Merrick Ekins

1.2k total citations
78 papers, 836 citations indexed

About

Merrick Ekins is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Ecology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Merrick Ekins has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 836 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Biotechnology, 31 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Merrick Ekins's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (51 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (25 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (14 papers). Merrick Ekins is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (51 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (25 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (14 papers). Merrick Ekins collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and New Zealand. Merrick Ekins's co-authors include John N. A. Hooper, E. A. B. Aitken, Ken C. Goulter, Dirk Erpenbeck, Rohan A. Davis, Gert Wörheide, Heonjoong Kang, Sang‐Jip Nam, Dongyup Hahn and Hiyoung Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Merrick Ekins

77 papers receiving 819 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merrick Ekins Australia 18 339 219 184 157 151 78 836
E. Paige Stout United States 15 253 0.7× 215 1.0× 166 0.9× 191 1.2× 131 0.9× 20 868
Richard H. Willis Australia 16 329 1.0× 164 0.7× 219 1.2× 207 1.3× 183 1.2× 24 820
Nicole B. Lopanik United States 12 319 0.9× 118 0.5× 290 1.6× 130 0.8× 426 2.8× 18 735
Melany P. Puglisi United States 13 288 0.8× 172 0.8× 101 0.5× 87 0.6× 136 0.9× 22 784
Laura Núñez‐Pons Italy 18 308 0.9× 181 0.8× 122 0.7× 87 0.6× 161 1.1× 40 732
Friederike Hoffmann Germany 16 380 1.1× 331 1.5× 173 0.9× 101 0.6× 154 1.0× 21 796
Maria Cristina Díaz United States 21 739 2.2× 435 2.0× 219 1.2× 268 1.7× 253 1.7× 46 1.2k
Beate M. Slaby Germany 15 739 2.2× 487 2.2× 290 1.6× 139 0.9× 410 2.7× 20 1.1k
Jan Vicente United States 16 321 0.9× 248 1.1× 115 0.6× 105 0.7× 180 1.2× 27 549
Ulisses dos Santos Pinheiro. Brazil 12 338 1.0× 279 1.3× 79 0.4× 96 0.6× 107 0.7× 104 600

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merrick Ekins

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All Works

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Ekins, Merrick, et al.. (2023). Substratum selection in coral reef sponges and their interactions with other benthic organisms. Coral Reefs. 42(2). 427–442. 6 indexed citations
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Ekins, Merrick, Dirk Erpenbeck, Gert Wörheide, & John N. A. Hooper. (2023). Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific. Zootaxa. 5369(1). 57–88. 1 indexed citations
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Gasparini, Fabio, et al.. (2021). An elongated COI fragment to discriminate botryllid species and as an improved ascidian DNA barcode. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 18 indexed citations
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Schuster, Astrid, Andrzej Pisera, Merrick Ekins, & Cécile Debitus. (2021). New genus and species of lithistid demosponges from submarine caves in Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands) and Tahiti Iti (Society Islands), French Polynesia. The European Zoological Journal. 88(1). 749–770. 4 indexed citations
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Benayahu, Yehuda, Merrick Ekins, & Catherine S. McFadden. (2021). Overview of the genus Sympodium Ehrenberg, 1834 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Xeniidae), with the description of new species, revealing regional endemism. Zootaxa. 5072(4). 324–350. 2 indexed citations
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Erpenbeck, Dirk, et al.. (2020). Soft sponges with tricky tree: On the phylogeny of dictyoceratid sponges. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 58(1). 27–40. 13 indexed citations
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Ekins, Merrick, Dirk Erpenbeck, & John N. A. Hooper. (2020). Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition. Zootaxa. 4774(1). zootaxa.4774.1.1–zootaxa.4774.1.1. 10 indexed citations
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Moriou, Céline, Sylvain Petek, Marilyne Fauchon, et al.. (2020). Quorum Sensing Inhibitory and Antifouling Activities of New Bromotyrosine Metabolites from the Polynesian Sponge Pseudoceratina n. sp.. Marine Drugs. 18(5). 272–272. 29 indexed citations
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Ekins, Merrick, et al.. (2020). New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. Zootaxa. 4878(2). zootaxa.4878.2.2–zootaxa.4878.2.2. 5 indexed citations
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Rocha, Rosana Moreira da, Francesca Griggio, Merrick Ekins, et al.. (2019). The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genusBotrylloides: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a new species. Systematics and Biodiversity. 17(5). 509–526. 21 indexed citations
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Preston, Sarah, Abdul Jabbar, José Garcia-Bustos, et al.. (2019). Identification of Fromiamycalin and Halaminol A from Australian Marine Sponge Extracts with Anthelmintic Activity against Haemonchus contortus. Marine Drugs. 17(11). 598–598. 27 indexed citations
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Carroll, Anthony R., et al.. (2019). Capillasterin A, a Novel Pyrano[2,3-f]chromene from the Australian Crinoid Capillaster multiradiatus. Marine Drugs. 17(1). 26–26. 6 indexed citations
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Bryan, Scott E., et al.. (2018). Age and area predict patterns of species richness in pumice rafts contingent on oceanic climatic zone encountered. Ecology and Evolution. 8(10). 5034–5046. 17 indexed citations
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Buedenbender, Larissa, Anthony R. Carroll, Merrick Ekins, & D. İpek Kurtböke. (2017). Taxonomic and Metabolite Diversity of Actinomycetes Associated with Three Australian Ascidians. Diversity. 9(4). 53–53. 15 indexed citations
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Fromont, Jane, et al.. (2016). Patterns of Sponge Biodiversity in the Pilbara, Northwestern Australia. Diversity. 8(4). 21–21. 21 indexed citations
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Tran, Trong D., et al.. (2015). Isolation and Total Synthesis of Stolonines A–C, Unique Taurine Amides from the Australian Marine Tunicate Cnemidocarpa stolonifera. Marine Drugs. 13(7). 4556–4575. 27 indexed citations
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Hahn, Dongyup, Jungwook Chin, Hiyoung Kim, et al.. (2014). Sesquiterpenoids with PPARδ agonistic effect from a Korean marine sponge Ircinia sp.. Tetrahedron Letters. 55(34). 4716–4719. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Peter, Mike Page, Sean J. Handley, S. M. McVeagh, & Merrick Ekins. (2007). First record of the Australian ascidian Eudistoma elongatum in northern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 41(4). 347–355. 9 indexed citations

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