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Michael J. Russell

Michael J. Russell

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
58
Citations
13896
World Ranking
2133
National Ranking
29

Michael J. Russell publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael J. Russell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 143 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Michael J. Russell D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael J. Russell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 72nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael J. Russell is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work spans multiple subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of their research include Origins and Evolution of Life, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Astro and Planetary Science, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Science Goals and Mission Architecture of the Europa Lander Mission Concept," 2022, The Planetary Science Journal
  • "Cellular remains in a ~3.42-billion-year-old subseafloor hydrothermal environment," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Chemobrionics: From Self-Assembled Material Architectures to the Origin of Life," 2020, Artificial Life
  • "Phase I Study of JNJ-74699157 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors Harboring the KRAS G12C Mutation," 2022, The Oncologist
  • "Six 'Must-Have' Minerals for Life's Emergence: Olivine, Pyrrhotite, Bridgmanite, Serpentine, Fougerite and Mackinawite," 2020, Life

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple projects with Michael J. Russell include:

  • Simon Duval
  • Wolfgang Nitschke
  • Orion Farr
  • Barbara Cavalazzi
  • Laurence Lemelle

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several venues such as:

  • Life
  • ChemistryEurope
  • The Planetary Science Journal
  • Science Advances
  • The Oncologist

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life

    William Martin;John Baross;Deborah Kelley;Michael J. Russell

  • On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells

    William Martin;Michael J. Russell

  • The emergence of life from iron monosulphide bubbles at a submarine hydrothermal redox and pH front

    M. J. Russell;A. J. Hall

  • On the origin of biochemistry at an alkaline hydrothermal vent.

    William Martin;Michael J Russell

  • Serpentinization as a source of energy at the origin of life.

    M. J. Russell;A. J. Hall;W. Martin

  • The rocky roots of the acetyl-CoA pathway

    Michael J. Russell;William Martin

  • Extreme accumulation of nucleotides in simulated hydrothermal pore systems

    Philipp Baaske;Franz M. Weinert;Stefan Duhr;Kono H. Lemke

  • A Hydrothermally Precipitated Catalytic Iron Sulphide Membrane as a First Step Toward Life

    Michael J. Russell;Roy M. Daniel;Allan J. Hall;John A. Sherringham

  • The Drive to Life on Wet and Icy Worlds

    Michael J. Russell;Laura M. Barge;Rohit Bhartia;Dylan Bocanegra

  • From Chemical Gardens to Chemobrionics

    Laura M. Barge;Silvana S. S. Cardoso;Julyan H. E. Cartwright;Geoffrey J. T. Cooper

  • Hydrothermal and oceanic pH conditions of possible relevance to the origin of life

    Gordon Macleod;Christopher McKeown;Allan J. Hall;Michael J. Russell

  • Submarine hot springs and the origin of life

    M. J. Russell;A. J. Hall;A. G. Cairns-Smith;P. S. Braterman

  • Redox and pH gradients drive amino acid synthesis in iron oxyhydroxide mineral systems.

    Laura M. Barge;Erika Flores;Marc M. Baum;David G. VanderVelde

  • On the antiquity of metalloenzymes and their substrates in bioenergetics

    Wolfgang Nitschke;Shawn E. McGlynn;E. James Milner-White;Michael J. Russell

  • In vitro growth of iron sulphide chimneys: possible culture chambers for origin‐of‐life experiments

    Michael J. Russell;Allan J. Hall;Dugald Turner

  • The onset and early evolution of life

    Michael J. Russell;Allan J. Hall

  • The inevitable journey to being

    Michael J. Russell;Wolfgang Nitschke;Elbert Branscomb

  • Beating the acetyl coenzyme A-pathway to the origin of life

    Wolfgang Nitschke;Michael J. Russell

  • Hydrothermal Focusing of Chemical and Chemiosmotic Energy, Supported by Delivery of Catalytic Fe, Ni, Mo/W, Co, S and Se, Forced Life to Emerge

    Wolfgang Nitschke;Michael J. Russell

  • Geodynamic and metabolic cycles in the Hadean

    M. J. Russell;N. T. Arndt

  • Formation of fossil hydrothermal chimneys and mounds from Silvermines, Ireland

    A. J. Boyce;M. L. Coleman;M. J. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Nitschke
Wolfgang Nitschke Aix-Marseille University
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Ken Takai
Ken Takai Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yuk L. Yung
Yuk L. Yung California Institute of Technology
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California
Alexis S. Templeton
Alexis S. Templeton University of Colorado Boulder
Bethany L. Ehlmann
Bethany L. Ehlmann University of Colorado Boulder
William Martin
William Martin Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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