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D-Index
73
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14144
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1456
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619

Charles R. Fisher publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles R. Fisher sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 192 publications — 61st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Charles R. Fisher D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles R. Fisher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Charles R. Fisher is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering with a focus on several subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Ecology, Oceanography, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Metallurgy and Material Science
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Integrating materials and manufacturing innovation
  • Microbiome
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • Additive manufacturing

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored include:

  • "Influence of processing on the microstructure of nickel aluminum bronze (NAB)," 2022, Additive manufacturing
  • "Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Deep-sea corals provide new insight into the ecology, evolution, and the role of plastids in widespread apicomplexan symbionts of anthozoans," 2020, Microbiome
  • "Temperature-Dependent Material Property Databases for Marine Steels-Part 1: DH36," 2020, Integrating materials and manufacturing innovation
  • "Deep-sea corals near cold seeps associate with chemoautotrophic bacteria that are related to the symbionts of cold seep and hydrothermal vent mussels," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Charles R. Fisher has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Jennifer K. Semple
  • Daniel H. Bechetti
  • Samuel A. Vohsen
  • Iliana B. Baums
  • Harald R. Gruber-Vodicka

Best Publications

  • The biology of hydrothermal vent animals: physiology, biochemistry, and autotrophic symbioses

    J.J. Childress;C.R. Fisher

  • Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep-water coral community in the Gulf of Mexico

    Helen K. White;Pen Yuan Hsing;Walter Cho;Timothy M. Shank

  • A methanotrophic marine molluscan (bivalvia, mytilidae) symbiosis: mussels fueled by gas.

    James J. Childress;C. R. Fisher;J. M. Brooks;M. C. Kennicutt

  • Deep-sea hydrocarbon seep communities: evidence for energy and nutritional carbon sources

    James M. Brooks;M. C. Kennicutt;C. R. Fisher;S. A. Macko

  • Horizontal endosymbiont transmission in hydrothermal vent tubeworms

    Andrea D. Nussbaumer;Charles R. Fisher;Monika Bright

  • A methanotrophic carnivorous sponge

    Jean Vacelet;Nicole Boury-Esnault;Aline Fiala-Medioni;C. R. Fisher

  • Metabolic and blood characteristics of the hydrothermal vent tube-worm Riftia pachyptila

    J. J. Childress;A. J. Arp;C. R. Fisher

  • PREDATION STRUCTURES COMMUNITIES AT DEEP‐SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS

    Fiorenza Micheli;Charles H. Peterson;Lauren S. Mullineaux;Charles R. Fisher

  • Macro-Ecology of Gulf of Mexico Cold Seeps

    Erik E. Cordes;Derk C. Bergquist;Charles R. Fisher

  • Coral communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico

    Erik E. Cordes;Michael P. McGinley;Elizabeth L. Podowski;Erin L. Becker

  • Earthquake-induced changes in a hydrothermal system on the Juan de Fuca mid-ocean ridge

    H. Paul Johnson;Michael Hutnak;Robert P. Dziak;Christopher G. Fox

  • Community structure of vestimentiferan-generated habitat islands from Gulf of Mexico cold seeps

    Derk C. Bergquist;Tracy Ward;Erik E. Cordes;Tim McNelis

  • The importance of methane and thiosulfate in the metabolism of the bacterial symbionts of two deep-sea mussels

    C. R. Fisher;J. J. Childress;R. S. Oremland;R. R. Bidigare

  • Metabolic and Blood Gas Transport Characteristics of the Hydrothermal Vent Bivalve Calyptogena magnifica

    Alissa J. Arp;James J. Childress;Charles R. Fisher

  • Footprint of Deepwater Horizon blowout impact to deep-water coral communities

    Charles R. Fisher;Pen Yuan Hsing;Carl L. Kaiser;Dana R. Yoerger

  • Diversity, relative abundance and metabolic potential of bacterial endosymbionts in three Bathymodiolus mussel species from cold seeps in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Sébastien Duperron;Myriam Sibuet;Barbara J. MacGregor;Marcel M. M. Kuypers

  • The Co-occurrence of Methanotrophic and Chemoautotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterial Symbionts in a Deep-sea Mussel

    C. R. Fisher;J. M. Brooks;J. S. Vodenichar;J. M. Zande

  • Cold seeps of the deep Gulf of Mexico: Community structure and biogeographic comparisons to Atlantic equatorial belt seep communities

    Erik E. Cordes;Susan L. Carney;Stephane Hourdez;Robert S. Carney

  • Variability of physico-chemical conditions in 9°50′N EPR diffuse flow vent habitats

    N. Le Bris;B. Govenar;C. Le Gall;C.R. Fisher

  • Roots as a site of hydrogen sulfide uptake in the hydrocarbon seep vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia sp.

    David Julian;Françoise Gaill;Eric Wood;Alissa J. Arp

  • Back-arc spreading systems: Geological, biological, chemical, and physical interactions

    David M. Christie;Charles R. Fisher;Sang Mook Lee;Sharon Givens

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik E. Cordes
Erik E. Cordes Temple University
Stéphane Hourdez
Stéphane Hourdez Sorbonne University
James J. Childress
James J. Childress University of California, Santa Barbara
Timothy M. Shank
Timothy M. Shank Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ian R. MacDonald
Ian R. MacDonald Florida State University
Stephen A. Macko
Stephen A. Macko University of Virginia
Harry H. Roberts
Harry H. Roberts Louisiana State University
James M. Brooks
James M. Brooks Texas A&M University
George W. Luther
George W. Luther University of Delaware
Iliana B. Baums
Iliana B. Baums Pennsylvania State University

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