2026 Slava S. Epstein: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	48	18209	16715	7441	6643	122	14507

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Biology and Biochemistry

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14507

World Ranking

18209

National Ranking

7441

Overview

Slava S. Epstein is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. The scientist's work also engages with specialized subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Bioengineering.

They have contributed to a range of topics, notably:

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Nematode Management and Characterization Studies
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Protist Diversity and Phylogeny

The scientist's recent publications include:

In Situ Cultivation Approach to Increase the Culturable Bacterial Diversity in the Rhizobiome of Plants, 2020, Journal of soil science and plant nutrition
Endophytic bacterial communities in ungerminated and germinated seeds of commercial vegetables, 2023, Scientific Reports
A targeted liquid cultivation method for previously uncultured non-colony forming microbes, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
Editorial: Microbes from marine distinctive environments, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
CMOS electrochemical imaging arrays for the detection and classification of microorganisms, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent publication venues where their work appears are:

Frontiers in Microbiology
Journal of soil science and plant nutrition
Scientific Reports
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Among their frequent collaborators are:

Shan He
Jacquelinne J. Acuña
Milko A. Jorquera
Luis Marileo
Macarena A. Araya

Best Publications

A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance

Ling Ll;Schneider T;Peoples Aj;Spoering Al

2919
Citations
Isolating "uncultivable" microorganisms in pure culture in a simulated natural environment.

T. Kaeberlein;K. Lewis;S. S. Epstein

1644
Citations
Use of Ichip for High-Throughput In Situ Cultivation of "Uncultivable" Microbial Species

D. Nichols;N. Cahoon;E. M. Trakhtenberg;L. Pham

913
Citations
Siderophores from Neighboring Organisms Promote the Growth of Uncultured Bacteria

Anthony D'Onofrio;Jason M. Crawford;Eric J. Stewart;Kathrin Witt

519
Citations
Lifestyle-related factors and environmental agents causing cancer: an overview.

P. Irigaray;J. A. Newby;R. Clapp;Lennart Hardell

509
Citations
Lassomycin, a Ribosomally Synthesized Cyclic Peptide, Kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Targeting the ATP-Dependent Protease ClpC1P1P2

Ekaterina Gavrish;Clarissa S. Sit;Shugeng Cao;Olga Kandror

426
Citations
The multitude and diversity of environmental carcinogens.

Dominique Belpomme;Philippe Irigaray;Lennart Hardell;Richard Clapp

425
Citations
Polymerase chain reaction primers miss half of rRNA microbial diversity.

SunHee Hong;John Bunge;Chesley Leslin;Sunok Jeon

337
Citations
Incubation of Environmental Samples in a Diffusion Chamber Increases the Diversity of Recovered Isolates

Annette Bollmann;Kim Lewis;Slava S. Epstein

310
Citations
Short Peptide Induces an “Uncultivable” Microorganism To Grow In Vitro

Dominica Nichols;Kim Lewis;J. Orjala;S. Mo

277
Citations
Novel eukaryotic lineages inferred from small-subunit rRNA analyses of oxygen-depleted marine environments.

Thorsten Stoeck;Slava Epstein

272
Citations
The phenomenon of microbial uncultivability.

SS Epstein

267
Citations
Predicting microbial species richness.

Sun-Hee Hong;John Bunge;Sun-Ok Jeon;Slava S. Epstein

258
Citations
Protistan microbial observatory in the Cariaco Basin, Caribbean. I. Pyrosequencing vs Sanger insights into species richness

Virginia Edgcomb;William Orsi;John Bunge;Sunok Jeon

255
Citations
Uncultured microorganisms as a source of secondary metabolites.

Kim Lewis;Slava Epstein;Anthony D'Onofrio;Losee L Ling

248
Citations
Novel Eukaryotes from the Permanently Anoxic Cariaco Basin (Caribbean Sea)

Thorsten Stoeck;Gordon T. Taylor;Slava S. Epstein

232
Citations
A Multiple PCR-primer Approach to Access the Microeukaryotic Diversity in Environmental Samples

Thorsten Stoeck;Brett Hayward;Gordon T. Taylor;Ramon Varela

219
Citations
Enumeration of sandy sediment bacteria: search for optimal protocol

Slava S. Epstein;Jeffrey Rossel

200
Citations
In situ cultivation of previously uncultivable microorganisms using the ichip.

Brittany Berdy;Amy L Spoering;Losee L Ling;Slava S Epstein;Slava S Epstein;Slava S Epstein

172
Citations
Microbial Food Webs in Marine Sediments. I. Trophic Interactions and Grazing Rates in Two Tidal Flat Communities

Slava S. Epstein

169
Citations