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50533
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1037
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Matthew B. Sullivan 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 Matthew B. Sullivan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 270 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew B. Sullivan 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 Matthew B. Sullivan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 108 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.

Overview

Matthew B. Sullivan is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad fields, Sullivan has contributed extensively to subfields including ecology, molecular biology, plant science, oceanography, and endocrinology.

The scientist's main topics of study highlight a concentrated interest in microbial and viral ecology as well as broader biological and geophysical phenomena. Key topics include:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Plant virus research studies
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Geophysics and gravity measurements
  • Astrophysics and cosmic phenomena

Sullivan has coauthored works with several frequent collaborators, demonstrating active engagement in scientific networks. Notable coauthors include:

  • Ahmed A. Zayed
  • Chris Bowler
  • Simon Roux
  • Colomban de Vargas
  • Benjamin Bolduc

The scientist's publication output is distributed across multiple venues, a reflection of the interdisciplinary nature of the work. Venues with higher publication counts include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Nature Communications
  • The ISME Journal
  • Nature Microbiology

Several recent papers exemplify the scope and focus of Sullivan's research. These include:

  • "VirSorter2: a multi-classifier, expert-guided approach to detect diverse DNA and RNA viruses," 2021, Microbiome
  • "DRAM for distilling microbial metabolism to automate the curation of microbiome function," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry," 2022, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "The Gut Virome Database Reveals Age-Dependent Patterns of Virome Diversity in the Human Gut," 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology," 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Luis Pedro Coelho;Samuel Chaffron;Jens Roat Kultima

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

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

  • Community Genomics Among Stratified Microbial Assemblages in the Ocean's Interior

    Edward F. DeLong;Christina M. Preston;Tracy Mincer;Virginia Rich

  • Microbiota Transfer Therapy alters gut ecosystem and improves gastrointestinal and autism symptoms: an open-label study

    Dae Wook Kang;James B. Adams;Ann C. Gregory;Ann C. Gregory;Thomas Borody

  • Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation

    Gabrielle Rocap;Frank W. Larimer;Frank W. Larimer;Jane Lamerdin;Stephanie Malfatti

  • VirSorter2: a multi-classifier, expert-guided approach to detect diverse DNA and RNA viruses.

    Jiarong Guo;Ben Bolduc;Ahmed A. Zayed;Arvind Varsani;Arvind Varsani

  • Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome

    Gipsi Lima-Mendez;Karoline Faust;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle

  • VirSorter: mining viral signal from microbial genomic data

    Simon Roux;Francois Enault;Bonnie L. Hurwitz;Matthew B. Sullivan

  • Taxonomic assignment of uncultivated prokaryotic virus genomes is enabled by gene-sharing networks

    Ho Bin Jang;Benjamin Bolduc;Olivier Zablocki;Jens H. Kuhn

  • Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean.

    Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

  • Marine DNA Viral Macro- and Microdiversity from Pole to Pole.

    Ann C. Gregory;Ahmed A. Zayed;Nádia Conceição-Neto;Ben Temperton

  • Lysogeny in nature: mechanisms, impact and ecology of temperate phages

    Cristina Howard-Varona;Katherine R Hargreaves;Stephen T Abedon;Matthew B Sullivan

  • Patterns and ecological drivers of ocean viral communities

    Jennifer R. Brum;J. Cesar Ignacio-Espinoza;Simon Roux;Guilhem Doulcier;Guilhem Doulcier

  • Consensus statement: Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

    Peter Simmonds;Mike J. Adams;Mária Benkő;Mya Breitbart

  • Three Prochlorococcus cyanophage genomes: signature features and ecological interpretations.

    Matthew B Sullivan;Maureen L Coleman;Peter Weigele;Forest Rohwer

  • Cyanophages infecting the oceanic cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus

    Matthew B. Sullivan;John B. Waterbury;Sallie W. Chisholm

  • DRAM for distilling microbial metabolism to automate the curation of microbiome function

    Michael Shaffer;Mikayla A. Borton;Bridget B. McGivern;Ahmed A. Zayed

  • Transfer of photosynthesis genes to and from Prochlorococcus viruses

    Debbie Lindell;Matthew B. Sullivan;Zackary I. Johnson;Andrew C. Tolonen

  • Genomic islands and the ecology and evolution of Prochlorococcus

    Maureen L. Coleman;Matthew B. Sullivan;Matthew B. Sullivan;Adam C. Martiny;Adam C. Martiny;Claudia Steglich;Claudia Steglich

  • Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

    Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Roux
Simon Roux Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Hiroyuki Ogata
Hiroyuki Ogata Kyoto University
Chris Bowler
Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure
Shinichi Sunagawa
Shinichi Sunagawa Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Stephane Pesant
Stephane Pesant University of Bremen
Peer Bork
Peer Bork European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Silvia G. Acinas
Silvia G. Acinas Spanish National Research Council
Marc Picheral
Marc Picheral Université Paris Cité

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