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Melania E. Cristescu

Melania E. Cristescu

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
7851
World Ranking
3359
National Ranking
230

Melania E. Cristescu 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 Melania E. Cristescu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 116 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Melania E. Cristescu 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 Melania E. Cristescu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Melania E. Cristescu is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research spans a range of topics primarily centered around environmental science and molecular biology, focusing on ecological and genetic approaches to understanding biodiversity and aquatic ecosystems.

The main fields of study in Melania E. Cristescu's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of study covered are:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Environmental Chemistry

The major topics addressed in their research include:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Frequent publication venues for Melania E. Cristescu's work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Environmental DNA
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Notable coauthors frequently collaborating in their research include:

  • Joanne E. Littlefair
  • Alison M. Derry
  • Matthew C. Yates
  • Andrew Gonzalez
  • Beatrix E. Beisner

Some of their recent scientific papers are:

  • Environmental RNA: A Revolution in Ecological Resolution?, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • The relationship between eDNA particle concentration and organism abundance in nature is strengthened by allometric scaling, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Thermal stratification and fish thermal preference explain vertical eDNA distributions in lakes, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Assessment of current taxonomic assignment strategies for metabarcoding eukaryotes, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Integrating physiology and environmental dynamics to operationalize environmental DNA (eDNA) as a means to monitor freshwater macro-organism abundance, 2021, Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • From barcoding single individuals to metabarcoding biological communities: towards an integrative approach to the study of global biodiversity

    Melania E. Cristescu

  • Uses and Misuses of Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Science and Conservation

    Melania E. Cristescu;Paul D.N. Hebert

  • High sensitivity of 454 pyrosequencing for detection of rare species in aquatic communities

    Aibin Zhan;Aibin Zhan;Martin Hulák;Francisco Sylvester;Xiaoting Huang

  • Genetic reconstructions of invasion history

    Melania E. Cristescu

  • An Integrated Multi-Disciplinary Approach for Studying Multiple Stressors in Freshwater Ecosystems: Daphnia as a Model Organism

    Ianina Altshuler;Bora Demiri;Sen Xu;Anna Constantin

  • Can Environmental RNA Revolutionize Biodiversity Science

    Melania E. Cristescu

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

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

  • Metabarcoding using multiplexed markers increases species detection in complex zooplankton communities.

    Guang K. Zhang;Frédéric J. J. Chain;Cathryn L. Abbott;Melania E. Cristescu

  • Invasion genetics of the Ciona intestinalis species complex: from regional endemism to global homogeneity

    Aibin Zhan;Hugh J. Macisaac;Melania E. Cristescu

  • An invasion history for Cercopagis pengoi based on mitochondrial gene sequences

    Melania E. A. Cristescu;Paul D. N. Hebert;Jonathan D. S. Witt;Hugh J. MacIsaac

  • Toward accurate molecular identification of species in complex environmental samples: testing the performance of sequence filtering and clustering methods

    Jullien M. Flynn;Emily A. Brown;Emily A. Brown;Frédéric J. J. Chain;Hugh J. MacIsaac

  • Environmental RNA: A Revolution in Ecological Resolution?

    Matthew C. Yates;Alison M. Derry;Melania E. Cristescu

  • Divergence thresholds and divergent biodiversity estimates: can metabarcoding reliably describe zooplankton communities?

    Emily A. Brown;Emily A. Brown;Frédéric J. J. Chain;Teresa J. Crease;Hugh J. MacIsaac

  • Ameiotic recombination in asexual lineages of Daphnia

    Angela R. Omilian;Melania E. A. Cristescu;Jeffry L. Dudycha;Michael Lynch

  • The relationship between eDNA particle concentration and organism abundance in nature is strengthened by allometric scaling.

    M. C. Yates;D. M. Glaser;J. R. Post;M. E. Cristescu

  • The noncosmopolitanism paradigm of freshwater zooplankton: insights from the global phylogeography of the predatory cladoceran Polyphemus pediculus (Linnaeus, 1761) (Crustacea, Onychopoda).

    S. Xu;P. D. N. Hebert;A. A. Kotov;M. E. Cristescu

  • Ancient lakes revisited: from the ecology to the genetics of speciation

    Melania E. Cristescu;Sarah J. Adamowicz;James J. Vaillant;Douglas G. Haffner

  • Use of DNA barcoding to detect invertebrate invasive species from diapausing eggs

    Elizabeta Briski;Melania E. Cristescu;Sarah A. Bailey;Sarah A. Bailey;Hugh J. MacIsaac

  • Early detection of aquatic invaders using metabarcoding reveals a high number of non‐indigenous species in Canadian ports

    Emily A. Brown;Emily A. Brown;Frédéric J. J. Chain;Aibin Zhan;Hugh J. MacIsaac

  • Metabarcoding reveals strong spatial structure and temporal turnover of zooplankton communities among marine and freshwater ports

    Frédéric J. J. Chain;Emily A. Brown;Emily A. Brown;Hugh J. MacIsaac;Melania E. Cristescu

  • Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium

    D. Aurelle;E. V. Zquez;Doukary Abdoullaye;Cecilia Agostini

  • 15. GENETIC RECONSTRUCTIONS OF INVASION HISTORY

    Melania E. Cristescu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh J. MacIsaac
Hugh J. MacIsaac University of Windsor
Aibin Zhan
Aibin Zhan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Elizabeta Briski
Elizabeta Briski GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Andrew Gonzalez
Andrew Gonzalez McGill University
Michael Lynch
Michael Lynch Arizona State University
Daniel D. Heath
Daniel D. Heath University of Windsor
Gregor F. Fussmann
Gregor F. Fussmann McGill University
Sarah A. Bailey
Sarah A. Bailey Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Brian E. Lapointe
Brian E. Lapointe Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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