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Eric S. Boyd

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
11470
World Ranking
10981
National Ranking
4751

Eric S. Boyd publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 220 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eric S. Boyd 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 Eric S. Boyd sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Eric S. Boyd is affiliated with Montana State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Environmental Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within environmental and microbial studies. These include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Eric S. Boyd has contributed to multiple scientific publications with recent papers including:

  • The rhizosphere microbiome plays a role in the resistance to soil-borne pathogens and nutrient uptake of strawberry cultivars under field conditions (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics (2023) in Nature
  • Sourcing thermotolerant poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase scaffolds from natural diversity (2022) in Nature Communications
  • Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria (2020) in Nature Microbiology
  • Expanded Diversity and Phylogeny of mer Genes Broadens Mercury Resistance Paradigms and Reveals an Origin for MerA Among Thermophilic Archaea (2021) in Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric S. Boyd include:

  • Daniel R. Colman
  • Alexis S. Templeton
  • Maximiliano J. Amenábar
  • Rachel L. Spietz
  • Devon Payne

The scientist often publishes research in several venues, notably:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Engineering algae for biohydrogen and biofuel production

    Laura L Beer;Eric S Boyd;John W Peters;Matthew C Posewitz

  • [FeFe]- and [NiFe]-hydrogenase diversity, mechanism, and maturation

    John W. Peters;Gerrit J. Schut;Eric S. Boyd;David W. Mulder

  • Stepwise [FeFe]-hydrogenase H-cluster assembly revealed in the structure of HydA(DeltaEFG).

    David W. Mulder;Eric S. Boyd;Ranjana Sarma;Rachel K. Lange

  • The mercury resistance operon: from an origin in a geothermal environment to an efficient detoxification machine

    Eric S. Boyd;Tamar Barkay

  • The membrane-associated methane monooxygenase (pMMO) and pMMO-NADH:quinone oxidoreductase complex from Methylococcus capsulatus bath

    Dong W. Choi;Ryan C. Kunz;Eric S. Boyd;Jeremy D. Semrau

  • New insights into the evolutionary history of biological nitrogen fixation

    Eric S. Boyd;John W. Peters

  • Metagenomes from high-temperature chemotrophic systems reveal geochemical controls on microbial community structure and function

    William P. Inskeep;Douglas B. Rusch;Zackary J. Jay;Markus J. Herrgard

  • [FeFe]‐Hydrogenase Cyanide Ligands Derived From S‐Adenosylmethionine‐Dependent Cleavage of Tyrosine

    Rebecca C. Driesener;Martin R. Challand;Shawn E. McGlynn;Eric M. Shepard

  • Spectral, Kinetic, and Thermodynamic Properties of Cu(I) and Cu(II) Binding by Methanobactin from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b†

    Dong W. Choi;Corbin J. Zea;Young S. Do;Jeremy D. Semrau

  • A late methanogen origin for molybdenum‐dependent nitrogenase

    E. S. Boyd;Ariel Anbar;S. Miller;T. L. Hamilton

  • Molecular evidence for an active endogenous microbiome beneath glacial ice

    Trinity L Hamilton;John W Peters;Mark L Skidmore;Eric S Boyd

  • Methanogenesis in subglacial sediments

    Eric S. Boyd;Mark Skidmore;Andrew C. Mitchell;Corien Bakermans

  • The modular respiratory complexes involved in hydrogen and sulfur metabolism by heterotrophic hyperthermophilic archaea and their evolutionary implications

    Gerrit J. Schut;Eric S. Boyd;John W. Peters;Michael W.W. Adams

  • Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria

    Alison E. Murray;John Freudenstein;Simonetta Gribaldo;Roland Hatzenpichler

  • A pathway for biological methane production using bacterial iron-only nitrogenase

    Yanning Zheng;Derek F. Harris;Zheng Yu;Yanfen Fu

  • Spectral and thermodynamic properties of Ag(I), Au(III), Cd(II), Co(II), Fe(III), Hg(II), Mn(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), U(IV), and Zn(II) binding by methanobactin from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.

    Dong W. Choi;Young S. Do;Corbin J. Zea;Marcus T. McEllistrem

  • Diversity, Abundance, and Potential Activity of Nitrifying and Nitrate-Reducing Microbial Assemblages in a Subglacial Ecosystem

    Eric S. Boyd;Rachel K. Lange;Andrew C. Mitchell;Andrew C. Mitchell;Jeff R. Havig

  • The deep, hot biosphere: Twenty-five years of retrospection.

    Daniel R. Colman;Saroj Poudel;Blake W. Stamps;Eric S. Boyd;Eric S. Boyd

  • A thermophilic bacterial origin and subsequent constraints by redox, light and salinity on the evolution of the microbial mercuric reductase

    Tamar Barkay;K. Kritee;Eric Boyd;Gill Geesey

  • Interplay between oxygen and Fe-S cluster biogenesis: insights from the Suf pathway.

    Eric S. Boyd;Khaleh M. Thomas;Yuyuan Dai;Jeff M. Boyd

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Peters
John W. Peters Washington State University
Everett L. Shock
Everett L. Shock Arizona State University
John R. Spear
John R. Spear Colorado School of Mines
Mark L. Skidmore
Mark L. Skidmore Montana State University
Eric E. Roden
Eric E. Roden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Michael W. W. Adams
Michael W. W. Adams University of Georgia
Alexis S. Templeton
Alexis S. Templeton University of Colorado Boulder
Joan B. Broderick
Joan B. Broderick Montana State University
Chuanlun L. Zhang
Chuanlun L. Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology

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