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Mircea Podar

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
20520
World Ranking
10565
National Ranking
4588

Mircea Podar publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 208 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mircea Podar 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 Mircea Podar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Mircea Podar is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, and Oncology.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics related to microbial and environmental studies. Key topics include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy

Mircea Podar has contributed to several scientific papers published in diverse venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Benchmarking second and third-generation sequencing platforms for microbial metagenomics, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Comparative Analysis of Microbial Diversity Across Temperature Gradients in Hot Springs From Yellowstone and Iceland, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Complex subsurface hydrothermal fluid mixing at a submarine arc volcano supports distinct and highly diverse microbial communities, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Machine learning-based prediction of enzyme substrate scope: Application to bacterial nitrilases, 2020, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
  • An Improved hgcAB Primer Set and Direct High-Throughput Sequencing Expand Hg-Methylator Diversity in Nature, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

The frequent publication venues where Mircea Podar's work appears include:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • mBio

Collaborative efforts are a significant aspect of their research process. Frequent coauthors associated with Mircea Podar are:

  • Dwayne A. Elias
  • Caitlin M. Gionfriddo
  • Dawn M. Klingeman
  • Regina L. Wilpiszeski
  • Manasi Balachandran

Best Publications

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea

    Robert M. Bowers;Nikos C. Kyrpides;Ramunas Stepanauskas;Miranda Harmon-Smith

  • Comparative Metagenomics of Microbial Communities

    Susannah Green Tringe;Christian von Mering;Arthur Kobayashi;Asaf A. Salamov

  • Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite.

    Falk Warnecke;Peter Luginbühl;Natalia Ivanova;Majid Ghassemian

  • Genome Streamlining in a Cosmopolitan Oceanic Bacterium

    Stephen J. Giovannoni;H. James Tripp;Scott Givan;Mircea Podar

  • The Genetic Basis for Bacterial Mercury Methylation

    Jerry M. Parks;Alexander Johs;Mircea Podar;Mircea Podar;Romain Bridou

  • Distinct and complex bacterial profiles in human periodontitis and health revealed by 16S pyrosequencing

    Ann L Griffen;Clifford J Beall;James H Campbell;Noah D Firestone

  • Mercury methylation by novel microorganisms from new environments

    C C Gilmour;Mircea Podar;Allyson L Bullock;Andrew M Graham

  • Biogeography of the ecosystems of the healthy human body

    Yanjiao Zhou;Hongyu Gao;Kathie A Mihindukulasuriya;Patricio S La Rosa

  • The genome of Nanoarchaeum equitans: Insights into early archaeal evolution and derived parasitism

    Elizabeth Waters;Michael J. Hohn;Ivan Ahel;David E. Graham

  • Distinct Microbial Communities within the Endosphere and Rhizosphere of Populus deltoides Roots across Contrasting Soil Types

    Neil R. Gottel;Hector F. Castro;Hector F. Castro;Marilyn Kerley;Zamin Yang

  • Global prevalence and distribution of genes and microorganisms involved in mercury methylation.

    Mircea Podar;Cynthia C. Gilmour;Craig C. Brandt;Allyson Soren

  • A comprehensive benchmarking study of protocols and sequencing platforms for 16S rRNA community profiling

    Rosalinda D’Amore;Umer Zeeshan Ijaz;Melanie Schirmer;John G. Kenny

  • A korarchaeal genome reveals insights into the evolution of the Archaea.

    James G. Elkins;Mircea Podar;David E. Graham;Kira S. Makarova

  • A Multifactor Analysis of Fungal and Bacterial Community Structure in the Root Microbiome of Mature Populus deltoides Trees

    Migun Shakya;Migun Shakya;Neil Gottel;Hector Castro;Hector Castro;Zamin K. Yang

  • UGA is an additional glycine codon in uncultured SR1 bacteria from the human microbiota

    James H. Campbell;Patrick O’Donoghue;Alisha G. Campbell;Patrick Schwientek

  • Targeted Access to the Genomes of Low-Abundance Organisms in Complex Microbial Communities

    Mircea Podar;Carl B. Abulencia;Marion Walcher;Don Hutchison

  • Environmental whole-genome amplification to access microbial populations in contaminated sediments.

    Carl B. Abulencia;Denise L. Wyborski;Joseph A. Garcia;Mircea Podar

  • Exploring nitrilase sequence space for enantioselective catalysis.

    Dan E. Robertson;Jennifer A. Chaplin;Grace DeSantis;Mircea Podar

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven D. Brown
Steven D. Brown LanzaTech (New Zealand)
Anthony V. Palumbo
Anthony V. Palumbo Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya
Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Cynthia C. Gilmour
Cynthia C. Gilmour Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
George M. Weinstock
George M. Weinstock The Jackson Laboratory
Christopher W. Schadt
Christopher W. Schadt Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Adam P. Arkin
Adam P. Arkin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Anna-Louise Reysenbach Portland State University

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