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John M. Hayes 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 John M. Hayes sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 250 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John M. Hayes 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 John M. Hayes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

John M. Hayes was affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research spanned primarily the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Neurology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Immunology.

The research topics covered in their work included:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes

Throughout their career, they published notable papers such as:

  • "Sex differences in insulin resistance, but not peripheral neuropathy, in a diet-induced prediabetes mouse model" (2021) in Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • "Obesity-induced neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment in young adult versus middle-aged mice" (2022) in Immunity & Ageing
  • "cGAS/STING and innate brain inflammation following acute high-fat feeding" (2022) in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Differential Effects of Empagliflozin on Microvascular Complications in Murine Models of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes" (2020) in Biology
  • "Magnetization transfer ratio quantifies polyneuropathy in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis" (2020) in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology

Their frequent publication venues included:

  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Diabetes
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • Immunity & Ageing

John M. Hayes collaborated frequently with other scientists in their field. Regular coauthors were:

  • Eva L. Feldman
  • Faye E. Mendelson
  • Diana M Rigan
  • Sarah E. Elzinga
  • Junguk Hur

Over their career, Hayes was recognized by several awards and honors, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2001, election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1998, and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1987.

Best Publications

  • Methane-consuming archaebacteria in marine sediments

    Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;John M. Hayes;Sean P. Sylva;Peter G. Brewer

  • A Serpentinite-Hosted Ecosystem: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Dana R. Yoerger

  • Evidence for gammacerane as an indicator of water column stratification

    J.S. Sinninghe Damsté;F. Kenig;M.P. Koopmans;J. Koster

  • Compound-specific isotopic analyses: a novel tool for reconstruction of ancient biogeochemical processes.

    J.M. Hayes;Katherine H. Freeman;Brian N. Popp;Christopher H. Hoham

  • Fractionation of Carbon and Hydrogen Isotopes in Biosynthetic Processes

    John M. Hayes

  • THE ABUNDANCE OF 13C IN MARINE ORGANIC MATTER AND ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION IN THE GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE OF CARBON DURING THE PAST 800 MA

    John M. Hayes;Harald Strauss;Alan J. Kaufman

  • Factors controlling 13C contents of sedimentary organic compounds: Principles and evidence

    J.M Hayes

  • Fractionation of carbon isotopes by phytoplankton and estimates of ancient CO2 levels

    Katherine Haines Freeman;J. M. Hayes

  • Comparative Analysis of Methane-Oxidizing Archaea and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Anoxic Marine Sediments

    Victoria J. Orphan;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;William Ussler;Charles K. Paull

  • Secular variation in carbon isotope ratios from Upper Proterozoic successions of Svalbard and East Greenland.

    A. H. Knoll;J. M. Hayes;A. J. Kaufman;K. Swett

  • Evidence from carbon isotope measurements for diverse origins of sedimentary hydrocarbons.

    Katherine H. Freeman;J. M. Hayes;Jean Michel Trendel;Pierre Albrecht

  • Fractionation of hydrogen isotopes in lipid biosynthesis

    Alex L. Sessions;Thomas W. Burgoyne;Arndt Schimmelmann;John M. Hayes

  • Dynamics of the Neoproterozoic carbon cycle

    Daniel H. Rothman;John M. Hayes;Roger E. Summons

  • Isotope-ratio-monitoring gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

    D. E. Matthews;J. M. Hayes

  • Isotopic inferences of ancient biochemistries - Carbon, sulfur, hydrogen, and nitrogen

    M. Schidlowski;J. M. Hayes;I. R. Kaplan

  • Carbon isotope evidence for the stepwise oxidation of the Proterozoic environment

    David J. Des Marais;Harald Strauss;Roger E. Summons;J. M. Hayes

  • Consistent fractionation of 13C in nature and in the laboratory: growth-rate effects in some haptophyte algae.

    Robert R. Bidigare;Arnim Fluegge;Arnim Fluegge;Katherine H. Freeman;Kristi L. Hanson

  • Terminal Proterozoic reorganization of biogeochemical cycles

    Graham A. Logan;J. M. Hayes;Glenn B. Hieshima;Roger E. Summons

  • The carbon cycle and associated redox processes through time

    John M Hayes;Jacob R Waldbauer

  • Precambrian organic geochemistry - Preservation of the record

    J. M. Hayes;K. W. Wedeking;I. R. Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex L. Sessions
Alex L. Sessions California Institute of Technology
Brian N. Popp
Brian N. Popp University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sean P. Sylva
Sean P. Sylva Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Katherine H. Freeman
Katherine H. Freeman Pennsylvania State University
Gerald J. Small
Gerald J. Small Iowa State University
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté
J.S. Sinninghe Damsté Utrecht University
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen

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