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Mya Breitbart 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 Mya Breitbart sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 190 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mya Breitbart 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 Mya Breitbart sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% 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

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Mya Breitbart is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work intersects numerous subfields including Ecology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, and Endocrinology.

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Several frequent coauthors collaborate extensively with Breitbart, contributing to the depth and scope of their research. These include:

  • Ian Hewson
  • Makenzie Kerr
  • Karyna Rosario
  • Shen Jean Lim
  • Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas

Breitbart's research has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Fisheries Oceanography
  • PeerJ
  • mBio
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Among notable recent papers, the following stand out for their publication year and venue:

  • "Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Cressdnaviricota: a Virus Phylum Unifying Seven Families of Rep-Encoding Viruses with Single-Stranded, Circular DNA Genomes," 2020, Journal of Virology
  • "Relationships among microbial indicators of fecal pollution, microbial source tracking markers, and pathogens in Costa Rican coastal waters," 2020, Water Research
  • "A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea," 2023, Science Advances
  • "Prokaryotic and Viral Community Composition of Freshwater Springs in Florida, USA," 2020, mBio

The recognition of their contributions to science includes fellowships such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2007

Best Publications

  • Genomic analysis of uncultured marine viral communities

    Mya Breitbart;Peter Salamon;Bjarne Andresen;Joseph M. Mahaffy

  • The marine viromes of four oceanic regions

    Florent E Angly;Ben Felts;Mya Breitbart;Peter Salamon

  • Functional metagenomic profiling of nine biomes

    Elizabeth A. Dinsdale;Robert A. Edwards;Dana Hall;Florent Angly

  • Here a virus, there a virus, everywhere the same virus?

    Mya Breitbart;Forest L. Rohwer

  • Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2015).

    M J Adams;E J Lefkowitz;A M Q King;D H Bamford

  • Metagenomic Analyses of an Uncultured Viral Community from Human Feces

    Mya Breitbart;Ian Hewson;Ben Felts;Joseph M. Mahaffy

  • RNA Viral Community in Human Feces: Prevalence of Plant Pathogenic Viruses

    Tao Zhang;Mya Breitbart;Wah Heng Lee;Jin-Quan Run

  • Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

    Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Laboratory Procedures to Generate Viral Metagenomes

    Rebecca V Thurber;Matthew Haynes;Mya Breitbart;Linda Wegley

  • Consensus statement: Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

    Peter Simmonds;Mike J. Adams;Mária Benkő;Mya Breitbart

  • Metagenomic and Small-Subunit rRNA Analyses Reveal the Genetic Diversity of Bacteria, Archaea, Fungi, and Viruses in Soil

    Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer;Mya Breitbart;James Nulton;Peter Salamon

  • Using pyrosequencing to shed light on deep mine microbial ecology.

    Robert A Edwards;Beltran Rodriguez-Brito;Linda Wegley;Matthew Haynes

  • Marine viruses: truth or dare.

    Mya Breitbart

  • Phage Puppet Masters of the Marine Microbial Realm

    Mya Breitbart;Chelsea Bonnain;Kema Malki;Natalie A Sawaya

  • Diversity of Bacteria Associated with the Caribbean Coral Montastraea franksi

    Forest Rohwer;Mya Breitbart;J. Jara;Farooq Azam

  • Viral and microbial community dynamics in four aquatic environments.

    Beltran Rodriguez-Brito;Lin Lin Li;Linda Wegley;Mike Furlan

  • Viral diversity and dynamics in an infant gut

    Mya Breitbart;Matthew Haynes;Scott Kelley;Florent Angly

  • Transposases are the most abundant, most ubiquitous genes in nature

    Ramy K. Aziz;Mya Breitbart;Robert A. Edwards

  • Diversity and population structure of a near-shore marine-sediment viral community.

    Mya Breitbart;Ben Felts;Scott Kelley;Joseph M. Mahaffy

  • Role of Elevated Organic Carbon Levels and Microbial Activity in Coral Mortality

    David I. Kline;Neilan M. Kuntz;Mya Breitbart;Nancy Knowlton

Frequent Co-Authors

Forest Rohwer
Forest Rohwer San Diego State University
Arvind Varsani
Arvind Varsani Arizona State University
Eric Delwart
Eric Delwart University of California, San Francisco
Rebecca Vega Thurber
Rebecca Vega Thurber Oregon State University
Ramy K. Aziz
Ramy K. Aziz Cairo University
Yijun Ruan
Yijun Ruan University of Connecticut Health Center
Curtis A. Suttle
Curtis A. Suttle University of British Columbia
Simon Roux
Simon Roux Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jane E. Polston
Jane E. Polston University of Florida
Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder

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