2026 Lisa Y. Stein: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	52	16525	15173	578	533	117	12755

Overview

Lisa Y. Stein is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and molecular biological aspects of microbial ecology, with a significant emphasis on microbial metabolism and its interactions with global environmental processes.

The main fields of study in their work include:

Environmental Science
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The scientist's contributions extend into several subfields such as:

Molecular Biology
Ecology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Sociology and Political Science
Environmental Chemistry

They address multiple topics in their publications related to microbial functions and their environmental impact including:

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Global Energy and Sustainability Research
Microbial Metabolism and Enzyme Function
Climate Change Communication and Perception
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Biofuel Production and Bioconversion

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include:

Jay T. Lennon
Raquel S. Peixoto
Max M. Häggblom
Thulani P. Makhalanyane
Fengping Wang

The scientist has published repeatedly in several venues, with the most common being:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The ISME Journal
Scientific Reports
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Nature Microbiology

Recent published papers by Lisa Y. Stein include:

The Long-Term Relationship between Microbial Metabolism and Greenhouse Gases (2020, Trends in Microbiology)
An altered microbiome in urban coyotes mediates relationships between anthropogenic diet and poor health (2020, Scientific Reports)
Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals (2024, Cell)
Visualizing the invisible: class excursions to ignite children's enthusiasm for microbes (2020, Microbial Biotechnology)
Enigmatic persistence of aerobic methanotrophs in oxygen-limiting freshwater habitats (2024, The ISME Journal)

Best Publications

Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

1980
Citations
Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle

K. Dimitri Kits;Christopher J. Sedlacek;Elena V. Lebedeva;Ping Han

719
Citations
The nitrogen cycle

Lisa Y. Stein;Martin G. Klotz;Martin G. Klotz

536
Citations
Metabolism of Inorganic N Compounds by Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

Daniel J. Arp;Lisa Y. Stein

470
Citations
Pathways and key intermediates required for obligate aerobic ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy in bacteria and Thaumarchaeota.

Jessica A Kozlowski;Michaela Stieglmeier;Michaela Stieglmeier;Christa Schleper;Martin G Klotz

349
Citations
Methane oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction under hypoxia by the Gammaproteobacterium Methylomonas denitrificans, sp. nov. type strain FJG1

K. Dimitri Kits;Martin G. Klotz;Martin G. Klotz;Lisa Y. Stein

308
Citations
PRODUCTION, ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION, AND ATMOSPHERIC FATE OF BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED NITROUS OXIDE

Lisa Y. Stein;Yuk L. Yung

272
Citations
Bacterial and archaeal populations associated with freshwater ferromanganous micronodules and sediments.

Lisa Y. Stein;Myron T. La Duc;Timothy J. Grundl;Kenneth H. Nealson

259
Citations
Nitrifier genomics and evolution of the nitrogen cycle

Martin G. Klotz;Lisa Y. Stein

258
Citations
Complete genome sequence of Nitrosospira multiformis, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from the soil environment.

Jeanette M. Norton;Martin G. Klotz;Lisa Y. Stein;Daniel J. Arp

258
Citations
Loss of Ammonia Monooxygenase Activity in Nitrosomonas europaea upon Exposure to Nitrite

Lisa Y. Stein;Daniel J. Arp

243
Citations
Surveying N2O-Producing Pathways in Bacteria

Lisa Y. Stein

237
Citations
Low yield and abiotic origin of N2O formed by the complete nitrifier Nitrospira inopinata.

K. Dimitri Kits;Man-Young Jung;Julia Vierheilig;Julia Vierheilig;Petra Pjevac

232
Citations
Purification and characterization of a template-associated protein kinase that phosphorylates RNA polymerase II.

Arik Dvir;L. Y. Stein;B. L. Calore;W. S. Dynan

226
Citations
Nitrous oxide production by lithotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and implications for engineered nitrogen-removal systems.

Kartik Chandran;Lisa Y. Stein;Martin G. Klotz;Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht

223
Citations
Whole‐genome analysis of the ammonia‐oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas eutropha C91: implications for niche adaptation

Lisa Y. Stein;Daniel J. Arp;Paul M. Berube;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain

217
Citations
Insights into the physiology of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms.

Lisa Y Stein

207
Citations
Nitrifying and denitrifying pathways of methanotrophic bacteria

Lisa Y. Stein;Martin G. Klotz

204
Citations
The Family Nitrosomonadaceae

James I. Prosser;Ian M. Head;Lisa Y. Stein

178
Citations
Ammonia cometabolism and product inhibition vary considerably among species of methanotrophic bacteria.

GyÃ¶rgyi Nyerges;Lisa Y. Stein

172
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