John Dunbar

6.2k citations

58 papers · 4.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 22

Impact in

Ecology top 0.5%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Soil Science top 1%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Papers in

Ecology 35
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 24
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 7
Soil Science 10
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 10

Co-authors: Cheryl R. Kuske Lawrence O. Ticknor Jason Gans Joel A. Klappenbach Thomas M. Schmidt Murray Wolinsky Susan M. Barns Shannon L. Takala
Journals: Applied and Environmental Microbiology (10 papers)Microbial Ecology (4 papers)Science (3 papers)Scientific Reports (2 papers)Mycologia (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Finland

In The Last Decade

John Dunbar

56 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Computational Improvements Reveal Great Bacterial Diversity and High Metal Toxicity in Soil 2005 · 835 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 Science
2000 Applied and Environmental Microbiology

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside John Dunbar, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Simulated nitrogen deposition and precipitation events alter microbial carbon cycling during early stages of litter decomposition OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·Marie Kroeger, O Editor, Vishal N. Hemnani, Thomas M. Yoshida, Michaeline Albright, John Dunbar	2024	0
2	Microbial Drivers of Plant Performance during Drought Depend upon Community Composition and the Greater Soil Environment Microbiology Spectrum ·R. W. Giblin, Kelsey Carter, F. J. P. Soler, Christina Steadman, 宮下俊靖, Christine M. Anderson‐Cook, L. Turin Dickman, Brent D. Newman, John Dunbar, Sanna Sevanto, Michaeline Albright	2023	10
3	Drivers of stability and transience in composition-functioning links during serial propagation of litter-decomposing microbial communities mSystems ·R. W. Giblin, Vishal N. Hemnani, Ibrahim Kasim, Andrew Marshall Adare, La Verne Gallegos‐Graves, Sanna Sevanto, John Dunbar, Michaeline Albright	2023	1
4	Experimental evidence for the impact of soil viruses on carbon cycling during surface plant litter decomposition ISME Communications ·Michaeline Albright, La Verne Gallegos‐Graves, Kelli L. Feeser, Andrew Marshall Adare, Joanne Emerson, Migun Shakya, John Dunbar	2022	53
5	Darksidea phi, sp. nov., a dark septate root-associated fungus in foundation grasses in North American Great Plains Mycologia ·Kuo-Ying Wang, Jennifer A. Rudgers, Ari Jumpponen, José Herrera, L V Butylina, Cheryl R. Kuske, John Dunbar, Dániel G. Knapp, Gábor M. Kovács, Andrea Porras‐Alfaro	2022	7
6	Microbial Communities Influence Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration by Altering Metabolite Composition Frontiers in Microbiology ·Tayte Campbell, Danielle Ulrich, Jason Toyoda, Jaron Thompson, Brian Munsky, Michaeline Albright, Vanessa Bailey, Malak Tfaily, John Dunbar	2022	31
7	Root exudate composition reflects drought severity gradient in blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) Scientific Reports ·Danielle Ulrich, Chaevien Clendinen, Carolina Hoppen Tonial, Rebecca Mueller, Rosalie Chu, Jason Toyoda, La Verne Gallegos‐Graves, Hannah Goemann, Brent Peyton, Sanna Sevanto, John Dunbar	2022	30
8	Merging Fungal and Bacterial Community Profiles via an Internal Control Microbial Ecology ·L V Butylina, Tisza A. S. Bell, La Verne Gallegos‐Graves, John Dunbar, Michaeline Albright	2021	7
9	Tracking Replicate Divergence in Microbial Community Composition and Function in Experimental Microcosms Microbial Ecology ·Renee Johansen, Michaeline Albright, La Verne Gallegos‐Graves, 黒木美希, 王阁, Thomas M. Yoshida, John Dunbar	2019	10
10	Machine learning to predict microbial community functions: An analysis of dissolved organic carbon from litter decomposition PLoS ONE ·Jaron Thompson, Renee Johansen, John Dunbar, Brian Munsky	2019	78
11	Perspective on Improving Environmental Monitoring of Biothreats Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology ·John Dunbar, Segaran P. Pillai, David S. Wunschel, M L Dickens, Stephen Morse, David R. Franz, Andrew Bartko, Jean F. Challacombe, Kinga Sygizman, Molly A. Hughes, Weiwei Cao, Dieudonné Molamba Moningo, Janine R. Hutchison, Eric Merkley, Katrina Campbell, Catherine Branda, Preeti Soni, Luther Lindler, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge	2018	4
12	Evaluation of DNA extraction methods to detect bacterial targets in aerosol samples Journal of Microbiological Methods ·John Dunbar, La Verne Gallegos‐Graves, Jason Gans, Stephen Morse, Segaran P. Pillai, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge	2018	5
13	Comparative Genomics of Nitrogen Cycling Pathways in Bacteria and Archaea Microbial Ecology ·Michaeline Albright, Agnon Ayeola Koffi Balogou, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, John Dunbar	2018	29
14	Differential expression of small RNAs from Burkholderia thailandensis in response to varying environmental and stress conditions BMC Genomics ·Chris Stubben, Sofiya Micheva‐Viteva, Yulin Shou, Sarah K. Buddenborg, John Dunbar, Elizabeth Hong‐Geller	2014	19
15	DNA binding site analysis of Burkholderia thailandensis response regulators Journal of Microbiological Methods ·Blanche Bapst, Rafael Couto Rodrigues de Oliveira, Tuhin Maity, Martha L. Bulyk, John Dunbar, Elizabeth Hong‐Geller	2012	5
16	Consistency of gene starts among Burkholderia genomes BMC Genomics ·John Dunbar, Judith D. Cohn, Michael E. Wall	2011	10
17	Evaluation ofBacillus anthracisandYersinia pestissample collection from nonporous surfaces by quantitative real-time PCR Letters in Applied Microbiology ·Elizabeth Hong‐Geller, Y. E. Valdez, Su Ying Xu, Thomas M. Yoshida, Babetta L. Marrone, John Dunbar	2010	11
18	Composition of Bacillus Species in Aerosols from 11 U.S. Cities Journal of Forensic Sciences ·Lori Merrill, John Dunbar, Jennifer Richardson, Cheryl R. Kuske	2006	20
19	Genome-wide expression analysis of iron regulation inBurkholderia pseudomalleiandBurkholderia malleiusing DNA microarrays FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Apichai Tuanyok, Sun Kim, William C. Nierman, Yan Yu, John Dunbar, Richard A. Moore, Patricia L. Baker, Muhammad Sohaib Arif, Bradley B. Brimhall, Donald E. Woods	2005	43
20	Modeling Bacterial Species Abundance from Small Community Surveys Microbial Ecology ·Yves Ballossier, John Dunbar	2003	19

About John Dunbar

John Dunbar is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science, Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Insect Science, having authored 58 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers), Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (13 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (7 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (6 papers) and Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (2.5k citations), Soil Science (758 citations), Pollution (508 citations), Environmental Chemistry (341 citations) and Molecular Biology (1.9k citations). John Dunbar has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Finland. Frequent co-authors include Cheryl R. Kuske, Lawrence O. Ticknor, Jason Gans, Joel A. Klappenbach, Thomas M. Schmidt, Murray Wolinsky, Susan M. Barns, Shannon L. Takala, La Verne Gallegos‐Graves and Michaeline Albright. Their work appears in journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Science, Scientific Reports and Mycologia.

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