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 Jerry M. Melillo sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 486 publications — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.
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 Jerry M. Melillo sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 151 D-Index — 100th percentile
100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.
Jerry M. Melillo is affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including global and planetary change, soil science, molecular biology, ecology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.
Their research covers a diverse range of topics, notably soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, gut microbiota and health, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, climate change impacts on agriculture, water-energy-food nexus studies, and fire effects on ecosystems.
Among their recent publications are:
Jerry M. Melillo frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Serita D. Frey, Kristen M. DeAngelis, David W. Kicklighter, Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta, and Xiao-Jun Allen Liu.
Their research has been published often in venues such as Frontiers in Environmental Science, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Global Change Biology, the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, and Nature Communications.
Notable recognitions awarded to the scientist include being named Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014, Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2012, and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.
Peter M. Vitousek;Harold A. Mooney;Jane Lubchenco;Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo;John D. Aber;John F. Muratore
John D. Aber;Knute J. Nadelhoffer;Paul Steudler;Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo;A. David McGuire;David W. Kicklighter;Berrien I.I.I. Moore
T. R. Karl;J. M. Melillo;T. C. Peterson
Jerry M. Melillo;Terese Richmond;Gary W. Yohe
IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden
D. S. Schimel;J. I. House;K. A. Hibbard;P. Bousquet
J. M. Melillo;P. A. Steudler;J. D. Aber;K. Newkirk
Jerry M. Melillo;Gary Wynn Yohe;Terese Richmond
F. S. Chapin Iii;G. M. Woodwell;J. Randerson;E. B. Rastetter
R. A. Houghton;J. E. Hobbie;J. M. Melillo;B. Moore
Jane Lubchenco;Annette M. Olson;Linda B. Brubaker;Stephen R. Carpenter
Dave S. Reay;Eric A. Davidson;Keith A. Smith;Pete Smith
James W. Raich;E. B. Rastetter;J. M. Melillo;D. W. Kicklighter
John Pastor;John D. Aber;Charles A. McClaugherty;Jerry M. Melillo
Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Chi Zhang;Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo;John D. Aber;Arthur E. Linkins;Andrea Ricca
Gaius R. Shaver;Josep Canadell;F. S. Chapin;Jessica Gurevitch
A.D. McGuire;S. Sitch;Joy S. Clein;R. Dargaville
P. A. Steudler;R. D. Bowden;J. M. Melillo;J. D. Aber
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