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Hector M. Guzman

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
13668
World Ranking
2684
National Ranking
12

Hector M. Guzman 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 Hector M. Guzman sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 220 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hector M. Guzman 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 Hector M. Guzman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hector M. Guzman is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific expertise in ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, oceanography, and atmospheric science. Their work spans a variety of topics including marine animal studies overview, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, marine and coastal plant biology, ichthyology and marine biology, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and fish ecology and management studies.

They have contributed to scholarly literature through numerous publications in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Policy, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, and Marine Biodiversity.

Hector M. Guzman has collaborated regularly with several co-authors including Alex Hearn, Gonzalo Araújo, Adam Barnett, Jesse E. M. Cochran, and Jonathan R. Green.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hector M. Guzman include:

  • "Ship's compliance with a traffic separation scheme and speed limit in the Gulf of Panama and implications for the risk to humpback whales" (2020), Marine Policy
  • "Assessing the long-term effects of a catastrophic oil spill on subtidal coral reef communities off the Caribbean coast of Panama (1985-2017)" (2020), Marine Biodiversity
  • "Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Corals at the edge of environmental limits: A new conceptual framework to re-define marginal and extreme coral communities" (2023), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Antibacterial Activity of Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by the Octocoral-Associated Bacteria Bacillus sp. BO53 and Pseudoalteromonas sp. GA327" (2020), Antibiotics

Best Publications

  • One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts

    Kent E. Carpenter;Muhammad Abrar;Greta Aeby;Richard B. Aronson

  • Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005.

    C. Mark Eakin;Jessica A. Morgan;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron;Tyler B. Smith

  • Are U.S. coral reefs on the slippery slope to slime

    John M. Pandolfi;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;N. Baron;Roger H. Bradbury

  • Sibling Species in Montastraea annularis, Coral Bleaching, and the Coral Climate Record

    Nancy Knowlton;Ernesto Weil;Lee A. Weigt;Héctor M. Guzmán

  • Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

    Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Ana Couto;Marisa Vedor

  • An assessment of metal contamination in mangrove sediments and leaves from Punta Mala Bay, Pacific Panama.

    Lindsey H. Defew;James M. Mair;Hector M. Guzman

  • 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

  • Ecological effects of a major oil spill on panamanian coastal marine communities.

    J B Jackson;J D Cubit;B D Keller;V Batista

  • Reef coral reproduction in the eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panama, and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)

    P. W. Glynn;N. J. Gassman;C. M. Eakin;J. Cortes;J. Cortes

  • Contamination of coral reefs by heavy metals along the Caribbean coast of Central America (Costa Rica and Panama)

    Héctor M. Guzmán;Carlos E. Jiménez

  • Species richness change across spatial scales

    Jonathan M. Chase;Brian J. Mcgill;Patrick L. Thompson;Laura H. Antão

  • Direct evidence for reproductive isolation among the three species of the Montastraea annularis complex in Central America (Panama and Honduras)

    N. Knowlton;J. L. Maté;H. M. Guzmán;R. Rowan

  • Reef coral reproduction in the eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panamá, and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). II. Poritidae

    P. W. Glynn;S. B. Colley;C. M. Eakin;D. B. Smith

  • Short-term ecological consequences of a major oil spill on Panamanian subtidal reef corals

    Héctor M. Guzmán;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Ernesto Weil

  • Mapping the distribution of coral reefs and associated sublittoral habitats in Pacific Panama: a comparison of optical satellite sensors and classification methodologies

    S. L. Benfield;H. M. Guzman;J. M. Mair;J. A. T. Young

  • Coral mortality associated with dino-flagellate blooms in the eastern Pacific (Costa Rica and Panama)

    HM Guzmán;J. Cortés;PW Glynn;RH Richmond

  • Growth rates of eight species of scleractinian corals in the eastern Pacific (Costa Rica)

    H. M. Guzman;J. Cortes

  • Injury, regeneration and growth of Caribbean reef corals after a major oil spill in Panama

    HM Guzmán;KA Burns;Jbc Jackson

  • Effects of chronic oil-sediment pollution on the reproduction of the Caribbean reef coral Siderastrea siderea☆

    Héctor M. Guzmán;Irene Holst

  • Reef recovery 20 years after the 1982–1983 El Niño massive mortality

    Hector M. Guzman;Jorge Cortés

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge E. Cortes
Jorge E. Cortes Augusta University
Peter W. Glynn
Peter W. Glynn Stanford University
Graham J. Edgar
Graham J. Edgar University of Tasmania
Ernesto Weil
Ernesto Weil University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Andrew Gonzalez
Andrew Gonzalez McGill University
Richard Condit
Richard Condit Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Jeremy B. C. Jackson
Jeremy B. C. Jackson American Museum of Natural History
Ricardo Riguera
Ricardo Riguera University of Santiago de Compostela
Emilio Quiñoá
Emilio Quiñoá University of Santiago de Compostela
Pieter C. Dorrestein
Pieter C. Dorrestein University of California, San Diego

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