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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
11527
World Ranking
10974
National Ranking
4750

Virginia M. Weis publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 135 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Virginia M. Weis 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 Virginia M. Weis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Virginia M. Weis is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in several subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Biotechnology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work focuses extensively on topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, specifically:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Virginia M. Weis has authored multiple research papers published in various scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments (2020) in Ecological Applications
  • The Molecular Language of the Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis (2020) in Trends in Microbiology
  • Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide (2021) in Restoration Ecology
  • Triggers, cascades, and endpoints: connecting the dots of coral bleaching mechanisms (2024) in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Host and Symbiont Cell Cycle Coordination Is Mediated by Symbiotic State, Nutrition, and Partner Identity in a Model Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis (2020) in mBio

Their publications often appear in specific journals and platforms, with the most frequent venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • PeerJ
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Coral Reefs

Virginia M. Weis collaborates regularly with a range of fellow researchers, with the most frequent coauthors being:

  • Simon K. Davy
  • Clinton A. Oakley
  • Arthur Grossman
  • David J. Suggett
  • Christian R. Voolstra

Best Publications

  • Cell Biology of Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis

    Simon K. Davy;Denis Allemand;Virginia M. Weis

  • Cellular mechanisms of Cnidarian bleaching: stress causes the collapse of symbiosis

    Virginia M Weis

  • The genome of Aiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

    Sebastian Baumgarten;Oleg Simakov;Lisl Y. Esherick;Yi Jin Liew

  • Cell biology in model systems as the key to understanding corals

    Virginia M. Weis;Simon K. Davy;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty

  • Effects of morphology and water motion on carbon delivery and productivity in the reef coral, Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus): Diffusion barriers, inorganic carbon limitation, and biochemical plasticity

    Michael P. Lesser;Virginia M. Weis;Mark R. Patterson;Paul L. Jokiel

  • Lectin/glycan interactions play a role in recognition in a coral/dinoflagellate symbiosis.

    Elisha M. Wood-Charlson;Lea L. Hollingsworth;Dave A. Krupp;Virginia M. Weis

  • Optimal nutrient exchange and immune responses operate in partner specificity in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis.

    Jennifer L. Matthews;Camerron M. Crowder;Clinton A. Oakley;Adrian Lutz

  • Apoptosis and autophagy as mechanisms of dinoflagellate symbiont release during cnidarian bleaching: every which way you lose

    Simon R Dunn;Christine E Schnitzler;Virginia M Weis

  • Generation and analysis of transcriptomic resources for a model system on the rise: the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and its dinoflagellate endosymbiont

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Emily C Wilson;Michael Thaler;Marc L Smith

  • Nitric oxide and cnidarian bleaching: an eviction notice mediates breakdown of a symbiosis.

    Santiago Perez;Virginia Weis

  • Late Larval Development and Onset of Symbiosis in the Scleractinian Coral Fungia scutaria.

    Jodi A. Schwarz;Dave A. Krupp;Virginia M. Weis

  • Host-symbiont specificity during onset of symbiosis between the dinoflagellates Symbiodinium spp. and planula larvae of the scleractinian coral Fungia scutaria

    Virginia M. Weis;Wendy S. Reynolds;Melissa D. deBoer;Dave A. Krupp

  • Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals.

    Debashish Bhattacharya;Shobhit Agrawal;Manuel Aranda;Sebastian Baumgarten

  • Transcriptome analysis of a cnidarian-dinoflagellate mutualism reveals complex modulation of host gene expression.

    Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty;Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty;Wendy S Phillips;Virginia M Weis

  • A “CO2 supply” mechanism in zooxanthellate cnidarians: role of carbonic anhydrase

    V. M. Weis;G. J. Smith;L. Muscatine

  • Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments

    Andrea G. Grottoli;R. J. Toonen;R. van Woesik;R. Vega Thurber

  • Apoptosis as a post-phagocytic winnowing mechanism in a coral–dinoflagellate mutualism

    Simon R. Dunn;Virginia M. Weis

  • Distinct ITS types of Symbiodinium in clade C correlate with cnidarian/dinoflagellate specificity during onset of symbiosis

    Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty;Dave A. Krupp;Virginia M. Weis

  • Regulation of cnidarian–dinoflagellate mutualisms: Evidence that activation of a host TGFβ innate immune pathway promotes tolerance of the symbiont

    Olivier Detournay;Christine E. Schnitzler;Angela Poole;Virginia M. Weis

  • Cell Biology of Coral Symbiosis: Foundational Study Can Inform Solutions to the Coral Reef Crisis.

    Virginia M Weis

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon K. Davy
Simon K. Davy Victoria University of Wellington
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Yehuda Benayahu
Yehuda Benayahu Tel Aviv University
Ute Roessner
Ute Roessner University of Melbourne
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai University of Hawaii at Manoa
Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
Ruth D. Gates
Ruth D. Gates University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michael P. Lesser
Michael P. Lesser University of New Hampshire
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
John R. Pringle
John R. Pringle Stanford University

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Publications: 84

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Bette L. Willis

Bette L. Willis

James Cook University

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Andrew C. Baker

Andrew C. Baker

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Publications: 42

David G. Bourne

David G. Bourne

James Cook University

Publications: 41

Margaret J. McFall-Ngai

Margaret J. McFall-Ngai

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Publications: 39

Ruth D. Gates

Ruth D. Gates

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Publications: 39

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Simon K. Davy

Victoria University of Wellington

Publications: 38

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Denis Allemand

Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Publications: 37

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Line K. Bay

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Publications: 36

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Todd C. LaJeunesse

Pennsylvania State University

Publications: 34

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David J. Suggett

University of Technology Sydney

Publications: 32

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Hollie M. Putnam

University of Rhode Island

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