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Louis A. Sherman

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
9376
World Ranking
13433
National Ranking
5702

Louis A. Sherman publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 162 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Louis A. Sherman D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louis A. Sherman sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Louis A. Sherman is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple interconnected scientific fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Physics and Astronomy.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Molecular Biology. Their main research topics include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Algal biology and biofuel production, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Scott Lea, Galya Orr, Himadri B. Pakrasi, H Wiley, and Jana Stöckel.

Sherman's published works are found in several scientific venues:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among their recent papers are:

  • Proteomic analysis of unicellular cyanobacterium Crocosphaera subtropica ATCC 51142 under extended light or dark growth, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Data for EMSL Project 44624 from February 2023, 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Data for EMSL Project 44624 from February 2023, 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Data for EMSL Project 44624 from February 2023, 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Data for EMSL Project 44624 from August 2021, 2021, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Best Publications

  • Unicellular, aerobic nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria of the genus Cyanothece.

    K J Reddy;J B Haskell;D M Sherman;L A Sherman

  • Oscillating behavior of carbohydrate granule formation and dinitrogen fixation in the cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142.

    M. A. Schneegurt;D. M. Sherman;Sailesh Nayar;L. A. Sherman

  • High rates of photobiological H2 production by a cyanobacterium under aerobic conditions.

    Anindita Bandyopadhyay;Jana Stöckel;Hongtao Min;Louis A. Sherman

  • The highly abundant chlorophyll-protein complex of iron-deficient Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 (CP43') is encoded by the isiA gene.

    R L Burnap;T Troyan;L A Sherman

  • Deletion mutagenesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 indicates that the Mn-stabilizing protein of photosystem II is not essential for O2 evolution.

    Robert L. Burnap;Louis A. Sherman

  • Differential Gene Expression in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide and the Putative PerR Regulon of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

    Hong Li;Abhay K. Singh;Lauren M. McIntyre;Louis A. Sherman

  • Microarray Analysis of the Genome-Wide Response to Iron Deficiency and Iron Reconstitution in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Abhay K. Singh;Lauren M. McIntyre;Louis A. Sherman

  • Optimal conditions for genetic transformation of the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2.

    S S Golden;L A Sherman

  • Organization and Function of Chlorophyll in Membranes of Cyanobacteria during Iron Starvation

    James A. Guikema;Louis A. Sherman

  • The genome of Cyanothece 51142, a unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium important in the marine nitrogen cycle

    Eric A. Welsh;Michelle L. Liberton;Jana Stockel;Thomas Loh

  • A Redox-Responsive Regulator of Photosynthesis Gene Expression in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

    Hong Li;Louis A. Sherman

  • Differential Transcriptional Analysis of the Cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. Strain ATCC 51142 during Light-Dark and Continuous-Light Growth

    Jörg Toepel;Eric Welsh;Tina C. Summerfield;Himadri B. Pakrasi

  • Transcriptional and translational regulation of nitrogenase in light-dark- and continuous-light-grown cultures of the unicellular cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142.

    M S Colón-López;D M Sherman;L A Sherman

  • Regulation and sequence of the Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 groESL operon, encoding a cyanobacterial chaperonin.

    R Webb;K J Reddy;L A Sherman

  • DIURNAL RHYTHMS IN METABOLISM: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A UNICELLULAR, DIAZOTROPHIC CYANOBACTERIUM

    Louis A. Sherman;Pascal Meunier;Milagros S. Colón-López

  • Electrophoretic profiles of cyanobacterial membrane polypeptides showing heme-dependent peroxidase activity

    James A. Guikema;Louis A. Sherman

  • Organization of pigment proteins in the photosystem II complex of the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2

    Himadri B. Pakrasi;Harold C. Riethman;Louis A. Sherman

  • Oxygen yield and thermoluminescence characteristics of a cyanobacterium lacking the manganese-stabilizing protein of photosystem II.

    Robert L. Burnap;J. R. Shen;Paul A. Jursinic;Yorinao Inoue

  • Pattern of cyanophycin accumulation in nitrogen-fixing and non-nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria

    Hong Li;Debra M. Sherman;Shilai Bao;Louis A. Sherman

  • Purification and characterization of an iron stress-induced chlorophyll-protein from the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2.

    Harold C. Riethman;Louis A. Sherman

Frequent Co-Authors

Himadri B. Pakrasi
Himadri B. Pakrasi Washington University in St. Louis
Robert Haselkorn
Robert Haselkorn University of Chicago
Richard D. Smith
Richard D. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Julian J. Eaton-Rye
Julian J. Eaton-Rye University of Otago
Susan S. Golden
Susan S. Golden University of California, San Diego
Yorinao Inoue
Yorinao Inoue RIKEN
Paul M. Hasegawa
Paul M. Hasegawa Purdue University West Lafayette
Lauren M. McIntyre
Lauren M. McIntyre University of Florida
Thomas K. Hodges
Thomas K. Hodges Purdue University West Lafayette
Michael R. Ladisch
Michael R. Ladisch Purdue University West Lafayette

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