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Perran L. M. Cook

Perran L. M. Cook

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 50 5088 4872 180 174 161 7472

Perran L. M. Cook publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Perran L. M. Cook between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Perran L. M. Cook published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 7.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2014. 27 of the 201 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2014. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 15 publications
2000 2025

201 publications in total across all disciplines

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Perran L. M. Cook: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 1
2002 0
2003 0
2004 5
2005 7
2006 4
2007 5
2008 3
2009 3
2010 3
2011 3
2012 13
2013 11
2014 15
2015 10
2016 15
2017 14
2018 15
2019 9
2020 9
2021 12
2022 7
2023 9
2024 12
2025 15
Total 201
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Perran L. M. Cook publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Perran L. M. Cook sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 161–170 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 161 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444 161
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Perran L. M. Cook D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Perran L. M. Cook sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263 50
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Perran L. M. Cook is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has made significant contributions to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several related subfields, including Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent research papers demonstrate engagement with a variety of microbial and ecological topics. Notable publications include:

  • Metabolic flexibility allows bacterial habitat generalists to become dominant in a frequently disturbed ecosystem (2021, The ISME Journal)
  • Trace gas oxidizers are widespread and active members of soil microbial communities (2021, Nature Microbiology)
  • Hydrodynamic disturbance controls microbial community assembly and biogeochemical processes in coastal sediments (2021, The ISME Journal)
  • Environmental Flow Requirements of Estuaries: Providing Resilience to Current and Future Climate and Direct Anthropogenic Changes (2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science)
  • Efficient long-range conduction in cable bacteria through nickel protein wires (2021, Nature Communications)

The main research topics covered by their work are:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Perran L. M. Cook collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Wei Wen Wong
  • Chris Greening
  • Adam J. Kessler
  • Pok Man Leung
  • Thanavit Jirapanjawat

They have published extensively in various journals and venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • The ISME Journal
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including a title published by the Water Environment Federation titled Nutrient Permitting in Newport Bay Using a Simplified Modeling Approach (2020).

Best Publications

  • Taking the “Waste” Out of “Wastewater” for Human Water Security and Ecosystem Sustainability

    Stanley B Grant;Stanley B Grant;Jean-Daniel Saphores;David L Feldman;Andrew J Hamilton

  • Metabolic flexibility allows bacterial habitat generalists to become dominant in a frequently disturbed ecosystem.

    Ya Jou Chen;Ya Jou Chen;Ya Jou Chen;Pok Man Leung;Pok Man Leung;Jennifer L. Wood;Sean K. Bay;Sean K. Bay

  • Trace gas oxidizers are widespread and active members of soil microbial communities.

    Sean K. Bay;Xiyang Dong;James A. Bradley;Pok Man Leung

  • Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium coupled to Fe(II) oxidation in sediments of a periodically hypoxic estuary

    Elizabeth K. Robertson;Keryn L. Roberts;Laurine D. W. Burdorf;Perran Cook

  • Benthic solute exchange and carbon mineralization in two shallow subtidal sandy sediments: Effect of advective pore‐water exchange

    Perran L. M. Cook;Frank Wenzhöfer;Frank Wenzhöfer;Ronnie N. Glud;Felix Janssen

  • Designing living walls for greywater treatment

    Harsha S. Fowdar;Harsha S. Fowdar;Belinda E. Hatt;Belinda E. Hatt;Peter Breen;Perran L.M. Cook;Perran L.M. Cook

  • Biofilter design for effective nitrogen removal from stormwater – influence of plant species, inflow hydrology and use of a saturated zone

    Emily Georgiana Irene Payne;Tracey Pham;Perran Cook;Timothy Fletcher

  • Increased rates of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) under oxic conditions in a periodically hypoxic estuary

    Keryn Lea Roberts;Adam John Kessler;Michael Raymond Grace;Perran Cook

  • Adapting urban water systems to a changing climate: lessons from the millennium drought in southeast Australia.

    Stanley Baugh Grant;Stanley Baugh Grant;Tim D Fletcher;David L Feldman;Jean-Daniel Saphores

  • Role of organic carbon, nitrate and ferrous iron on the partitioning between denitrification and DNRA in constructed stormwater urban wetlands.

    Md. Moklesur Rahman;Keryn L. Roberts;Michael R. Grace;Adam J. Kessler

  • Temporary storage or permanent removal? The division of nitrogen between biotic assimilation and denitrification in stormwater biofiltration systems.

    Emily Georgiana Irene Payne;Timothy Fletcher;Douglas Russell;Michael Raymond Grace

  • Carbon and nitrogen cycling on intertidal mudflats of a temperate Australian estuary: II. Nitrogen cycling

    Perran L. M. Cook;Andrew T. Revill;Edward C. V. Butler;Bradley D. Eyre

  • Hydrodynamic disturbance controls microbial community assembly and biogeochemical processes in coastal sediments.

    Ya-Jou Chen;Ya-Jou Chen;Pok Man Leung;Pok Man Leung;Perran L M Cook;Wei Wen Wong

  • Bacterial community shifts in organically perturbed sediments.

    Andrew Bissett;Chris Burke;Perran L. M. Cook;John P. Bowman

  • Processes and Drivers of Nitrogen Removal in Stormwater Biofiltration

    Emily Georgiana Irene Payne;Timothy Fletcher;Perran Cook;Ana Deletic

  • Benthic metabolism and degradation of natural particulate organic matter in carbonate and silicate reef sands of the northern Red Sea

    Christian Wild;Mohammed Rasheed;Carin Jantzen;Perran Cook

  • Bacterial fermentation and respiration processes are uncoupled in anoxic permeable sediments.

    Adam John Kessler;Ya-Jou Chen;David W. Waite;David W. Waite;Tess Frances Hutchinson

  • Environmental Flow Requirements of Estuaries: Providing Resilience to Current and Future Climate and Direct Anthropogenic Changes

    Daniel Chilton;David P. Hamilton;Ivan Nagelkerken;Perran Cook

  • Carbon and nitrogen cycling on intertidal mudflats of a temperate Australian estuary. III. Sources of organic matter

    Perran L. M. Cook;Andrew T. Revill;Lesley A. Clementson;John K. Volkman

  • Factoring stream turbulence into global assessments of nitrogen pollution

    Stanley B. Grant;Morvarid Azizian;Perran Cook;Fulvio Boano

  • Retention of nitrogen, phosphorus and silicon in a large semi-arid riverine lake system

    Perran Cook;Perran Cook;Kane T Aldridge;Sebastien Lamontagne;Justin Brookes

  • Effect of nutrient availability on carbon and nitrogen incorporation and flows through benthic algae and bacteria in near-shore sandy sediment

    Perran L. M. Cook;Bart Veuger;Simone Böer;Jack J. Middelburg

  • The “salt wedge pump”: convection-driven pore-water exchange as a source of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon and nitrogen to an estuary

    Isaac R. Santos;Perran L. M. Cook;Louissa Rogers;Jason de Weys

  • Constraining denitrification in permeable wave-influenced marine sediment using linked hydrodynamic and biogeochemical modeling

    M. Bayani Cardenas;Perran L.M. Cook;Houshuo Jiang;Peter Traykovski

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronnie N. Glud
Ronnie N. Glud University of Southern Denmark
Ana Deletic
Ana Deletic Queensland University of Technology
Markus Huettel
Markus Huettel Florida State University
Tim D. Fletcher
Tim D. Fletcher University of Melbourne
Paul Reich
Paul Reich Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Filip J. R. Meysman
Filip J. R. Meysman Delft University of Technology
M. Bayani Cardenas
M. Bayani Cardenas The University of Texas at Austin
Stanley B. Grant
Stanley B. Grant Virginia Tech
Bradley D. Eyre
Bradley D. Eyre Southern Cross University
Jack J. Middelburg
Jack J. Middelburg Utrecht University

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