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D-Index
57
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22225
World Ranking
2630
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934

James C. Stegen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James C. Stegen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 295 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

James C. Stegen D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James C. Stegen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

James C. Stegen is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on geophysics and environmental chemistry as major subfields of study.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, notably:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Recent publications by James C. Stegen include the following:

  • "Continental-scale niche differentiation of dominant topsoil archaea in drylands," 2022, Environmental Microbiology
  • "Standardized multi-omics of Earth's microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity," 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • "Distinct assembly mechanisms underlie similar biogeographical patterns of rare and abundant bacteria in Tibetan Plateau grassland soils," 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • "Using metacommunity ecology to understand environmental metabolomes," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Straw chemistry links the assembly of bacterial communities to decomposition in paddy soils," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Amy Goldman
  • Vanessa Garayburu-Caruso
  • Lupita Renteria
  • Xingyuan Chen
  • Tim Scheibe

James C. Stegen has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Water
  • UNC Libraries

Research areas linked to James C. Stegen indicate interdisciplinary work connecting geophysical processes with microbial ecology, environmental chemistry, and microbial metabolomics. The scientist's work also involves analyzing the dynamics of microbial communities in various ecosystems and their role in environmental nutrient cycles and decomposition processes.

Best Publications

  • Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist

    Marti J. Anderson;Thomas O. Crist;Jonathan M. Chase;Mark Vellend

  • Quantifying Community Assembly Processes and Identifying Features that Impose Them

    James C Stegen;Xueju Lin;Xueju Lin;Jim K Fredrickson;Xingyuan Chen

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Stochastic and Deterministic Assembly Processes in Subsurface Microbial Communities

    James C Stegen;Xueju Lin;Xueju Lin;Allan E Konopka;James K Fredrickson

  • Disentangling mechanisms that mediate the balance between stochastic and deterministic processes in microbial succession

    Francisco Dini-Andreote;James C. Stegen;Jan Dirk van Elsas;Joana Falcão Salles

  • Soil pH mediates the balance between stochastic and deterministic assembly of bacteria

    Binu M. Tripathi;James C. Stegen;Mincheol Kim;Ke Dong

  • Estimating and mapping ecological processes influencing microbial community assembly.

    James C. Stegen;Xueju Lin;Jim K. Fredrickson;Allan E. Konopka

  • Disentangling the Drivers of β Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients

    Nathan J. B. Kraft;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Liza S. Comita;Liza S. Comita;Jonathan M. Chase;Nathan J. Sanders;Nathan J. Sanders

  • Phylogenetic beta diversity in bacterial assemblages across ecosystems: deterministic versus stochastic processes

    Jianjun Wang;Ji Shen;Yucheng Wu;Chen Tu

  • Phylogenetic beta diversity in bacterial assemblages across ecosystems: deterministic versus stochastic processes.

    Jianjun Wang;Jianhaua Shen;Yucheng Wu;Chen Tu

  • The Gut Microbiota of Rural Papua New Guineans: Composition, Diversity Patterns, and Ecological Processes

    Ines Martinez;Ines Martinez;James C. Stegen;Maria X. Maldonado-Gomez;A. Murat Murat Eren

  • Groundwater–surface water mixing shifts ecological assembly processes and stimulates organic carbon turnover

    James C. Stegen;James K. Fredrickson;Michael J. Wilkins;Allan E. Konopka

  • The reduced genomes of Parcubacteria (OD1) contain signatures of a symbiotic lifestyle.

    William C. Nelson;James C. Stegen

  • The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America

    Nathan G. Swenson;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Jason Pither;Andrew J. Kerkhoff

  • Variation in above-ground forest biomass across broad climatic gradients

    James C. Stegen;James C. Stegen;Nathan G. Swenson;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Ethan P. White;Ethan P. White

  • Testing the metabolic theory of ecology

    Charles A. Price;Joshua S Weitz;Van M. Savage;Van M. Savage;James Stegen

  • Two key features influencing community assembly processes at regional scale: Initial state and degree of change in environmental conditions.

    Youzhi Feng;Ruirui Chen;James C. Stegen;Zhiying Guo

  • Temporal turnover in the composition of tropical tree communities: functional determinism and phylogenetic stochasticity

    Nathan G. Swenson;James C. Stegen;James C. Stegen;Stuart James Davies;Stuart James Davies;David L. Erickson

  • Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes

    Angela T. Moles;Ian R. Wallis;William J. Foley;David I. Warton

  • Continental-scale niche differentiation of dominant topsoil archaea in drylands.

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  • Influences of organic carbon speciation on hyporheic corridor biogeochemistry and microbial ecology.

    James C. Stegen;Tim Johnson;James K. Fredrickson;Michael J. Wilkins

  • Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat?

    Angela T. Moles;Begoña Peco;Ian R. Wallis;William J. Foley

  • PAPER Stochastic and deterministic drivers of spatial and temporal turnover in breeding bird communities

    James C. Stegen;James C. Stegen;Amy L. Freestone;Thomas O. Crist;Marti J. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Malak M. Tfaily
Malak M. Tfaily University of Arizona
William C. Nelson
William C. Nelson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
James K. Fredrickson
James K. Fredrickson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ben Bond-Lamberty
Ben Bond-Lamberty Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nathan G. Swenson
Nathan G. Swenson University of Notre Dame
Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark Vellend
Mark Vellend Université de Sherbrooke
Nathan J. B. Kraft
Nathan J. B. Kraft University of California, Los Angeles
Michael J. Wilkins
Michael J. Wilkins Colorado State University

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