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Christof Meile publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christof Meile sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 101 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Christof Meile D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christof Meile sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christof Meile is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research focuses on Environmental Science and engages extensively with several subfields and topics related to this broad discipline.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Their work spans several subfields of Environmental Science such as:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry

Meile's research covers multiple scientific topics with notable attention to:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Meile include:

  • Macrofaunal control of microbial community structure in continental margin sediments, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Controls on Interspecies Electron Transport and Size Limitation of Anaerobically Methane-Oxidizing Microbial Consortia, 2021, mBio
  • Pore-Scale Numerical Investigation of Evolving Porosity and Permeability Driven by Biofilm Growth, 2021, Transport in Porous Media
  • The evolution of early diagenetic processes at the Mozambique margin during the last glacial-interglacial transition, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Porewater flow patterns in surficial cold seep sediments inferred from conservative tracer profiles and early diagenetic modeling, 2020, Chemical Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Meile are:

  • Xiaojia He
  • Longhui Deng
  • Damian Bölsterli
  • Mark A. Lever
  • Grayson L. Chadwick

Meile publishes regularly in several scientific venues, including:

  • ChemElectroChem
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Biogeosciences
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Best Publications

  • Genome characteristics of a generalist marine bacterial lineage.

    Ryan J Newton;Laura E Griffin;Kathy M Bowles;Christof Meile

  • Ecological Genomics of Marine Roseobacters

    M. A. Moran;R. Belas;M. A. Schell;J. M. Gonzalez

  • Expanding the role of reactive transport models in critical zone processes

    Li Li;Kate Maher;Alexis Navarre-Sitchler;Jennifer Druhan

  • Flow and nutrient dynamics in a subterranean estuary (Waquoit Bay, MA, USA) : Field data and reactive transport modeling

    Claudette Spiteri;Caroline P. Slomp;Matthew A. Charette;Kagan Tuncay

  • Seasonal oscillation of microbial iron and sulfate reduction in saltmarsh sediments (Sapelo Island, GA, USA)

    Carla M. Koretsky;Charles M. Moore;Kristine L. Lowe;Christof Meile

  • Rapid Iron Reduction Rates Are Stimulated by High-Amplitude Redox Fluctuations in a Tropical Forest Soil.

    Brian Ginn;Christof Meile;Jared Wilmoth;Yuanzhi Tang

  • Dependence of calcite growth rate and Sr partitioning on solution stoichiometry: Non-Kossel crystal growth

    Gernot Nehrke;Gert-Jan Reichart;P. Van Cappellen;C. Meile

  • Tube-dwelling invertebrates: tiny ecosystem engineers have large effects in lake ecosystems

    Franz Hölker;Michael J. Vanni;Jan J. Kuiper;Christof Meile

  • Scale dependence of reaction rates in porous media

    Christof Meile;Kagan Tuncay

  • The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout

    M. Crespo-Medina;C. D. Meile;K. S. Hunter;A. R. Diercks

  • Modeling biogeochemical processes in subterranean estuaries: Effect of flow dynamics and redox conditions on submarine groundwater discharge of nutrients

    Claudette Spiteri;Caroline P. Slomp;Kagan Tuncay;Christof Meile

  • Metabolic variability in seafloor brines revealed by carbon and sulphur dynamics

    Samantha B. Joye;Vladimir A. Samarkin;Beth N. Orcutt;Beth N. Orcutt;Ian R. MacDonald

  • Arsenic speciation in Mono Lake, California: Response to seasonal stratification and anoxia

    James T. Hollibaugh;Steve Carini;Hakan Gürleyük;Robert Jellison

  • Intermittent bioirrigation and oxygen dynamics in permeable sediments: An experimental and modeling study of three tellinid bivalves

    Nils Volkenborn;Christof Meile;Lubos Polerecky;Conrad A. Pilditch

  • Carbon geochemistry of cold seeps: Methane fluxes and transformation in sediments from Kazan mud volcano, eastern Mediterranean Sea

    Ralf R. Haese;Christof Meile;Philippe Van Cappellen;Gert J. De Lange

  • Global estimates of enhanced solute transport in marine sediments

    Christof Meile;Philippe Van Cappellen

  • Influence of pO2 on Iron Redox Cycling and Anaerobic Organic Carbon Mineralization in a Humid Tropical Forest Soil.

    Chunmei Chen;Christof Meile;Jared Wilmoth;Diego Barcellos

  • Quantifying bioirrigation using ecological parameters: a stochastic approach†

    Carla M. Koretsky;Christof Meile;Philippe Van Cappellen

  • Quantifying bioirrigation in aquatic sediments: An inverse modeling approach

    Christof Meile;Carla M. Koretsky;Philippe Van Cappellen

  • Quantification of Extracellular Carbonic Anhydrase Activity in Two Marine Diatoms and Investigation of Its Role

    Brian M. Hopkinson;Christof Meile;Chen Shen

  • Modelling the geochemical fate and transport of wastewater-derived phosphorus in contrasting groundwater systems.

    Claudette Spiteri;Caroline P. Slomp;Pierre Regnier;Christof Meile

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Van Cappellen
Philippe Van Cappellen University of Waterloo
Samantha B. Joye
Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia
Victoria J. Orphan
Victoria J. Orphan California Institute of Technology
Pierre Regnier
Pierre Regnier Université Libre de Bruxelles
Caroline P. Slomp
Caroline P. Slomp Radboud University
Joseph P. Montoya
Joseph P. Montoya Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark A. Lever
Mark A. Lever ETH Zurich
Gwenael Jouet
Gwenael Jouet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Tracy A. Villareal
Tracy A. Villareal The University of Texas at Austin
Mary Ann Moran
Mary Ann Moran University of Georgia

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