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David M. Baker

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
3863
World Ranking
7911
National Ranking
148

David M. Baker publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 104 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David M. Baker 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 David M. Baker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David M. Baker is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology.

The scientist has focused extensively on topics related to coral and marine ecosystems, marine and coastal plant biology, isotope analysis in ecology, marine and fisheries research, marine biology and ecology research, identification and quantification in food, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

David M. Baker's recent published papers include:

  • "Trophic strategy and bleaching resistance in reef-building corals" (2020) - Science Advances
  • "Coral reef diversity losses in China's Greater Bay Area were driven by regional stressors" (2020) - Science Advances
  • "Competitive traits of coral symbionts may alter the structure and function of the microbiome" (2020) - The ISME Journal
  • "Coral-associated nitrogen fixation rates and diazotrophic diversity on a nutrient-replete equatorial reef" (2021) - The ISME Journal
  • "Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: A new perspective on an ancient association" (2020) - The ISME Journal

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Shelby E. McIlroy
  • Inga Conti-Jerpe
  • Nicolas Duprey
  • Jane C. Y. Wong
  • Benoît Thibodeau

Publication venues where David M. Baker has frequently contributed include:

  • Coral Reefs
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Advances
  • The ISME Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Climate change promotes parasitism in a coral symbiosis.

    David M. Baker;David M. Baker;David M. Baker;Christopher J. Freeman;Christopher J. Freeman;Jane C.Y. Wong;Marilyn L. Fogel;Marilyn L. Fogel

  • Trophic strategy and bleaching resistance in reef-building corals.

    Inga E. Conti-Jerpe;Philip D. Thompson;Cheong Wai Martin Wong;Nara L. Oliveira

  • Reefs of tomorrow: eutrophication reduces coral biodiversity in an urbanized seascape

    Nicolas N. Duprey;Moriaki Yasuhara;David M. Baker

  • Nitrate competition in a coral symbiosis varies with temperature among Symbiodinium clades

    David M Baker;Jason P Andras;Adán Guillermo Jordán-Garza;Marilyn L Fogel

  • A pollution gradient contributes to the taxonomic, functional, and resistome diversity of microbial communities in marine sediments

    Jiarui Chen;Shelby E. McIlroy;Anand Archana;David M. Baker

  • Nitrogen sources and cycling revealed by dual isotopes of nitrate in a complex urbanized environment

    Anand Archana;Benoit Thibodeau;Naomi Geeraert;Min Nina Xu

  • Link between sewage-derived nitrogen pollution and coral disease severity in Guam

    Jamey E. Redding;Roxanna L. Myers-Miller;David M. Baker;Marilyn Fogel

  • Taking Steps toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management: An Introductory Guide

    Tundi Agardy;John Davis;Kristin Sherwood;Ole Vestergaard

  • Nitrogen Identity Drives Differential Impacts of Nutrients on Coral Bleaching and Mortality

    Deron E. Burkepile;Andrew A. Shantz;Thomas C. Adam;Katrina S. Munsterman

  • Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in the Caribbean Sponge, Xestospongia muta: A Source or Sink of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen?

    Cara L. Fiore;David M. Baker;Michael P. Lesser

  • Upside-Down but Headed in the Right Direction: Review of the Highly Versatile Cassiopea xamachana System

    Aki H. Ohdera;Michael J. Abrams;Cheryl L. Ames;David M. Baker

  • Quality or quantity: is nutrient transfer driven more by symbiont identity and productivity than by symbiont abundance?

    Christopher J Freeman;Robert W Thacker;David M Baker;David M Baker;Marilyn L Fogel

  • Tourism’s nitrogen footprint on a Mesoamerican coral reef

    D. M. Baker;D. M. Baker;D. M. Baker;R. E. Rodríguez-Martínez;M. L. Fogel

  • Productivity links morphology, symbiont specificity and bleaching in the evolution of Caribbean octocoral symbioses.

    David M Baker;Christopher J Freeman;Nancy Knowlton;Robert W Thacker

  • Sea fan corals provide a stable isotope baseline for assessing sewage pollution in the Mexican Caribbean

    David M. Baker;Eric Jordán-Dahlgren;Miguel Angel Maldonado;C. Drew Harvell

  • Relationship between water quality, δ15N, and aspergillosis of Caribbean sea fan corals

    David M. Baker;Stephen E. MacAvoy;Kiho Kim

  • Influence of marine reserves on coral disease prevalence

    Cathie A. Page;David M. Baker;C. Drew Harvell;Yimnang Golbuu

  • Isotopic and microbial indicators of sewage pollution from Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

    Molly A. Moynihan;David M. Baker;Aviti J. Mmochi

  • Coral reef diversity losses in China's Greater Bay Area were driven by regional stressors.

    Jonathan D. Cybulski;Stefan M. Husa;Stefan M. Husa;Nicolas N. Duprey;Nicolas N. Duprey;Briony L. Mamo;Briony L. Mamo

  • Integrating Proximal and Horizon Threats to Biodiversity for Conservation.

    Timothy C. Bonebrake;Fengyi Guo;Fengyi Guo;Caroline Dingle;David M. Baker

  • Variations in nitrate isotope composition of wastewater effluents by treatment type in Hong Kong.

    A. Archana;Luo Li;Kao Shuh-Ji;Benoit Thibodeau

  • Sea fan corals provide a stable isotope baseline for assessing sewage pollution in the

    David M. Baker;Miguel Angel Maldonado;C. Drew Harvella

Frequent Co-Authors

Marilyn L. Fogel
Marilyn L. Fogel University of California, Riverside
Moriaki Yasuhara
Moriaki Yasuhara University of Hong Kong
Kenneth M.Y. Leung
Kenneth M.Y. Leung City University of Hong Kong
Gray A. Williams
Gray A. Williams University of Hong Kong
Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University
Daniel M. Sigman
Daniel M. Sigman Princeton University
Chris Webster
Chris Webster University of Hong Kong
Jian-Wen Qiu
Jian-Wen Qiu Hong Kong Baptist University
Paul K.S. Lam
Paul K.S. Lam Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Susana Enríquez
Susana Enríquez National Autonomous University of Mexico

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