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Christian R. Voolstra

Christian R. Voolstra

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
90
Citations
26215
World Ranking
476
National Ranking
37

Christian R. Voolstra 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 Christian R. Voolstra sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 480 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian R. Voolstra 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 Christian R. Voolstra sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian R. Voolstra is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research primarily spans the domains of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions in subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine and fisheries research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, and Marine Sponges and Natural Products.

Recent publications by Christian R. Voolstra include:

  • Heat stress destabilizes symbiotic nutrient cycling in corals, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Adapting with Microbial Help: Microbiome Flexibility Facilitates Rapid Responses to Environmental Change, 2020, BioEssays
  • Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Coral microbiome manipulation elicits metabolic and genetic restructuring to mitigate heat stress and evade mortality, 2021, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Voolstra are:

  • Benjamin C. C. Hume
  • Patrick Wincker
  • Serge Planes
  • Rebecca Vega Thurber
  • Émilie Boissin

Christian R. Voolstra's research outputs frequently appear in publication venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Coral Reefs
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Systematic Revision of Symbiodiniaceae Highlights the Antiquity and Diversity of Coral Endosymbionts.

    Todd C. LaJeunesse;John Everett Parkinson;Paul W. Gabrielson;Hae Jin Jeong

  • Bacterial community dynamics are linked to patterns of coral heat tolerance

    Maren Ziegler;Francois O. Seneca;Lauren K. Yum;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning?

    Nils Rädecker;Nils Rädecker;Claudia Pogoreutz;Christian R. Voolstra;Jörg Wiedenmann

  • Differential gene expression during thermal stress and bleaching in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata.

    M. K. Desalvo;C. R. Voolstra;S. Sunagawa;J. A. Schwarz

  • The genome of Aiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

    Sebastian Baumgarten;Oleg Simakov;Lisl Y. Esherick;Yi Jin Liew

  • Bacterial diversity and White Plague Disease-associated community changes in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata.

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Todd Z DeSantis;Yvette M Piceno;Eoin L Brodie

  • Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

    Gergely Torda;Jennifer M. Donelson;Manuel Aranda;Daniel J. Barshis

  • Genomes of coral dinoflagellate symbionts highlight evolutionary adaptations conducive to a symbiotic lifestyle

    Manuel Aranda;Yangyang Li;Yi Jin Liew;Sebastian Baumgarten

  • Heat stress destabilizes symbiotic nutrient cycling in corals

    Nils Rädecker;Claudia Pogoreutz;Hagen M. Gegner;Hagen M. Gegner;Anny Cárdenas;Anny Cárdenas

  • Diversity and function of prevalent symbiotic marine bacteria in the genus Endozoicomonas

    Matthew J. Neave;Matthew J. Neave;Amy Apprill;Christine Ferrier-Pagès;Christian R. Voolstra

  • The Microbiome of the Red Sea Coral Stylophora pistillata Is Dominated by Tissue-Associated Endozoicomonas Bacteria

    Till Bayer;Matthew J. Neave;Matthew J. Neave;Areej Alsheikh-Hussain;Manuel Aranda

  • Nutrient Availability and Metabolism Affect the Stability of Coral–Symbiodiniaceae Symbioses

    Luke A. Morris;Luke A. Morris;Christian R. Voolstra;Kate M. Quigley;David G. Bourne;David G. Bourne

  • SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next-generation sequencing ITS2 profiling.

    Benjamin C. C. Hume;Edward G. Smith;Maren Ziegler;Hugh J. M. Warrington

  • Coral bacterial community structure responds to environmental change in a host-specific manner

    Maren Ziegler;Maren Ziegler;Carsten G. B. Grupstra;Carsten G. B. Grupstra;Marcelle M. Barreto;Martin Eaton

  • Differential specificity between closely related corals and abundant Endozoicomonas endosymbionts across global scales.

    Matthew J Neave;Rita Rachmawati;Liping Xun;Craig T Michell

  • Symbiodinium transcriptomes: genome insights into the dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals.

    Till Bayer;Manuel Aranda;Shinichi Sunagawa;Lauren K. Yum

  • Assessing Symbiodinium diversity in scleractinian corals via next‐generation sequencing‐based genotyping of the ITS2 rDNA region

    Chatchanit Arif;Camille Daniels;Till Bayer;Eulalia Banguera-Hinestroza

  • Endozoicomonas genomes reveal functional adaptation and plasticity in bacterial strains symbiotically associated with diverse marine hosts

    Matthew J. Neave;Craig T. Michell;Amy Apprill;Christian R. Voolstra

  • Adapting with Microbial Help: Microbiome Flexibility Facilitates Rapid Responses to Environmental Change.

    Christian R. Voolstra;Maren Ziegler

  • Ocean One: A Robotic Avatar for Oceanic Discovery

    Oussama Khatib;Xiyang Yeh;Gerald Brantner;Brian Soe

  • Transcriptomic responses to heat stress and bleaching in the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata

    Michael K. DeSalvo;Shinichi Sunagawa;Christian R. Voolstra;Christian R. Voolstra;Mónica Medina

  • A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts.

    Steven J. Robbins;Caitlin M. Singleton;Cheong Xin Chan;Lauren F. Messer

  • Coral microbial community dynamics in response to anthropogenic impacts near a major city in the central Red Sea.

    Maren Ziegler;Anna Krystyna Roik;Adam Porter;Khalid Zubier

  • Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

    Corinna Bang;Tal Dagan;Peter Deines;Nicole Dubilier

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Wild
Christian Wild University of Bremen
Mónica Medina
Mónica Medina Pennsylvania State University
David G. Bourne
David G. Bourne James Cook University
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen University of Melbourne
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Sylvain Forêt
Sylvain Forêt Australian National University
Pim Bongaerts
Pim Bongaerts California Academy of Sciences
Mark A. Ragan
Mark A. Ragan University of Queensland
Shinichi Sunagawa
Shinichi Sunagawa Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland

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