilgin

  • Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

    Daniel F. Simola;Lothar Wissler;Greg Donahue;Robert M. Waterhouse

  • The complete genome sequence of Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 reveals a cellulolytic and metabolic specialist.

    Garret Suen;Paul J. Weimer;David M. Stevenson;Frank O. Aylward;Frank O. Aylward

  • Fungus-Growing Ants Use Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria to Control Garden Parasites [Correction]

    Cameron Robert Currie;James A. Scott;Richard C. Summerbell;David Malloch

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Poulsen
Michael Poulsen University of Copenhagen
Jon Clardy
Jon Clardy Harvard University
Garret Suen
Garret Suen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nicole M. Gerardo
Nicole M. Gerardo Emory University
Ulrich G. Mueller
Ulrich G. Mueller The University of Texas at Austin
Brian G. Fox
Brian G. Fox University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kenneth F. Raffa
Kenneth F. Raffa University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lynne Goodwin
Lynne Goodwin Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
David Bruce
David Bruce Pebble Labs

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