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Cristina Linares

Cristina Linares

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
8731
World Ranking
4625
National Ranking
144

Cristina Linares 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 Cristina Linares sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 184 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cristina Linares 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 Cristina Linares sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cristina Linares is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their academic work primarily revolves around Environmental Science, with a significant focus on the subfields of Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, and General Health Professions.

Their research topics include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Global Health Care Issues

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Julio Díaz
  • Joaquim Garrabou
  • J.A. López-Bueno
  • Gerardo Sánchez Martínez
  • Jean-Baptiste Ledoux

They have published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Cristina Linares include:

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • The influence of climate change on food production and food safety, 2022, Environmental Research
  • Impacts of climate change on the public health of the Mediterranean Basin population - Current situation, projections, preparedness and adaptation, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species, 2020, BioInvasions Records
  • Climate change transforms the functional identity of Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages, 2021, Ecology Letters

Best Publications

  • Mass mortality in Northwestern Mediterranean rocky benthic communities: effects of the 2003 heat wave

    J. Garrabou;J. Garrabou;R. Coma;N. Bensoussan;Marc Bally

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea

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  • Living dangerously on borrowed time during slow, unrecognized regime shifts

    Terry P. Hughes;Christina Linares;Vasilis Dakos;Vasilis Dakos;Ingrid A. van de Leemput

  • Living evidence of a fossil survival strategy raises hope for warming-affected corals.

    Diego K. Kersting;Diego K. Kersting;Cristina Linares

  • The effects of predator abundance and habitat structural complexity on survival of juvenile sea urchins

    Bernat Hereu;Mikel Zabala;Cristina Linares;Enric Sala

  • Immediate and delayed effects of a mass mortality event on gorgonian population dynamics and benthic community structure in the NW Mediterranean Sea

    Cristina Linares;Rafel Coma;David Diaz;Mikel Zabala

  • Size distribution, density and disturbance in two Mediterranean gorgonians: Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella singularis

    Cristina Linares;Rafael Coma;Joaquim Garrabou;David Díaz

  • Divergent responses to warming of two common co-occurring Mediterranean bryozoans.

    Marta Pagès-Escolà;Bernat Hereu;Joaquim Garrabou;Ignasi Montero-Serra;Ignasi Montero-Serra

  • LIFE HISTORY AND VIABILITY OF A LONG-LIVED MARINE INVERTEBRATE: THE OCTOCORAL PARAMURICEA CLAVATA

    Cristina Linares;Daniel F. Doak;Rafel Coma;David Díaz

  • Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

    Joaquim Garrabou;Daniel Gómez-Gras;Jean Baptiste Ledoux;Cristina Linares

  • Temporal and spatial variability in settlement of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in the NW Mediterranean

    B. Hereu;M. Zabala;C. Linares;E. Sala

  • Consequences of a mass mortality in populations of Eunicella singularis (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in Menorca (NW Mediterranean)

    Rafael Coma;Cristina Linares;Marta Ribes;David Díaz

  • Impacts on coralligenous outcrop biodiversity of a dramatic coastal storm.

    Núria Teixidó;Núria Teixidó;Edgar Casas;Emma Cebrián;Cristina Linares

  • Long-Term Responses of the Endemic Reef-Builder Cladocora caespitosa to Mediterranean Warming

    Diego K. Kersting;Nathaniel Bensoussan;Cristina Linares

  • Biodiversity loss in a Mediterranean ecosystem due to an extreme warming event unveils the role of an engineering gorgonian species

    Jana Verdura;Cristina Linares;Enric Ballesteros;Rafael Coma

  • Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Dimitris Poursanidis;Razy Hoffman;Jamila Rizgalla

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 3

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • Size and spatial structure in deep versus shallow populations of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Cap de Creus, northwestern Mediterranean Sea)

    Andrea Gori;Sergio Rossi;Cristina Linares;Elisa Berganzo

  • Exploring the effects of invasive algae on the persistence of gorgonian populations

    Emma Cebrian;Emma Cebrian;Cristina Linares;Christian Marschal;Joaquim Garrabou

  • Spatial variability in reproductive cycle of the gorgonians Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella singularis (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the Western Mediterranean Sea

    Andrea Gori;Cristina Linares;Sergio Rossi;Rafael Coma

  • Persistent natural acidification drives major distribution shifts in marine benthic ecosystems

    C. Linares;M. Vidal;M. Canals;D. K. Kersting

  • Multiple processes regulate long-term population dynamics of sea urchins on Mediterranean rocky reefs.

    Bernat Hereu;Cristina Linares;Enric Sala;Joaquim Garrabou

Frequent Co-Authors

Joaquim Garrabou
Joaquim Garrabou Spanish National Research Council
Emma Cebrian
Emma Cebrian Spanish National Research Council
David Díaz Díaz
David Díaz Díaz University of La Laguna
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Andrea Gori
Andrea Gori University of Milan
Carlo Cerrano
Carlo Cerrano Marche Polytechnic University
Rafael Coma
Rafael Coma Spanish National Research Council
Agostinho Antunes
Agostinho Antunes University of Porto
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Josep Maria Gili
Josep Maria Gili Spanish National Research Council

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