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Researcher · Australian Museum · Australia

Donald James Colgan

Donald James Colgan publishes mostly in Ecology, Genetics and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior and Genetic diversity and population structure.

ORCID 0000-0003-1110-8300 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,546,405
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#92,279
of 140,210
Works
127
Citations
4.1k
Citations per work
32.6
h-index
29
i10-index 61Top 12% in Ecology
Donald James Colgan

What does Donald James Colgan research?

Donald James Colgan's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (25%), Environmental Science (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%).

Life Sciences: 54 works · 42.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 32 works · 24.9% of their workGenetics: 17 works · 13.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 14 works · 11.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 works · 17.7% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 works · 9.0% of their workInsect Science: 11 works · 8.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 39 works · 30.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 25 works · 19.3% of their workEcology: 25 works · 19.3% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 works · 11.2% of their workOceanography: 14 works · 11.2% of their workEverything else: 34 works · 26.9% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald JamesColgan127works
Life Sciences43%Physical Sciences30%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3224.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2217.7%
    1. Environmental Science2519.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1411.2%
  3. Everything else3426.9%
  1. 1Ecology19% of their works
  2. 2Genetics14% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology11% of their works
  4. 4Oceanography11% of their works
  5. 5Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald James Colgan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Ecosystem Functioning, Marine Biodiversity, Ecosystem Engineering, Freshwater Mussels, Genetic Structure, Species Delimitation and Biodiversity.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species633 topics
  2. Ecosystem Functioning351 topic
  3. Marine Biodiversity351 topic
  4. Ecosystem Engineering321 topic
  5. Freshwater Mussels321 topic
  6. Genetic Structure322 topics
  7. Species Delimitation322 topics
  8. Biodiversity312 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis262 topics
  10. Population Dynamics231 topic
  11. Population Genetics231 topic
  12. Parasitism221 topic
  13. Snails221 topic
  14. RNA-Seq171 topic
  15. sequence alignment171 topic
  16. Aquaculture141 topic
  17. Oyster Reefs141 topic
  18. Climate Change91 topic
  19. DNA Barcoding91 topic
  20. Earthworms91 topic
  21. Species Distribution Modeling91 topic

Where does Donald James Colgan work?

Donald James Colgan's main affiliation in the publication record is Australian Museum, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Donald James Colgan have?

OpenAlex counts 127 works and 4,138 citations for Donald James Colgan, an h-index of 29, ranking #3,546,405 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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