2026 John Turner: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	90	581	547	41	39	328	37321
Biology and Biochemistry	92	2171	1971	142	129	323	41253

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John Turner is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific concentration in pollution, ecology, water science and technology, endocrinology, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis. The scientist's work addresses topics including microplastics and plastic pollution, fecal contamination and water quality, Vibrio bacteria research studies, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, microbial community ecology and physiology, water treatment and disinfection, and child nutrition and water access.

Turner has contributed to research published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Marine Pollution Bulletin, The Science of The Total Environment, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, and Environmental Pollution. Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Turner include:

Temporal changes in water temperature and salinity drive the formation of a reversible plastic-specific microbial community, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Relationship between Rainfall, Fecal Pollution, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Microbial Diversity in an Urbanized Subtropical Bay, 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Bioplastic accumulates antibiotic and metal resistance genes in coastal marine sediments, 2021, Environmental Pollution
Preliminary Assessment of Microbial Community Structure of Wind-Tidal Flats in the Laguna Madre, Texas, USA, 2020, Biology
Microbial succession during the degradation of bioplastic in coastal marine sediment favors sulfate reducing microorganisms, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Lee J. Pinnell, Nicole C. Powers, Hailey R. Wallgren, Sandra Marbach, and Andrea Di Cesare.

Turner's research intersects a range of environmental and biological disciplines, emphasizing microbial community dynamics in relation to pollution and water quality. Their work explores the ecological effects of microplastics and bioplastics in marine environments and addresses concerns related to antimicrobial resistance in coastal sediments.

John Turner has been recognized through fellowships as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in both 1931 and 1933.

Best Publications

ENERGY, WATER, AND BROAD-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS

Bradford A. Hawkins;Richard Field;Howard V. Cornell;David J. Currie

2759
Citations
COI1: An Arabidopsis Gene Required for Jasmonate-Regulated Defense and Fertility

Dao-Xin Xie;Bart F. Feys;Sarah James;Manuela Nieto-Rostro

2022
Citations
The Jasmonate Signal Pathway

John G. Turner;Christine Ellis;Alessandra Devoto

1581
Citations
Recent Rapid Regional Climate Warming on the Antarctic Peninsula

David G. Vaughan;Gareth J. Marshall;William M. Connolley;Claire Parkinson

1513
Citations
ANTARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LAST 50 YEARS

John Turner;Steve R. Colwell;Gareth J. Marshall;Tom A. Lachlan-Cope

1492
Citations
Antarctic meteorology and climatology

John Chritopher King;J. Turner

1405
Citations
Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness

David J. Currie;Gary G. Mittelbach;Howard V. Cornell;Richard Field

1402
Citations
Climate phenomena and their relevance for future regional climate change

Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen;Krishna Kumar Kanikicharla;Gareth Marshall;John Turner

1369
Citations
Arabidopsis Mutants Selected for Resistance to the Phytotoxin Coronatine Are Male Sterile, Insensitive to Methyl Jasmonate, and Resistant to a Bacterial Pathogen.

Bart J. F. Feys;Celso E. Benedetti;Christopher N. Penfold;John G. Turner

1346
Citations
Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis

Richard Field;Bradford A. Hawkins;Howard V. Cornell;David J. Currie

845
Citations
Absence of 21st century warming on Antarctic Peninsula consistent with natural variability

John Turner;Hua Lu;Ian White;John C. King

807
Citations
The Arabidopsis mutant cev1 links cell wall signaling to jasmonate and ethylene responses.

Christine Ellis;Ioannis Karafyllidis;Claus Wasternack;John G. Turner

679
Citations
The El Niño–southern oscillation and Antarctica

John Turner

660
Citations
The Arabidopsis Mutant cev1 Has Constitutively Active Jasmonate and Ethylene Signal Pathways and Enhanced Resistance to Pathogens

Christine Ellis;John G. Turner

642
Citations
Antarctic climate change and the environment

Peter Convey;R. Bindschadler;G. Di Prisco;E. Fahrbach

624
Citations
Broad-spectrum mildew resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana mediated by RPW8.

Shunyuan Xiao;Simon Ellwood;Ozer Calis;Elaine Patrick

607
Citations
COI1 links jasmonate signalling and fertility to the SCF ubiquitin-ligase complex in Arabidopsis.

Alessandra Devoto;Manuela Nieto-Rostro;Daoxin Xie;Christine Ellis

597
Citations
Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update

John Turner;Nicholas E Barrand;Thomas J Bracegirdle;Peter Convey

594
Citations
Non-annular atmospheric circulation change induced by stratospheric ozone depletion and its role in the recent increase of Antarctic sea ice extent

John Turner;Josefino C. Comiso;Gareth J. Marshall;Tom A. Lachlan-Cope

574
Citations
Evolution of the Southern Annular Mode during the past millennium

Nerilie J. Abram;Nerilie J. Abram;Robert Mulvaney;Françoise Vimeux;Steven J. Phipps

476
Citations
Expression profiling reveals COI1 to be a key regulator of genes involved in wound- and methyl jasmonate-induced secondary metabolism, defence, and hormone interactions.

Alessandra Devoto;Christine Ellis;Andreas Magusin;Hur-Song Chang

402
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gareth J. Marshall British Antarctic Survey

Thomas J. Bracegirdle British Antarctic Survey

Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey

Paul Andrew Mayewski University of Maine

Colin Summerhayes University of Cambridge

Dominic A. Hodgson British Antarctic Survey

Julian Gutt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

John C. King British Antarctic Survey

Andrew Orr British Antarctic Survey

Michael P. Meredith British Antarctic Survey

External Links

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