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Robert J. Seviour

Robert J. Seviour

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 67 2303 2104 81 78 266 13963

Robert J. Seviour publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert J. Seviour between 1972 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert J. Seviour published across 54 years, from 1972 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2006. 6 of the 276 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2006. 1972: 1 publication 1973: 2 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 6 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 6 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 10 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 8 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 3 publications 2025: 3 publications
1972 2025

276 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert J. Seviour: publications per year, 1972 to 2025
Year Publications
1972 1
1973 2
1974 3
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 1
1980 0
1981 1
1982 1
1983 6
1984 3
1985 3
1986 1
1987 2
1988 0
1989 7
1990 7
1991 1
1992 6
1993 3
1994 5
1995 5
1996 10
1997 7
1998 10
1999 7
2000 10
2001 9
2002 13
2003 7
2004 7
2005 9
2006 14
2007 6
2008 8
2009 10
2010 9
2011 12
2012 11
2013 6
2014 5
2015 7
2016 6
2017 3
2018 1
2019 8
2020 3
2021 6
2022 6
2023 1
2024 3
2025 3
Total 276
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Robert J. Seviour publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Seviour sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 265–274 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 266 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139 266
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Robert J. Seviour D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert J. Seviour sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 67 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112 67
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Robert J. Seviour is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on wastewater treatment, microbial community ecology, and genomics.

The main research topics addressed by Seviour include:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Actinomycetales infections and treatment
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Seviour's notable recent papers demonstrate active engagement with microbial taxonomy, wastewater microbiology, and environmental microbial interactions. Selected publications include:

  • "MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants," 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Cocultivation of an ultrasmall environmental parasitic bacterium with lytic ability against bacteria associated with wastewater foams," 2021, published in Nature Microbiology
  • "The phylogeny, ecology and ecophysiology of the glycogen accumulating organism (GAO) Defluviicoccus in wastewater treatment plants," 2022, published in Water Research
  • "Effects of soil pH on the growth, soil nutrient composition, and rhizosphere microbiome of Ageratina adenophora," 2024, published in PeerJ
  • "The community compositions of three nitrogen removal wastewater treatment plants of different configurations in Victoria, Australia, over a 12-month operational period," 2020, published in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Steve Petrovski
  • Steven Batinovic
  • Yunhong Kong
  • Tadashi Nittami
  • Per Halkjær Nielsen

Publication venues where Seviour has published multiple times include:

  • Nature Communications
  • PeerJ
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

In terms of subfields within their larger focus, Seviour's work covers:

  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Microbiology

This body of research situates Robert J. Seviour within the interdisciplinary study of microbial ecology and environmental processes relevant to wastewater systems and plant-soil interactions. Their publication record reflects sustained contributions to microbiological methodologies, microbial community profiling, and applied environmental biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • The microbiology of biological phosphorus removal in activated sludge systems.

    Robert J. Seviour;Takashi Mino;Motoharu Onuki

  • Medicinal importance of fungal β-(1→3), (1→6)-glucans

    Jiezhong Chen;Robert Seviour

  • Microbial Ecology of Activated Sludge

    Robert Seviour;Per Halkjær Nielsen

  • Growth of filamentous fungi in submerged culture: problems and possible solutions

    P A Gibbs;R J Seviour;F Schmid

  • The Phylogeny, Biodiversity, and Ecology of the Chloroflexi in Activated Sludge

    Lachlan B. M. Speirs;Daniel T. F. Rice;Steve Petrovski;Robert J. Seviour

  • Seven novel species of Acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge

    Emma L. Carr;Peter Kampfer;Bharat Kumar Patel;Volker Gurtler

  • A metabolic model for members of the genus Tetrasphaera involved in enhanced biological phosphorus removal

    Rikke Kristiansen;Hien Thi Thu Nguyen;Aaron Marc Saunders;Jeppe Lund Nielsen

  • Identity and ecophysiology of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge.

    Per Halkjær Nielsen;Caroline Kragelund;Robert J. Seviour;Jeppe Lund Nielsen

  • Bacteriophages in Natural and Artificial Environments

    Steven Batinovic;Flavia Wassef;Sarah A Knowler;Daniel T F Rice

  • Development and use of fluorescent in situ hybridization probes for the detection and identification of 'Microthrix parvicella' in activated sludge

    Robert Erhart;Debbie Bradford;Robert J. Seviour;Rudolf Amann

  • Noncellulolytic fungal β-glucanases: Their physiology and regulation

    S.M. Pitson;R.J. Seviour;B.M. McDougall

  • Microbiology of foaming in activated sludge plants.

    J. A. Soddell;R.J. Seviour

  • A simple HPLC method for analysing diaminopimelic acid diastereomers in cell walls of Gram‐positive bacteria

    J. McKerrow;S. Vagg;T. McKinney;E.M. Seviour

  • In situ identification and characterization of the microbial community structure of full-scale enhanced biological phosphorous removal plants in Japan.

    Man Tak Wong;Takashi Mino;Robert J. Seviour;Motoharu Onuki

  • The Microbiology of Activated Sludge

    R. J. Seviour;L. L. Blackall

  • Nitrous oxide (N2O) production by Alcaligenes faecalis during feast and famine regimes

    S Schalk-Otte;R.J Seviour;J.G Kuenen;M.S.M Jetten

  • Three isolates of novel polyphosphate-accumulating gram-positive cocci, obtained from activated sludge, belong to a new genus, Tetrasphaera gen. nov., and description of two new species, Tetrasphaera japonica sp. nov. and Tetrasphaera australiensis sp. nov.

    A.M. Maszenan;R.J. Seviour;B.K.C. Patel;P. Schumann

  • Production of Pullulan and other Exopolysaccharides by Filamentous Fungi

    R. J. Seviour;S. J. Stasinopoulos;D. P.F. Auer;P. A. Gibbs

  • Can whole genome analysis refine the taxonomy of the genus Rhodococcus

    Volker Gürtler;Barrie C Mayall;Robert Seviour

  • Biochemistry and molecular biology of exocellular fungal β‐(1,3)‐ and β‐(1,6)‐glucanases

    Kirstee Martin;Kirstee Martin;Barbara M. McDougall;Simon Jon McIlroy;Jayus

  • Does the agitation rate and/or oxygen saturation influence exopolysaccharide production by Aureobasidium pullulans in batch culture?

    P. A. Gibbs;R. J. Seviour

  • MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

    Dueholm Ms;Nierychlo M;Andersen Ks;Joergensen Vr

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Halkjær Nielsen
Per Halkjær Nielsen Aalborg University
Linda L. Blackall
Linda L. Blackall University of Melbourne
Jeppe Lund Nielsen
Jeppe Lund Nielsen Aalborg University
Bharat K. C. Patel
Bharat K. C. Patel Griffith University
Stuart M. Pitson
Stuart M. Pitson University of South Australia
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association
Tim A. McAllister
Tim A. McAllister Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Richard I. Webb
Richard I. Webb University of Queensland
Bruce A. Stone
Bruce A. Stone La Trobe University
Christopher P. Saint
Christopher P. Saint University of South Australia

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