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Mary Beth Leigh publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mary Beth Leigh sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 78 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Mary Beth Leigh D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mary Beth Leigh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mary Beth Leigh is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on related subfields such as Ecology, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Plant Science.

The research topics Mary Beth Leigh has contributed to include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Their recent papers illustrate their focus on microbial processes in Arctic and subarctic environments as well as the impact of contaminants. These include:

  • "Metabolic flexibility of aerobic methanotrophs under anoxic conditions in Arctic lake sediments" (2021) published in The ISME Journal
  • "Stable-isotopic and metagenomic analyses reveal metabolic and microbial link of aerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification at different O2 levels" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Patterns in Benthic Microbial Community Structure Across Environmental Gradients in the Beaufort Sea Shelf and Slope" (2021) in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "The Interactive Effects of Crude Oil and Corexit 9500 on Their Biodegradation in Arctic Seawater" (2020) published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • "Legacy Effects of Phytoremediation on Plant-Associated Prokaryotic Communities in Remediated Subarctic Soil Historically Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons" (2023) in Microbiology Spectrum

Mary Beth Leigh has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Mary-Cathrine Leewis, Ondřej Uhlík, Ruo He, Jing Wang, and Yi-Xuan Chu.

The scientist has published repeatedly in various academic journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • The ISME Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Cellulose utilization in forest litter and soil: identification of bacterial and fungal decomposers

    Martina Štursová;Lucia Žifčáková;Mary Beth Leigh;Robert Burgess

  • Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-degrading bacteria associated with trees in a PCB-contaminated site.

    Mary Beth Leigh;Petra Prouzová;Martina Macková;Tomáš Macek

  • Root turnover: an important source of microbial substrates in rhizosphere remediation of recalcitrant contaminants.

    Mary Beth Leigh;John S Fletcher;Xiong Fu;Frances J Schmitz

  • Stable isotope fingerprinting: a novel method for identifying plant, fungal, or bacterial origins of amino acids

    Thomas Larsen;D. Lee Lee Taylor;Mary Beth Leigh;Diane M. O'brien

  • Biphenyl-utilizing bacteria and their functional genes in a pine root zone contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

    Mary Beth Leigh;Vivian H. Pellizari;Ondřej Uhlík;Robin Sutka

  • In situ bioreduction of uranium (VI) to submicromolar levels and reoxidation by dissolved oxygen.

    Weimin Wu;Jack M Carley;Jian Luo;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Warming enhances old organic carbon decomposition through altering functional microbial communities

    Lei Cheng;Lei Cheng;Naifang Zhang;Mengting Yuan;Jing Xiao

  • Microbial Communities in Contaminated Sediments, Associated with Bioremediation of Uranium to Submicromolar Levels

    Erick Cardenas;Weimin Wu;Mary Beth Leigh;Jack M Carley

  • Biodegradation of dispersed oil in Arctic seawater at -1°C.

    Kelly M. McFarlin;Roger C. Prince;Robert Perkins;Mary Beth Leigh

  • Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) for Microbial Community Analysis

    Stefan J. Green;Mary Beth Leigh;Josh D. Neufeld

  • Snapshot of the Eukaryotic Gene Expression in Muskoxen Rumen—A Metatranscriptomic Approach

    Meng Qi;Pan Wang;Pan Wang;Nicholas O'Toole;Perry S. Barboza

  • Anaerobic oxidation of methane by aerobic methanotrophs in sub-Arctic lake sediments

    Karla Martinez-Cruz;Karla Martinez-Cruz;Mary-Cathrine Leewis;Ian Charold Herriott;Armando Sepulveda-Jauregui

  • Significant Association between Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and Uranium-Reducing Microbial Communities as Revealed by a Combined Massively Parallel Sequencing-Indicator Species Approach

    Erick Cardenas;Wei-Min Wu;Mary Beth Leigh;Jack Carley

  • Stable isotope probing in the metagenomics era: a bridge towards improved bioremediation.

    Ondrej Uhlik;Mary-Cathrine Leewis;Michal Strejcek;Lucie Musilova

  • DNA-based stable isotope probing: a link between community structure and function

    Ondrej Uhlík;Katerina Jecná;Mary Beth Leigh;Martina Macková

  • Methane- and dissolved organic carbon-fueled microbial loop supports a tropical subterranean estuary ecosystem.

    David Brankovits;John W. Pohlman;John W. Pohlman;Helge Niemann;Mary Beth Leigh

  • Shifts in Identity and Activity of Methanotrophs in Arctic Lake Sediments in Response to Temperature Changes

    Ruo He;Ruo He;Matthew J. Wooller;John W. Pohlman;John Quensen

  • Structure and resilience of fungal communities in Alaskan boreal forest soils

    D. Lee TaylorD.L. Taylor;Ian C. HerriottI.C. Herriott;Kelsie E. StoneK.E. Stone;Jack W. McFarlandJ.W. McFarland

  • Diversity of active aerobic methanotrophs along depth profiles of arctic and subarctic lake water column and sediments.

    Ruo He;Matthew J Wooller;John W Pohlman;John Quensen

  • Functional and compositional comparison of two activated sludge communities remediating coking effluent.

    Mike Manefield;Robert I. Griffiths;Mary Beth Leigh;Ray Fisher

  • Assessing the potential for rhizoremediation of PCB contaminated soils in northern regions using native tree species.

    Heather Slater;Todd Gouin;Mary Beth Leigh

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
John W. Pohlman
John W. Pohlman United States Geological Survey
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Terry J. Gentry
Terry J. Gentry Texas A&M University
Matthew J. Wooller
Matthew J. Wooller University of Alaska Fairbanks
Wei-Min Wu
Wei-Min Wu Stanford University
Craig S. Criddle
Craig S. Criddle Stanford University
Philip M. Jardine
Philip M. Jardine University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Moritz F. Lehmann
Moritz F. Lehmann University of Basel
David B. Watson
David B. Watson Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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