Michael Bunce

18.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
181 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Bunce is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bunce has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Ecology, 67 papers in Molecular Biology and 41 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Bunce's work include Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (58 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (32 papers). Michael Bunce is often cited by papers focused on Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (58 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (32 papers). Michael Bunce collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Michael Bunce's co-authors include K. I. Welsh, Michael Stat, Joseph D. DiBattista, Martin Barnardo, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Euan S. Harvey, Eske Willerslev, P. Krausa, Michael J. Browning and Peter J. Morris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bunce

178 papers receiving 9.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Phototyping: comprehensive DNA typing for HLA‐A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3, DRB4, DRB5 & DQB1 by PCR with 144 primer mixes utilizing sequence‐specific primers (PCR‐SSP)

1995 903 citations Michael Bunce et al. profile →
The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

2012 389 citations Morten E. Allentoft, Charlotte L. Oskam et al. profile →
Ecosystem biomonitoring with eDNA: metabarcoding across the tree of life in a tropical marine environment

2017 369 citations Michael Stat, Joseph D. DiBattista et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Practitioner perspectives on informing decisions in One Health sectors with predictive models 2025 ·Humanities and Social Sciences Communications ·Kim M. Pepin, Keith M. Carlisle, Richard B. Chipman, (unknown), Dean P. Anderson, Michael G. Baker, Jackie Benschop, Michael Bunce, Rachelle N. Binny, Nigel French, Suzie Greenhalgh, Dion O’Neale, S McDougall, Fraser Morgan, Petra Muellner, (unknown), Michael J. Plank, Daniel M. Tompkins, David T. S. Hayman	0
2	Design and Optimization of a Centrifugal Compressor-Based Air Management System for HD Fuel Cell Applications 2024 ·SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Bunce, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
3	Long-distance Southern Ocean environmental DNA (eDNA) transect provides insights into spatial marine biota and invasion pathways for non-native species 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Georgia Nester, L. Suter, John A. Kitchener, Michael Bunce, Andrea Polanowski, (unknown), Bruce E. Deagle	4
4	Mining exploration infrastructure affects biophysical habitat characteristics and ground-dwelling arthropod communities 2024 ·Biodiversity and Conservation ·Kristen Fernandes, (unknown), Benjamin J. Saunders, Jonathan Majer, Philip W. Bateman, Michael Bunce, Paul Nevill	1
5	Exploring the depth and breadth of the genomics toolbox during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand 2023 ·BMC Medicine ·Michael Bunce, Jemma L. Geoghegan, David J. Winter, Joep de Ligt, Siouxsie Wiles	1
6	Comparing environmental DNA collection methods for sampling community composition on marine infrastructure 2023 ·Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ·(unknown), Michael J. Marnane, Justin McDonald, (unknown), Travis S. Elsdon, Tiffany Simpson, (unknown), Michael Bunce, Euan S. Harvey	14
7	A large scale temporal and spatial environmental DNA biodiversity survey of marine vertebrates in Brazil following the Fundão tailings dam failure 2023 ·Marine Environmental Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James Keating, Tiffany Simpson, Mahsa Mousavi‐Derazmahalleh, Michael Bunce, Tina E. Berry, (unknown), Ângelo F. Bernardino, (unknown)	1
8	Gut content metabarcoding of specialized feeders is not a replacement for environmental DNA assays of seawater in reef environments 2023 ·PeerJ ·Joseph D. DiBattista, Shang‐Yin Vanson Liu, Maarten De Brauwer, Shaun Wilkinson, Katrina M. West, Adam Koziol, Michael Bunce	1
9	Tracing the international arrivals of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants after Aotearoa New Zealand reopened its border 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Jordan Douglas, David J. Winter, Andrea McNeill, Sam Carr, Michael Bunce, Nigel French, James Hadfield, Joep de Ligt, David Welch, Jemma L. Geoghegan	17
10	Characterizing the distribution of the critically endangered estuarine pipefish (Syngnathus watermeyeri) across its range using environmental DNA 2022 ·Environmental DNA ·Georgia Nester, Matthew J. Heydenrych, Tina E. Berry, Zoe T. Richards, (unknown), Nicole E. White, Maarten De Brauwer, Michael Bunce, Miwa Takahashi, Louw Claassens	14
11	Complementary molecular and visual sampling of fish on oil and gas platforms provides superior biodiversity characterisation 2022 ·Marine Environmental Research ·(unknown), Michael J. Marnane, Travis S. Elsdon, Michael Bunce, (unknown), (unknown), Euan S. Harvey	13
12	Sucked in by eDNA – a promising tool for complementing riverine assessment of freshwater fish communities in Aotearoa New Zealand 2021 ·New Zealand Journal of Zoology ·Bruno David, (unknown), Andy S. Hicks, Shaun Wilkinson, Michael Bunce, (unknown), David W. West, Katie Collins, Dianne Gleeson	15
13	Strategies for sample labelling and library preparation in DNA metabarcoding studies 2021 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Kristine Bohmann, Vasco Elbrecht, Christian Carøe, Iliana Bista, Florian Leese, Michael Bunce, Douglas W. Yu, Mathew Seymour, Alex J. Dumbrell, Simon Creer	83
14	Development and evaluation of fish eDNA metabarcoding assays facilitate the detection of cryptic seahorse taxa (family: Syngnathidae) 2020 ·Environmental DNA ·Georgia Nester, Maarten De Brauwer, Adam Koziol, Katrina M. West, Joseph D. DiBattista, Nicole E. White, Matthew Power, Matthew J. Heydenrych, Euan S. Harvey, Michael Bunce	67
15	Maximizing fish detection with eDNA metabarcoding 2020 ·Environmental DNA ·Cindy Bessey, Simon Jarman, Oliver Berry, Ylva S. Olsen, Michael Bunce, Tiffany Simpson, Matthew Power, James McLaughlin, Graham J. Edgar, John K. Keesing	122
16	Invertebrate DNA metabarcoding reveals changes in communities across mine site restoration chronosequences 2019 ·Restoration Ecology ·Kristen Fernandes, Mieke van der Heyde, Megan L. Coghlan, Grant Wardell‐Johnson, Michael Bunce, Richard J. Harris, Paul G. Nevill	21
17	Marine environmental DNA biomonitoring reveals seasonal patterns in biodiversity and identifies ecosystem responses to anomalous climatic events 2019 ·PLoS Genetics ·Tina E. Berry, Benjamin J. Saunders, Megan L. Coghlan, Michael Stat, Simon Jarman, Anthony J. Richardson, Claire H. Davies, Oliver Berry, Euan S. Harvey, Michael Bunce	127
18	DNA metabarcoding—a new approach to fauna monitoring in mine site restoration 2018 ·Restoration Ecology ·Kristen Fernandes, Mieke van der Heyde, Michael Bunce, Kingsley W. Dixon, Richard J. Harris, Grant Wardell‐Johnson, Paul G. Nevill	33
19	A molecular characterization of a newly discovered megafaunal fossil site in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand 2011 ·Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand ·Morten E. Allentoft, R. Paul Scofield, Charlotte L. Oskam, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Bunce	8
20	Human platelet alloantigens (HPAs): PCR‐SSP genotyping of a UK population for 15 HPA alleles 2003 ·European Journal of Immunogenetics ·Des C. Jones, Michael Bunce, S Fuggle, Neil T. Young, Sara E. Marshall	33

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