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D-Index
74
Citations
14541
World Ranking
1370
National Ranking
585

James J. Childress 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 James J. Childress sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 155 publications — 44th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

James J. Childress 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 James J. Childress sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James J. Childress is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Paleontology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Recent publications include:

  • Traits and impacts of introduced species: a quantitative review of meta-analyses, 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • Effects of osmotic and thermal shock on the invasive aquatic mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum: mortality and physiology under stressful conditions, 2020, NeoBiota
  • Three Distinct Views of Deep Pelagic Community Composition Based on Complementary Sampling Approaches, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Heterogeneity in diagnostic characters across ecoregions: A case study with Botrynema (Hydrozoa: Trachylina: Halicreatidae), 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Metabolic response to increasing environmental temperature in the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei, 2022, Austral Ecology

Their frequent coauthors include Esteban M. Paolucci, Steven H. D. Haddock, Javier Montenegro, Tiffany S. Bachtel, and Leah A. Bergman.

James J. Childress has published frequently in venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Conservation Physiology, Hydrobiologia, NeoBiota, and Austral Ecology.

They have received recognition such as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award in 1987.

Best Publications

  • LIFE AT STABLE LOW OXYGEN LEVELS: ADAPTATIONS OF ANIMALS TO OCEANIC OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYERS

    James J. Childress;Brad A. Seibel

  • Calvin-Benson cycle and sulphide oxidation enzymes in animals from sulphide-rich habitats

    Horst Felbeck;James J. Childress;George N. Somero

  • A methanotrophic marine molluscan (bivalvia, mytilidae) symbiosis: mussels fueled by gas.

    James J. Childress;C. R. Fisher;J. M. Brooks;M. C. Kennicutt

  • A Violation of the Metabolism-Size Scaling Paradigm: Activities of Glycolytic Enzymes in Muscle Increase in Larger-Size Fish

    George N. Somero;James J. Childress

  • Deep-sea hydrocarbon seep communities: evidence for energy and nutritional carbon sources

    James M. Brooks;M. C. Kennicutt;C. R. Fisher;S. A. Macko

  • Depth-related enzymic activities in muscle, brain and heart of deep-living pelagic marine teleosts

    J. J. Childress;G. N. Somero

  • The respiratory rates of midwater crustaceans as a function of depth of occurrence and relation to the oxygen minimum layer off Southern California.

    James J Childress

  • Chemical Composition and Buoyancy of Midwater Crustaceans as Function of Depth of Occurrence off Southern California

    J. J. Childress;M. Nygaard

  • The chemical composition of midwater fishes as a function of depth of occurence off southern California

    James J Childress;Mary H Nygaard

  • Chemical and biological interactions in the Rose Garden hydrothermal vent field, Galapagos spreading center

    Kenneth S. Johnson;James J. Childress;Robert R. Hessler;Carole M. Sakamoto-Arnold

  • Sulfide Binding by the Blood of the Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worm Riftia pachyptila.

    Alissa J. Arp;James J. Childress

  • Oxygen consumption rates of midwater fishes as a function of depth of occureence

    J.J. Torres;B.W. Belman;J.J. Childress

  • Decline in Pelagic Cephalopod Metabolism With Habitat Depth Reflects Differences in Locomotory Efficiency

    Brad A. Seibel;Erik V. Thuesen;James J. Childress;Laura A. Gorodezky

  • Temporal change in megafauna at the Rose Garden hydrothermal vent (Galapagos Rift; eastern tropical Pacific)

    Robert R. Hessler;William M. Smithey;Michel A. Boudrias;Clifford H. Keller

  • The Sulphide-Binding Protein in the Blood of the Vestimentiferan Tube-Worm, Riftia Pachyptila, is the Extracellular Haemoglobin

    Alissa J. Arp;James J. Childress;Russell D. Vetter

  • Short-term temperature variability in the Rose Garden hydrothermal vent field: an unstable deep-sea environment

    Kenneth S. Johnson;James J. Childress;Carl L. Beehler

  • In situ measurements of chemical distributions in a deep-sea hydrothermal vent field.

    Kenneth S. Johnson;Carl L. Beehler;Carole M. Sakamoto-Arnold;James J. Childress

  • Metabolic Scaling: A New Perspective Based on Scaling of Glycolytic Enzyme Activities

    James J. Childress;George N. Somero

  • Metabolic and blood characteristics of the hydrothermal vent tube-worm Riftia pachyptila

    J. J. Childress;A. J. Arp;C. R. Fisher

  • Patterns of growth, energy utilization and reproduction in some meso- and bathypelagic fishes off Southern California

    J. J. Childress;S. M. Taylor;G. M. Cailliet;M. H. Price

  • The importance of methane and thiosulfate in the metabolism of the bacterial symbionts of two deep-sea mussels

    C. R. Fisher;J. J. Childress;R. S. Oremland;R. R. Bidigare

  • Metabolic and Blood Gas Transport Characteristics of the Hydrothermal Vent Bivalve Calyptogena magnifica

    Alissa J. Arp;James J. Childress;Charles R. Fisher

  • SCALING OF ATP-SUPPLYING ENZYMES, MYOFIBRILLAR PROTEINS AND BUFFERING CAPACITY IN FISH MUSCLE: RELATIONSHIP TO LOCOMOTORY HABIT

    G. N. Somero;J. J. Childress

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles R. Fisher
Charles R. Fisher Pennsylvania State University
Horst Felbeck
Horst Felbeck University of California, San Diego
George N. Somero
George N. Somero Stanford University
James M. Brooks
James M. Brooks Texas A&M University
Peter R. Girguis
Peter R. Girguis Harvard University
Kenneth S. Johnson
Kenneth S. Johnson Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Mahlon C. Kennicutt
Mahlon C. Kennicutt Texas A&M University
Langdon B. Quetin
Langdon B. Quetin University of California, Santa Barbara
Brad A. Seibel
Brad A. Seibel University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Daniel Desbruyères
Daniel Desbruyères French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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