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Mitchell L. Sogin 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 Mitchell L. Sogin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 286 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mitchell L. Sogin 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 Mitchell L. Sogin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 119 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Mitchell L. Sogin is affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as environmental science and medicine.

The scientist's work includes significant contributions to the study of gut microbiota and health, microbial community ecology and physiology, and the investigation of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens. Additional research topics include methane hydrates and related phenomena, genomics and phylogenetic studies, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, and gastrointestinal motility and disorders.

Recent publications illustrate the range and focus of their studies:

  • Early-Life Microbial Restitution Reduces Colitis Risk Promoted by Antibiotic-Induced Gut Dysbiosis in Interleukin 10-/- Mice (2021, Gastroenterology)
  • A global comparison of surface and subsurface microbiomes reveals large-scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide (2024, Science Advances)
  • Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Methanogen Diversity Evidenced by Molecular Characterization of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase A (mcrA) Genes in Hydrothermal Sediments of the Guaymas Basin (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Bile acid fitness determinants of a Bacteroides fragilis isolate from a human pouchitis patient (2023, mBio)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with colleagues including Eugene B. Chang, Sean Crosson, Hilary G. Morrison, A. Murat Eren, and Aretha Fiebig.

Key venues for their publications include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, UNC Libraries, Science Advances, and Gastroenterology.

Subfields of study in which they are active consist of molecular biology, ecology, infectious diseases, environmental chemistry, and oncology.

In recognition of their career, Mitchell L. Sogin was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1998.

Best Publications

  • A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

    Peter J. Turnbaugh;Micah Hamady;Tanya Yatsunenko;Brandi L. Cantarel

  • Microbial diversity in the deep sea and the underexplored “rare biosphere”

    Mitchell L. Sogin;Hilary G. Morrison;Julie A. Huber;David Mark Welch

  • Rapid determination of 16S ribosomal RNA sequences for phylogenetic analyses

    David J. Lane;Bernadette Pace;Gary J. Olsen;David A. Stahl

  • The characterization of enzymatically amplified eukaryotic 16S-like rRNA-coding regions.

    Linda Medlin;Hille J. Elwood;Shawn Stickel;Mitchell L. Sogin

  • The Pervasive Effects of an Antibiotic on the Human Gut Microbiota, as Revealed by Deep 16S rRNA Sequencing

    Les Dethlefsen;Susan M. Huse;Mitchell L. Sogin;David A. Relman;David A. Relman

  • Anvi'o: an advanced analysis and visualization platform for 'omics data.

    A. Murat Eren;A. Murat Eren;Özcan C. Esen;Christopher Quince;Joseph H. Vineis

  • Accuracy and quality of massively parallel DNA pyrosequencing

    Susan M. Huse;Julie A. Huber;Hilary G. Morrison;Mitchell L. Sogin

  • Ironing out the wrinkles in the rare biosphere through improved OTU clustering

    Susan M. Huse;David Mark Welch;Hilary G. Morrison;Mitchell L. Sogin

  • Exploring microbial diversity and taxonomy using SSU rRNA hypervariable tag sequencing.

    Susan M. Huse;Les Dethlefsen;Julie A. Huber;David B. Mark Welch

  • Microbial population structures in the deep marine biosphere.

    Julie A. Huber;David B. Mark Welch;Hilary G. Morrison;Susan M. Huse

  • Ribosomal RNA sequence shows Pneumocystis carinii to be a member of the Fungi

    Jeffrey C. Edman;Joseph A. Kovacs;Henry Masur;Daniel V. Santi

  • Genomic minimalism in the early diverging intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.

    Hilary G. Morrison;Andrew G. McArthur;Frances D. Gillin;Stephen B. Aley

  • Phylogenetic meaning of the kingdom concept: an unusual ribosomal RNA from Giardia lamblia

    Mitchell L. Sogin;John H. Gunderson;Hille J. Elwood;Rogelio A. Alonso

  • Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru

    Jennifer F. Biddle;Julius S. Lipp;Mark A. Lever;Karen G. Lloyd

  • IDENTIFICATION OF GROUP- AND STRAIN-SPECIFIC GENETIC MARKERS FOR GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED ALEXANDRIUM (DINOPHYCEAE). II. SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF A FRAGMENT OF THE LSU rRNA GENE1

    Christopher A. Scholin;Michel Herzog;Mitchell Sogin;Donald M. Anderson

  • Microbial diversity of hydrothermal sediments in the Guaymas Basin: evidence for anaerobic methanotrophic communities.

    Andreas Teske;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Virginia P. Edgcomb;Alvin de Vera Gomez

  • Monophyletic origins of the metazoa: an evolutionary link with fungi

    Patricial O. Wainright;Greogry Hinkle;Mitchell L. Sogin;Shawn K. Stickel

  • Oligotyping: Differentiating between closely related microbial taxa using 16S rRNA gene data.

    A. Murat Eren;Loïs Maignien;Woo Jun Sul;Leslie G. Murphy

  • The small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences from the hypotrichous ciliates Oxytricha nova and Stylonychia pustulata.

    H J Elwood;G J Olsen;M L Sogin

  • Reproducible Community Dynamics of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota following Antibiotic Perturbation

    Dionysios A. Antonopoulos;Susan M. Huse;Hilary G. Morrison;Thomas M. Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Hilary G. Morrison
Hilary G. Morrison Marine Biological Laboratory
Susan M. Huse
Susan M. Huse Brown University
A. Murat Eren
A. Murat Eren Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Sandra L. McLellan
Sandra L. McLellan University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Julie A. Huber
Julie A. Huber Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Linda A. Amaral-Zettler
Linda A. Amaral-Zettler University of Amsterdam
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Alban Ramette
Alban Ramette University of Bern
Andrew G. McArthur
Andrew G. McArthur McMaster University
David A. Relman
David A. Relman Stanford University

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