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Researcher · University of Pretoria · South Africa

Don A. Cowan

Don A. Cowan publishes mostly in Ecology, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

ORCID 0000-0001-8059-861X OpenAlex
World rank
#305,406
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#836
of 5,570
Works
95
Citations
397
Citations per work
4.2

What does Don A. Cowan research?

Ecology: 33.6%Molecular Biology: 22.9%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4.6%Biotechnology: 3.1%other fields: 35.8%34%top field
Ecology33.6%Molecular Biology22.9%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4.6%Biotechnology3.1%other fields35.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Ecology34% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology23% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works
  4. 4Biotechnology3% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions3% of their works
  6. 6Surgery2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Don A. Cowan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ecology, Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography, Phylogenetic Analysis, RNA-Seq, sequence alignment, Bacteriophage and Virus.

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.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Ecology232 topics
  2. Marine Microbes211 topic
  3. Microbial Biogeography211 topic
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis182 topics
  5. RNA-Seq161 topic
  6. sequence alignment161 topic
  7. Bacteriophage151 topic
  8. Virus151 topic
  9. Biogeography102 topics
  10. Antarctic81 topic
  11. Microorganisms81 topic
  12. Biocatalysis31 topic
  13. Biological Soil Crusts31 topic
  14. Cyanobacteria31 topic
  15. Enzyme Immobilization31 topic
  16. Pancreatic Islets31 topic
  17. ß-Cell Dysfunction31 topic
  18. Lichen21 topic
  19. Symbiosis21 topic

Where does Don A. Cowan work?

Don A. Cowan's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Don A. Cowan have?

Science Explorer counts 95 works and 397 citations for Don A. Cowan, ranking #305,406 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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