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Edward F. DeLong 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 Edward F. DeLong sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 307 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward F. DeLong 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 Edward F. DeLong sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 121 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Edward F. DeLong is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work addresses topics including Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Protist diversity and phylogeny, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

DeLong's recent papers include the following:

  • Assembly-free single-molecule sequencing recovers complete virus genomes from natural microbial communities (2020, Genome Research)
  • Double-stranded DNA virioplankton dynamics and reproductive strategies in the oligotrophic open ocean water column (2020, The ISME Journal)
  • Alternative strategies of nutrient acquisition and energy conservation map to the biogeography of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea (2020, The ISME Journal)
  • Microbial dynamics of elevated carbon flux in the open ocean's abyss (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Novel integrative elements and genomic plasticity in ocean ecosystems (2023, Cell)

Frequent co-authors working with DeLong include:

  • John M. Eppley
  • David M. Karl
  • Angelicque White
  • Matthew J. Church
  • Nicholas J. Hawco

DeLong's research has been published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent outlets being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The ISME Journal
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Best Publications

  • The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles

    Paul G. Falkowski;Tom Fenchel;Edward F. Delong

  • Archaea in coastal marine environments.

    Edward F. Delong

  • Archaeal dominance in the mesopelagic zone of the Pacific Ocean

    Markus B. Karner;Edward F. DeLong;David M. Karl

  • Bacterial Rhodopsin: Evidence for a New Type of Phototrophy in the Sea

    Oded Béjà;L. Aravind;Eugene V. Koonin;Marcelino T. Suzuki

  • Phylogenetic Stains: Ribosomal RNA-Based Probes for the Identification of Single Cells

    Edward F. DeLong;Gene S. Wickham;Norman R. Pace

  • Community Genomics Among Stratified Microbial Assemblages in the Ocean's Interior

    Edward F. DeLong;Christina M. Preston;Tracy Mincer;Virginia Rich

  • Methane-consuming archaebacteria in marine sediments

    Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;John M. Hayes;Sean P. Sylva;Peter G. Brewer

  • Quantitative Analysis of Small-Subunit rRNA Genes in Mixed Microbial Populations via 5′-Nuclease Assays

    Marcelino T. Suzuki;Lance T. Taylor;Edward F. DeLong

  • Methane-Consuming Archaea Revealed by Directly Coupled Isotopic and Phylogenetic Analysis

    Victoria J. Orphan;Christopher H. House;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Kevin D. McKeegan

  • Analysis of a marine picoplankton community by 16S rRNA gene cloning and sequencing.

    T M Schmidt;E F DeLong;N R Pace

  • Phylogenetic diversity of aggregate-attached vs. free-living marine bacterial assemblages

    Edward F. DeLong;Diana G. Franks;Alice L. Alldredge

  • Proteorhodopsin phototrophy in the ocean

    Oded Béjà;Elena N. Spudich;John L. Spudich;Marion Leclerc

  • Phylogenetic group-specific oligodeoxynucleotide probes for identification of single microbial cells.

    S. J. Giovannoni;E. F. DeLong;Gary J Olsen;N. R. Pace

  • Microbial community gene expression in ocean surface waters

    Jorge Frias-Lopez;Yanmei Shi;Gene W. Tyson;Maureen L. Coleman

  • Multiple archaeal groups mediate methane oxidation in anoxic cold seep sediments

    Victoria J. Orphan;Christopher H. House;Kai Uwe Hinrichs;Kevin D. McKeegan

  • Reverse methanogenesis: testing the hypothesis with environmental genomics.

    Steven J. Hallam;Nik Putnam;Christina M. Preston;John C. Detter

  • Vertical distribution and phylogenetic characterization of marine planktonic Archaea in the Santa Barbara Channel.

    Ramon Massana;Alison Murray;C.M. Preston;Edward F. DeLong

  • Comparative Analysis of Methane-Oxidizing Archaea and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Anoxic Marine Sediments

    Victoria J. Orphan;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;William Ussler;Charles K. Paull

  • High abundance of Archaea in Antarctic marine picoplankton

    Edward F. DeLong;Ke Ying Wu;Barbara B. Prézelin;Raffael V. M. Jovine

  • Pathways of carbon assimilation and ammonia oxidation suggested by environmental genomic analyses of marine Crenarchaeota.

    Steven J. Hallam;Tracy J. Mincer;Christa Maria Schleper;Christina M. Preston

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Oded Béjà
Oded Béjà Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Matthew J. Church
Matthew J. Church University of Montana
Eugene Rosenberg
Eugene Rosenberg Tel Aviv University
Daniel J. Repeta
Daniel J. Repeta Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Fabiano L. Thompson
Fabiano L. Thompson Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Norman R. Pace
Norman R. Pace University of Colorado Boulder
Osvaldo Ulloa
Osvaldo Ulloa University of Concepción
Christa Schleper
Christa Schleper University of Vienna

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