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Verified ScholarVerified at University of PretoriaASIDASID-6746-6534-2890 orcid.org/0000-0001-8059-861X
Don Arthur Cowan
University of Pretoria•South Africa
Faculty researcher at University of Pretoria (ZA), specializing in Physical Sciences & Engineering. [Discipline: Physical Sciences & Engineering] [Scholar Type: Journal Research Scientist] [Career Tier: Distinguished Scholar] [Region: Southern Africa]
#Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology#Polar Research and Ecology#Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies#Enzyme Production and Characterization
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Citation Indices
Standard Scientometrics| All | Since 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Citations | 24,238 | 11,634 |
| h-index | 76 | 57 |
| i10-index | 344 | 241 |
Annual Citation Growth
Verified Citations / Year0
20201.2k
2021+40%1.6k
2022+29%2.1k
2023+33%2.8k
2024-8%2.6k
2025-45%1.4k
2026Scholarship Distribution & Proportions555 Articles • 0 Books & Monographs • 0 Applied Assignments
Continental Provenance:82% African Regional Citations (19,875) • 18% Global Research Impact (4,363)
555 Indexed WorksAuthentic Data
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Articles & Books (555)
Review and re-analysis of domain-specific 16S primers
Published in Journal of Microbiological Methods•2003
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.08.009 Verified Peer-Reviewed
On the rocks: the microbiology of Antarctic Dry Valley soils
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology•2010
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2281 Verified Peer-Reviewed
Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles
Published in EMBO Reports•2014
DOI: 10.1002/embr.201338170 Verified Peer-Reviewed
A reservoir of ‘historical’ antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils
Published in Microbiome•2018
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0424-5 Verified Peer-Reviewed
Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research
Published in Nature Communications•2020
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17688-2 Verified Peer-Reviewed
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