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53
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Robert Duran 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 Robert Duran sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 225 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Duran 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 Robert Duran sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert Duran is affiliated with the University of Pau and the Adour Region in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in subfields such as pollution, ecology, environmental chemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and biomedical engineering.

Their research topics include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Chromium effects and bioremediation
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation

Robert Duran has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Some recent papers by Robert Duran are:

  • Microbial community profiles in soils adjacent to mining and smelting areas: Contrasting potentially toxic metals and co-occurrence patterns (2021), Chemosphere
  • Biogeography, assembly processes and species coexistence patterns of microbial communities in metalloids-laden soils around mining and smelting sites (2021), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Metagenomic exploration of multi-resistance genes linked to microbial attributes in active nonferrous metal(loid) tailings (2020), Environmental Pollution
  • Microbial diversity alteration reveals biomarkers of contamination in soil-river-lake continuum (2021), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • New insights on the effect of non-ferrous metal mining and smelting activities on microbial activity characteristics and bacterial community structure (2023), Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequently collaborating co-authors of Robert Duran include:

  • Jun Yao
  • Cristiana Cravo-Laureau
  • Geoffrey I. Sunahara
  • Hao Li
  • Jianli Liu

Best Publications

  • Characterization of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities from mangrove sediments in Guanabara Bay, Brazil.

    Elcia Margareth S. Brito;Elcia Margareth S. Brito;Rémy Guyoneaud;Marisol Goñi-Urriza;Antony Ranchou-Peyruse

  • Role of environmental factors and microorganisms in determining the fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the marine environment

    Robert Duran;Cristiana Cravo-Laureau

  • Metabolic diversity among main microorganisms inside an arsenic-rich ecosystem revealed by meta- and proteo-genomics.

    Philippe N Bertin;Audrey Heinrich-Salmeron;Eric Pelletier;Eric Pelletier;Florence Goulhen-Chollet

  • Diversity of Microorganisms in Fe-As-Rich Acid Mine Drainage Waters of Carnoulès, France

    O. Bruneel;R. Duran;C. Casiot;F. Elbaz-Poulichet

  • Effects of heavy fuel oil on the bacterial community structure of a pristine microbial mat.

    Sylvain Bordenave;María Soledad Goñi-Urriza;Pierre Caumette;Robert Duran

  • Mercury methylation/demethylation and volatilization pathways in estuarine sediment slurries using species-specific enriched stable isotopes

    R.C. Rodríguez Martín-Doimeadios;Emmanuel Tessier;David Amouroux;Rémy Guyoneaud

  • Structure of bacterial communities along a hydrocarbon contamination gradient in a coastal sediment

    Sandrine Paissé;Frédéric Coulon;Marisol Goñi-Urriza;Louis Peperzak

  • Characterization of aerobic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from Bizerte lagoon sediments, Tunisia.

    O. Ben Said;M.S. Goñi-Urriza;M. El Bour;M. Dellali

  • Overview of mercury methylation capacities among anaerobic bacteria including representatives of the sulphate-reducers: Implications for environmental studies

    M. Ranchou-Peyruse;Mathilde Monperrus;Romain Bridou;R. Duran

  • Characterization of functional bacterial groups in a hypersaline microbial mat community (Salins-de-Giraud, Camargue, France)

    Aude Fourçans;Tirso García de Oteyza;Andrea Wieland;Antoni Solé

  • Isolation and characterization of different bacterial strains for bioremediation of n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

    A. Guermouche M’rassi;F. Bensalah;J. Gury;R. Duran

  • Microbial Mats on the Orkney Islands Revisited: Microenvironment and Microbial Community Composition

    A. Wieland;M. Kühl;L. McGowan;A. Fourçans

  • Rapid and specific identification of nitrile hydratase (NHase)-encoding genes in soil samples by polymerase chain reaction.

    Sylvain Precigou;Philippe Goulas;Robert Duran

  • Seasonal and diel distributions of denitrifying and bacterial communities in a hypersaline microbial mat (Camargue, France).

    Christelle Desnues;Valérie D. Michotey;Andrea Wieland;Cui Zhizang

  • Purification, characterisation, and gene cloning of transglutaminase from Streptoverticillium cinnamoneum CBS 683.68.

    R. Duran;M. Junqua;J.M. Schmitter;C. Gancet

  • Are alkane hydroxylase genes (alkB) relevant to assess petroleum bioremediation processes in chronically polluted coastal sediments

    Sandrine Paisse;Robert Duran;Frédéric Coulon;Marisol Goñi-Urriza

  • Molecular diversity studies of bacterial communities of oil polluted microbial mats from the Etang de Berre (France).

    Guillermina Hernandez-Raquet;Hélène Budzinski;Pierre Caumette;Patrick Dabert

  • Impact of oil on bacterial community structure in bioturbated sediments

    Magalie Stauffert;Cristiana Cravo-Laureau;Ronan Jézéquel;Sandra Barantal

  • Response of Core Microbial Consortia to Chronic Hydrocarbon Contaminations in Coastal Sediment Habitats.

    Mathilde Jeanbille;Jérôme Gury;Robert Duran;Jacek Tronczynski

  • How a Bacterial Community Originating from a Contaminated Coastal Sediment Responds to an Oil Input

    Sandrine Païssé;Marisol Goñi-Urriza;Frédéric Coulon;Robert Duran

  • Vertical migration of phototrophic bacterial populations in a hypersaline microbial mat from Salins-de-Giraud (Camargue, France).

    Aude Fourçans;Antoni Solé;Ella Diestra;Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse

  • Central role of dynamic tidal biofilms dominated by aerobic hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria and diatoms in the biodegradation of hydrocarbons in coastal mudflats.

    Frédéric Coulon;Frédéric Coulon;Panagiota-Myrsini Chronopoulou;Anne Fahy;Anne Fahy;Sandrine Païssé

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Bonin
Patricia Bonin Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Franck Gilbert
Franck Gilbert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David Amouroux
David Amouroux University of Pau and the Adour Region
Etienne Paul
Etienne Paul Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
Geoffrey I. Sunahara
Geoffrey I. Sunahara McGill University
Frederic Coulon
Frederic Coulon Cranfield University
Olivier F. X. Donard
Olivier F. X. Donard University of Pau and the Adour Region
Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet
Françoise Elbaz-Poulichet University of Montpellier
Claudine Médigue
Claudine Médigue University of Paris-Saclay
Jean Weissenbach
Jean Weissenbach Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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