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D-Index
65
Citations
12751
World Ranking
9320
National Ranking
4115

Samuel O. Purvine publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Samuel O. Purvine sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 162 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Samuel O. Purvine D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Samuel O. Purvine sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Samuel O. Purvine is affiliated with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including astrophysics, molecular biology, geophysics, and ecology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

The scientist has contributed to studies in the following primary subfields of study:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Geophysics
  • Ecology

Their work addresses a range of topics, notably:

  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Samuel O. Purvine is a coauthor with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Janet Jansson
  • Carrie Nicora
  • Young-Mo Kim
  • Aaron Wright
  • Stephen Callister

Their scholarly output is published in varied venues, with the highest number of publications recorded in:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • mSystems

Selected recent papers include the following titles, years, and publication venues:

  • "Intracellular pathways for lignin catabolism in white-rot fungi" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Outer membrane vesicles catabolize lignin-derived aromatic compounds in Pseudomonas putida KT2440" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The Specific Carbohydrate Diet and Diet Modification as Induction Therapy for Pediatric Crohn's Disease: A Randomized Diet Controlled Trial" (2020), Nutrients
  • "The Chlamydomonas Genome Project, version 6: Reference assemblies for mating-type plus and minus strains reveal extensive structural mutation in the laboratory" (2022), The Plant Cell
  • "Decrypting bacterial polyphenol metabolism in an anoxic wetland soil" (2021), Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Omic data from evolved E. coli are consistent with computed optimal growth from genome‐scale models

    Nathan E Lewis;Kim K Hixson;Tom M Conrad;Joshua A Lerman

  • Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost

    Ben J. Woodcroft;Caitlin M. Singleton;Joel A. Boyd;Paul N. Evans

  • The study of macromolecular complexes by quantitative proteomics.

    Jeffrey A. Ranish;Eugene C. Yi;Deena M. Leslie;Samuel O. Purvine

  • Differential stable isotope labeling of peptides for quantitation and de novo sequence derivation

    David R. Goodlett;Andrew Keller;Julian D. Watts;Richard Newitt

  • Early-branching gut fungi possess a large, comprehensive array of biomass-degrading enzymes

    Kevin V. Solomon;Charles H. Haitjema;John K. Henske;Sean P. Gilmore

  • Experimental protein mixture for validating tandem mass spectral analysis.

    Andrew Keller;Samuel Purvine;Alexey I. Nesvizhskii;Sergey Stolyar

  • Tandem mass spectrometry identifies many mouse brain O-GlcNAcylated proteins including EGF domain-specific O-GlcNAc transferase targets

    Joshua F. Alfaro;Cheng Xin Gong;Matthew E. Monroe;Joshua T. Aldrich

  • Evaluation of Multiprotein Immunoaffinity Subtraction for Plasma Proteomics and Candidate Biomarker Discovery Using Mass Spectrometry

    Tao Liu;Wei Jun Qian;Heather M. Mottaz;Marina A. Gritsenko

  • Approaching complete peroxisome characterization by gas-phase fractionation.

    Eugene C. Yi;Marcello Marelli;Hookeun Lee;Samuel O. Purvine

  • Establishing the proteome of normal human cerebrospinal fluid.

    Steven E. Schutzer;Tao Liu;Benjamin H. Natelson;Thomas E. Angel

  • A parts list for fungal cellulosomes revealed by comparative genomics.

    Charles H. Haitjema;Sean P. Gilmore;John K. Henske;Kevin V. Solomon

  • Shotgun collision-induced dissociation of peptides using a time of flight mass analyzer

    Samuel Purvine;Jason Thomas Eppel;Eugene C. Yi;David R. Goodlett

  • MERS-CoV and H5N1 influenza virus antagonize antigen presentation by altering the epigenetic landscape

    Vineet D. Menachery;Alexandra Schäfer;Kristin E. Burnum-Johnson;Hugh D. Mitchell

  • Proteomic analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium isolated from RAW 264.7 macrophages: identification of a novel protein that contributes to the replication of serovar typhimurium inside macrophages.

    Liang Shi;Joshua N. Adkins;James R. Coleman;Athena A. Schepmoes

  • High Dynamic Range Characterization of the Trauma Patient Plasma Proteome

    Tao Liu;Wei Jun Qiant;Marina A. Gritsenko;Wenzhong Xiao

  • Human Proteinpedia enables sharing of human protein data.

    Suresh Mathivanan;Suresh Mathivanan;Mukhtar Ahmed;Natalie G Ahn;Hainard Alexandre

  • Proteogenomics: needs and roles to be filled by proteomics in genome annotation.

    Charles Ansong;Samuel O. Purvine;Joshua N. Adkins;Mary S. Lipton

  • DeconMSn: a software tool for accurate parent ion monoisotopic mass determination for tandem mass spectra

    Anoop M. Mayampurath;Navdeep Jaitly;Samuel O. Purvine;Matthew E. Monroe

  • Quantitative proteomic analysis indicates increased synthesis of a quinolone by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis airways

    Tina Guina;Samuel O. Purvine;Eugene C. Yi;Jimmy Eng

  • Multiomics resolution of molecular events during a day in the life of Chlamydomonas.

    Daniela Strenkert;Stefan Schmollinger;Sean D. Gallaher;Patrice A. Salomé

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Smith
Richard D. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Matthew E. Monroe
Matthew E. Monroe Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mary S. Lipton
Mary S. Lipton Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Joshua N. Adkins
Joshua N. Adkins Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David G. Camp
David G. Camp Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ronald J. Moore
Ronald J. Moore Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ljiljana Paša-Tolić
Ljiljana Paša-Tolić Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Marina A. Gritsenko
Marina A. Gritsenko Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thomas O. Metz
Thomas O. Metz Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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