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D-Index
46
Citations
8643
World Ranking
4630
National Ranking
53

James J. Bell 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 James J. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 178 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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James J. Bell 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 James J. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

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

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Overview

James J. Bell is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work spans several subfields including ecology, biotechnology, global and planetary change, oceanography, and ocean engineering.

The main topics in James J. Bell's research include:

  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine sponges and natural products
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine ecology and invasive species
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Marine biology and environmental chemistry
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Frequent collaborators of James J. Bell include Valerio Micaroni, Francesca Strano, Lisa Woods, Simon K. Davy, and Megan Shaffer.

The scientist has published multiple papers in prominent venues, with significant repeat publications in the following journals:

  • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Global Change Biology
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Selected recent publications by James J. Bell include:

  • Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems, 2022, Conservation Biology
  • Marine heat waves drive bleaching and necrosis of temperate sponges, 2022, Current Biology
  • Interocean patterns in shallow water sponge assemblage structure and function, 2020, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Other related recent research papers from their collaboration network include work on the cross-generational effects of climate change on sponge microbiomes and adaptive strategies of sponges to deoxygenated oceans.

Best Publications

  • The functional roles of marine sponges

    James J. Bell

  • Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges.

    Susanne Schmitt;Peter Tsai;James Bell;Jane Fromont

  • Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes

    James J. Bell;Simon K. Davy;Timothy Jones;Michael W. Taylor

  • High connectivity of Indo-Pacific seagrass fish assemblages with mangrove and coral reef habitats

    Rkf Unsworth;PS De León;SL Garrard;J. Jompa

  • Evaluating the core microbiota in complex communities: A systematic investigation

    Carmen Astudillo-García;James J. Bell;Nicole S. Webster;Bettina Glasl

  • The sponge microbiome project

    Lucas Moitinho-Silva;Shaun Nielsen;Amnon Amir;Antonio Gonzalez

  • Ecology of sponge assemblages (Porifera) in the Wakatobi region, south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia: richness and abundance

    James John Bell;David Smith

  • The influences of bathymetry and flow regime upon the morphology of sublittoral sponge communities

    James J. Bell;David K.A. Barnes

  • Sediment impacts on marine sponges.

    James J. Bell;Emily McGrath;Andrew Biggerstaff;Tracey Bates

  • Diel trophic structuring of seagrass bed fish assemblages in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia

    Richard K.F. Unsworth;Elizabeth Wylie;David J. Smith;James J. Bell

  • Sponges to Be Winners under Near-Future Climate Scenarios

    James J Bell;Holly M Bennett;Holly M Bennett;Alberto Rovellini;Nicole S Webster;Nicole S Webster

  • Sponge Grounds as Key Marine Habitats: A Synthetic Review of Types, Structure, Functional Roles, and Conservation Concerns

    Manuel Maldonado;Ricardo Aguilar;Raymond J. Bannister;James J. Bell

  • A sponge diversity centre within a marine ‘island’

    James J. Bell;David K. A. Barnes

  • Sponge morphological diversity: a qualitative predictor of species diversity?

    James J. Bell;David K.A. Barnes

  • Structuring of Indo-Pacific fish assemblages along the mangrove-seagrass continuum

    R.K.F. Unsworth;S.L. Garrard;P.S. De Leon;L.C. Cullen

  • Economic and subsistence values of the standing stocks of seagrass fisheries: Potential benefits of no-fishing marine protected area management

    Richard K.F. Unsworth;Leanne C. Cullen;Jules N. Pretty;David J. Smith

  • Mycosis fungoides: review of epidemiological observations

    M.M. Morales Suárez-Varela;A. Llopis González;A. Marquina Vila;J. Bell

  • The contribution of scarid herbivory to seagrass ecosystem dynamics in the Indo-Pacific

    Richard K.F. Unsworth;Joe D. Taylor;Abigail Powell;James J. Bell

  • The importance of micro and macro morphological variation in the adaptation of a sublittoral demosponge to current extremes

    J. J. Bell;D. K. A. Barnes;J. R. Turner

  • Reduced diversity and high sponge abundance on a sedimented Indo-Pacific reef system: implications for future changes in environmental quality.

    Abigail Powell;David J. Smith;Leanne J. Hepburn;Timothy Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon K. Davy
Simon K. Davy Victoria University of Wellington
Nicole S. Webster
Nicole S. Webster University of Queensland
Jamaluddin Jompa
Jamaluddin Jompa Hasanuddin University
Jan M. Strugnell
Jan M. Strugnell James Cook University
Jonathan P. A. Gardner
Jonathan P. A. Gardner Victoria University of Wellington
David K. A. Barnes
David K. A. Barnes British Antarctic Survey
Michael W. Taylor
Michael W. Taylor University of Auckland
Richard K. F. Unsworth
Richard K. F. Unsworth Swansea University
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
José M. Montoya
José M. Montoya Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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