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Researcher · Queensland Museum · Australia

Merrick Ekins

Merrick Ekins publishes mostly in Biotechnology, Ecology and Oceanography, on topics such as Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species.

ORCID 0000-0002-4825-462X OpenAlex
World rank
#6,831,167
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#135,284
of 140,210
Works
147
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
8.4
h-index
21
i10-index 46Top 23% in Biotechnology
Merrick Ekins

What does Merrick Ekins research?

Merrick Ekins's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Environmental Science (24%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 55 works · 37.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 35 works · 23.7% of their workEcology: 25 works · 17.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 works · 6.7% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 works · 7.3% of their workOceanography: 11 works · 7.3% of their workChemistry: 10 works · 6.7% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 10 works · 6.7% of their workEverything else: 51 works · 34.7% of their workLife Sciences: 41 works · 27.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 41 works · 27.6% of their workBiotechnology: 32 works · 21.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 9 works · 6.1% of their workTHEIR WORKMerrick Ekins147works
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences38%

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. Environmental Science3523.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences117.3%
    3. Chemistry106.7%
  2. Everything else5134.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4127.6%
  1. 1Biotechnology22% of their works
  2. 2Ecology17% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography7% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry7% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Merrick Ekins's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Pharmacology, Marine Natural Products, Microbial Symbionts, Sponge-Associated Microorganisms, Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Marine Ecosystems and Ecosystem Functioning.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology822 topics
  2. Marine Natural Products812 topics
  3. Microbial Symbionts711 topic
  4. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms711 topic
  5. Climate Change562 topics
  6. Coral Reefs381 topic
  7. Marine Ecosystems381 topic
  8. Ecosystem Functioning342 topics
  9. Biodiversity181 topic
  10. Marine Invasions181 topic
  11. Deep-Sea Ecology161 topic
  12. Marine Biodiversity161 topic
  13. Ecteinascidin111 topic
  14. Tetrahydroisoquinoline111 topic
  15. Drug Discovery101 topic
  16. Natural Products101 topic
  17. Alkaloids91 topic
  18. Amaryllidaceae91 topic
  19. Antifouling Coatings91 topic
  20. Biofouling91 topic

Where does Merrick Ekins work?

Merrick Ekins's main affiliation in the publication record is Queensland Museum, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Merrick Ekins have?

OpenAlex counts 147 works and 1,238 citations for Merrick Ekins, an h-index of 21, ranking #6,831,167 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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