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Slava S. Epstein

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
14507
World Ranking
18200
National Ranking
7436

Slava S. Epstein publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 122 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Slava S. Epstein 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 Slava S. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Siderophores from Neighboring Organisms Promote the Growth of Uncultured Bacteria

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

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

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

  • 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

  • The multitude and diversity of environmental carcinogens.

    Dominique Belpomme;Philippe Irigaray;Lennart Hardell;Richard Clapp

  • Polymerase chain reaction primers miss half of rRNA microbial diversity.

    SunHee Hong;John Bunge;Chesley Leslin;Sunok Jeon

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

    Annette Bollmann;Kim Lewis;Slava S. Epstein

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

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

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

    Thorsten Stoeck;Slava Epstein

  • The phenomenon of microbial uncultivability.

    SS Epstein

  • Predicting microbial species richness.

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

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

    Virginia Edgcomb;William Orsi;John Bunge;Sunok Jeon

  • Uncultured microorganisms as a source of secondary metabolites.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Enumeration of sandy sediment bacteria: search for optimal protocol

    Slava S. Epstein;Jeffrey Rossel

  • 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

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

    Slava S. Epstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim Lewis
Kim Lewis Northeastern University
Thorsten Stoeck
Thorsten Stoeck Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Steven D. Brown
Steven D. Brown LanzaTech (New Zealand)
Paul C. Blainey
Paul C. Blainey MIT
Gordon T. Taylor
Gordon T. Taylor Stony Brook University
Wilhelm Foissner
Wilhelm Foissner University of Salzburg
Anthony V. Palumbo
Anthony V. Palumbo Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Roy Parker
Roy Parker University of Colorado Boulder
David N. Fredricks
David N. Fredricks University of Washington

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