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Michael A. Cotta 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 Michael A. Cotta sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 201 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael A. Cotta 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 Michael A. Cotta sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

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

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

Overview

Michael A. Cotta is affiliated with the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in the United States. Their research spans several fields within environmental and social sciences, focusing on areas that intersect ecology, sociology, policy, and management.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization comprise:

  • Ecology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

The primary topics covered in their work reflect a focus on polar and marine environments as well as communication related to climate change, specifically:

  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Coastal and Marine Management

Michael A. Cotta's recent contributions to academic literature include a publication in 2024 titled "Education and outreach activities by the Antarctic Treaty Parties: topics and target audiences" in the journal Antarctic Science. This publication has been cited multiple times, indicating engagement within the research community.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • José C. Xavier
  • Dragomir Mateev
  • Annick Wilmotte
  • Andrea Peña-Aguirre
  • Julie Jupe

Michael A. Cotta's work has appeared predominantly in the publication venue Antarctic Science, where they have multiple authored articles.

Best Publications

  • Dilute acid pretreatment, enzymatic saccharification and fermentation of wheat straw to ethanol

    Badal C. Saha;Loren B. Iten;Michael A. Cotta;Y. Victor Wu

  • Bacteria engineered for fuel ethanol production: current status.

    B. S. Dien;M. A. Cotta;T. W. Jeffries

  • Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection

    Rekha Seshadri;Sinead C Leahy;Graeme T Attwood;Koon Hoong Teh

  • Composition of corn dry-grind ethanol by-products: DDGS, wet cake, and thin stillage.

    Youngmi Kim;Nathan S. Mosier;Rick Hendrickson;Thaddeus Ezeji

  • Production of butanol (a biofuel) from agricultural residues: Part I – Use of barley straw hydrolysate☆

    Nasib Qureshi;Badal C. Saha;Bruce Dien;Ronald E. Hector

  • Butanol production by Clostridium beijerinckii. Part I: Use of acid and enzyme hydrolyzed corn fiber

    Nasib Qureshi;Thaddeus C. Ezeji;Jennifer Ebener;Bruce S. Dien

  • Effect of Peptides and Amino Acids on Efficiency of Rumen Bacterial Protein Synthesis in Continuous Culture

    Michael A. Cotta;James B. Russell

  • Energy-efficient recovery of butanol from model solutions and fermentation broth by adsorption.

    N Qureshi;S Hughes;I S Maddox;M A Cotta

  • Dilute Acid Pretreatment, Enzymatic Saccharification, and Fermentation of Rice Hulls to Ethanol†

    Badal C. Saha;Loren B. Iten;Michael A. Cotta;Y. Victor Wu

  • Butanol production from wheat straw hydrolysate using Clostridium beijerinckii

    Nasib Qureshi;Badal C. Saha;Michael A. Cotta

  • Metabolism of nitrogen-containing compounds

    R. J. Wallace;R. Onodera;M. A. Cotta

  • Butanol production from wheat straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using Clostridium beijerinckii: Part II—Fed-batch fermentation

    Nasib Qureshi;Badal C. Saha;Michael A. Cotta

  • Production of butanol (a biofuel) from agricultural residues: Part II – Use of corn stover and switchgrass hydrolysates☆

    Nasib Qureshi;Badal C. Saha;Ronald E. Hector;Bruce Dien

  • Ethanol production from alkaline peroxide pretreated enzymatically saccharified wheat straw.

    Badal C. Saha;Michael A. Cotta

  • Lime pretreatment, enzymatic saccharification and fermentation of rice hulls to ethanol

    Badal C. Saha;Michael A. Cotta

  • Improved Sugar Conversion and Ethanol Yield for Forage Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Lines with Reduced Lignin Contents

    Bruce S Dien;Gautam Sarath;Jeffrey F. Pedersen;Scott E. Sattler

  • Enzymatic saccharification and fermentation of alkaline peroxide pretreated rice hulls to ethanol

    Badal C. Saha;Michael A. Cotta

  • Isolation, characterization and comparison of bacteria from swine faeces and manure storage pits

    Michael A. Cotta;Terence R. Whitehead;Rhonda L. Zeltwanger

  • Amylolytic activity of selected species of ruminal bacteria.

    M A Cotta

  • Butanol production from corn fiber xylan using Clostridium acetobutylicum.

    Nasib Qureshi;Xin-Liang Li;Stephen Hughes;Badal C. Saha

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce S. Dien
Bruce S. Dien National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Badal C. Saha
Badal C. Saha National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Nasib Qureshi
Nasib Qureshi US Department of Agriculture
Paul A. Lawson
Paul A. Lawson University of Oklahoma
Largus T. Angenent
Largus T. Angenent University of Tübingen
Gautam Sarath
Gautam Sarath Agricultural Research Service
Bruce E. Dale
Bruce E. Dale Michigan State University
Rodney J. Bothast
Rodney J. Bothast National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Cletus P. Kurtzman
Cletus P. Kurtzman National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Enevold Falsen
Enevold Falsen University of Gothenburg

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