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Matthew T. Cottrell

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
10421
World Ranking
3818
National Ranking
1340

Matthew T. Cottrell publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 85 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew T. Cottrell 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 Matthew T. Cottrell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Matthew T. Cottrell is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work focuses on specialized topics including Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, Hops Chemistry and Applications, Fungal Plant Pathogen Control, Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Publications by Matthew T. Cottrell include multiple papers appearing mostly in the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists and the Journal of the Institute of Brewing. Recent papers are:

  • A Search for Diastatic Enzymes Endogenous to Humulus lupulus and Produced by Microbes Associated with Pellet Hops Driving "Hop Creep" of Dry Hopped Beer (2022), Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists
  • Fingerprinting Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains Using Next Generation Sequencing of PCR Amplicons Generated from Delta Elements (2022), Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists
  • Sources of Variability in Determinations of Brewing Yeast Total Cell Counts and Viability Obtained by Microscopy (2024), Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists
  • Contribution of β-amylase from hops to the fermentability of dry hopped beer (2025), Journal of the Institute of Brewing

The scientist has published most frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists (3 publications)
  • Journal of the Institute of Brewing (1 publication)

Their research areas include these subfields:

  • Food Science
  • Pharmacology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Endocrinology

Research topics covered by their publications encompass:

  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Hops Chemistry and Applications
  • Fungal Plant Pathogen Control
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality

Best Publications

  • Natural Assemblages of Marine Proteobacteria and Members of the Cytophaga-Flavobacter Cluster Consuming Low- and High-Molecular-Weight Dissolved Organic Matter

    Matthew T. Cottrell;David L. Kirchman

  • Infection of phytoplankton by viruses and reduction of primary productivity

    Curtis A. Suttle;Amy M. Chan;Matthew T. Cottrell

  • Community Composition of Marine Bacterioplankton Determined by 16S rRNA Gene Clone Libraries and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization

    Matthew T. Cottrell;David L. Kirchman

  • Contribution of major bacterial groups to bacterial biomass production (thymidine and leucine incorporation) in the Delaware estuary

    Matthew T. Cottrell;Kirchman L. David

  • Chitinases from uncultured marine microorganisms.

    Matthew T. Cottrell;Jessica A. Moore;David L. Kirchman

  • Contribution of SAR11 bacteria to dissolved dimethylsulfoniopropionate and amino acid uptake in the North Atlantic ocean.

    Rex R. Malmstrom;Ronald P. Kiene;Matthew T. Cottrell;David L. Kirchman

  • The structure of bacterial communities in the western Arctic Ocean as revealed by pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes.

    David L. Kirchman;Matthew T. Cottrell;Connie Lovejoy

  • Biogeography of major bacterial groups in the Delaware Estuary

    David L. Kirchman;Ana I. Dittel;Rex R. Malmstrom;Matthew T. Cottrell

  • Wide-spread occurrence and clonal variation in viruses which cause lysis of a cosmopolitan, eukaryotic marine phytoplankter Micromonas pusilla

    MT Cottrell;CA Suttle

  • The GAAS metagenomic tool and its estimations of viral and microbial average genome size in four major biomes.

    Florent E. Angly;Dana Willner;Alejandra Prieto-Davó;Robert A. Edwards;Robert A. Edwards

  • Use of Ultrafiltration To Isolate Viruses from Seawater Which Are Pathogens of Marine Phytoplankton

    Curtis A. Suttle;Amy M. Chan;Matthew T. Cottrell

  • Bacterial Community Structure of Biofilms on Artificial Surfaces in an Estuary

    Paul R. Jones;Matthew T. Cottrell;David L. Kirchman;Stephen C. Dexter

  • Standing stocks and activity of Archaea and Bacteria in the western Arctic Ocean

    David L. Kirchman;Hila Elifantz;Ana I. Dittel;Rex R. Malmstrom

  • Photoheterotrophic Microbes in the Arctic Ocean in Summer and Winter

    Matthew T. Cottrell;David L. Kirchman

  • Carbon versus iron limitation of bacterial growth in the California upwelling regime

    David L. Kirchman;Benedikt Meon;Matthew T. Cottrell;David A. Hutchins

  • Biomass production and assimilation of dissolved organic matter by SAR11 bacteria in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

    Rex R. Malmstrom;Matthew T. Cottrell;Hila Elifantz;David L. Kirchman

  • Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and the North Pacific Gyre

    Matthew T. Cottrell;Antonio Mannino;David L. Kirchman

  • Light-stimulated bacterial production and amino acid assimilation by cyanobacteria and other microbes in the North Atlantic ocean.

    Vanessa K. Michelou;Matthew T. Cottrell;David L. Kirchman

  • Virus-mediated total release of dimethylsulfoniopropionate from marine phytoplankton: a potential climate process

    Richard W. Hill;Bradley A. White;Matthew T. Cottrell;John W. H. Dacey

  • Bacterial diversity of metagenomic and PCR libraries from the Delaware River

    Matthew T. Cottrell;Lisa A. Waidner;Liying Yu;David L. Kirchman

  • Dynamics of lytic virus infecting the photosynthetic marine picoflagellate Micromonas pusilla

    Matthew T. Cottrell;Curtis A. Suttle

  • Control of bacterial growth by temperature and organic matter in the Western Arctic

    David L. Kirchman;Rex R. Malmstrom;Matthew T. Cottrell

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Kirchman
David L. Kirchman University of Delaware
Rolf Gradinger
Rolf Gradinger University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Philippe Lebaron
Philippe Lebaron Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes
Paul A. del Giorgio
Paul A. del Giorgio University of Quebec at Montreal
Josephine Ras
Josephine Ras Université Paris Cité
Christian Jeanthon
Christian Jeanthon Université Paris Cité
Ingrid Obernosterer
Ingrid Obernosterer Université Paris Cité
David A. Hutchins
David A. Hutchins University of Southern California
Stéphane Blain
Stéphane Blain Université Paris Cité
John Douglas Mcpherson
John Douglas Mcpherson University of California, Davis

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