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James T. Hollibaugh

James T. Hollibaugh

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
68
Citations
16661
World Ranking
1871
National Ranking
782

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
16535
World Ranking
8195
National Ranking
3704

James T. Hollibaugh 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 T. Hollibaugh sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 168 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James T. Hollibaugh 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 T. Hollibaugh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James T. Hollibaugh is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields primarily within the disciplines of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these, their subfields of expertise include Molecular Biology, Ecology, Oceanography, Biomedical Engineering, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's body of work covers diverse topics, notably Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Identification and Quantification in Food, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Recent publications illustrate a focus on microbial ecology and biogeochemical processes. Their selected papers include:

  • Contribution of Urea to Nitrite Production in Southern Ocean Waters with Contrasting Nitrifying Communities, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Sources of polyamines in coastal waters and their links to phytoplankton, 2022, Marine Chemistry
  • Transcriptional activity differentiates families of Marine Group II Euryarchaeota in the coastal ocean, 2021, ISME Communications
  • Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • Author Correction: Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria, 2020, Nature Microbiology

James T. Hollibaugh has published multiple times in several venues, with recurrent contributions to:

  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Marine Chemistry
  • ISME Communications

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a group of coauthors, including Julian Damashek, Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Alexander Y. Merkel, Christopher A. Abin, and Aimee Oyinlade Okotie-Oyekan. These partnerships have been active across multiple projects, reflecting a consistent collaborative approach within the microbial ecology and environmental science research communities.

In recognition of their contributions to science, James T. Hollibaugh was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Acidification of subsurface coastal waters enhanced by eutrophication

    Wei-Jun Cai;Xinping Hu;Wei-Jen Huang;Michael C. Murrell

  • Coastal metabolism and the oceanic organic carbon balance

    S. V. Smith;J. T. Hollibaugh

  • Influence of sulfide inhibition of nitrification on nitrogen regeneration in sediments

    Samantha B. Joye;James T. Hollibaugh

  • Phylogenetic compositions of bacterioplankton from two California estuaries compared by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rDNA fragments.

    A E Murray;J T Hollibaugh;C Orrego

  • Selenate Reduction to Elemental Selenium by Anaerobic Bacteria in Sediments and Culture: Biogeochemical Significance of a Novel, Sulfate-Independent Respiration

    Ronald S. Oremland;James T. Hollibaugh;Ann S. Maest;Theresa S. Presser

  • Depth distribution of microbial diversity in Mono Lake, a meromictic soda lake in California

    Shaheen B. Humayoun;Shaheen B. Humayoun;Nasreen Bano;James T. Hollibaugh

  • Phylogenetic composition of bacterioplankton assemblages from the Arctic Ocean.

    Nasreen Bano;James T. Hollibaugh

  • Ammonia oxidation and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea from estuaries with differing histories of hypoxia

    Jane M Caffrey;Nasreen Bano;Karen Kalanetra;Karen Kalanetra;James T Hollibaugh

  • Anaerobic Oxidation of Arsenite in Mono Lake Water and by a Facultative, Arsenite-Oxidizing Chemoautotroph, Strain MLHE-1

    Ronald S. Oremland;Shelley E. Hoeft;Joanne M. Santini;Nasreen Bano

  • Succession of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in the aftermath of the deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of Mexico.

    Eric A Dubinsky;Mark E Conrad;Romy Chakraborty;Markus Bill

  • Microbial degradation of dissolved proteins in seawater1

    J. T. Hollibaugh;F. Azam

  • Comparison of the gut microbiomes of 12 bony fish and 3 shark species

    Carrie E. Givens;Briana Ransom;Nasreen Bano;James T. Hollibaugh

  • Phylogenetic composition of Arctic Ocean archaeal assemblages and comparison with Antarctic assemblages.

    Nasreen Bano;Shomari Ruffin;Briana Ransom;James T. Hollibaugh

  • Arsenic(III) fuels anoxygenic photosynthesis in hot spring biofilms from Mono Lake, California.

    T. R. Kulp;S. E. Hoeft;M. Asao;M. T. Madigan

  • Analysis of Microbial Gene Transcripts in Environmental Samples

    Rachel S. Poretsky;Nasreen Bano;Alison Buchan;Gary LeCleir

  • Seasonally Hypersaline Estuaries in Mediterranean-climate Regions

    J.L. Largier;J.T. Hollibaugh;S.V. Smith

  • Annual cycle and interannual variability of ecosystem metabolism in a temperate climate embayment

    S. V. Smith;J. T. Hollibaugh

  • The microbial arsenic cycle in Mono Lake, California

    Ronald S Oremland;John F Stolz;James T Hollibaugh

  • Tomales bay metabolism: CNP stoichiometry and ecosystem heterotrophy at the land-sea interface

    S.V. Smith;J.T. Hollibaugh;S.J. Dollar;S. Vink

  • Spatial and temporal variation in C:N:P ratios, δ15N, and δ13C of eelgrass Zostera marina as indicators of ecosystem processes, Tomales Bay, California, USA

    James W. Fourqurean;Thomas O. Moore;Brian Fry;James T. Hollibaugh

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen V. Smith
Stephen V. Smith University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mary Ann Moran
Mary Ann Moran University of Georgia
Samantha B. Joye
Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia
Ronald S. Oremland
Ronald S. Oremland United States Geological Survey
Brian N. Popp
Brian N. Popp University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michael C. Murrell
Michael C. Murrell Environmental Protection Agency
Ramunas Stepanauskas
Ramunas Stepanauskas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Randolph M. Chambers
Randolph M. Chambers William & Mary
Dimitry Y. Sorokin
Dimitry Y. Sorokin Delft University of Technology
Frank E. Löffler
Frank E. Löffler University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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