David Emerson

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

David Emerson is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Emerson has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 43 papers in Environmental Engineering and 34 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in David Emerson's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (43 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (39 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (34 papers). David Emerson is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (43 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (39 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (34 papers). David Emerson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. David Emerson's co-authors include Emily J. Fleming, Joyce McBeth, C.L. Moyer, J. Patrick Megonigal, Johanna V. Weiss, Clara S. Chan, Crystal L. Moyer, Niels Peter Revsbech, George W. Luther and Sirine C. Fakra and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

David Emerson

113 papers receiving 8.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria: An Environmental and Genomic Perspective

2010 584 citations David Emerson, Joyce McBeth et al. profile →
A Genus Definition for Bacteria and Archaea Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index

2020 222 citations Roman A. Barco, George M Garrity et al. mBio profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Emerson United States	50	2.6k	2.6k	2.5k	2.3k	1.7k	117	8.4k
Gordon Southam Australia	60	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	3.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	264	11.7k
F. G. Ferris Canada	55	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	915 0.6×	117	9.3k
Dianne K. Newman United States	71	3.8k 1.5×	2.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	6.7k 4.0×	196	16.9k
Katrina J. Edwards United States	48	996 0.4×	2.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	3.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	113	8.0k
Hailiang Dong China	70	3.5k 1.3×	4.8k 1.9×	2.3k 0.9×	4.1k 1.8×	2.9k 1.7×	402	17.4k
David W. Kennedy United States	43	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	88	8.9k
Bradley M. Tebo United States	65	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	6.5k 2.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	169	12.2k
Steven A. Banwart United Kingdom	54	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	682 0.4×	152	8.7k
Joel E. Kostka United States	61	1.2k 0.5×	4.8k 1.9×	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	160	11.0k
Susan A. Welch United States	33	1.0k 0.4×	867 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	533 0.3×	115	7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Emerson

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Lindsay, Melody R., Elizabeth W. Goodell, Jacob Munson-McGee, et al.. (2025). Laminarin stimulates single cell rates of sulfate reduction whereas oxygen inhibits transcriptomic activity in coastal marine sediment. The ISME Journal. 19(1).

Emerson, David, et al.. (2024). A Cost Model for Ocean Iron Fertilization as a Means of Carbon Dioxide Removal That Compares Ship‐ and Aerial‐Based Delivery, and Estimates Verification Costs. Earth s Future. 12(4). 2 indexed citations

Michaud, Alexander B., David Emerson, William B. Bowden, et al.. (2024). Phosphorus Interactions with Iron in Undisturbed and Disturbed Arctic Tundra Ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(26). 11400–11410. 6 indexed citations

Barco, Roman A., Nancy Merino, Brian Lam, et al.. (2024). Comparative proteomics of a versatile, marine, iron‐oxidizing chemolithoautotroph. Environmental Microbiology. 26(6). e16632–e16632. 2 indexed citations

Farag, Ibrahim, et al.. (2024). Leptothrix ochracea genomes reveal potential for mixotrophic growth on Fe(II) and organic carbon. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(9). e0059924–e0059924. 8 indexed citations

Barco, Roman A., George M Garrity, Jarrod J. Scott, et al.. (2020). A Genus Definition for Bacteria and Archaea Based on a Standard Genome Relatedness Index. mBio. 11(1). 222 indexed citations breakdown →

McAllister, Sean M., Ryan M. Moore, Amy Gartman, et al.. (2019). The Fe(II)-oxidizing Zetaproteobacteria : historical, ecological and genomic perspectives. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 95(4). 78 indexed citations

Vesenka, James, et al.. (2018). A Model for Sheath Formation Coupled to Motility in Leptothrix ochracea. Geomicrobiology Journal. 35(5). 366–374. 11 indexed citations

Beam, Jacob P., Jarrod J. Scott, Sean M. McAllister, et al.. (2018). Biological rejuvenation of iron oxides in bioturbated marine sediments. The ISME Journal. 12(5). 1389–1394. 31 indexed citations

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Floyd, M.A., Amy J. Williams, Andrej Grubisic, & David Emerson. (2018). Metabolic Processes Preserved as Biosignatures in Iron-Oxidizing Microorganisms: Implications for Biosignature Detection on Mars. Astrobiology. 19(1). 40–52. 12 indexed citations

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McBeth, Joyce & David Emerson. (2016). In Situ Microbial Community Succession on Mild Steel in Estuarine and Marine Environments: Exploring the Role of Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 767–767. 65 indexed citations

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Nolasco, Gustavo & David Emerson. (2015). Evaluación de cuatro métodos de extracción de aceite de la semilla de piñón (Jatropha curcas) var. Cabo Verde y cuantificación de sus ésteres de forbol. 1 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Daniel J., Alyssa Findlay, Sean M. McAllister, et al.. (2014). Using in situ voltammetry as a tool to identify and characterize habitats of iron-oxidizing bacteria: from fresh water wetlands to hydrothermal vent sites. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 16(9). 2117–2126. 25 indexed citations

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McBeth, Joyce, et al.. (2010). Neutrophilic Iron-Oxidizing “ Zetaproteobacteria ” and Mild Steel Corrosion in Nearshore Marine Environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(4). 1405–1412. 150 indexed citations

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Singer, Esther, David Emerson, Eric A. Webb, et al.. (2010). Genomic Insights Into the First Cultured Member of the Zeta-Proteobacteria, the Fe-Oxidizing Mariprofundus Ferrooxydans PV-1. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Cleland, David, et al.. (2007). Growth characteristics of microorganisms on commercially available animal-free alternatives to tryptic soy medium. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 69(2). 345–352. 11 indexed citations

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Emerson, David, Jeremy A. Rentz, Timothy Lilburn, et al.. (2007). A Novel Lineage of Proteobacteria Involved in Formation of Marine Fe-Oxidizing Microbial Mat Communities. PLoS ONE. 2(8). e667–e667. 310 indexed citations

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Weiss, Johanna V., J. Patrick Megonigal, & David Emerson. (2002). Microbiological and Geochemical Evidence of Fe(III) Reduction in the Rhizosphere (Root-Zone) of Wetland Plants. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Coulson, C. A. & David Emerson. (1974). Crystal growth and orientational disorder in bromoform. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 337(1609). 151–165. 5 indexed citations

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Emerson, David, et al.. (1971). Photodimerization of anthracene single crystals in situ in the electron microscope. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 324(1556). 37–43. 12 indexed citations

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