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Owen S. Wangensteen

Owen S. Wangensteen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
5117
World Ranking
7570
National Ranking
273

Owen S. Wangensteen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 119 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Owen S. Wangensteen 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 Owen S. Wangensteen sits on this spectrum.

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11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Owen S. Wangensteen is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to both biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work integrates ecological and molecular approaches to study biodiversity and environmental DNA (eDNA) applications.

The main fields of study in which Wangensteen has contributed include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The research of Wangensteen extends into several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography
  • Ecological Modeling

Wangensteen's research topics emphasize:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Protist Diversity and Phylogeny
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Their publication record includes numerous papers addressing the use of eDNA for biodiversity monitoring and molecular ecology methods. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Fishing for mammals: Landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems", 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "To denoise or to cluster, that is not the question: optimizing pipelines for COI metabarcoding and metaphylogeography", 2021, BMC Bioinformatics
  • "Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on "Environmental DNA: What's behind the term?" by Pawlowski et al., (2020)", 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • "Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities?", 2020, Molecular Ecology

Wangensteen has also published a book titled "Perspectives on implementation of eDNA methods in Northeast Atlantic marine monitoring" through TemaNord in 2023.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kim Præbel
  • Xavier Turón
  • Adrià Antich
  • Creu Palacín
  • Stefano Mariani

Wangensteen's research has been published multiple times in leading scientific venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems.

    Rupert A. Collins;Owen S. Wangensteen;Eoin J. O’Gorman;Stefano Mariani

  • Environmental DNA illuminates the dark diversity of sharks

    Germain Boussarie;Germain Boussarie;Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Stefano Mariani

  • Non-specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI

    Rupert A. Collins;Judith Bakker;Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Ana Z. Soto

  • DNA metabarcoding of littoral hard-bottom communities: high diversity and database gaps revealed by two molecular markers

    Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Creu Palacín;Magdalena Guardiola;Xavier Turon

  • Deep-Sea, Deep-Sequencing: Metabarcoding Extracellular DNA from Sediments of Marine Canyons

    Magdalena Guardiola;María Jesús Uriz;Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac

  • Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact

    Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Demian D. Chapman;Germain Boussarie

  • Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding.

    Naiara Guimarães Sales;Owen Simon Wangensteen;Daniel Cardoso Carvalho;Kristy Deiner

  • Fishing for mammals: Landscape‐level monitoring of terrestrial and semi‐aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems

    Naiara Guimarães Sales;Maisie B. McKenzie;Joseph Drake;Lynsey R. Harper

  • From metabarcoding to metaphylogeography: separating the wheat from the chaff.

    Xavier Turon;Adrià Antich;Creu Palacín;Kim Præbel

  • Bats as potential suppressors of multiple agricultural pests: A case study from Madagascar

    James Kemp;Adrià López-Baucells;Adrià López-Baucells;Adrià López-Baucells;Ricardo Rocha;Ricardo Rocha;Owen S. Wangensteen

  • To denoise or to cluster, that is not the question: optimizing pipelines for COI metabarcoding and metaphylogeography

    Adrià Antich;Creu Palacin;Owen S. Wangensteen;Xavier Turon

  • Spatio-temporal monitoring of deep-sea communities using metabarcoding of sediment DNA and RNA

    Magdalena Guardiola;Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac

  • A wolf in sheep"s clothing: carnivory in dominant sea urchins in the Mediterranean

    Owen S. Wangensteen;Xavier Turon;Álex García-Cisneros;Mireia Recasens

  • Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on “Environmental DNA: What's behind the term?” by Pawlowski et al., (2020)

    Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta;Olivier Morissette;Colin W. Bean;Shivakumara Manu

  • High resolution ancient sedimentary DNA shows that alpine plant diversity is associated with human land use and climate change

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  • Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities?

    Adrià Antich;Cruz Palacín;Emma Cebrian;Raül Golo

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding as an effective and rapid tool for fish monitoring in canals

    Allan D McDevitt;Naiara Guimarães Sales;Samuel S Browett;Abbie O Sparnenn

  • Metabarcoding of shrimp stomach content: harnessing a natural sampler for fish biodiversity monitoring

    Andjin Siegenthaler;Owen S. Wangensteen;Ana Z. Soto;Chiara Benvenuto

  • Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river

    Naiara G. Sales;Owen S. Wangensteen;Daniel C. Carvalho;Stefano Mariani

  • Metabarcoding as a quantitative tool for estimating biodiversity and relative biomass of marine zooplankton

    Elizaveta Ershova;Owen S. Wangensteen;Raphaelle Descoteaux;Coralie Marie Christine Barth-Jensen

  • Molecular gut content analysis of different spider body parts

    Nuria Macías-Hernández;Nuria Macías-Hernández;Kacie J. Athey;Vanina Tonzo;Owen S. Wangensteen

  • Some like it hot: Temperature and pH modulate larval development and settlement of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula

    Owen S. Wangensteen;Sam Dupont;Isabel Casties;Xavier Turon

  • Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding

    Judith Bakker;Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Charles Baillie;Dayne Buddo

  • Metabarcoding techniques for assessing biodiversity of marine animal forests

    Owen S. Wangensteen Fuentes;X Turon

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Turon
Xavier Turon Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blane
Stefano Mariani
Stefano Mariani Liverpool John Moores University
Kim Præbel
Kim Præbel University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Adrià López-Baucells
Adrià López-Baucells Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers
María Jesús Uriz
María Jesús Uriz Spanish National Research Council
Eric Coissac
Eric Coissac Grenoble Alpes University
Martin J. Genner
Martin J. Genner University of Bristol
Kristy Deiner
Kristy Deiner Cornell University
Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
Emma Cebrian
Emma Cebrian Spanish National Research Council

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