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D-Index
97
Citations
33207
World Ranking
1755
National Ranking
972

Mary Ann Moran publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mary Ann Moran sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 249 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mary Ann Moran 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 Mary Ann Moran sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mary Ann Moran is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work is notably focused on several subfields, including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Pollution, and Biomaterials.

The main research topics Mary Ann Moran has contributed to include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Their recent notable publications are as follows:

  • Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle (2022), published in Nature Microbiology
  • The Ocean's labile DOC supply chain (2022), published in Limnology and Oceanography

Mary Ann Moran has also contributed to several other high-impact papers in collaboration with other researchers, including works in major venues such as The ISME Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature. These collaborations reflect a diverse interdisciplinary approach connecting microbial processes and marine ecosystems.

Frequent coauthors working with Mary Ann Moran include:

  • Mario Uchimiya
  • Christa B. Smith
  • Arthur S. Edison
  • Frank Ferrer-González
  • William F. Schroer

The primary publication venues for Mary Ann Moran's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The ISME Journal
  • ISME Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Microbiology

These venues reflect a consistent focus on microbial ecology, environmental biology, and marine science perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

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

  • Functional metagenomic profiling of nine biomes

    Elizabeth A. Dinsdale;Robert A. Edwards;Dana Hall;Florent Angly

  • Interaction and signalling between a cosmopolitan phytoplankton and associated bacteria

    S. A. Amin;L. R. Hmelo;H. M. van Tol;B. P. Durham

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • Role of photoreactions in the formation of biologically labile compounds from dissolved organic matter

    Mary Ann Moran;Richard G. Zepp

  • Overview of the marine roseobacter lineage.

    Alison Buchan;José M. González;Mary Ann Moran

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Carbon loss and optical property changes during long‐term photochemical and biological degradation of estuarine dissolved organic matter

    Mary Ann Moran;Wade M. Sheldon;Richard G. Zepp

  • Dissolved organic fluorophores in southeastern US coastal waters: correction method for eliminating Rayleigh and Raman scattering peaks in excitation–emission matrices

    Richard G Zepp;Wade M Sheldon;Mary Ann Moran

  • Photochemical release of biologically available nitrogen from aquatic dissolved organic matter

    Karen L. Bushaw;Richard G. Zepp;Matthew A. Tarr;Daniel Schulz-Jander

  • Bacterial Community Structure Associated with a Dimethylsulfoniopropionate-Producing North Atlantic Algal Bloom

    José M. González;Rafel Simó;Ramon Massana;Joseph S. Covert

  • Genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi reveals adaptations to the marine environment

    Mary Ann Moran;Alison Buchan;José M. González;John F. Heidelberg

  • Numerical dominance of a group of marine bacteria in the alpha-subclass of the class Proteobacteria in coastal seawater

    Josem . Gonzalez;Mary Ann Moran

  • Genome characteristics of a generalist marine bacterial lineage.

    Ryan J Newton;Laura E Griffin;Kathy M Bowles;Christof Meile

  • Transformation of Sulfur Compounds by an Abundant Lineage of Marine Bacteria in the α-Subclass of the Class Proteobacteria

    José M. González;Ronald P. Kiene;Mary Ann Moran

  • Cryptic carbon and sulfur cycling between surface ocean plankton

    Bryndan P. Durham;Shalabh Sharma;Haiwei Luo;Christa B. Smith

  • Ecological Genomics of Marine Roseobacters

    M. A. Moran;R. Belas;M. A. Schell;J. M. Gonzalez

  • Prevalent genome streamlining and latitudinal divergence of planktonic bacteria in the surface ocean

    Brandon K. Swan;Ben Tupper;Alexander Sczyrba;Federico M. Lauro

  • Bacterial taxa that limit sulfur flux from the ocean.

    Erinn C. Howard;James R. Henriksen;Alison Buchan;Chris R. Reisch

  • Interaction of photochemical and microbial processes in the degradation of refractory dissolved organic matter from a coastal marine environment

    William L. Miller;Mary Ann Moran

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Hodson
Robert E. Hodson University of Georgia
Ronald P. Kiene
Ronald P. Kiene University of South Alabama
William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman University of Georgia
James T. Hollibaugh
James T. Hollibaugh University of Georgia
Byron C. Crump
Byron C. Crump Oregon State University
Patricia L. Yager
Patricia L. Yager University of Georgia
Patricia M. Medeiros
Patricia M. Medeiros University of Georgia
Richard G. Zepp
Richard G. Zepp Environmental Protection Agency
Ramunas Stepanauskas
Ramunas Stepanauskas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
John H. Paul
John H. Paul University of South Florida St. Petersburg

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