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Mary K. Firestone

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
45326
World Ranking
1095
National Ranking
658

Mary K. Firestone publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 267 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Mary K. Firestone 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 K. Firestone sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2004 - Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on the Frontiers in Soil Biology, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1995 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 1979 - Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Society of Agronomy

Overview

Mary K. Firestone is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the study of microbial ecology, soil science, and environmental science, with a particular emphasis on microbial community ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and plant-microbe interactions.

The main fields of study encompassing their work include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. More detailed subfields of their research cover Ecology, Plant Science, Soil Science, Molecular Biology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Among the prominent topics they have investigated are:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Bioenergy crop production and management

Frequent publication venues for Mary K. Firestone include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The ISME Journal
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Mary K. Firestone include:

  • A quantitative framework reveals ecological drivers of grassland microbial community assembly in response to warming, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry, 2022, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Routes to roots: direct evidence of water transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to host plants, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Niche differentiation is spatially and temporally regulated in the rhizosphere, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Rewetting of soil: Revisiting the origin of soil CO2 emissions, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Mary K. Firestone collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jennifer Pett-Ridge
  • Erin Nuccio
  • Steven J. Blazewicz
  • Ella T. Sieradzki
  • Katerina Estera-Molina

The scientist has received several awards recognizing their work and contributions, such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2016
  • Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on the Frontiers in Soil Biology, American Society of Agronomy, 2004
  • Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), 1995
  • Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Society of Agronomy, 1979

Best Publications

  • Microbiological basis of NO and N2O production and consumption in soil.

    M. K. Firestone;E. A. Davidson

  • Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly.

    Kateryna Zhalnina;Katherine B Louie;Zhao Hao;Nasim Mansoori

  • Nitrogen Mineralization, Immobilization, and Nitrification

    Stephen C. Hart;John M. Stark;Eric A. Davidson;Mary K. Firestone

  • The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology

    James I. Prosser;Brendan J. M. Bohannan;Tom P. Curtis;Richard J. Ellis

  • Microbial biomass response to a rapid increase in water potential when dry soil is wetted

    Thomas L. Kieft;Edith soroker;Mary K. firestone

  • A quantitative framework reveals ecological drivers of grassland microbial community assembly in response to warming.

    Daliang Ning;Daliang Ning;Mengting Yuan;Mengting Yuan;Linwei Wu;Ya Zhang

  • The interconnected rhizosphere: High network complexity dominates rhizosphere assemblages

    Shengjing Shi;Shengjing Shi;Erin E. Nuccio;Erin E. Nuccio;Zhou J. Shi;Zhili He

  • METHODS FOR MEASURING DENITRIFICATION: DIVERSE APPROACHES TO A DIFFICULT PROBLEM

    Peter M. Groffman;Mark A. Altabet;John K. Bohlke;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl

  • Responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to extreme desiccation and rewetting.

    Romain L Barnard;Catherine A Osborne;Catherine A Osborne;Mary K Firestone

  • Mechanisms for soil moisture effects on activity of nitrifying bacteria.

    John M. Stark;M. K. Firestone

  • Evaluating rRNA as an indicator of microbial activity in environmental communities: limitations and uses

    Steven J Blazewicz;Romain L Barnard;Romain L Barnard;Rebecca A Daly;Rebecca A Daly;Mary K Firestone;Mary K Firestone

  • Linking microbial community composition to function in a tropical soil

    M.P Waldrop;T.C Balser;M.K Firestone

  • Relationship between Desiccation and Exopolysaccharide Production in a Soil Pseudomonas sp

    Emily B. Roberson;Mary K. Firestone

  • Measuring gross nitrogen mineralization, and nitrification by 15 N isotopic pool dilution in intact soil cores

    E. A. Davidson;S. C. Hart;C. A. Shanks;M. K. Firestone

  • Rainfall-induced carbon dioxide pulses result from sequential resuscitation of phylogenetically clustered microbial groups

    Sarah A. Placella;Eoin L. Brodie;Mary K. Firestone

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON DENITRIFYING COMMUNITIES AND DENITRIFICATION RATES: INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR METHODS

    Matthew D. Wallenstein;David D. Myrold;Mary Firestone;Mary Voytek

  • Plant invasion alters nitrogen cycling by modifying the soil nitrifying community

    Christine Veronica Hawkes;Ian F. Wren;Donald J. Herman;Mary K. Firestone

  • Nitrous Oxide from Soil Denitrification: Factors Controlling Its Biological Production

    Mary K. Firestone;Richard B. Firestone;James M. Tiedje

  • Internal Cycling of Nitrate in Soils of a Mature Coniferous Forest

    Eric A. Davidson;Stephen C. Hart;Mary K. Firestone

  • Linking microbial community composition and soil processes in a California annual grassland and mixed-conifer forest

    Teri C. Balser;Teri C. Balser;Mary K. Firestone

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Jennifer Pett-Ridge Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Eoin L. Brodie
Eoin L. Brodie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Tetsu K. Tokunaga
Tetsu K. Tokunaga Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Egbert Schwartz
Egbert Schwartz Northern Arizona University
Gary L. Andersen
Gary L. Andersen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Whendee L. Silver
Whendee L. Silver University of California, Berkeley

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