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Anastasija Zaiko

Anastasija Zaiko

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
4916
World Ranking
6459
National Ranking
79

Anastasija Zaiko publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anastasija Zaiko sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 154 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Anastasija Zaiko D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anastasija Zaiko sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anastasija Zaiko is affiliated with Sequench Limited in New Zealand and conducts research primarily in Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research focuses on areas such as Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Identification and Quantification in Food, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Anastasija Zaiko's research include Environmental DNA, PeerJ, The Science of The Total Environment, Frontiers in Marine Science, and ARPHA Conference Abstracts.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Zaiko include:

  • A global model to forecast coastal hardening and mitigate associated socioecological risks, 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • Towards the Optimization of eDNA/eRNA Sampling Technologies for Marine Biosecurity Surveillance, 2021, Water
  • Comparing sediment DNA extraction methods for assessing organic enrichment associated with marine aquaculture, 2020, PeerJ
  • Towards reproducible metabarcoding data: Lessons from an international cross-laboratory experiment, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • The risks of using molecular biodiversity data for incidental detection of species of concern, 2020, Diversity and Distributions

Collaborations have been frequent with several co-authors, including Xavier Pochon, Ulla von Ammon, Susanna A. Wood, Neil J. Gemmell, and Jo-Ann L. Stanton.

Best Publications

  • Status of Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

    Henn Ojaveer;Andres Jaanus;Brian R. MacKenzie;Georg Martin

  • Wanted dead or alive? Using metabarcoding of environmental DNA and RNA to distinguish living assemblages for biosecurity applications

    Xavier Pochon;Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko;Lauren M. Fletcher;Olivier Laroche

  • A comparison of droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR), quantitative PCR and metabarcoding for species‐specific detection in environmental DNA

    Susanna A Wood;Xavier Pochon;Xavier Pochon;Olivier Laroche;Olivier Laroche;Ulla von Ammon;Ulla von Ammon

  • Release and degradation of environmental DNA and RNA in a marine system.

    Susanna A. Wood;Laura Biessy;Janie L. Latchford;Anastasija Zaiko

  • Historical baselines in marine bioinvasions: Implications for policy and management

    Henn Ojaveer;Bella S. Galil;James T. Carlton;Heidi Alleway

  • Advantages and Limitations of Environmental DNA/RNA Tools for Marine Biosecurity: Management and Surveillance of Non-indigenous Species

    Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko;Xavier Pochon;Xavier Pochon;Eva Garcia-Vazquez;Sergej Olenin

  • eDNA and specific primers for early detection of invasive species--A case study on the bivalve Rangia cuneata, currently spreading in Europe.

    Alba Ardura;Alba Ardura;Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko;Jose L. Martinez;Aurelija Samulioviene

  • Drivers and pressures - untangling the terms commonly used in marine science and policy.

    Daniel Oesterwind;Andrea Rau;Anastasija Zaiko

  • Metabarcoding approach for nonindigenous species surveillance in marine coastal waters

    Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko;Aurelija Samuiloviene;Alba Ardura;Alba Ardura;Eva Garcia-Vazquez

  • Metabarcoding approach for the ballast water surveillance - An advantageous solution or an awkward challenge?

    Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko;Jose L. Martinez;Julia Schmidt-Petersen;Deni Ribicic

  • Assessment of bioinvasion impacts on a regional scale: a comparative approach.

    Anastasija Zaiko;Maiju Lehtiniemi;Aleksas Narščius;Sergej Olenin

  • A global model to forecast coastal hardening and mitigate associated socioecological risks

    Oliver Floerl;Javier Atalah;Ana B. Bugnot;Mitchell Chandler;Mitchell Chandler

  • Towards the Optimization of eDNA/eRNA Sampling Technologies for Marine Biosecurity Surveillance

    Holly A. Bowers;Xavier Pochon;Ulla von Ammon;Neil Gemmell

  • Epigenetic signatures of invasive status in populations of marine invertebrates

    Alba Ardura;Anastasija Zaiko;Paloma Morán;Serge Planes

  • Habitat engineering by the invasive zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in a boreal coastal lagoon: impact on biodiversity

    Anastasija Zaiko;Darius Daunys;Sergej Olenin

  • Vulnerability of benthic habitats to the aquatic invasive species

    Anastasija Zaiko;Sergej Olenin;Darius Daunys;Tomas Nalepa

  • A Catalogue of Marine Biodiversity Indicators

    Heliana Teixeira;Torsten Berg;Laura Uusitalo;Karin Fürhaupter

  • Linking Environmental DNA and RNA for Improved Detection of the Marine Invasive Fanworm Sabella spallanzanii

    Ulla von Ammon;Ulla von Ammon;Susanna A. Wood;Olivier Laroche;Olivier Laroche;Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko

  • Environmental DNA evidence of transfer of North Sea molluscs across tropical waters through ballast water

    Alba Ardura;Alba Ardura;Anastasija Zaiko;Jose L. Martinez;Aurelija Samuiloviene

  • Making non-indigenous species information systems practical for management and useful for research: An aquatic perspective

    Sergej Olenin;Aleksas Narščius;Dan Minchin;Matej David

  • Combining morpho-taxonomy and metabarcoding enhances the detection of non-indigenous marine pests in biofouling communities.

    Ulla von Ammon;Ulla von Ammon;Susanna A. Wood;Olivier Laroche;Olivier Laroche;Anastasija Zaiko;Anastasija Zaiko

  • Metabarcoding improves detection of eukaryotes from early biofouling communities: implications for pest monitoring and pathway management.

    Anastasija Zaiko;Kate Schimanski;Xavier Pochon;Grant A. Hopkins

  • Impact of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha invasion on the budget of suspended material in a shallow lagoon ecosystem

    Darius Daunys;Petras Zemlys;Sergej Olenin;Anastasija Zaiko

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanna A. Wood
Susanna A. Wood Cawthron Institute
Eva Garcia-Vazquez
Eva Garcia-Vazquez University of Oviedo
Henn Ojaveer
Henn Ojaveer University of Tartu
Sergej Olenin
Sergej Olenin Klaipėda University
Maiju Lehtiniemi
Maiju Lehtiniemi Finnish Environment Institute
Heliana Teixeira
Heliana Teixeira University of Aveiro
Jonne Kotta
Jonne Kotta University of Tartu
Monika Winder
Monika Winder Stockholm University
Brian R. MacKenzie
Brian R. MacKenzie Technical University of Denmark

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