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Matthew B. Sullivan

Environmental Science · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1981
Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesPlant Virus Research StudiesEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Publications

347

Citations

45,069

Est. group size

~30

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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Matthew B. Sullivan's research focuses on viruses that infect bacteria (bacteriophages) and their role in shaping microbial communities in environments like oceans, soil, and the gut. His work combines genomics, ecology, and lab experiments to understand how these virus-microbe interactions affect nutrient cycling and ecosystem processes. This is a large, active research group publishing frequently across environmental microbiology and genomics journals.

Bacteriophage-host interactionsMicrobial community ecologyEnvironmental genomics and metagenomicsVirus-driven biogeochemical cyclingHost-microbiome dynamics

Publication output has remained fairly steady over the past decade, averaging over 20 papers per year, with some year-to-year fluctuation and a notable peak in 2023.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 22.4/year recently
2017: 25 publications172018: 25 publications182019: 26 publications192020: 33 publications202021: 30 publications212022: 23 publications222023: 40 publications40232024: 17 publications242025: 27 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×45
  • The ISME Journal×14
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)×14
  • Nature Microbiology×11
  • Figshare×11
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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 19, 2026.

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