Don A. Cowan

385 papers and 14.7k indexed citations i.

About

Don A. Cowan is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Don A. Cowan has authored 385 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 209 papers in Ecology, 205 papers in Molecular Biology and 57 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Don A. Cowan’s work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (174 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (98 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (78 papers). Don A. Cowan is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (174 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (98 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (78 papers). Don A. Cowan collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Don A. Cowan's co-authors include Gillian C. Baker, Jacques J. Smith, S. Craig Cary, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Stephanie G. Burton, Pieter De Maayer, Marla Tuffin, Roy M. Daniel, Jean‐Baptiste Ramond and Ángel Valverde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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