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D-Index
104
Citations
42423
World Ranking
330
National Ranking
151

David C. White publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. White sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 415 publications — 91st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

David C. White D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. White sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1912 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

David C. White was affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their scholarly work spanned a range of disciplines with a significant focus on medicine, neuroscience, and environmental science.

The scientist contributed to multiple subfields including neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and cognitive neuroscience. Their research topics frequently addressed vascular malformations diagnosis and treatment, intracranial aneurysms treatment and complications, cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, as well as environmental philosophy and ethics, and psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

David C. White's recent publications included:

  • Addressing barriers and identifying facilitators to support informed consent and recruitment in the Cavernous malformations A Randomised Effectiveness (CARE) pilot phase trial: insights from the integrated QuinteT recruitment intervention (QRI), 2024, published in EClinicalMedicine
  • Permissible Purchasing, Obligatory Abstention: The Strict Vegan Case against New Omnivorism, 2025, published in Journal of Applied Philosophy

Frequent co-authors appearing in their collaborative work included Julia Wade, Nicola Farrar, Alba Realpe, Jenny Donovan, and Laura Forsyth. The venues where White's research was often published included EClinicalMedicine and the Journal of Applied Philosophy.

Throughout their career, David C. White received several awards recognizing their contributions to science. These honors included being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in both 1966 and 1994, receiving the Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology in 1993, and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1912.

Best Publications

  • Determination of the sedimentary microbial biomass by extractible lipid phosphate.

    D. C. White;W. M. Davis;J. S. Nickels;J. D. King

  • PLANT DIVERSITY, SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: ARE THERE ANY LINKS?

    Donald R. Zak;William E. Holmes;David C. White;Aaron D. Peacock

  • Geobacter metallireducens gen. nov. sp. nov., a microorganism capable of coupling the complete oxidation of organic compounds to the reduction of iron and other metals.

    D. R. Lovley;S. J. Giovannoni;D. C. White;J. E. Champine

  • Stimulating the in situ activity of Geobacter species to remove uranium from the groundwater of a uranium-contaminated aquifer.

    Robert T. Anderson;Helen A. Vrionis;Irene Ortiz-Bernad;Charles T. Resch

  • Compositional and functional shifts in microbial communities due to soil warming

    Gregory P. Zogg;Donald R. Zak;David B. Ringelberg;David C. White

  • Polyphasic taxonomy of the genus Shewanella and description of Shewanella oneidensis sp. nov

    Kasthuri Venkateswaran;Kasthuri Venkateswaran;Duane P. Moser;Michael E. Dollhopf;Douglas P. Lies

  • Microbial Population Changes during Bioremediation of an Experimental Oil Spill

    Sarah J. MacNaughton;John R. Stephen;Albert D. Venosa;Gregory A. Davis

  • Phospholipid, ester-linked fatty acid profiles as reproducible assays for changes in prokaryotic community structure of estuarine sediments

    James B. Guckert;Christopher P. Antworth;Peter D. Nichols;David C. White

  • Biochemical analysis of biomass community structure nutritional status and metabolic activity of microbial communities in soil

    Anders Tunlid;David C. White

  • Reduction of Fe(III) in sediments by sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Max L. Coleman;David B. Hedrick;Derek R. Lovley;David C. White;David C. White

  • Phospholipid Ester-linked Fatty Acid Biomarkers of Acetate-oxidizing Sulphate-reducers and Other Sulphide-forming Bacteria

    Nicholas J. E. Dowling;Friedrich Widdel;David C. White

  • Soil microbial community responses to dairy manure or ammonium nitrate applications

    A.D. Peacock;M.D. Mullen;D.B. Ringelberg;D.D. Tyler

  • The genus Sphingomonas: physiology and ecology.

    David C White;Susan D Sutton;David B Ringelberg

  • Equivalence of microbial biomass measures based on membrane lipid and cell wall components, adenosine triphosphate, and direct counts in subsurface aquifer sediments.

    David L. Balkwill;Franklin R. Leach;John T. Wilson;James F. McNabb

  • Landscape-Level Patterns of Microbial Community Composition and Substrate Use in Upland Forest Ecosystems

    Rachel T. Myers;Donald R. Zak;David C. White;Aaron Peacock

  • Quantitative comparisons of in situ microbial biodiversity by signature biomarker analysis

    DC White;DC White;JO Stair;DB Ringelberg

  • Determination of monosaturated fatty acid double-bond position and geometry for microbial monocultures and complex consortia by capillary GC-MS of their dimethyl disulphide adducts

    Peter D. Nichols;James B. Guckert;David C. White

  • Changes in Ester-Linked Phospholipid Fatty Acid Profiles of Subsurface Bacteria during Starvation and Desiccation in a Porous Medium

    T. L. Kieft;D. B. Ringelberg;D. C. White

  • Polymeric Beta-Hydroxyalkanoates from Environmental Samples and Bacillus megaterium.

    Robert H. Findlay;David C. White

  • Optical biosensor for environmental on-line monitoring of naphthalene and salicylate bioavailability with an immobilized bioluminescent catabolic reporter bacterium.

    A Heitzer;K Malachowsky;J E Thonnard;P R Bienkowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron D. Peacock
Aaron D. Peacock Microbac Laboratories
Peter D. Nichols
Peter D. Nichols Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Philip E. Long
Philip E. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
James K. Fredrickson
James K. Fredrickson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David L. Balkwill
David L. Balkwill Florida State University
Susan M. Pfiffner
Susan M. Pfiffner University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gary S. Sayler
Gary S. Sayler University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Anders Tunlid
Anders Tunlid Lund University
Thomas L. Kieft
Thomas L. Kieft New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
James P. McKinley
James P. McKinley Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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