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Cindy Lee Van Dover

Cindy Lee Van Dover

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
13667
World Ranking
1881
National Ranking
688

Cindy Lee Van Dover 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 Cindy Lee Van Dover sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 201 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cindy Lee Van Dover 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 Cindy Lee Van Dover sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Cindy Lee Van Dover is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a range of subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Insect Science, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and fisheries research

Frequent collaborators in their research include Pei-Yuan Qian, Jin Sun, Chong Chen, Yadong Zhou, and Yi Yang.

The scientist has published regularly in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Policy
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

Several recent publications by Cindy Lee Van Dover include:

  • "Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Hologenome analysis reveals dual symbiosis in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail Gigantopelta aegis," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Memorializing the Middle Passage on the Atlantic seabed in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction," 2020, Marine Policy
  • "Marine ecosystem restoration in a changing ocean," 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • "Research is needed to inform environmental management of hydrothermally inactive and extinct polymetallic sulfide (PMS) deposits," 2020, Marine Policy

They have also contributed to a book titled The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, published in 2021 by Princeton University Press.

In 2001, Cindy Lee Van Dover was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

    Cindy Lee Van Dover

  • Man and the last great wilderness: human impact on the deep sea.

    Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Paul A. Tyler;Maria C. Baker;Odd Aksel Bergstad

  • Hydrothermal Vents and Methane Seeps: Rethinking the Sphere of Influence

    Lisa A. Levin;Amy R. Baco;David A. Bowden;Ana Colaco

  • An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

    J. Thomas Beatty;Jörg Overmann;Michael T. Lince;Ann K. Manske

  • Bacterial photosynthesis in surface waters of the open ocean

    Z. S. Kolber;C. L. Van Dover;Robert Niederman;Paul Falkowski

  • Defining “serious harm” to the marine environment in the context of deep-seabed mining

    Lisa A. Levin;Kathryn Mengerink;Kristina M. Gjerde;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Stable isotope evidence for entry of sewage-derived organic material into a deep-sea food web

    Cindy Lee Van Dover;J. F. Grassle;Brian Fry;Robert H. Garritt

  • Hydrothermal vents near a mantle hot spot: the Lucky Strike vent field at 37°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    C. Langmuir;S. Humphris;D. Fornari;C. Van Dover

  • Impacts of anthropogenic disturbances at deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems: a review.

    Cindy Lee Van Dover

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

    Roberto Danovaro;Emanuela Fanelli;Jacopo Aguzzi;David Billett

  • A call for deep-ocean stewardship.

    Kathryn J. Mengerink;Kathryn J. Mengerink;Cindy L. Van Dover;Jeff Ardron;Maria Baker

  • Biodiversity loss from deep-sea mining

    C. L. Van Dover;J. A. Ardron;E. Escobar;M. Gianni

  • Blake Ridge methane seeps: characterization of a soft-sediment, chemosynthetically based ecosystem

    C.L. Van Dover;P. Aharon;J.M. Bernhard;E. Caylor

  • Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre

    Douglas P. Connelly;Jonathan T.P. Copley;Bramley J. Murton;Kate Stansfield

  • Deep-Sea Mining With No Net Loss of Biodiversity—An Impossible Aim

    Holly J. Niner;Jeff A. Ardron;Jeff A. Ardron;Elva G. Escobar;Matthew Gianni

  • Mining seafloor massive sulphides and biodiversity: what is at risk?

    Cindy Lee Van Dover

  • Feeding biology of the shrimp Rimicaris exoculata at hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    C. L. Van Dover;B. Fry;J. F. Grassle;S. Humphris

  • An ecosystem-based deep-ocean strategy

    R. Danovaro;J. Aguzzi;E. Fanelli;D. Billett

  • SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE AND INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PROTECTION OF ACTIVE HYDROTHERMAL VENT ECOSYSTEMS FROM DEEP-SEA MINING

    C. L. Van Dover;Sophie Arnaud-Haond;M. Gianni;S. Helmreich

  • Ecology of Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vents

    Cindy Lee van Dover

  • Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata

    C Van Dover;J Aronson;L Pendleton;S Smith

  • Novel Forms of Structural Integration between Microbes and a Hydrothermal Vent Gastropod from the Indian Ocean

    Shana K. Goffredi;Anders Warén;Victoria J. Orphan;Cindy L. Van Dover

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Kristina M. Gjerde
Kristina M. Gjerde Middlebury College
Paul A. Tyler
Paul A. Tyler University of Southampton
Eva Ramirez-Llodra
Eva Ramirez-Llodra Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Craig R. Smith
Craig R. Smith University of Hawaii at Manoa
Christopher R. German
Christopher R. German Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Daniel O.B. Jones
Daniel O.B. Jones National Oceanography Centre
Robert C. Vrijenhoek
Robert C. Vrijenhoek Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Max Coleman
Max Coleman Jet Propulsion Lab
Philip Pe Weaver
Philip Pe Weaver National Oceanography Centre

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