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Nancy A. Moran publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy A. Moran sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 347 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Nancy A. Moran D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy A. Moran sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 140 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Nancy A. Moran is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, reflecting a focus on molecular and ecological interactions among insects and microbes.

The scientist's contributions to the subfields of Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology are notable. The research covers significant topics such as Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant and animal studies, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Recent published papers include:

  • Engineered symbionts activate honey bee immunity and limit pathogens (2020, Science)
  • The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease (2023, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • Genetic innovations in animal-microbe symbioses (2021, Nature Reviews Genetics)
  • Oral or Topical Exposure to Glyphosate in Herbicide Formulation Impacts the Gut Microbiota and Survival Rates of Honey Bees (2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)
  • Symbionts shape host innate immunity in honeybees (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include Erick V. S. Motta, Sean P. Leonard, Jeffrey E. Barrick, J. Elijah Powell, and Yiyuan Li.

Key publication venues for Nancy A. Moran's work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Awards and recognitions include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2004, and a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1997.

Best Publications

  • The gut microbiota of insects - diversity in structure and function.

    Philipp Engel;Nancy A. Moran

  • A Metagenomic Survey of Microbes in Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

    Diana L. Cox-Foster;Sean Conlan;Edward C. Holmes;Edward C. Holmes;Gustavo Palacios

  • Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

    Nancy A. Moran;John P. McCutcheon;Atsushi Nakabachi

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria

    John P. McCutcheon;Nancy A. Moran

  • Facultative bacterial symbionts in aphids confer resistance to parasitic wasps

    Kerry M. Oliver;Jacob A. Russell;Nancy A. Moran;Martha S. Hunter

  • Accelerated evolution and Muller's rachet in endosymbiotic bacteria.

    Nancy A. Moran

  • The Evolutionary Maintenance of Alternative Phenotypes

    Nancy A. Moran

  • Facultative Symbionts in Aphids and the Horizontal Transfer of Ecologically Important Traits

    Kerry M. Oliver;Patrick H. Degnan;Gaelen R. Burke;Nancy A. Moran

  • Gut microbial communities of social bees

    Waldan K. Kwong;Nancy A. Moran

  • Functional diversity within the simple gut microbiota of the honey bee

    Philipp Engel;Vincent G. Martinson;Nancy A. Moran

  • Deletional bias and the evolution of bacterial genomes

    Alex Mira;Howard Ochman;Nancy A. Moran

  • Microbial minimalism: genome reduction in bacterial pathogens

    Nancy A Moran

  • The 160-Kilobase Genome of the Bacterial Endosymbiont Carsonella

    Atsushi Nakabachi;Atsushi Yamashita;Hidehiro Toh;Hajime Ishikawa

  • Lateral transfer of genes from fungi underlies carotenoid production in aphids.

    Nancy A. Moran;Tyler Jarvik

  • Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees

    Erick V. S. Motta;Kasie Raymann;Nancy A. Moran

  • Genes Lost and Genes Found: Evolution of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Symbiosis

    Howard Ochman;Nancy A. Moran

  • Variation in resistance to parasitism in aphids is due to symbionts not host genotype

    Kerry M. Oliver;Nancy A. Moran;Martha S. Hunter

  • A molecular clock in endosymbiotic bacteria is calibrated using the insect hosts

    Nancy A. Moran;Mark A. Munson;Paul Baumann;Hajime Ishikawa

  • Establishment of Characteristic Gut Bacteria during Development of the Honeybee Worker

    Vincent G. Martinson;Jamie Moy;Nancy A. Moran;Nancy A. Moran

  • Molecular Interactions between Bacterial Symbionts and Their Hosts

    Colin Dale;Nancy A. Moran

  • A simple and distinctive microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees

    Vincent G. Martinson;Bryan N. Danforth;Robert L. Minckley;Olav Rueppell

  • Symbiosis as an adaptive process and source of phenotypic complexity

    Nancy A. Moran

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Baumann
Paul Baumann University of California, Davis
Linda Baumann
Linda Baumann University of Wisconsin–Madison
Howard Ochman
Howard Ochman The University of Texas at Austin
Daniel B. Sloan
Daniel B. Sloan Colorado State University
Jeffrey E. Barrick
Jeffrey E. Barrick The University of Texas at Austin
Therese A. Markow
Therese A. Markow University of California, San Diego
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Toni Gabaldón
Toni Gabaldón Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Thomas G. Whitham
Thomas G. Whitham Northern Arizona University
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University

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