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117
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World Ranking
118
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51

Jed A. Fuhrman 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 Jed A. Fuhrman sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 302 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jed A. Fuhrman 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 Jed A. Fuhrman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jed A. Fuhrman is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Fuhrman's work has made contributions to understanding microbial communities and their ecological and physiological dynamics.

The main fields of study for Fuhrman include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these overarching domains, Fuhrman's subfields of focus consist of:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Plant Science
  • Environmental Chemistry

The principal topics covered in their research are:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Gut microbiota and health

Fuhrman has a significant publication record in venues that include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ISME Communications
  • mSystems
  • NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • The ISME Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • JL Weissman
  • Shengwei Hou
  • Yi-Chun Yeh
  • Jesse McNichol
  • Fengzhu Sun

Selected recent papers demonstrate the breadth of Fuhrman's work:

  • "Identifying viruses from metagenomic data using deep learning," 2020, Quantitative Biology
  • "Estimating maximal microbial growth rates from cultures, metagenomes, and single cells via codon usage patterns," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A network-based integrated framework for predicting virus-prokaryote interactions," 2020, NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • "Benchmarking microbial growth rate predictions from metagenomes," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "Evaluating and Improving Small Subunit rRNA PCR Primer Coverage for Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryotes Using Metagenomes from Global Ocean Surveys," 2021, mSystems

Fuhrman has been recognized with fellowships from prominent scientific organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1996

Best Publications

  • Every base matters: assessing small subunit rRNA primers for marine microbiomes with mock communities, time series and global field samples

    Alma E. Parada;David M. Needham;Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Microbial biogeography : putting microorganisms on the map

    Jennifer B.Hughes Martiny;Brendan J.M. Bohannan;James H. Brown;Robert K. Colwell

  • Marine viruses and their biogeochemical and ecological effects

    Jed A. Fuhrman

  • A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity

    Luke R. Thompson;Luke R. Thompson;Luke R. Thompson;Jon G. Sanders;Daniel McDonald;Amnon Amir

  • Improved Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene (V4 and V4-5) and Fungal Internal Transcribed Spacer Marker Gene Primers for Microbial Community Surveys.

    William Walters;Embriette R. Hyde;Donna Berg-Lyons;Gail Ackermann

  • Thymidine incorporation as a measure of heterotrophic bacterioplankton production in marine surface waters : Evaluation and field results

    J. A. Fuhrman;F. Azam

  • Beyond biogeographic patterns: processes shaping the microbial landscape

    China A. Hanson;Jed A. Fuhrman;M. Claire Horner-Devine;Jennifer B. H. Martiny

  • Relationships between Biovolume and Biomass of Naturally Derived Marine Bacterioplankton.

    Sanghoon Lee;Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Microbial community structure and its functional implications

    Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Use of SYBR Green I for rapid epifluorescence counts of marine viruses and bacteria

    Rachel T. Noble;Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Viral mortality of marine bacteria and cyanobacteria

    Lita M. Proctor;Lita M. Proctor;Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Bacterioplankton secondary production estimates for coastal waters of british columbia, antarctica, and california.

    Jed A. Fuhrman;Farooq Azam

  • Defining seasonal marine microbial community dynamics

    Jack A Gilbert;Jack A Gilbert;Jack A Gilbert;Joshua A Steele;J. Gregory Caporaso;Lars Steinbrück

  • Novel major archaebacterial group from marine plankton

    Jed A. Fuhrman;Kirk McCallum;Kirk McCallum;Alison A. Davis

  • Marine microbial community dynamics and their ecological interpretation

    Jed A. Fuhrman;Jacob A. Cram;David M. Needham

  • Correlation detection strategies in microbial data sets vary widely in sensitivity and precision

    Sophie Weiss;Will Van Treuren;Catherine Lozupone;Karoline Faust;Karoline Faust

  • Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications.

    Pelin Yilmaz;Pelin Yilmaz;Renzo Kottmann;Dawn Field;Rob Knight;Rob Knight

  • A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria

    Jed A. Fuhrman;Joshua A. Steele;Ian Hewson;Michael S. Schwalbach

  • Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

    Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Marine bacterial, archaeal and protistan association networks reveal ecological linkages.

    Joshua A. Steele;Peter D. Countway;Li Xia;Patrick D. Vigil

  • Annually reoccurring bacterial communities are predictable from ocean conditions

    Jed A. Fuhrman;Ian Hewson;Michael S. Schwalbach;Joshua A. Steele

Frequent Co-Authors

Fengzhu Sun
Fengzhu Sun University of Southern California
Ian Hewson
Ian Hewson Cornell University
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Rachel T. Noble
Rachel T. Noble University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Farooq Azam
Farooq Azam University of California, San Diego
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Curtis A. Suttle
Curtis A. Suttle University of British Columbia
Douglas G. Capone
Douglas G. Capone University of Southern California
George B. McManus
George B. McManus University of Connecticut
Linda A. Amaral-Zettler
Linda A. Amaral-Zettler University of Amsterdam

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