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77
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20967
World Ranking
962
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363

John C. Priscu 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 John C. Priscu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 325 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

John C. Priscu 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 John C. Priscu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • 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

  • Adaptation and Acclimation of Photosynthetic Microorganisms to Permanently Cold Environments

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

  • Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response

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

  • Geomicrobiology of Subglacial Ice Above Lake Vostok, Antarctica

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

  • Antarctic Communities: Species, Structure and Survival

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  • 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

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

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

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

    Christo Buizert;Betty Adrian;Jinho Ahn;Mary Albert

  • A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

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

  • A Contemporary Microbially Maintained Subglacial Ferrous "Ocean"

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

  • Physical Controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica

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

  • 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

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

    Jill A. Mikucki;John C. Priscu

  • 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

  • Earth's Icy Biosphere

    John C. Priscu;Brent C. Christner

  • Limnological conditions in Subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica

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

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

    John Charles Priscu

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

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

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

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

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

    John C. Priscu

  • Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter T. Doran
Peter T. Doran Louisiana State University
W. Berry Lyons
W. Berry Lyons The Ohio State University
Mark L. Skidmore
Mark L. Skidmore Montana State University
Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Diane M. McKnight
Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder
John E. Dore
John E. Dore Montana State University
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter
Andrew G. Fountain
Andrew G. Fountain Portland State University
Michael N. Gooseff
Michael N. Gooseff University of Colorado Boulder

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