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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
14693
World Ranking
6449
National Ranking
3008

Eva M. Top 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 Eva M. Top sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 192 publications — 46th percentile

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

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

Eva M. Top 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 Eva M. Top sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Eva M. Top is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States. Their research spans multiple topics within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science, with significant contributions across several subfields such as ecology, molecular medicine, molecular biology, pollution, and genetics.

The scientist's publication record includes recent papers focusing on antimicrobial resistance, bacteriophage interactions, and plasmid biology. Notable publications include:

  • Plasmids, a molecular cornerstone of antimicrobial resistance in the One Health era, 2023, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Phage defence by deaminase-mediated depletion of deoxynucleotides in bacteria, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Coevolution of host-plasmid pairs facilitates the emergence of novel multidrug resistance, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • IMG/PR: a database of plasmids from genomes and metagenomes with rich annotations and metadata, 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Evolving Populations in Biofilms Contain More Persistent Plasmids, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Their frequent co-authors include Thibault Stalder, Benjamin J. Ridenhour, Olivia Kosterlitz, Clinton A. Elg, and Larry J. Forney, reflecting collaborative research across multiple studies. Eva M. Top's work has appeared multiple times in venues like bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Biology and Evolution, Plasmid, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Primary fields of study for Eva M. Top are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Within these areas, subfields explored include:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pollution
  • Genetics

Topical research interests cover a range of subjects, such as:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of nested PCR–DGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) with group-specific 16S rRNA primers for the analysis of bacterial communities from different wastewater treatment plants

    Nico Boon;Wim De Windt;Willy Verstraete;Eva M. Top

  • Effect of phenylurea herbicides on soil microbial communities estimated by analysis of 16S rRNA gene fingerprints and community-level physiological profiles

    Saïd el Fantroussi;Laurent Verschuere;Willy Verstraete;Eva M. Top

  • Bioaugmentation of Activated Sludge by an Indigenous 3-Chloroaniline-Degrading Comamonas testosteroni Strain, I2gfp

    Nico Boon;Johan Goris;Paul De Vos;Willy Verstraete

  • Genomics of IncP-1 antibiotic resistance plasmids isolated from wastewater treatment plants provides evidence for a widely accessible drug resistance gene pool

    Andreas Schlüter;Rafael Szczepanowski;Alfred Pühler;Eva M. Top

  • The role of mobile genetic elements in bacterial adaptation to xenobiotic organic compounds.

    Eva M Top;Dirk Springael

  • Bioaugmentation as a Tool To Protect the Structure and Function of an Activated-Sludge Microbial Community against a 3-Chloroaniline Shock Load

    Nico Boon;Eva M. Top;Willy Verstraete;Steven D. Siciliano

  • Occurrence and Phylogenetic Diversity of Sphingomonas Strains in Soils Contaminated with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    Natalie M. E. J. Leys;Natalie M. E. J. Leys;Annemie Ryngaert;Leen Bastiaens;Willy Verstraete

  • Synergistic degradation of linuron by a bacterial consortium and isolation of a single linuron-degrading variovorax strain.

    Winnie Dejonghe;Ellen Berteloot;Johan Goris;Nico Boon

  • Impact of agricultural practices on the Zea mays L. endophytic community.

    Dave Seghers;Lieven Wittebolle;Eva M. Top;Willy Verstraete

  • Stability of a promiscuous plasmid in different hosts: no guarantee for a long-term relationship

    Leen De Gelder;José M Ponciano;Paul Joyce;Eva M Top

  • The 64 508 bp IncP-1β antibiotic multiresistance plasmid pB10 isolated from a waste-water treatment plant provides evidence for recombination between members of different branches of the IncP-1β group

    Andreas Schlüter;H. Heuer;Rafael Szczepanowski;L.J. Forney

  • Bioaugmentation in activated sludge: current features and future perspectives

    H. Van Limbergen;E. M. Top;W. Verstraete

  • Catabolic mobile genetic elements and their potential use in bioaugmentation of polluted soils and waters.

    Eva M. Top;Eva M. Top;Dirk Springael;Dirk Springael;Nico Boon

  • Bioaugmentation of soils by increasing microbial richness: missing links

    Winnie Dejonghe;Nico Boon;Dave Seghers;Eva M. Top

  • Linking the resistome and plasmidome to the microbiome.

    Thibault Stalder;Maximilian O. Press;Shawn Sullivan;Ivan Liachko

  • Horizontal gene transfer and microbial adaptation to xenobiotics: new types of mobile genetic elements and lessons from ecological studies

    Dirk Springael;Eva M Top

  • Alternative primer sets for PCR detection of genotypes involved in bacterial aerobic BTEX degradation: distribution of the genes in BTEX degrading isolates and in subsurface soils of a BTEX contaminated industrial site

    Barbara Hendrickx;Howard Junca;Jolana Vosahlova;Antje Lindner

  • Genetic Diversity among 3-Chloroaniline- and Aniline-Degrading Strains of the Comamonadaceae

    Nico Boon;Johan Goris;Paul De Vos;Willy Verstraete

  • Compensatory mutations improve general permissiveness to antibiotic resistance plasmids.

    Wesley Loftie-Eaton;Kelsie Bashford;Hannah Quinn;Kieran Dong

  • Predicting Plasmid Promiscuity Based on Genomic Signature

    Haruo Suzuki;Hirokazu Yano;Celeste J. Brown;Eva M. Top

Frequent Co-Authors

Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Dirk Springael
Dirk Springael KU Leuven
Celeste J. Brown
Celeste J. Brown University of Idaho
Larry J. Forney
Larry J. Forney University of Idaho
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Holger Heuer
Holger Heuer Julius Kühn-Institut
Max Mergeay
Max Mergeay Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University
Andreas Schlüter
Andreas Schlüter Bielefeld University
Steven D. Siciliano
Steven D. Siciliano University of Saskatchewan

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Holger Heuer

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Søren J. Sørensen

Søren J. Sørensen

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Alfred Pühler

Alfred Pühler

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Publications: 33

Jan Dirk van Elsas

Jan Dirk van Elsas

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Publications: 33

Lars Hestbjerg Hansen

Lars Hestbjerg Hansen

University of Copenhagen

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Tom Van de Wiele

Tom Van de Wiele

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Publications: 29

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Hideaki Nojiri

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Peter Bossier

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Stefan Wuertz

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