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Gavin Lear publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gavin Lear sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 127 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Gavin Lear D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gavin Lear sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gavin Lear is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research primarily falls under Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Ecology, Pollution, Molecular Biology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work addresses multiple key topics within environmental science and microbiology. Major topics of study include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

Frequent publication venues for Gavin Lear include:

  • Environmental Microbiome
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • PeerJ
  • Environmental Microbiology

Common collaborators in their research are Joanne M. Kingsbury, Olga Pantos, Hannah L. Buckley, Jessica A. Wallbank, and Louise Weaver.

Among recent published papers featuring or involving Gavin Lear are:

  • Plastics and the microbiome: impacts and solutions, 2021, Environmental Microbiome
  • Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality, 2020, Microbiome
  • PlasticDB: a database of microorganisms and proteins linked to plastic biodegradation, 2022, Database
  • Phylogenetic Distribution of Plastic-Degrading Microorganisms, 2021, mSystems
  • A Systematic Review of Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in eDNA Data for Environmental Monitoring, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Bacteria as Emerging Indicators of Soil Condition

    Syrie M. Hermans;Hannah L. Buckley;Bradley S. Case;Fiona Curran-Cournane

  • Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality

    Syrie M. Hermans;Hannah L. Buckley;Bradley S. Case;Fiona Curran-Cournane

  • Plastics and the microbiome: impacts and solutions

    G. Lear;J. M. Kingsbury;S. Franchini;V. Gambarini

  • PlasticDB: a database of microorganisms and proteins linked to plastic biodegradation

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  • Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA-based studies

    Ian A. Dickie;Ian A. Dickie;Stephane Boyer;Stephane Boyer;Hannah L. Buckley;Richard P. Duncan

  • Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples

    Gavin Lear;Ian Dickie;Jonathan C. Banks;Stephane Boyer

  • Molecular Analysis of Arsenate-Reducing Bacteria within Cambodian Sediments following Amendment with Acetate

    G. Lear;B. Song;A. G. Gault;D. A. Polya

  • Phylogenetic Distribution of Plastic-Degrading Microorganisms.

    Victor Gambarini;Olga Pantos;Joanne M. Kingsbury;Louise Weaver

  • Climate warming and agricultural stressors interact to determine stream periphyton community composition

    Jeremy J. Piggott;Romana K. Salis;Gavin Lear;Colin R. Townsend

  • Metabolic Network Modeling of Microbial Interactions in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems.

    Octavio Perez-Garcia;Gavin Lear;Naresh Singhal

  • An assessment of the performance of the Monitor for AeRosols and GAses in ambient air (MARGA): a semi-continuous method for soluble compounds

    I. C. Rumsey;K. A. Cowen;J. T. Walker;T. J. Kelly

  • Three common metal contaminants of urban runoff (Zn, Cu & Pb) accumulate in freshwater biofilm and modify embedded bacterial communities.

    Pierre-Yves Ancion;Gavin Lear;Gillian D. Lewis

  • The effect of electrokinetics on soil microbial communities

    G. Lear;G. Lear;Michael John Harbottle;Michael John Harbottle;C. J. van der Gast;S. A. Jackman;S. A. Jackman

  • Microbial Biofilms: Current Research and Applications

    Gavin Lear;Gillian D. Lewis

  • Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the bacterial communities in stream epilithic biofilms.

    Gavin Lear;Marti J. Anderson;Joanna P. Smith;Kristine Boxen

  • Fine-scale spatial patterns in bacterial community composition and function within freshwater ponds

    Gavin Lear;Julia Bellamy;Bradley S Case;Jack E Lee

  • A cross-taxa study using environmental DNA/RNA metabarcoding to measure biological impacts of offshore oil and gas drilling and production operations.

    Olivier Laroche;Olivier Laroche;Susanna A. Wood;Louis A. Tremblay;Louis A. Tremblay;Joanne I. Ellis

  • Biofilm Bacterial Community Structure in Streams Affected by Acid Mine Drainage

    Gavin Lear;Dev Niyogi;Jon Harding;Yimin Dong

  • Impact of electrokinetic remediation on microbial communities within PCP contaminated soil.

    G. Lear;Michael John Harbottle;Michael John Harbottle;G. C. Sills;C. J. Knowles;C. J. Knowles

  • A Systematic Review of Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in eDNA Data for Environmental Monitoring

    Chloé Mathieu;Syrie M. Hermans;Gavin Lear;Thomas R. Buckley;Thomas R. Buckley

  • Secondary foundation species enhance biodiversity.

    Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;Andrew H. Altieri;Andrew H. Altieri;Christine Angelini;Melanie J. Bishop

  • An assessment of the performance of the Monitor for AeRosols and GAses in ambient air (MARGA): a semi-continuous method for soluble compounds

    I. C. Rumsey;K. Cowen;T. Kelly;E. Hanft

Frequent Co-Authors

Hannah L. Buckley
Hannah L. Buckley Auckland University of Technology
Susanna A. Wood
Susanna A. Wood Cawthron Institute
Jonathan R. Lloyd
Jonathan R. Lloyd University of Manchester
Luitgard Schwendenmann
Luitgard Schwendenmann University of Auckland
Ian A. Dickie
Ian A. Dickie University of Canterbury
Joanne Ellis
Joanne Ellis University of Waikato
Christoph D. Matthaei
Christoph D. Matthaei University of Otago
Thomas R. Buckley
Thomas R. Buckley Landcare Research
Francis R. Livens
Francis R. Livens University of Manchester
David A. Polya
David A. Polya University of Manchester

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