2026 Paul B. Rainey: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	84	3321	3053	250	238	239	24747

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Biology and Biochemistry

3321

3053

250

238

239

24747

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index

Citations

24747

World Ranking

3321

National Ranking

250

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Paul B. Rainey is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, where they have contributed to 69 publications.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including:

Molecular Biology
Genetics
Plant Science
Sociology and Political Science
Ecology

Key topics addressed in their research include:

Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul B. Rainey include:

Ecological scaffolding and the evolution of individuality, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of nested Darwinian populations and the emergence of community-level heredity, 2020, eLife
Towards evolutionary predictions: Current promises and challenges, 2022, Evolutionary Applications
Meta-population structure and the evolutionary transition to multicellularity, 2020, Ecology Letters
Toward a dynamical understanding of microbial communities, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Paul B. Rainey include:

Frederic Bertels
Andrew D. Farr
Guilhem Doulcier
Carsten Fortmann-Grote
Pierrick Bourrat

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several venues. These frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
eLife
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
microLife

Best Publications

Adaptive radiation in a heterogeneous environment

Paul B. Rainey;Michael Travisano

1489
Citations
Adaptive evolution of highly mutable loci in pathogenic bacteria.

E.Richard Moxon;Paul B. Rainey;Martin A. Nowak;Richard E. Lenski

1082
Citations
Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics

Stefanie Widder;Rosalind J Allen;Thomas Pfeiffer;Thomas P Curtis

774
Citations
Experimental evolution of bet hedging

Hubertus J.E. Beaumont;Jenna Gallie;Christian Kost;Gayle C. Ferguson

754
Citations
Antagonistic coevolution between a bacterium and a bacteriophage.

Angus Buckling;Paul B Rainey

730
Citations
Evolution of cooperation and conflict in experimental bacterial populations

Paul B. Rainey;Paul B. Rainey;Katrina Rainey

697
Citations
Evolution of species interactions in a biofilm community

Susse Kirkelund Hansen;PB Rainey;Janus Anders Juul Haagensen;Søren Molin

674
Citations
Big questions, small worlds: microbial model systems in ecology

Christine M. Jessup;Rees Kassen;Samantha E. Forde;Ben Kerr

538
Citations
Autolysis and Autoaggregation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colony Morphology Mutants

David A. D'Argenio;M. Worth Calfee;Paul B. Rainey;Everett C. Pesci

516
Citations
Genomic and genetic analyses of diversity and plant interactions of Pseudomonas fluorescens

Mark W. Silby;Ana M. Cerdeño-Tárraga;Georgios S. Vernikos;Stephen R. Giddens

482
Citations
Adaptation of Pseudomonas fluorescens to the plant rhizosphere.

Paul B. Rainey

470
Citations
Automated Reconstruction of Whole-Genome Phylogenies from Short-Sequence Reads

Frederic Bertels;Olin K. Silander;Mikhail Pachkov;Paul B. Rainey

466
Citations
Biofilm formation at the air-liquid interface by the Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 wrinkly spreader requires an acetylated form of cellulose.

Andrew J. Spiers;John Bohannon;Stefanie M. Gehrig;Paul B. Rainey;Paul B. Rainey

462
Citations
Diversity peaks at intermediate productivity in a laboratory microcosm.

Rees Kassen;Angus Buckling;Graham Bell;Paul B. Rainey

458
Citations
The causes of Pseudomonas diversity

Andrew J. Spiers;Angus Buckling;Paul B. Rainey

439
Citations
The role of parasites in sympatric and allopatric host diversification

Angus Buckling;Paul B. Rainey;Paul B. Rainey

363
Citations
Adaptive Divergence in Experimental Populations of Pseudomonas fluorescens. I. Genetic and Phenotypic Bases of Wrinkly Spreader Fitness

Andrew J. Spiers;Sophie G. Kahn;John Bohannon;Michael Travisano

333
Citations
Role of the GGDEF regulator PleD in polar development of Caulobacter crescentus.

Phillip Aldridge;Ralf Paul;Patrick Goymer;Paul Rainey

322
Citations
Disturbance and diversity in experimental microcosms

Angus Buckling;Rees Kassen;Graham Bell;Paul B. Rainey

311
Citations
Genomic Analysis of the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Provides Insight into the Origins of an Emergent Plant Disease

Honour C. McCann;Honour C. McCann;Erik H. A. Rikkerink;Frederic Bertels;Frederic Bertels;Mark Fiers

309
Citations