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Patricia Mergen

Patricia Mergen publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Ecology and Insect Science, on topics such as Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Insect Utilization and Effects and Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research.

World rank
#575,882
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#6,839
of 18,604
Works
21
Citations
52
Citations per work
2.5

What does Patricia Mergen research?

Molecular Biology: 21.1%Ecology: 21.1%Insect Science: 15.8%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 10.5%other fields: 31.5%21%top field
Molecular Biology21.1%Ecology21.1%Insect Science15.8%Nature and Landscape Conservation10.5%other fields31.5%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology21% of their works
  2. 2Ecology21% of their works
  3. 3Insect Science16% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation10% of their works
  5. 5Ecological Modeling10% of their works
  6. 6Food Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Patricia Mergen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: DNA Barcoding, Climate Change, Environmental DNA, Metabarcoding, Bioinformatics, Conservation Challenges, Ecological Niche and Edible Insects.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. DNA Barcoding62 topics
  2. Climate Change42 topics
  3. Environmental DNA41 topic
  4. Metabarcoding41 topic
  5. Bioinformatics21 topic
  6. Conservation Challenges21 topic
  7. Ecological Niche21 topic
  8. Edible Insects21 topic
  9. Education21 topic
  10. Food Authentication21 topic
  11. Food Security21 topic
  12. Fraud Detection21 topic
  13. Freshwater Biodiversity21 topic
  14. Species Distribution Modeling21 topic
  15. Buckwheat11 topic
  16. Dead Wood11 topic
  17. Forest Management11 topic
  18. Quinoa11 topic

Where does Patricia Mergen work?

Patricia Mergen's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Patricia Mergen have?

Science Explorer counts 21 works and 52 citations for Patricia Mergen, ranking #575,882 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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