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Melih Ertan Çinar

Melih Ertan Çinar

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
7545
World Ranking
6539
National Ranking
2

Melih Ertan Çinar 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 Melih Ertan Çinar sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 165 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Melih Ertan Çinar 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 Melih Ertan Çinar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Melih Ertan Çinar is affiliated with Ege University in Turkey and specializes in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research primarily focuses on marine ecology and invasive species, with additional interests in parasite biology and host interactions, as well as marine biology and ecology research.

Their notable research topics include:

  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Çinar has contributed to multiple scientific journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Mediterranean Marine Science
  • Zootaxa
  • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
  • TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Some recent papers by Melih Ertan Çinar include:

  • "Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning," 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • "Current status (as of end of 2020) of marine alien species in Turkey," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Validated Inventories of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as Tools for Regional Policy and Patterns of NIS Spread," 2023, Diversity
  • "Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species," 2023, BioInvasions Records
  • "The last fortress fell: mass mortality of Pinna nobilis in the Sea of Marmara," 2021, Mediterranean Marine Science

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Deniz Erdoğan-Dereli
  • Murat Bilecenoğlu
  • Şermin Açık
  • Fabio Crocetta
  • Mehmet Baki Yokeş

Melih Ertan Çinar's research spans several subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ocean Engineering

Best Publications

  • Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution

    A. Zenetos;S. Gofas;M. Verlaque;M.E. Cinar

  • Impacts of invasive alien marine species on ecosystem services and biodiversity: a pan-European review.

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Inger Wallentinus;Argyro Zenetos;Erkki Leppäkoski

  • Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species

    A. Zenetos;M.E. Cinar;M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou;J.G. Harmelin

  • Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways

    Α. Zenetos;S. Gofas;C. Morri;A. Rosso

  • Uncertainties and validation of alien species catalogues: The Mediterranean as an example

    Argyro Zenetos;Melih Ertan Çinar;Fabio Crocetta;Dani Golani

  • Ecoregion-Based Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean: Dealing with Large-Scale Heterogeneity

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Maria Sini;Vasilis Gerovasileiou;Tessa Mazor

  • New records of alien species on the Levantine coast of Turkey

    Melih Ertan Çinar;Murat Bilecenoglu;Bilal Öztürk;Alp Can

  • An updated review of alien species on the coasts of Turkey

    M.E. Cinar;M. Bilecenoglu;Β. Ozturk;Τ. Katagan

  • Alien polychaete species worldwide: current status and their impacts

    Melih Ertan Çinar

  • Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the mediterranean with special emphasis on foraminifera and parasites

    A. Zenetos;E. Meric;Marc Verlaque;P. Galli

  • Alien species on the coasts of Turkey

    Melih Çinar;M. Bilecenoglu;Bilal Öztürk;T. Katagan

  • Temporal changes of soft-bottom zoobenthic communities in and around Alsancak Harbor (Izmir Bay, Aegean Sea), with special attention to the autecology of exotic species

    Melih Ertan Çinar;Tuncer Katagan;Bilal Öztürk;Özdemir Egemen

  • Faunal assemblages of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in and around Alsancak Harbour (Izmir Bay, eastern Mediterranean) with special emphasis on alien species

    Melih Ertan Çinar;Tuncer Katağan;Ferah Koçak;Bilal Öztürk

  • Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea

    Melih Ertan Çinar

  • Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Dimitris Poursanidis;Razy Hoffman;Jamila Rizgalla

  • Coral reefs of the Red Sea — Challenges and potential solutions

    Maoz Fine;Mine Cinar;Christian Voolstra;Alain Safa

  • Checklist of Annelida from the coasts of Turkey

    Melih Ertan Çinar;Ertan Dağli;Güley Kurt Şahin

  • Fouling organisms and their developments in a polluted and an unpolluted marina in the Aegean Sea (Turkey)

    Ferah Kocak;Zeki Ergen;Melih Ertan Çinar

  • Polychaetes from the coast of northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea), with two new records for the Mediterranean Sea

    Melih Ertan Cinar

  • Serpulid species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Levantine coast of Turkey (eastern Mediterranean), with special emphasis on alien species

    Melih Ertan Çinar

  • Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning

    Konstantinos Tsiamis;Ernesto Azzurro;Michel Bariche;Melih E. Çinar

  • Alien species of spionid polychaetes (Streblospio gynobranchiata and Polydora cornuta) in Izmir Bay, eastern Mediterranean

    Melih Ertan Çinar;Zeki Ergen;Ertan Dagli;Mary E. Petersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Argyro Zenetos
Argyro Zenetos Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Stelios Katsanevakis
Stelios Katsanevakis University of the Aegean
Christos Arvanitidis
Christos Arvanitidis Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Adriana Giangrande
Adriana Giangrande University of Salento
Drosos Koutsoubas
Drosos Koutsoubas University of the Aegean
Marc Verlaque
Marc Verlaque Aix-Marseille University
Ernesto Azzurro
Ernesto Azzurro Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Vasilis Gerovasileiou Ionian University
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Carla Morri
Carla Morri University of Genoa

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