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David A. Hutchins

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
85
Citations
27615
World Ranking
636
National Ranking
227

David A. Hutchins publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 261 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David A. Hutchins 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 David A. Hutchins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David A. Hutchins is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans key areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular focus on Oceanography, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Paleontology. This work broadly engages topics such as marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine biology and ecology research, protist diversity and phylogeny, ocean acidification effects and responses, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • "The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change" (2022), published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Correcting a major error in assessing organic carbon pollution in natural waters" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "The biogeochemical balance of oceanic nickel cycling" (2022), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "The interactive effects of temperature and nutrients on a spring phytoplankton community" (2022), published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Co-occurrence of Fe and P stress in natural populations of the marine diazotroph Trichodesmium" (2020), published in Biogeosciences

Frequent co-authors associated with David A. Hutchins are:

  • Fei-Xue Fu (26 co-authored publications)
  • Eric A. Webb (16 co-authored publications)
  • Mak A. Saito (10 co-authored publications)
  • Joshua D. Kling (8 co-authored publications)
  • Nina Yang (8 co-authored publications)

David A. Hutchins has published frequently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 9 publications
  • Limnology and Oceanography, 5 publications
  • The ISME Journal, 4 publications
  • Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 publications
  • Global Change Biology, 4 publications

Core fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (85 publications)
  • Environmental Science (61 publications)

Subfields of study consist of:

  • Oceanography (76 publications)
  • Ecology (35 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (21 publications)
  • Environmental Chemistry (13 publications)
  • Paleontology (4 publications)

Main topics of research cover:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems (84 publications)
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (62 publications)
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research (46 publications)
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny (24 publications)
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (16 publications)
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 publications)
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (8 publications)

David A. Hutchins was awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

  • Iron-limited diatom growth and Si:N uptake ratios in a coastal upwelling regime

    David A. Hutchins;Kenneth W. Bruland

  • Interactive influences of bioactive trace metals on biological production in oceanic waters

    Kenneth W. Bruland;John R. Donat;David A. Hutchins

  • Phosphorus limitation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in the central Atlantic Ocean

    Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy;Adam B. Kustka;Christopher J. Gobler;David A. Hutchins

  • The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Calcifying Organisms in Marine Ecosystems: An Organism to Ecosystem Perspective

    Gretchen E. Hofmann;James P. Barry;Peter J. Edmunds;Ruth D. Gates

  • CO2 control of Trichodesmium N2 fixation, photosynthesis, growth rates, and elemental ratios: Implications for past, present, and future ocean biogeochemistry

    D. A. Hutchins;F.-X. Fu;Y. Zhang;M. E. Warner

  • Competition among marine phytoplankton for different chelated iron species

    David A. Hutchins;Amy E. Witter;Alison Butler;George W. Luther

  • Microorganisms and ocean global change.

    David A. Hutchins;Feixue Fu

  • EFFECTS OF INCREASED TEMPERATURE AND CO2 ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS, GROWTH, AND ELEMENTAL RATIOS IN MARINE SYNECHOCOCCUS AND PROCHLOROCOCCUS (CYANOBACTERIA)1

    Fei-Xue Fu;Mark E. Warner;Yaohong Zhang;Yuanyuan Feng

  • Experimental strategies to assess the biological ramifications of multiple drivers of global ocean change – a review

    Philip W Boyd;Philip W Boyd;Sinead Collins;Sam Dupont;Katharina Fabricius

  • Global declines in oceanic nitrification rates as a consequence of ocean acidification

    J. Michael Beman;Cheryl-Emiliane Chow;Andrew L. King;Yuanyuan Feng

  • An iron limitation mosaic in the California upwelling regime

    D. A. Hutchins;G. R. DiTullio;Y. Zhang;K. W. Bruland

  • Rising CO2 and increased light exposure synergistically reduce marine primary productivity

    Kunshan Gao;Juntian Xu;Juntian Xu;Guang Gao;Yahe Li

  • Release and bioavailability of C, N, P Se, and Fe following viral lysis of a marine chrysophyte

    Christopher J. Gobler;David A. Hutchins;Nicholas S. Fisher;Elizabeth M. Cosper

  • Marine Phytoplankton Temperature versus Growth Responses from Polar to Tropical Waters – Outcome of a Scientific Community-Wide Study

    Philip W. Boyd;Philip W. Boyd;Tatiana A. Rynearson;Evelyn A. Armstrong;Feixue Fu

  • Environmental control of open-ocean phytoplankton groups: Now and in the future

    Philip W. Boyd;Robert Strzepek;Feixue Fu;David A. Hutchins

  • The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change

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  • Nutrient Cycles and Marine Microbes in a CO2-Enriched Ocean

    David A. Hutchins;Margaret R. Mulholland;Feixue Fu

  • Global change and the future of harmful algal blooms in the ocean

    Fei Xue Fu;Avery O. Tatters;David A. Hutchins

  • Microbial biogeochemistry of coastal upwelling regimes in a changing ocean

    Douglas G. Capone;David A. Hutchins

  • Interactive effects of increased pCO 2 , temperature and irradiance on the marine coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae)

    Yuanyuan Feng;Mark E. Warner;Yaohong Zhang;Jun Sun

  • FeCycle: Attempting an iron biogeochemical budget from a mesoscale SF6 tracer experiment in unperturbed low iron waters

    P W Boyd;Cliff S Law;D A Hutchins;E R Abraham

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip W. Boyd
Philip W. Boyd University of Tasmania
Kunshan Gao
Kunshan Gao Xiamen University
Steven W. Wilhelm
Steven W. Wilhelm University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy
Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy University of Southern California
Andrew E. Allen
Andrew E. Allen J. Craig Venter Institute
Kenneth W. Bruland
Kenneth W. Bruland University of California, Santa Cruz
Giacomo R. DiTullio
Giacomo R. DiTullio College of Charleston
Karine Leblanc
Karine Leblanc Aix-Marseille University
S. Craig Cary
S. Craig Cary University of Waikato
Michael J. Ellwood
Michael J. Ellwood Australian National University

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