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George N. Bennett

George N. Bennett

Rice University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
19981
World Ranking
3393
National Ranking
1705

George N. Bennett 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 George N. Bennett sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 327 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

George N. Bennett 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 George N. Bennett sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George N. Bennett is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. The scientist has contributed significantly to various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering.

Bennett's research topics broadly cover Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, as well as bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Recent published papers include the following:

  • Real-time bioelectronic sensing of environmental contaminants, 2022, Nature
  • Single cell protein production from food waste using purple non-sulfur bacteria shows economically viable protein products have higher environmental impacts, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Prochlorococcus phage ferredoxin: structural characterization and electron transfer to cyanobacterial sulfite reductases, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Localized mandibular infection affects remote in vivo bioreactor bone generation, 2020, Biomaterials
  • Improving the organization and interactivity of metabolic pathfinding with precomputed pathways, 2020, BMC Bioinformatics

Bennett frequently collaborates with other researchers including:

  • Joshua T. Atkinson
  • Jonathan J. Silberg
  • Ian Campbell
  • Dimithree Kahanda
  • Othneil Noble Sparks

The principal publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Biomaterials

Bennett was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Solvent-Producing Bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum

    J Nölling;G Breton;M V Omelchenko;K S Makarova;K S Makarova

  • Mechanisms of acid resistance in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

    J. Lin;M. P. Smith;K. C. Chapin;Hyung Suk Baik

  • Novel pathway engineering design of the anaerobic central metabolic pathway in Escherichia coli to increase succinate yield and productivity

    Ailen M. Sánchez;George N. Bennett;Ka-Yiu San

  • Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli: Increase of NADH Availability by Overexpressing an NAD+-Dependent Formate Dehydrogenase

    Susana J Berríos-Rivera;George N Bennett;Ka-Yiu San

  • Metabolic engineering through cofactor manipulation and its effects on metabolic flux redistribution in Escherichia coli.

    Ka-Yiu San;George N. Bennett;Susana J. Berrı́os-Rivera;Ravi V. Vadali

  • Expression of cloned homologous fermentative genes in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

    Lee D. Mermelstein;Neil E. Welker;George N. Bennett;Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis

  • Metabolic engineering of aerobic succinate production systems in Escherichia coli to improve process productivity and achieve the maximum theoretical succinate yield

    Henry Lin;George N. Bennett;Ka-Yiu San

  • Nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli cad operon: a system for neutralization of low extracellular pH.

    Shi-Yuan Meng;G. N. Bennett

  • Construction and analysis of in vivo activity of E. coli promoter hybrids and promoter mutants that alter the -35 to -10 spacing.

    David R. Russell;George N. Bennett

  • Genetic manipulation of acid formation pathways by gene inactivation in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824.

    Edward M. Green;Zhuang L. Boynton;Latonia M. Harris;Frederick B. Rudolph

  • Metabolic Engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 for Isopropanol-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation

    Joungmin Lee;Yu-Sin Jang;Seong Joon Choi;Jung Ae Im

  • Efficient Succinic Acid Production from Glucose through Overexpression of Pyruvate Carboxylase in an Escherichia coli Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Lactate Dehydrogenase Mutant

    Ailen M. Sánchez;George N. Bennett;Ka-Yiu San

  • Biodegradation of xenobiotics by anaerobic bacteria.

    Chunlong Zhang;George N. Bennett

  • Succinate production in Escherichia coli

    Chandresh Thakker;Irene Martínez;Ka-Yiu San;George N. Bennett

  • Molecular characterization of an aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase gene from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824.

    R V Nair;G N Bennett;E T Papoutsakis

  • Molecular characterization of two Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 butanol dehydrogenase isozyme genes.

    K A Walter;G N Bennett;E T Papoutsakis

  • Replacing Escherichia coli NAD-dependent glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) with a NADP-dependent enzyme from Clostridium acetobutylicum facilitates NADPH dependent pathways.

    Irene Martínez;Jiangfeng Zhu;Henry Lin;George N. Bennett

  • The effect of increasing NADH availability on the redistribution of metabolic fluxes in Escherichia coli chemostat cultures.

    Susana J. Berrı́os-Rivera;George N. Bennett;Ka-Yiu San

  • Fed-batch culture of a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strain designed for high-level succinate production and yield under aerobic conditions.

    Henry Lin;George N. Bennett;Ka-Yiu San

  • Effect of ArcA and FNR on the expression of genes related to the oxygen regulation and the glycolysis pathway in Escherichia coli under microaerobic growth conditions

    Sagit Shalel-Levanon;Ka-Yiu San;George N. Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Ka-Yiu San
Ka-Yiu San Rice University
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis University of Delaware
Sang Yup Lee
Sang Yup Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Joseph B. Hughes
Joseph B. Hughes Drexel University
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky Stanford University
Antonios G. Mikos
Antonios G. Mikos Rice University
Lydia E. Kavraki
Lydia E. Kavraki Rice University
Jeffrey W. Cary
Jeffrey W. Cary United States Department of Agriculture
Caroline A. Masiello
Caroline A. Masiello Rice University
John A. Jansen
John A. Jansen Radboud University

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