2026 John C. Priscu: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	77	966	919	363	338	325	20967

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John C. Priscu is a researcher affiliated with Montana State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including Polar Research and Ecology, Cryospheric studies and observations, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

John C. Priscu has been involved in publishing in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Antarctic Science
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Science of The Total Environment
Limnology and Oceanography
arXiv (Cornell University)

Among their recent papers are:

"Enhanced trace element mobilization by Earth's ice sheets" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Scientific access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: scientific objectives, drilling operations and initial observations" (2021), Annals of Glaciology
"Mid-Holocene Grounding Line Retreat and Readvance at Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica" (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
"Biogeochemical Connectivity Between Freshwater Ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Sub-Ice Marine Environment" (2020), Global Biogeochemical Cycles
"Postglacial adaptations enabled colonization and quasi-clonal dispersal of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in modern European large lakes" (2023), Science Advances

Frequent collaborators include:

Alexander B. Michaud
Mark Skidmore
B. E. Rosenheim
Ryan A. Venturelli
Matthew R. Siegfried

John C. Priscu has been recognized as a fellow of major professional scientific organizations. They were awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006 and Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2010.

Best Publications

Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate

P C D Milly;R T Wetherald;K A Dunne;T L Delworth

2257
Citations
Adaptation and Acclimation of Photosynthetic Microorganisms to Permanently Cold Environments

Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss;John C. Priscu;Tessa Pocock;Loreta Gudynaite-Savitch

629
Citations
Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response

Peter T. Doran;John C. Priscu;W. Berry Lyons;John E. Walsh

623
Citations
Geomicrobiology of Subglacial Ice Above Lake Vostok, Antarctica

John C. Priscu;Edward E. Adams;W. Berry Lyons;Mary A. Voytek

550
Citations
Antarctic Communities: Species, Structure and Survival

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495
Citations
BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

482
Citations
Perennial Antarctic lake ice : An oasis for life in a polar desert

John C. Priscu;Christian H. Fritsen;Edward E. Adams;Stephen J. Giovannoni

476
Citations
Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age

Christo Buizert;Betty Adrian;Jinho Ahn;Mary Albert

416
Citations
A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

Brent C. Christner;John C. Priscu;Amanda M. Achberger;Carlo Barbante

337
Citations
A Contemporary Microbially Maintained Subglacial Ferrous "Ocean"

Jill A. Mikucki;Ann Pearson;David T. Johnston;Alexandra V. Turchyn

318
Citations
Physical Controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica

Andrew G. Fountain;W. Berry Lyons;Melody B. Burkins;Gayle L. Dana

305
Citations
Modular community structure suggests metabolic plasticity during the transition to polar night in ice-covered Antarctic lakes

Trista J Vick-Majors;John C Priscu;Linda A Amaral-Zettler

222
Citations
Bacterial Diversity Associated with Blood Falls, a Subglacial Outflow from the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

Jill A. Mikucki;John C. Priscu

212
Citations
Microbial life at −13 °C in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake

Alison E. Murray;Fabien Kenig;Christian H. Fritsen;Christopher P. McKay

211
Citations
Earth's Icy Biosphere

John C. Priscu;Brent C. Christner

203
Citations
Limnological conditions in Subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica

Brent C. Christner;George Royston-Bishop;Christine M. Foreman;Brianna R. Arnold

196
Citations
Ecosystem dynamics in a polar desert : the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

John Charles Priscu

196
Citations
Metabolic activity and diversity of cryoconites in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Christine M. Foreman;Birgit Sattler;Jill A. Mikucki;Dorota L. Porazinska

190
Citations
Abiotic nitrous oxide emission from the hypersaline Don Juan Pond in Antarctica

Vladimir A. Samarkin;Michael T. Madigan;Marshall W. Bowles;Karen L. Casciotti

190
Citations
Phytoplankton nutrient deficiency in lakes of the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica

John C. Priscu

189
Citations
Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Brian Lanoil;Mark Skidmore;John C. Priscu;Sukkyun Han

177
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter T. Doran Louisiana State University

W. Berry Lyons The Ohio State University

Mark L. Skidmore Montana State University

Martyn Tranter Aarhus University

Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder

John E. Dore Montana State University

Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center

Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter

Andrew G. Fountain Portland State University

Michael N. Gooseff University of Colorado Boulder

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