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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
58
Citations
14004
World Ranking
3233
National Ranking
1250

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
14088
World Ranking
13058
National Ranking
5567

Michael E. Sieracki publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael E. Sieracki sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 109 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Michael E. Sieracki D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael E. Sieracki sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael E. Sieracki is affiliated with the National Science Foundation in the United States. Their work primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Ecology and Molecular Biology as notable subfields. Additionally, their research interests touch on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Insect Science.

The scientist has contributed to multiple areas including Protist diversity and phylogeny, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Polar Research and Ecology, and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Recent publications by Michael E. Sieracki include the following papers:

  • "Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology", 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Functional repertoire convergence of distantly related eukaryotic plankton lineages abundant in the sunlit ocean", 2022, Cell Genomics
  • "Single Cell Genomics Reveals Viruses Consumed by Marine Protists", 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Comparative genomics reveals new functional insights in uncultured MAST species", 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "Niche adaptation promoted the evolutionary diversification of tiny ocean predators", 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Reviews Microbiology, Cell Genomics, Frontiers in Microbiology, and The ISME Journal.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael E. Sieracki include:

  • Olivier Jaillon (7 publications)
  • Ramón Massana (6 publications)
  • Patrick Wincker (5 publications)
  • Corinne Cruaud (5 publications)
  • Ramiro Logares (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

    Colomban de Vargas;Colomban de Vargas;Stéphane Audic;Stéphane Audic;Nicolas Henry;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle;Johan Decelle

  • Relationships between cell volume and the carbon and nitrogen content of marine photosynthetic nanoplankton

    Peter G. Verity;Charles Y. Robertson;Craig R. Tronzo;Melinda G. Andrews

  • Potential for Chemolithoautotrophy Among Ubiquitous Bacteria Lineages in the Dark Ocean

    Brandon K. Swan;Manuel Martinez-Garcia;Christina M. Preston;Alexander Sczyrba

  • An imaging-in-flow system for automated analysis of marine microplankton

    Christian K. Sieracki;Michael E. Sieracki;Michael E. Sieracki;Charles S. Yentsch

  • A Holistic Approach to Marine Eco-Systems Biology

    Eric Karsenti;Silvia G. Acinas;Peer Bork;Chris Bowler;Chris Bowler

  • Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology.

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Silvia G Acinas;Peer Bork;Peer Bork;Chris Bowler

  • Assembling the marine metagenome, one cell at a time.

    Tanja Woyke;Gary Xie;Alex Copeland;José M. González

  • Matching phylogeny and metabolism in the uncultured marine bacteria, one cell at a time

    Ramunas Stepanauskas;Michael E. Sieracki;Michael E. Sieracki

  • RAPID: Research on Automated Plankton Identification

    Mark C. Benfield;Philippe Grosjean;Phil F. Culverhouse;Xabier Irigoien

  • Spring phytoplankton blooms in the absence of vertical water column stratification

    David W. Townsend;Maureen D. Keller;Michael E. Sieracki;Steven G. Ackleson

  • Single-Cell Genomics Reveals Organismal Interactions in Uncultivated Marine Protists

    Hwan Su Yoon;Hwan Su Yoon;Dana C. Price;Ramunas Stepanauskas;Veeran D. Rajah

  • CELLULAR DNA CONTENT OF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON USING TWO NEW FLUOROCHROMES: TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS1

    Marcel J. W. Veldhuis;Terry L. Cucci;Michael E. Sieracki

  • Phylogenetic diversity and specificity of bacteria closely associated with Alexandrium spp. and other phytoplankton.

    Suresh Jasti;Michael E. Sieracki;Nicole J. Poulton;Michael W. Giewat

  • Detection, enumeration, and sizing of planktonic bacteria by image-analyzed epifluorescence microscopy.

    Michael E. Sieracki;Paul W. Johnson;John McN. Sieburth

  • Plankton community response to sequential silicate and nitrate depletion during the 1989 North Atlantic spring bloom

    Michael E. Sieracki;Peter G. Verity;Diane K. Stoecker

  • Functional repertoire convergence of distantly related eukaryotic plankton lineages abundant in the sunlit ocean

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  • The others: our biased perspective of eukaryotic genomes

    Javier del Campo;Javier del Campo;Michael E. Sieracki;Robert Molestina;Patrick Keeling

  • High-throughput single-cell sequencing identifies photoheterotrophs and chemoautotrophs in freshwater bacterioplankton.

    Manuel Martinez-Garcia;Brandon K Swan;Nicole J Poulton;Monica Lluesma Gomez

  • Viral to metazoan marine plankton nucleotide sequences from the Tara Oceans expedition

    Adriana Alberti;Julie Poulain;Stefan Engelen;Karine Labadie

  • Exploring the uncultured microeukaryote majority in the oceans: reevaluation of ribogroups within stramenopiles.

    Ramon Massana;Javier del Campo;Michael E Sieracki;Stéphane Audic

  • Microzooplankton grazing of primary production at 140°W in the equatorial Pacific

    Peter G. Verity;Diane K. Stoecker;Michael E. Sieracki;James R. Nelson

  • Open science resources for the discovery and analysis of Tara Oceans data

    Stéphane Pesant;Fabrice Not;Marc Picheral;Stefanie Kandels-Lewis

  • A global ocean atlas of eukaryotic genes

    Quentin Carradec;Eric Pelletier;Corinne Da Silva;Adriana Alberti

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole J. Poulton
Nicole J. Poulton Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Olivier Jaillon
Olivier Jaillon University of Paris-Saclay
Ramunas Stepanauskas
Ramunas Stepanauskas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Ramiro Logares
Ramiro Logares Spanish National Research Council
Ramon Massana
Ramon Massana Spanish National Research Council
Fabrice Not
Fabrice Not Roscoff Marine Station
Eric Karsenti
Eric Karsenti École Normale Supérieure
Chris Bowler
Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure
Stephane Pesant
Stephane Pesant University of Bremen

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