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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
17213
World Ranking
7763
National Ranking
569

Allan Cembella publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 276 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Allan Cembella D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Allan Cembella sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Allan Cembella is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular attention to marine ecosystems and toxicology.

The main subfields in which Allan Cembella has published include environmental chemistry, ecology, oceanography, molecular biology, and global and planetary change. Their work spans various topics related to marine science, such as marine toxins and detection methods, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and coastal ecosystems, protist diversity and phylogeny, marine sponges and natural products, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and fish ecology and management studies.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Allan has coauthored numerous publications with Lorena M. Durán-Riveroll, Uwe John, Yuri B. Okolodkov, Kerstin Klemm, and Sylke Wohlrab.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Harmful algal blooms and their effects in coastal seas of Northern Europe (2021, Harmful Algae)
  • Diversity and regional distribution of harmful algal events along the Atlantic margin of Europe (2021, Harmful Algae)
  • Spatial and biological oceanographic insights into the massive fish-killing bloom of the haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri in northern Norway (2022, Harmful Algae)
  • Associated Bacteria and Their Effects on Growth and Toxigenicity of the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima Species Complex From Epibenthic Substrates Along Mexican Coasts (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Apparent biogeographical trends in Alexandrium blooms for northern Europe: identifying links to climate change and effective adaptive actions (2022, Harmful Algae)

Allan Cembella has published extensively in venues such as Harmful Algae, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Marine Science, Reviews in Aquaculture, and Phycology.

Their body of work predominantly contributes to the understanding of marine toxins, algal bloom dynamics, and microbial community interactions within marine and coastal ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Physiological ecology of harmful algal blooms

    D. M. Anderson;Allan Cembella;G. M. Hallegraeff

  • Progress in understanding harmful algal blooms: paradigm shifts and new technologies for research, monitoring, and management.

    Donald M. Anderson;Allan D. Cembella;Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff

  • Manual on Harmful Marine Microalgae

    G.M. Hallegraeff;D.M. Anderson;A.D. Cembella

  • The globally distributed genus Alexandrium: multifaceted roles in marine ecosystems and impacts on human health.

    Donald M. Anderson;Tilman J. Alpermann;Allan D. Cembella;Yves Collos

  • The utilization of inorganic and organic phosphorous compounds as nutrients by eukaryotic microalgae: a multidisciplinary perspective: part 1

    Allan D. Cembella;Naval J. Antia;Paul J. Harrison

  • Bloom dynamics and physiology of domoic-acid-producing Pseudo-nitzschia species

    S. S. Bates;D. L. Garrison;R. A. Horner;D. M. Anderson

  • Azadinium spinosum gen. et sp. nov. (Dinophyceae) identified as a primary producer of azaspiracid toxins

    Urban Tillmann;Malte Elbrächter;Bernd Krock;Uwe John

  • Chemical ecology of eukaryotic microalgae in marine ecosystems

    Allan D. Cembella

  • Harmful algal blooms and their effects in coastal seas of Northern Europe

    Bengt Karlson;Per Andersen;Lars Arneborg;Allan D. Cembella

  • The marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) as the causative organism of spirolide shellfish toxins

    Allan Cembella;N. I. Lewis;M. A. Quilliam

  • Ecophysiology and Metabolism of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Marine Microalgae

    Allan Cembella

  • Variation in paralytic shellfish toxin composition within the Protogonyaulax tamaronsis/catenella species complex; red tide dinoflagellates

    Allan D. Cembella;John J. Sullivan;Gregory L. Boyer;F.J.R. Taylor

  • The smallest known genomes of multicellular and toxic cyanobacteria: comparison, minimal gene sets for linked traits and the evolutionary implications.

    Karina Stucken;Uwe John;Allan Cembella;Alejandro A. Murillo

  • Characterization of spirolides a, c, and 13-desmethyl c, new marine toxins isolated from toxic plankton and contaminated shellfish.

    Tingmo Hu;Ian W. Burton;Allan D. Cembella;Jonathan M. Curtis

  • Vertical migration, nutrition and toxicity in the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense

    MacIntyre Jg;Cullen Jj;Cembella Ad

  • Manual on Harmful Marine Microalgae, IOC Manuals and Guides No. 33

    G. M. Hallegraeff;D. M. Anderson;Allan Cembella

  • Uptake kinetics of paralytic shellfish toxins from the dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense in the mussel Mytilus edulis

    V. M. Bricelj;J. H. Lee;Allan Cembella;D. M. Anderson

  • Grazing of toxic dinoflagellates, Alexandrium spp., by adult copepods of coastal Maine: Implications for the fate of paralytic shellfish toxins in marine food webs

    Gregory J. Teegarden;Allan D. Cembella

  • On the allelochemical potency of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii against heterotrophic and autotrophic protists

    Urban Tillmann;Uwe John;Allan Cembella

  • THE MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE ALEXANDRIUM OSTENFELDII: PARALYTIC SHELLFISH TOXIN CONCENTRATION, COMPOSITION, AND TOXICITY TO A TINTINNID CILIATE1

    Per Juel Hansen;Allan D. Cembella;Øjvind Moestrup

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe John
Uwe John Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Urban Tillmann
Urban Tillmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Michael A. Quilliam
Michael A. Quilliam National Research Council Canada
Gernot Glöckner
Gernot Glöckner University of Cologne
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff
Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff University of Tasmania
Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
Nina Lundholm
Nina Lundholm University of Copenhagen
Patricia M. Glibert
Patricia M. Glibert University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences

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Publications: 101

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Esther Garcés

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Publications: 43

Shauna A. Murray

Shauna A. Murray

University of Technology Sydney

Publications: 42

Anke Kremp

Anke Kremp

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Publications: 40

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Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff

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Publications: 38

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Publications: 32

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Edna Granéli

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Linda K. Medlin

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