World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
82
Citations
19563
World Ranking
762
National Ranking
28

David Moreira publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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

37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37 publications 531+

This scientist: 248 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Moreira 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 Moreira sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Moreira is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Moreira's work extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Plant Science, and Paleontology.

The scientist has contributed to a wide range of topics, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition

Moreira has published several papers with noteworthy examples such as:

  • 'Reductive evolution and unique predatory mode in the CPR bacterium Vampirococcus lugosii', 2021, Nature Communications
  • 'The Syntrophy hypothesis for the origin of eukaryotes revisited', 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • 'Site-and-branch-heterogeneous analyses of an expanded dataset favour mitochondria as sister to known Alphaproteobacteria', 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • 'Phylogenomics of a new fungal phylum reveals multiple waves of reductive evolution across Holomycota', 2021, Nature Communications
  • 'A phylogenetic and proteomic reconstruction of eukaryotic chromatin evolution', 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution

The research publication venues frequented by Moreira include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Current Biology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers throughout their career. The main coauthors include:

  • Purificación López-García
  • Karim Benzerara
  • Luis Javier Galindo
  • Miguel Iniesto
  • Guifré Torruella

Best Publications

  • Unexpected diversity of small eukaryotes in deep-sea Antarctic plankton.

    Purificación López-García;Francisco Rodríguez-Valera;Carlos Pedrós-Alió;David Moreira

  • The origin of red algae and the evolution of chloroplasts

    D Moreira;H Le Guyader;H Philippe

  • Ten reasons to exclude viruses from the tree of life

    David Moreira;Purificación López-García

  • Autochthonous eukaryotic diversity in hydrothermal sediment and experimental microcolonizers at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Purificación López-García;Hervé Philippe;Françoise Gail;David Moreira

  • Origins and Early Evolution of the Mevalonate Pathway of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in the Three Domains of Life

    Jonathan Lombard;David Moreira

  • Symbiosis between methanogenic archaea and δ-proteobacteria as the origin of eukaryotes : The syntrophic hypothesis

    David Moreira;Purificación López-García

  • The early evolution of lipid membranes and the three domains of life

    Jonathan Lombard;Purificación López-García;David Moreira

  • The molecular ecology of microbial eukaryotes unveils a hidden world

    David Moreira;Purificación López-Garcı́a

  • Ancestral lipid biosynthesis and early membrane evolution

    Juli Peretó;Purificación López-García;David Moreira

  • An Early-Branching Freshwater Cyanobacterium at the Origin of Plastids

    Rafael I. Ponce-Toledo;Philippe Deschamps;Purificación López-García;Yvan Zivanovic

  • Early–branching or fast–evolving eukaryotes? An answer based on slowly evolving positions

    H Philippe;P Lopez;H Brinkmann;K Budin

  • Metabolic symbiosis at the origin of eukaryotes

    Purificación López-Garcı́a;David Moreira

  • Metagenomics of the deep Mediterranean, a warm bathypelagic habitat.

    Ana-Belen Martín-Cuadrado;Purificación López-García;Juan-Carlos Alba;David Moreira

  • Global Dispersal and Ancient Cryptic Species in the Smallest Marine Eukaryotes

    Jan Šlapeta;Purificación López-García;David Moreira

  • An Early-Branching Microbialite Cyanobacterium Forms Intracellular Carbonates

    Estelle Couradeau;Karim Benzerara;Emmanuelle Gérard;David Moreira

  • Giant viruses, giant chimeras: The multiple evolutionary histories of Mimivirus genes

    David Moreira;Céline Brochier-Armanet

  • Bacterial diversity in hydrothermal sediment and epsilonproteobacterial dominance in experimental microcolonizers at the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge

    Purificación López-García;Sébastien Duperron;Pascal Philippot;Julien Foriel

  • The extent of protist diversity: insights from molecular ecology of freshwater eukaryotes

    Jan Šlapeta;David Moreira;Purificación López-García

  • Accuracy of protist diversity assessments: morphology compared with cloning and direct pyrosequencing of 18S rRNA genes and ITS regions using the conspicuous tintinnid ciliates as a case study.

    Charles Bachy;John R Dolan;Purificación López-García;Philippe Deschamps

  • Efficient removal of PCR inhibitors using agarose-embedded DNA preparations

    David Moreira

  • An updated view of kinetoplastid phylogeny using environmental sequences and a closer outgroup: proposal for a new classification of the class Kinetoplastea.

    David Moreira;Purificación López-García;Keith Vickerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Purificación López-García
Purificación López-García University of Paris-Saclay
Karim Benzerara
Karim Benzerara Sorbonne University
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera Miguel Hernandez University
Hervé Philippe
Hervé Philippe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Céline Brochier-Armanet
Céline Brochier-Armanet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Stephan Kempe
Stephan Kempe Technical University of Darmstadt
John R. Dolan
John R. Dolan Université Paris Cité
Enrique Lara
Enrique Lara Spanish National Research Council
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo Pompeu Fabra University
Jan Šlapeta
Jan Šlapeta University of Sydney

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring Ecology and Evolution opens doors to a wide range of online degree and career options in related fields. Many students enhance their skills and career prospects with degrees that broaden their scientific and analytical backgrounds.

Those interested in the history of life and our planet may consider an online masters in history to better understand how past events influence today's ecosystems. Alternatively, delving into research and resource management can be supported by an affordable library science degree online, which is ideal for organizing and preserving important scientific data.

For students looking to integrate ecology with human health, speech-language pathology offers a unique intersection. Accredited asha certified slp programs provide flexible and comprehensive online learning—essential for those aiming to support communities or conduct interdisciplinary research.

Non-majors interested in communication sciences will find valuable preparation through an online speech-language pathology prerequisites program. These pathways can help you build foundational knowledge and expand career mobility within ecology, evolution, and beyond.

Best Scientists Citing David Moreira

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles