Noah Fierer: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Noah Fierer's h-index is 149 (304 i10-index, 192,233+ total citations across 5+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Noah Fierer is affiliated with Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Noah Fierer is a researcher affiliated with Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, specializing in ecology, microbiology, biogeochemistry. Their work has been cited 192,233 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Noah Fierer's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 5 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 149
- i10-Index
- 304
- Total Citations
- 192,233
- Citing Countries
- 20
As of July 2026.
Noah Fierer has an h-index of 149 and 192,233 total citations across 5 publications, with research cited by institutions in 20 countries.
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QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
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The researcher developed QIIME, a foundational software framework enabling the analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data, which has become a standard tool in microbial ecology.
The researcher established a foundational framework for understanding soil bacterial diversity and biogeography, as evidenced by a seminal 2006 PNAS paper with over 6,600 citations.
The researcher established that delivery mode fundamentally shapes the acquisition and structure of initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns.
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About Noah Fierer's research
Noah Fierer is a researcher in ecology, microbiology and biogeochemistry at Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder. Their work has been cited 192,233 times across 5 publications (h-index 149), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data” (2010), has accumulated 38,781 citations. Other influential works include “Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample” (2011) with 10,874 citations and “Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms” (2012) with 10,142 citations.
Citations of Noah Fierer's research come primarily from United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
