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Iliana B. Baums

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
7847
World Ranking
3905
National Ranking
1362

Iliana B. Baums 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 Iliana B. Baums sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 122 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Iliana B. Baums 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 Iliana B. Baums sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Iliana B. Baums is primarily affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research largely focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a notable emphasis on ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within marine and coastal ecosystems, including coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, genomics and phylogenetic studies, fish biology, ecology, and behavior, as well as evolution and genetic dynamics.

Frequent co-authors associated with Iliana B. Baums include:

  • Sheila A. Kitchen
  • Kathryn H. Stankiewicz
  • Samuel A. Vohsen
  • Trinity Conn
  • Nicole D. Fogarty

Regular publication venues for their research are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Coral Reefs
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Microbiome

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Iliana B. Baums include:

  • "Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments" (2020, Ecological Applications)
  • "Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide" (2021, Restoration Ecology)
  • "Assisted gene flow using cryopreserved sperm in critically endangered coral" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species" (2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Deep-sea corals provide new insight into the ecology, evolution, and the role of plastids in widespread apicomplexan symbionts of anthozoans" (2020, Microbiome)

Best Publications

  • Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata.

    Iliana B. Baums;Margaret W. Miller;Michael E. Hellberg

  • A restoration genetics guide for coral reef conservation

    Iliana B. Baums

  • A bio-oceanographic filter to larval dispersal in a reef-building coral

    Iliana B. Baums;Claire B. Paris;Laurent M. Chérubin

  • GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN CLONAL STRUCTURE IN A REEF- BUILDING CARIBBEAN CORAL, ACROPORA PALMATA

    Iliana B. Baums;Margaret W. Miller;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic.

    Iliana B. Baums;Andrew C. Baker;Sarah W. Davies;Andréa G. Grottoli

  • Connectivity of Caribbean coral populations: complementary insights from empirical and modelled gene flow

    Nicola L. Foster;Nicola L. Foster;Claire B. Paris;Johnathan T. Kool;Johnathan T. Kool;Iliana B. Baums

  • Defining Boundaries for Ecosystem-Based Management: A Multispecies Case Study of Marine Connectivity across the Hawaiian Archipelago.

    Robert J. Toonen;Kimberly R. Andrews;Iliana B. Baums;Christopher E. Bird

  • Conservation genomics of natural and managed populations: building a conceptual and practical framework.

    Laura Marilyn Benestan;Anne Laure Ferchaud;Paul A. Hohenlohe;Brittany A. Garner

  • Mendelian microsatellite loci for the Caribbean coral Acropora palmata

    Iliana B. Baums;Colin R. Hughes;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Geographic differences in vertical connectivity in the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa despite high levels of horizontal connectivity at shallow depths.

    Xaymara M. Serrano;I. B. Baums;K. O'Reilly;T. B. Smith

  • Growth dynamics of the threatened Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis: influence of host genotype, symbiont identity, colony size, and environmental setting.

    Diego Lirman;Stephanie Schopmeyer;Victor Galvan;Crawford Drury

  • Caribbean Acropora restoration guide : best practices for propagation and population enhancement.

    Meaghan E. Johnson;Caitlin Lustic;Erich Bartels;Iliana B. Baums

  • New insights into the dynamics between reef corals and their associated dinoflagellate endosymbionts from population genetic studies

    Iliana B. Baums;Meghann K. Devlin‐Durante;Todd C. LaJeunesse

  • Bleaching causes loss of disease resistance within the threatened coral species Acropora cervicornis

    Erinn M Muller;Erich Bartels;Iliana B Baums

  • Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments

    Andrea G. Grottoli;R. J. Toonen;R. van Woesik;R. Vega Thurber

  • No gene flow across the Eastern Pacific Barrier in the reef‐building coral Porites lobata

    Iliana B. Baums;Jennifer N. Boulay;Nicholas R. Polato;Michael E. Hellberg

  • Long distance dispersal and vertical gene flow in the Caribbean brooding coral Porites astreoides

    Xaymara M. Serrano;Iliana B. Baums;Tyler B. Smith;Ross J. Jones

  • Location-Specific Responses to Thermal Stress in Larvae of the Reef-Building Coral Montastraea faveolata

    Nicholas R. Polato;Christian R. Voolstra;Julia Schnetzer;Michael K. DeSalvo

  • Host population genetic structure and zooxanthellae diversity of two reef-building coral species along the Florida Reef Tract and wider Caribbean

    I. B. Baums;M. E. Johnson;M. K. Devlin-Durante;M. W. Miller

  • Sexual vs. asexual reproduction in an ecosystem engineer: the massive coral Montastraea annularis.

    Nicola L. Foster;Iliana B. Baums;Peter J. Mumby

  • Genotypic variation influences reproductive success and thermal stress tolerance in the reef building coral, Acropora palmata

    I. B. Baums;M. K. Devlin-Durante;N. R. Polato;D. Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret W. Miller
Margaret W. Miller National Marine Fisheries Service
Charles R. Fisher
Charles R. Fisher Pennsylvania State University
Michael E. Hellberg
Michael E. Hellberg Louisiana State University
Todd C. LaJeunesse
Todd C. LaJeunesse Pennsylvania State University
Andrew C. Baker
Andrew C. Baker University of Miami
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Alina M. Szmant
Alina M. Szmant University of North Carolina Wilmington
Erik E. Cordes
Erik E. Cordes Temple University
Diego Lirman
Diego Lirman University of Miami
Webb Miller
Webb Miller Pennsylvania State University

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