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Ben J. Woodcroft

Environmental Science · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity
Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaClimate change and permafrostGut microbiota and health

Publications

179

Citations

13,083

Est. group size

~6

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Ben J. Woodcroft develops computational tools and large-scale genomic resources for studying microbial communities, particularly using metagenomics (the study of genetic material recovered directly from environmental samples). His work spans software for identifying and comparing microbial genomes, large environmental microbiome surveys, and questions about microbial evolution, greenhouse gas cycling, and adaptation to oxygen over geological time.

Metagenomics tools and software developmentMicrobial genome databases and taxonomyMicrobial ecology and evolutionEnvironmental and permafrost microbiomesGreenhouse gas and hydrocarbon metabolism in microbes

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from a few papers per year around 2017 to over 20 per year in 2023-2024, with continued high activity into 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 16.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 11 publications212022: 13 publications222023: 22 publications232024: 23 publications23242025: 17 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×40
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×21
  • Nature Microbiology×8
  • Nature Communications×6
  • Nature Biotechnology×4
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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