David Singer

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Singer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Singer has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in David Singer's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (31 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (17 papers). David Singer is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (31 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (17 papers). David Singer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Spain and Brazil. David Singer's co-authors include Enrique Lara, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Christophe V. W. Seppey, Leonardo D. Fernández, Stefan Geisen, Micah Dunthorn, Valentyna Krashevska, Julia Walochnik, Flemming Ekelund and Sina M. Adl and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

David Singer

40 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research

2018 445 citations Stefan Geisen, Edward A. D. Mitchell et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Singer Switzerland	17	927	725	296	190	148	41	1.3k
Leonardo D. Fernández Chile	15	542 0.6×	447 0.6×	189 0.6×	158 0.8×	106 0.7×	37	897
Kenneth Dumack Germany	22	855 0.9×	696 1.0×	643 2.2×	46 0.2×	253 1.7×	71	1.6k
Vanessa Buzzard United States	12	634 0.7×	281 0.4×	329 1.1×	82 0.4×	284 1.9×	17	1.3k
Christophe V. W. Seppey Switzerland	15	518 0.6×	353 0.5×	151 0.5×	90 0.5×	60 0.4×	23	766
G.A. de Groot Netherlands	19	603 0.7×	410 0.6×	292 1.0×	35 0.2×	136 0.9×	53	1.3k
François Keck France	25	1.3k 1.5×	681 0.9×	124 0.4×	52 0.3×	30 0.2×	47	2.0k
E. Ashley Shaw United States	14	513 0.6×	146 0.2×	342 1.2×	45 0.2×	500 3.4×	18	1.1k
Arthur Escalas France	16	582 0.6×	295 0.4×	97 0.3×	18 0.1×	87 0.6×	24	913
Xian Yang China	16	433 0.5×	159 0.2×	325 1.1×	41 0.2×	270 1.8×	39	1.1k
Hans‐Werner Breiner Germany	16	1.8k 2.0×	1.5k 2.0×	189 0.6×	41 0.2×	48 0.3×	22	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Singer

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Lentendu, Guillaume, David Singer, Sabine Agatha, et al.. (2025). EukFunc : A Holistic Eukaryotic Functional Reference for Automated Profiling of Soil Eukaryotes. Molecular Ecology Resources. 25(7). e14118–e14118. 1 indexed citations

Tice, Alexander K., Quentin Blandenier, Kenneth Dumack, et al.. (2024). Amoebozoan testate amoebae illuminate the diversity of heterotrophs and the complexity of ecosystems throughout geological time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(30). e2319628121–e2319628121. 3 indexed citations

Schweizer, Magali, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the distribution of three Ammonia species (Foraminifera, Rhizaria) in French Atlantic Coast estuaries using morphological and metabarcoding approaches. Marine Micropaleontology. 188. 102353–102353. 3 indexed citations

Singer, David, et al.. (2023). Unlocking foraminiferal genetic diversity on estuarine mudflats with eDNA metabarcoding. The Science of The Total Environment. 902. 165983–165983. 10 indexed citations

Schweizer, Magali, et al.. (2023). Through the eDNA looking glass: Responses of fjord benthic foraminiferal communities to contrasting environmental conditions. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4). e12975–e12975. 15 indexed citations

Cano, Emilio, Antonio Quesada, Daniel J. G. Lahr, et al.. (2023). A needle in a haystack: A new metabarcoding approach to survey diversity at the species level of Arcellinida (Amoebozoa: Tubulinea). Molecular Ecology Resources. 23(5). 1034–1049. 10 indexed citations

Seppey, Christophe V. W., Enrique Lara, Olivier Broennimann, et al.. (2023). Landscape structure is a key driver of soil protist diversity in meadows in the Swiss Alps. Landscape Ecology. 38(4). 949–965. 9 indexed citations

Singer, David, Alexandra Coynel, Hélène Howa, et al.. (2022). Foraminiferal Distribution in Two Estuarine Intertidal Mudflats of the French Atlantic Coast: Testing the Marine Influence Index. Water. 14(4). 645–645. 13 indexed citations

Lara, Enrique, David Singer, & Stefan Geisen. (2022). Discrepancies between prokaryotes and eukaryotes need to be considered in soil DNA ‐based studies. Environmental Microbiology. 24(9). 3829–3839. 16 indexed citations

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Singer, David, Christophe V. W. Seppey, Guillaume Lentendu, et al.. (2020). Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in soil, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Environment International. 146. 106262–106262. 160 indexed citations

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Metz, Sebastián, David Singer, Isabelle Domaizon, Fernando Unrein, & Enrique Lara. (2019). Global distribution of Trebouxiophyceae diversity explored by high‐throughput sequencing and phylogenetic approaches. Environmental Microbiology. 21(10). 3885–3895. 18 indexed citations

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Seppey, Christophe V. W., Olivier Broennimann, Aline Buri, et al.. (2019). Soil protist diversity in the Swiss western Alps is better predicted by topo‐climatic than by edaphic variables. Journal of Biogeography. 47(4). 866–878. 34 indexed citations

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Singer, David, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Richard J. Payne, et al.. (2019). Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists. Molecular Ecology. 28(12). 3089–3100. 42 indexed citations

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Singer, David, Sebastián Metz, Fernando Unrein, et al.. (2019). Contrasted Micro-Eukaryotic Diversity Associated with Sphagnum Mosses in Tropical, Subtropical and Temperate Climatic Zones. Microbial Ecology. 78(3). 714–724. 14 indexed citations

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Sánchez‐Jiménez, Abel, et al.. (2019). Rain-Fed Granite Rock Basins Accumulate a High Diversity of Dormant Microbial Eukaryotes. Microbial Ecology. 79(4). 882–897. 10 indexed citations

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Lösch, Sandra, Christophe V. W. Seppey, Enrique Lara, et al.. (2018). Comparative analysis of bones, mites, soil chemistry, nematodes and soil micro-eukaryotes from a suspected homicide to estimate the post-mortem interval. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 25–25. 41 indexed citations

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Geisen, Stefan, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Sina M. Adl, et al.. (2018). Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 42(3). 293–323. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duckert, Clément, Quentin Blandenier, Anush Kosakyan, et al.. (2018). En garde! Redefinition of Nebela militaris (Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae) and erection of Alabasta gen. nov.. European Journal of Protistology. 66. 156–165. 23 indexed citations

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Seppey, Christophe V. W., David Singer, Kenneth Dumack, et al.. (2017). Distribution patterns of soil microbial eukaryotes suggests widespread algivory by phagotrophic protists as an alternative pathway for nutrient cycling. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 112. 68–76. 97 indexed citations

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Singer, David, et al.. (2014). Eight species in the Nebela collaris complex: Nebela gimlii (Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae), a new species described from a Swiss raised bog. European Journal of Protistology. 51(1). 79–85. 41 indexed citations

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