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Tullis C. Onstott publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tullis C. Onstott sits on this spectrum.

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Tullis C. Onstott D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tullis C. Onstott sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Tullis C. Onstott was a researcher affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their work primarily focused on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their research spanned a range of topics including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Onstott authored several papers with notable examples including:

  • "Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic," 2020, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Ancestral Absence of Electron Transport Chains in Patescibacteria and DPANN," 2020, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Microbiome assembly in thawing permafrost and its feedbacks to climate," 2022, published in Global Change Biology
  • "Evolutionary stasis of a deep subsurface microbial lineage," 2021, published in The ISME Journal
  • "A global atlas of soil viruses reveals unexplored biodiversity and potential biogeochemical impacts," 2024, published in Nature Microbiology

Their frequent coauthors included:

  • Thomas L. Kieft, with 13 joint publications
  • Maggie C. Y. Lau, with 11 joint publications
  • Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya, with 9 joint publications
  • Devan M. Nisson, with 8 joint publications
  • Barbara Sherwood Lollar, with 8 joint publications

Onstott's research was often published in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology (2 publications)
  • The ISME Journal (2 publications)
  • Astrobiology (2 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • BIOGENIC IRON MINERALIZATION ACCOMPANYING THE DISSIMILATORY REDUCTION OF HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDE BY A GROUNDWATER BACTERIUM

    James K. Fredrickson;John M. Zachara;David W. Kennedy;Hailang Dong

  • Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth.

    Dylan Chivian;Eoin L. Brodie;Eric J. Alm;David E. Culley

  • The biomass and biodiversity of the continental subsurface

    C. Magnabosco;L.-H. Lin;H. Dong;M. Bomberg

  • Archaeal diversity in waters from deep South African gold mines.

    Ken Takai;Duane P. Moser;Mary DeFlaun;Tullis C. Onstott

  • Long-term sustainability of a high-energy, low-diversity crustal biome.

    Li-Hung Lin;Li-Hung Lin;Pei-Ling Wang;Douglas Rumble;Johanna Lippmann-Pipke

  • Dissimilatory Reduction of Fe(III) and Other Electron Acceptors by a Thermus Isolate

    T. L. Kieft;J. K. Fredrickson;Tullis C. Onstott;Y. A. Gorby

  • Unravelling abiogenic and biogenic sources of methane in the Earth's deep subsurface

    B. Sherwood Lollar;G. Lacrampe-Couloume;G. F. Slater;J. Ward

  • Direct measurements of methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania

    Mary Kang;Cynthia M. Kanno;Matthew C. Reid;Xin Zhang

  • The contribution of the Precambrian continental lithosphere to global H2 production.

    Barbara Sherwood Lollar;T. C. Onstott;G. Lacrampe-Couloume;C. J. Ballentine

  • The yield and isotopic composition of radiolytic H2, a potential energy source for the deep subsurface biosphere

    Li-Hung Lin;Greg F. Slater;Greg F. Slater;Barbara Sherwood Lollar;Georges Lacrampe-Couloume

  • Pore‐size constraints on the activity and survival of subsurface bacteria in a late cretaceous shale‐sandstone sequence, northwestern New Mexico

    J. K. Fredrickson;J. P. McKinley;B. N. Bjornstad;P. E. Long

  • Radiolytic H2 in continental crust: Nuclear power for deep subsurface microbial communities

    Li-Hung Lin;Li-Hung Lin;James Hall;James Hall;Johanna Lippmann-Pipke;Julie A. Ward

  • Nematoda from the terrestrial deep subsurface of South Africa

    Gaetan Borgonie;A Garcia-Moyano;A Garcia-Moyano;D Litthauer;Wim Bert;Wim Bert

  • Mineral transformations associated with the microbial reduction of magnetite

    Hailiang Dong;James K Fredrickson;David W Kennedy;John M Zachara

  • 39Ar recoil artifacts in chloritized biotite

    Lo Ching-Hua;T.C Onstott

  • An oligotrophic deep-subsurface community dependent on syntrophy is dominated by sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrifiers

    Maggie C. Y. Lau;Thomas L. Kieft;Olukayode Kuloyo;Borja Linage-Alvarez

  • Isotopic signatures of CH4 and higher hydrocarbon gases from Precambrian Shield sites: A model for abiogenic polymerization of hydrocarbons

    B. Sherwood Lollar;G. Lacrampe-Couloume;K. Voglesonger;T.C. Onstott

  • Desulfotomaculum and Methanobacterium spp. Dominate a 4- to 5-Kilometer-Deep Fault

    Duane P. Moser;Thomas M. Gihring;Fred J. Brockman;James K. Fredrickson

  • A high-resolution chemical and structural study of framboidal pyrite formed within a low-temperature bacterial biofilm

    L. C.W. MacLean;T. Tyliszczak;P. U.P.A. Gilbert;D. Zhou

  • Application of the Bingham distribution function in paleomagnetic studies

    Tullis C. Onstott

  • Argon retentivity of hornblendes: A field experiment in a slowly cooled metamorphic terrane

    Tullis C. Onstott;M. W. Peacock

  • Microbes deep inside the earth

    Jk Fredrickson;TC Onstott

  • Microbes in thawing permafrost: the unknown variable in the climate change equation

    David E Graham;Matthew D Wallenstein;Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya;Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya;Mark P Waldrop

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas L. Kieft
Thomas L. Kieft New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Susan M. Pfiffner
Susan M. Pfiffner University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Lisa M. Pratt
Lisa M. Pratt Indiana University
Barbara Sherwood Lollar
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto
Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya
Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya University of Tennessee at Knoxville
James K. Fredrickson
James K. Fredrickson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lyle G. Whyte
Lyle G. Whyte McGill University
Tommy J. Phelps
Tommy J. Phelps Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Brian J. Mailloux
Brian J. Mailloux Barnard College
David L. Balkwill
David L. Balkwill Florida State University

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