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Simon N. Jarman 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 Simon N. Jarman sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 139 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon N. Jarman 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 Simon N. Jarman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Simon N. Jarman is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research centers primarily on environmental DNA (eDNA) and its applications in biodiversity studies and aquatic science. The work spans several fields, including Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Jarman has contributed extensively to a range of publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Environmental DNA
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • Evolutionary Applications

Their research output is rich in studies on ecological and molecular biological subjects, with subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Aquatic Science. Topics commonly addressed in their work include:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Jarman illustrate their focus:

  • Maximizing fish detection with eDNA metabarcoding (2020), Environmental DNA
  • Passive eDNA collection enhances aquatic biodiversity analysis (2021), Communications Biology
  • The enormous repetitive Antarctic krill genome reveals environmental adaptations and population insights (2023), Cell
  • Making environmental DNA (eDNA) biodiversity records globally accessible (2020), Environmental DNA
  • Individual haplotyping of whale sharks from seawater environmental DNA (2021), Molecular Ecology Resources

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors such as Oliver Berry, Benjamin Mayne, Cindy Bessey, Shaun Wilkinson, and Michael Bunce, with multiple joint publications reflecting established research partnerships.

Beyond articles, Jarman has contributed to the academic literature through book publications, including the 2023 title "Applied Environmental Genomics" published by CSIRO Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing.

    Francois Pompanon;Bruce E. Deagle;Bruce E. Deagle;William Oliver Christian Symondson;David Steven Brown

  • DNA metabarcoding and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I marker: Not a perfect match

    Bruce E. Deagle;Simon N. Jarman;Eric Coissac;François Pompanon;François Pompanon

  • Analysis of Australian fur seal diet by pyrosequencing prey DNA in faeces.

    Bruce E. Deagle;Roger Kirkwood;Simon N. Jarman

  • Blocking primers to enhance PCR amplification of rare sequences in mixed samples – a case study on prey DNA in Antarctic krill stomachs

    Hege Vestheim;Simon N Jarman

  • Quantification of damage in DNA recovered from highly degraded samples – a case study on DNA in faeces

    Bruce E Deagle;Bruce E Deagle;J Paige Eveson;Simon N Jarman

  • DNA metabarcoding-Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions.

    Lucie Zinger;Aurélie Bonin;Inger G. Alsos;Miklós Bálint

  • Molecular scatology as a tool to study diet: analysis of prey DNA in scats from captive Steller sea lions.

    B. E. Deagle;D. J. Tollit;S. N. Jarman;M. A. Hindell

  • Pyrosequencing faecal DNA to determine diet of little penguins: is what goes in what comes out?

    Bruce E. Deagle;André Chiaradia;Julie McInnes;Simon N. Jarman

  • Studying Seabird Diet through Genetic Analysis of Faeces: A Case Study on Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus)

    Bruce E. Deagle;Bruce E. Deagle;Nick J. Gales;Karen Evans;Simon N. Jarman

  • Quantifying sequence proportions in a DNA-based diet study using Ion Torrent amplicon sequencing: which counts count?

    Bruce E. Deagle;Austen C. Thomas;Amanda K. Shaffer;Andrew W. Trites

  • Phylogenomic Resolution of the Cetacean Tree of Life Using Target Sequence Capture

    Michael R McGowen;Michael R McGowen;Georgia Tsagkogeorga;Sandra Álvarez-Carretero;Mario Dos Reis

  • Group-specific polymerase chain reaction for DNA-based analysis of species diversity and identity in dietary samples.

    S. N. Jarman;B. E. Deagle;B. E. Deagle;N. J. Gales

  • Southern Ocean iron fertilization by baleen whales and Antarctic krill

    Stephen Nicol;Stephen Nicol;Andrew R. Bowie;Simon N. Jarman;Delphine Lannuzel;Delphine Lannuzel

  • Epigenetic estimation of age in humpback whales.

    Andrea M. Polanowski;Jooke Robbins;David Chandler;Simon N. Jarman

  • A DNA-based method for identification of krill species and its application to analysing the diet of marine vertebrate predators.

    Simon N. Jarman;N. J. Gales;M. Tierney;P. C. Gill

  • Marine environmental DNA biomonitoring reveals seasonal patterns in biodiversity and identifies ecosystem responses to anomalous climatic events.

    Tina E. Berry;Benjamin J. Saunders;Megan L. Coghlan;Michael Stat;Michael Stat

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding studies are critically affected by substrate selection.

    Adam Koziol;Michael Stat;Michael Stat;Tiffany Simpson;Simon Jarman;Simon Jarman

  • Oligonucleotide Primers for PCR Amplification of Coelomate Introns

    Simon N. Jarman;Robert D. Ward;Nicholas G. Elliott

  • Maximizing fish detection with eDNA metabarcoding

    Cindy Bessey;Simon N. Jarman;Simon N. Jarman;Oliver Berry;Ylva S. Olsen

  • Adélie penguin population diet monitoring by analysis of food DNA in scats

    Simon N. Jarman;Julie C. McInnes;Cassandra Faux;Andrea M. Polanowski

  • Improving accuracy of DNA diet estimates using food tissue control materials and an evaluation of proxies for digestion bias.

    Austen C. Thomas;Simon N. Jarman;Katherine H. Haman;Andrew W. Trites

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce E. Deagle
Bruce E. Deagle Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Klaus M Meiners
Klaus M Meiners Australian Antarctic Division
Nicholas J. Gales
Nicholas J. Gales Australian Antarctic Division
Robert Ricker
Robert Ricker NORCE Research
Mark A. Hindell
Mark A. Hindell University of Tasmania
So Kawaguchi
So Kawaguchi Australian Antarctic Division
Sharon Stammerjohn
Sharon Stammerjohn Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Sally E. Thorpe
Sally E. Thorpe Natural Environment Research Council
Eugene J. Murphy
Eugene J. Murphy British Antarctic Survey
Gernot Nehrke
Gernot Nehrke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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