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Alan M. Friedlander

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
17908
World Ranking
1669
National Ranking
613

Alan M. Friedlander publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 285 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alan M. Friedlander 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 Alan M. Friedlander sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alan M. Friedlander is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their work extensively covers several main topics including Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine animal studies overview, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Coastal and Marine Management.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Alan M. Friedlander are:

  • "Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate" (2021) published in Nature
  • "The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean" (2021) published in Science
  • "Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world" (2020) published in Science
  • "Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities" (2022) published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "RETRACTED: A global network of marine protected areas for food" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors of Friedlander include:

  • Enric Sala
  • Whitney Goodell
  • Juan Mayorga
  • David Mouillot
  • Enric Ballesteros

Publication venues where Friedlander has appeared most frequently include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Baselines and Degradation of Coral Reefs in the Northern Line Islands

    Stuart A. Sandin;Jennifer E. Smith;Edward E. DeMartini;Elizabeth A. Dinsdale

  • Habitat characteristics affecting fish assemblages on a Hawaiian coral reef

    Alan M Friedlander;James D Parrish;James D Parrish

  • Contrasts in density, size, and biomass of reef fishes between the northwestern and the main Hawaiian islands: the effects of fishing down apex predators

    Alan M. Friedlander;Edward E. DeMartini

  • Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate

    Enric Sala;Juan Mayorga;Darcy Bradley;Reniel B. Cabral

  • Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs.

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Sébastien Villéger;Valeriano Parravicini;Michel Kulbicki

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean

    Kirsten Grorud-Colvert;Kirsten Grorud-Colvert;Jenna Sullivan-Stack;Callum Roberts;Vanessa Constant

  • Effects of habitat, wave exposure, and marine protected area status on coral reef fish assemblages in the Hawaiian archipelago

    A. M. Friedlander;E. K. Brown;P. L. Jokiel;W. R. Smith

  • Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes

    M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Joshua E. Cinner;Shaun K. Wilson

  • The Structure of Mediterranean Rocky Reef Ecosystems across Environmental and Human Gradients, and Conservation Implications

    Enric Sala;Enric Ballesteros;Panagiotis Dendrinos;Antonio Di Franco

  • Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance

    Michelle J. Paddack;Michelle J. Paddack;John D. Reynolds;Consuelo Aguilar;Richard S. Appeldoorn

  • Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

    Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Paula M. Ayotte

  • Global assessment of the status of coral reef herbivorous fishes: evidence for fishing effects

    C. B. Edwards;A. M. Friedlander;A. G. Green;M. J. Hardt

  • Near-island biological hotspots in barren ocean basins

    Jamison M. Gove;Margaret A. McManus;Anna B. Neuheimer;Jeffrey J. Polovina

  • Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

    Joshua E. Cinner;Eva Maire;Eva Maire;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil

  • Differences in fish-assemblage structure between fished and unfished atolls in the northern Line Islands, central Pacific

    Edward E. DeMartini;Alan M. Friedlander;Stuart A. Sandin;Enric Sala

  • Evaluation of a conservation strategy: a spawning aggregation closure for red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, in the U.S. Virgin Islands

    Jim Beets;Alan Friedlander

  • Global Biogeography of Reef Fishes: A Hierarchical Quantitative Delineation of Regions

    Michel Kulbicki;Valeriano Parravicini;David R. Bellwood;Ernesto Arias-Gonzàlez

  • The Location and Protection Status of Earth’s Diminishing Marine Wilderness

    Kendall R. Jones;Kendall R. Jones;Carissa J. Klein;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern;Oscar Venter

  • Scale-dependent effects of habitat on movements and path structure of reef sharks at a predator-dominated atoll

    Yannis P. Papastamatiou;Christopher G. Lowe;Jennifer E. Caselle;Alan M. Friedlander

  • Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Tim R McClanahan;Joseph Maina;Georgina G Gurney

  • From principles to practice: a spatial approach to systematic conservation planning in the deep sea

    L. M. Wedding;A. M. Friedlander;J. N. Kittinger;L. Watling

Frequent Co-Authors

Enric Sala
Enric Sala National Geographic Society
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
John N. Kittinger
John N. Kittinger Arizona State University
Jennifer E. Caselle
Jennifer E. Caselle University of California, Santa Barbara
Ivor D. Williams
Ivor D. Williams National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University
Laurent Vigliola
Laurent Vigliola Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Michel Kulbicki
Michel Kulbicki Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Stuart A. Sandin
Stuart A. Sandin University of California, San Diego

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