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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13097
World Ranking
11368
National Ranking
4916

David Emerson publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Emerson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 121 publications — 12th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

David Emerson D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Emerson is affiliated with Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, encompassing a range of topics within these fields.

The main fields of study in which they work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of study cover:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Chemistry

The scientist's research topics are varied and focus strongly on microbial and marine ecosystems, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

David Emerson has published multiple papers across several scientific venues. Significant recent publications include:

  • A Genus Definition for Bacteria and Archaea Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index, 2020, mBio
  • Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • Decoupling of respiration rates and abundance in marine prokaryoplankton, 2022, Nature
  • Mud, Microbes, and Macrofauna: Seasonal Dynamics of the Iron Biogeochemical Cycle in an Intertidal Mudflat, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Zetaproteobacteria Pan-Genome Reveals Candidate Gene Cluster for Twisted Stalk Biosynthesis and Export, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Nature Microbiology
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Nature

David Emerson often collaborates with several other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alexander B. Michaud
  • Clara S. Chan
  • Roman A. Barco
  • Peter R. Girguis
  • Duane P. Moser

Best Publications

  • Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria: An Environmental and Genomic Perspective

    David Emerson;Emily J. Fleming;Joyce M. McBeth

  • Isolation and Characterization of Novel Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria That Grow at Circumneutral pH

    David Emerson;Craig L. Moyer

  • Microbiosensor used in-situ

    R. Mark Worden;David Emerson;Serban F. Peteu

  • Neutrophilic Fe-Oxidizing Bacteria Are Abundant at the Loihi Seamount Hydrothermal Vents and Play a Major Role in Fe Oxide Deposition

    David Emerson;Craig L. Moyer

  • A Novel Lineage of Proteobacteria Involved in Formation of Marine Fe-Oxidizing Microbial Mat Communities

    David Emerson;Jeremy A. Rentz;Timothy G. Lilburn;Richard E. Davis

  • Lithotrophic iron-oxidizing bacteria produce organic stalks to control mineral growth: implications for biosignature formation

    Clara S Chan;Clara S Chan;Sirine C Fakra;David Emerson;Emily J Fleming

  • The Termite Gut Microflora as an Oxygen Sink: Microelectrode Determination of Oxygen and pH Gradients in Guts of Lower and Higher Termites.

    A Brune;D Emerson;J A Breznak

  • Iron oxyhydroxide mineralization on microbial extracellular polysaccharides

    Clara S. Chan;Sirine C. Fakra;David C. Edwards;David Emerson

  • Iron-oxidizing bacteria are associated with ferric hydroxide precipitates (Fe-plaque) on the roots of wetland plants

    David Emerson;David Emerson;Johanna V. Weiss;J. Patrick Megonigal

  • A Genus Definition for Bacteria and Archaea Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index.

    R. A. Barco;R. A. Barco;G. M. Garrity;J. J. Scott;J. P. Amend

  • Life at the Energetic Edge: Kinetics of Circumneutral Iron Oxidation by Lithotrophic Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria Isolated from the Wetland-Plant Rhizosphere

    Scott C. Neubauer;David Emerson;J. Patrick Megonigal

  • Investigation of an Iron-Oxidizing Microbial Mat Community Located near Aarhus, Denmark: Laboratory Studies

    David Emerson;Niels Peter Revsbech

  • Enumeration of Fe(II)-oxidizing and Fe(III)-reducing bacteria in the root zone of wetland plants: Implications for a rhizosphere iron cycle

    Johanna V. Weiss;David Emerson;Stephanie M. Backer;J. Patrick Megonigal

  • Low-oxygen and chemical kinetic constraints on the geochemical niche of neutrophilic iron(II) oxidizing microorganisms

    Gregory K. Druschel;David Emerson;R. Sutka;P. Suchecki

  • Geochemical control of microbial Fe(III) reduction potential in wetlands: comparison of the rhizosphere to non-rhizosphere soil

    Johanna V. Weiss;David Emerson;J.Patrick Megonigal

  • Bacterial Iron Oxidation in Circumneutral Freshwater Habitats: Findings from the Field and the Laboratory

    David Emerson;Johanna V. Weiss

  • Identification of Mycobacteria by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

    Michelle Pignone;Kimberly M. Greth;Jason Cooper;David Emerson

  • Comparative genomics of freshwater Fe-oxidizing bacteria: implications for physiology, ecology, and systematics.

    David Emerson;Erin K. Field;Olga Chertkov;Karen W. Davenport

  • Neutrophilic iron-oxidizing "zetaproteobacteria" and mild steel corrosion in nearshore marine environments.

    Joyce M. McBeth;Brenda J. Little;Richard I. Ray;Katherine M. Farrar;Katherine M. Farrar

  • Enrichment and Isolation of Iron‐Oxidizing Bacteria at Neutral pH

    David Emerson;Melissa Merrill Floyd

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Patrick Megonigal
J. Patrick Megonigal Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
George W. Luther
George W. Luther University of Delaware
Katrina J. Edwards
Katrina J. Edwards University of Southern California
John A. Breznak
John A. Breznak Michigan State University
Tanja Woyke
Tanja Woyke Joint Genome Institute
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California
Peter R. Girguis
Peter R. Girguis Harvard University
Ramunas Stepanauskas
Ramunas Stepanauskas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity Michigan State University
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University

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