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Michael Bunce

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
31848
World Ranking
2207
National Ranking
50

Michael Bunce publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Bunce sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 324 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Bunce 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 Michael Bunce sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Bunce is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental DNA (eDNA) applications in biodiversity studies and related molecular ecology fields. This work intersects several areas including ecology, molecular biology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's recent published papers demonstrate a diverse range of topics centered on environmental DNA and its ecological implications. Notable papers include:

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics, 2020, Nature
  • eDNA metabarcoding survey reveals fine-scale coral reef community variation across a remote, tropical island ecosystem, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Maximizing fish detection with eDNA metabarcoding, 2020, Environmental DNA
  • Environmental DNA can act as a biodiversity barometer of anthropogenic pressures in coastal ecosystems, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Strategies for sample labelling and library preparation in DNA metabarcoding studies, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Euan S. Harvey
  • Paul Nevill
  • Nicole E. White
  • Katrina M. West
  • Joseph D. DiBattista

Michael Bunce's works are often published in scientific venues such as:

  • Environmental DNA
  • Molecular Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Ecology Resources

The major fields of study covered in Bunce's research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The scientist's research expands into several subfields, notably:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Genetics
  • Automotive Engineering

Main topics addressed in Bunce's publications are:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

Best Publications

  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

    Erich D. Jarvis;Siavash Mirarab;Andre J. Aberer;Bo Li;Bo Li;Bo Li

  • Phototyping: comprehensive DNA typing for HLA-A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3, DRB4, DRB5 & DQB1 by PCR with 144 primer mixes utilizing sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP)

    M. Bunce;C. M. O'Neill;M. C. N. M. Barnardo;P. Krausa

  • Dominant influence of HLA-B in mediating the potential co-evolution of HIV and HLA.

    Photini Kiepiela;Alasdair J. Leslie;Isobella Honeyborne;Danni Ramduth

  • Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

    Morten Rasmussen;Yingrui Li;Stinus Lindgreen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

  • Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960

    Michael Worobey;Marlea Gemmel;Dirk E. Teuwen;Tamara Haselkorn

  • An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

    Morten Rasmussen;Xiaosen Guo;Yong Wang;Kirk E. Lohmueller

  • Diverse Plant and Animal Genetic Records from Holocene and Pleistocene Sediments

    Eske Willerslev;Anders J. Hansen;Jonas Binladen;Tina B. Brand

  • The molecular classification of the clinical manifestations of Crohn's disease.

    Tariq Ahmad;Alessandro Armuzzi;Mike Bunce;Kim Mulcahy–Hawes

  • The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

    Morten E. Allentoft;Morten E. Allentoft;Morten E. Allentoft;Matthew Collins;David Harker;James Haile

  • Evolution and transmission of stable CTL escape mutations in HIV infection

    Philip J. R. Goulder;Christian Brander;Yanhua Tang;Cecile Tremblay

  • Ancient Biomolecules from Deep Ice Cores Reveal a Forested Southern Greenland

    Eske Willerslev;Enrico Cappellini;Wouter Boomsma;Rasmus Nielsen

  • Ecosystem biomonitoring with eDNA: metabarcoding across the tree of life in a tropical marine environment

    Michael Stat;Megan J. Huggett;Rachele Bernasconi;Joseph D. DiBattista

  • HLA alleles determine human T-lymphotropic virus-I (HTLV-I) proviral load and the risk of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy

    Katie J. M. Jeffery;Koichiro Usuku;Sarah E. Hall;Wataru Matsumoto

  • Contribution of genes of the major histocompatibility complex to susceptibility and disease phenotype in inflammatory bowel disease.

    J Satsangi;K I Welsh;M Bunce;C Julier

  • The isolation of nucleic acids from fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues-which methods are useful when?

    M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Tamara Haselkorn;Michael Bunce;Juan J. Sanchez

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • A variant within the DNA repair gene XRCC3 is associated with the development of melanoma skin cancer.

    Samantha L. Winsey;Neil A. Haldar;Howard P. Marsh;Mike Bunce

  • Novel, Cross-Restricted, Conserved, and Immunodominant Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitopes in Slow Progressors in HIV Type 1 Infection

    Philip J.R. Goulder;Mike Bunce;Peter Krausa;Karl McINTYRE

  • Substantial differences in specificity of HIV-specific cytotoxic T cells in acute and chronic HIV infection.

    Philip J.R. Goulder;Philip J.R. Goulder;Marcus A. Altfeld;Eric S. Rosenberg;Thi Nguyen

  • Deep Sequencing of Plant and Animal DNA Contained within Traditional Chinese Medicines Reveals Legality Issues and Health Safety Concerns

    Megan L. Coghlan;James Haile;Jayne Houston;Dáithí C. Murray

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth I. Welsh
Kenneth I. Welsh Imperial College London
James Haile
James Haile Murdoch University
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Michael Stat
Michael Stat University of Newcastle Australia
Morten E. Allentoft
Morten E. Allentoft Curtin University
Joseph D. DiBattista
Joseph D. DiBattista Griffith University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Richard N. Holdaway
Richard N. Holdaway University of Canterbury
Derek P. Jewell
Derek P. Jewell University of Oxford
Simon N. Jarman
Simon N. Jarman University of Western Australia

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