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John E. Wertz

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1963

Publications

109

Citations

8,247

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1963

Research summary
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The bibliographic record associated with this name spans several distinct fields, making it likely that multiple researchers share the same name. The listed publications cover accounting and finance (financial disclosures, investor behavior, pension policy) as well as microbiology (bacteriophage evolution, microbial culture collections, and genome sequencing), while the assigned OpenAlex topics point toward physics-based spectroscopy and crystallography. Prospective students should verify which body of work corresponds to the specific advisor they are considering.

Financial and accounting disclosureInvestor behavior and betting marketsBacteriophage biology and evolutionMicrobial culture collections and preservationSpectroscopy and crystallography (topic tags)

Publication activity was modest in the late 2010s (about three per year in 2017-2018) and has slowed considerably since, averaging under one per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

10 earlier awards
  • NSF 1756217Sep 2018 – Aug 2021 · $499k awarded

    CSBR: Living Stocks: The Escherichia Coli Genetic Stock Center

  • NSF 1442156May 2015 – Apr 2021 · $480k awarded

    Dimensions: Identifying how the ecological and evolutionary interactions between host and symbiont shape holobiont biodiversity

  • NSF 1458262Sep 2015 – Aug 2018 · $499k awarded

    CSBR: Living Stocks - The Escherichia Coli Genetic Stock Center

  • NSF 1049728Apr 2011 – Mar 2016 · $1.3M awarded

    LSCBR: The Escherichia coli Genetic Stock Center

  • NSF 0923167Aug 2009 – Jul 2012 · $279k awarded

    MRI: MALDI Acquisition for Collaborative Species and Biomolecule Identification

  • NSF 0742708Sep 2008 – Sep 2011 · $1.1M awarded

    LSC: The Escherichia Coli Genetic Stock Center

  • NSF 0550131Mar 2006 – Feb 2008

    Maintenance of Escherichia coli K-12 Genetic Stock Culture Collection

  • NSF 7610852Oct 1976 – Oct 1979 · $38k awarded

    Electronic Properties of Oxides

  • NSF 7302788Oct 1973 – Sep 1976 · $179k awarded

    Conversion From the English to Metric System in the United States

  • NSF 7307668Jun 1973 – May 1976 · $43k awarded

    Electronic Properties of Oxides

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 255 established Earth and Planetary Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 8,247cohort median 2,963
h-index: 36cohort median 26
Publications / year (recent): 0.4cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 31% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 10 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications3172018: 3 publications3182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication20212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication23242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×4
  • Scientific Reports×1
  • Journal of Accounting Research×1
  • Journal of Accounting and Economics×1
  • mBio×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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