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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
16998
World Ranking
11188
National Ranking
387

Denis H. Lynn publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 210 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Denis H. Lynn 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 Denis H. Lynn 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.

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Overview

Denis H. Lynn is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad fields, Lynn's work focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Insect Science, and Cancer Research.

Lynn's scientific output includes a range of publications emphasizing protist diversity and microbial community ecology. The main topics of Lynn's research are:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Frequent coauthors appearing alongside Lynn in published work include Michaela C. Strüder-Kypke, Nicholas A. T. Irwin, Alexandros A. Pittis, Varsha Mathur, and LeAnn J. Howe.

Among the principal venues for Lynn's publications are Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, Current Biology, and Caribbean Journal of Science. Lynn has contributed multiple papers over recent years, including:

  • "The Function and Evolution of Motile DNA Replication Systems in Ciliates" (2020, Current Biology)
  • "Molecular phylogeny, taxonomic relationships and North American distribution of Conchophthirus (Conchophthiridae, Scuticociliatia)" (2020, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management)
  • "Morphological and molecular phylogeny of the polycytopharyngeal ciliate Pycnothrix monocystoides Schubotz, 1908" (2020, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management)
  • "Taxonomic description of six species of pelagic, freshwater ciliates from the Order Choreotrichida collected from Lake Ontario, Canada" (2020, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management)
  • "Contribution of Soil Ciliates to Biomass and Secondary Production in a Subtropical Forest of Puerto Rico" (2024, Caribbean Journal of Science)

Best Publications

  • The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists

    Sina M Adl;Alastair G. B. Simpson;Mark A Farmer;Robert A. Andersen

  • The revised classification of eukaryotes

    Sina M. Adl;Sina M. Adl;Alastair G. B. Simpson;Christopher E. Lane;Julius Lukeš

  • The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature

    Denis H. Lynn

  • Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes

    Sina M. Adl;David Bass;David Bass;Christopher E. Lane;Julius Lukes;Julius Lukes

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • The Ciliated Protozoa

    Denis H. Lynn

  • Molecular diversity of methanogens in feedlot cattle from Ontario and Prince Edward Island, Canada.

    Andre ´ Denis G. Wright;Clare H. Auckland;Denis H. Lynn

  • A new macrosystem for the phylum Ciliophora doflein, 1901.

    Eugene B. Small;Denis H. Lynn

  • THE ORGANIZATION AND EVOLUTION OF MICROTUBULAR ORGANELLES IN CILIATED PROTOZOA

    Denis H. Lynn

  • A quantitative protargol stain (QPS) for ciliates: method description and test of its quantitative nature

    D. J. S. Montagnes;D. H. Lynn

  • The annual cycle of heterotrophic planktonic ciliates in the waters surrounding the Isles of Shoals, Gulf of Maine: an assessment of their trophic role

    D. J. S. Montagnes;D. H. Lynn;J. C. Roff;W. D. Taylor

  • Barcoding ciliates: a comprehensive study of 75 isolates of the genus Tetrahymena.

    Chitchai Chantangsi;Denis H. Lynn;Maria T. Brandl;Jeffrey C. Cole

  • Comparative analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene in ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora) and evaluation of its suitability as a biodiversity marker

    Michaela C. Strüder-Kypke;Denis H. Lynn

  • Evaluating the toxicity of Triton X-100 to protozoan, fish, and mammalian cells using fluorescent dyes as indicators of cell viability

    Vivian R Dayeh;Stephanie L Chow;Kristin Schirmer;Denis H Lynn

  • Phylogenetic relationships within the class Oligohymenophorea, phylum Ciliophora, inferred from the complete small subunit rRNA gene sequences of Colpidium campylum, Glaucoma chattoni, and Opisthonecta henneguyi.

    Spencer J. Greenwood;Mitchell L. Sogin;Denis H. Lynn

  • Phylogeny of the Rumen Ciliates Entodinium, Epidinium and Polyplastron (Litostomatea : Entodiniomorphida) Inferred from Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA Sequences

    André-Deenis G. Wright;Burk A. Dehority;Denis H. Lynn

  • Maximum Ages of Ciliate Lineages Estimated Using a Small Subunit rRNA Molecular Clock: Crown Eukaryotes Date Back to the Paleoproterozoic

    André-Denis G. Wright;Denis H. Lynn

  • Terminology and nomenclature of the cytoskeletal elements associated with the flagellar/ciliary apparatus in protists

    R. A. Andersen;D. J. S. Barr;D. H. Lynn;M. Melkonian

  • Species of tetrahymena identical by small subunit rRNA gene sequences are discriminated by mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene sequences.

    Denis H. Lynn;Michaela C. Strüder-Kypke

  • Sequence analyses of the small subunit rRNA gene confirm the paraphyly of oligotrich ciliates sensu lato and support the monophyly of the subclasses Oligotrichia and Choreotrichia (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)

    Michaela C. Strüder-Kypke;Denis H. Lynn

Frequent Co-Authors

André-Denis G. Wright
André-Denis G. Wright University of Arizona
David J. S. Montagnes
David J. S. Montagnes University of Liverpool
Alastair G. B. Simpson
Alastair G. B. Simpson Dalhousie University
Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia
Micah Dunthorn
Micah Dunthorn University of Oslo
Niels C. Bols
Niels C. Bols University of Waterloo
Weibo Song
Weibo Song Ocean University of China
Wilhelm Foissner
Wilhelm Foissner University of Salzburg
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
Thorsten Stoeck
Thorsten Stoeck Technical University of Kaiserslautern

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