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Frederick M. Cohan

Frederick M. Cohan

Wesleyan University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
11630
World Ranking
17901
National Ranking
7325

Frederick M. Cohan publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 109 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frederick M. Cohan 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 Frederick M. Cohan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frederick M. Cohan is affiliated with Wesleyan University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science. The subfields they focus on include molecular biology, ecology, genetics, pollution, and environmental chemistry.

The main topics covered by their research are:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Infections and Disease Research

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frederick M. Cohan and colleagues include:

  • "Differentiation strategies of soil rare and abundant microbial taxa in response to changing climatic regimes" (2020) published in Environmental Microbiology
  • "Broadscale phage therapy is unlikely to select for widespread evolution of bacterial resistance to virus infection" (2020) published in Virus Evolution
  • "Biogeography of American Northwest Hot Spring A/B'-Lineage Synechococcus Populations" (2020) published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Two plant-growth-promoting Bacillus species can utilize nanoplastics" (2023) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Genotyping and Multivariate Regression Trees Reveal Ecological Diversification within the Microcystis aeruginosa Complex along a Wide Environmental Gradient" (2021) published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Frederick M. Cohan frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Virus Evolution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Their regular collaborators include the following scientists:

  • Fatai A. Olabemiwo
  • Eric D. Becraft
  • Jason M. Wood
  • David M. Ward
  • Chloe De Palo

Best Publications

  • Re-evaluating prokaryotic species

    Dirk Gevers;Frederick M. Cohan;Jeffrey G. Lawrence;Brian G. Spratt

  • What are Bacterial Species

    Frederick M. Cohan

  • Origins of bacterial diversity through horizontal genetic transfer and adaptation to new ecological niches.

    Jane Wiedenbeck;Frederick M. Cohan

  • Discovery and classification of ecological diversity in the bacterial world: the role of DNA sequence data

    Thomas Palys;L. K. Nakamura;Frederick M. Cohan

  • Bacterial Species and Speciation

    Frederick M. Cohan

  • Identifying the fundamental units of bacterial diversity: a paradigm shift to incorporate ecology into bacterial systematics.

    Alexander Koeppel;Elizabeth B. Perry;Johannes Sikorski;Danny Krizanc

  • A Systematics for Discovering the Fundamental Units of Bacterial Diversity

    Frederick M. Cohan;Elizabeth B. Perry

  • Differentiation strategies of soil rare and abundant microbial taxa in response to changing climatic regimes.

    Yuting Liang;Xian Xiao;Erin E. Nuccio;Mengting Yuan

  • Towards a conceptual and operational union of bacterial systematics, ecology, and evolution

    Frederick M Cohan

  • Bacillus mojavensis sp. nov., Distinguishable from Bacillus subtilis by Sexual Isolation, Divergence in DNA Sequence, and Differences in Fatty Acid Composition

    Michael S. Roberts;L. K. Nakamura;Frederick M. Cohan

  • Relationship of Bacillus subtilis clades associated with strains 168 and W23: a proposal for Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis subsp. nov. and Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii subsp. nov.

    L. K. Nakamura;Michael S. Roberts;Frederick M. Cohan

  • Population level functional diversity in a microbial community revealed by comparative genomic and metagenomic analyses

    Devaki Bhaya;Arthur R. Grossman;Anne Soisig Steunou;Natalia Khuri;Natalia Khuri

  • Barriers to Genetic Exchange between Bacterial Species: Streptococcus pneumoniae Transformation

    Jacek Majewski;Piotr Zawadzki;Paul Pickerill;Frederick M. Cohan

  • RECOMBINATION AND MIGRATION RATES IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS AND BACILLUS MOJAVENSIS.

    Michael S. Roberts;Frederick M. Cohan

  • Cyanobacterial ecotypes in the microbial mat community of Mushroom Spring (Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming) as species-like units linking microbial community composition, structure and function

    D. M. Ward;M. M. Bateson;M. J. Ferris;M. Kuhl

  • The origins of ecological diversity in prokaryotes.

    Frederick M. Cohan;Alexander F. Koeppel

  • The effect of DNA sequence divergence on sexual isolation in Bacillus

    Michael S. Roberts;Frederick M. Cohan

  • Community ecology of hot spring cyanobacterial mats: predominant populations and their functional potential

    Christian G Klatt;Jason M Wood;Douglas B Rusch;Mary M Bateson

  • DNA sequence similarity requirements for interspecific recombination in Bacillus.

    Jacek Majewski;Frederick M. Cohan

  • Bacillus sonorensis sp. nov., a close relative of Bacillus licheniformis, isolated from soil in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona

    Margaret M. Palmisano;L. K. Nakamura;Kathleen E. Duncan;Conrad A. Istock

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Ward
David M. Ward Montana State University
Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
Danny Krizanc
Danny Krizanc Wesleyan University
John F. Heidelberg
John F. Heidelberg University of Southern California
Alejandro P. Rooney
Alejandro P. Rooney National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Samuel K. Sheppard
Samuel K. Sheppard University of Bath
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
David A. Schisler
David A. Schisler National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

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