2026 Janice M. Lough: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	73	1381	1308	63	61	217	32112

Janice M. Lough publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Janice M. Lough sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 217 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Janice M. Lough D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Janice M. Lough sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Janice M. Lough is affiliated with the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with key subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, oceanography, and geology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Marine and fisheries research
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Marine animal studies overview
Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Geological and Geophysical Studies

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Janice M. Lough cover a range of studies related to marine ecosystems and coral research. Notable publications include:

Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger, 2024, Nature
Coral skeletons reveal the history of nitrogen cycling in the coastal Great Barrier Reef, 2020, Nature Communications
Impacts of Coral Growth on Geochemistry: Lessons From the Galápagos Islands, 2021, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Assessing multiproxy approaches (Sr/Ca, U/Ca, Li/Mg, and B/Mg) to reconstruct sea surface temperature from coral skeletons throughout the Great Barrier Reef, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
SURFACE OCEAN RADIOCARBON FROM A PORITES CORAL RECORD IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: 1945-2017, 2021, Radiocarbon

Their frequent coauthors include:

Neal E. Cantin
Julia E. Cole
Lael Vetter
Emma V. Reed
D. M. Thompson

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature
Nature Communications
The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs

T.P. Hughes;A.H. Baird;D.R. Bellwood;M. Card

5006
Citations
Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

Terry P. Hughes;James T. Kerry;Mariana Álvarez-Noriega;Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero

3416
Citations
Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene.

Terry Hughes;Kristen D. Anderson;Sean R. Connolly;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron

2219
Citations
Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

Terry P. Hughes;Michele L. Barnes;David R. Bellwood;Joshua E. Cinner

2004
Citations
Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

Katharina E. Fabricius;Chris Langdon;Sven Uthicke;Craig Humphrey

1177
Citations
Variability in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation Through a Glacial-Interglacial Cycle

Alexander W. Tudhope;Alexander W. Tudhope;Colin P. Chilcott;Malcolm T. McCulloch;Edward R. Cook

1072
Citations
Coral record of increased sediment flux to the inner Great Barrier Reef since European settlement

Malcolm McCulloch;Stewart Fallon;Stewart Fallon;Timothy Wyndham;Erica Hendy

911
Citations
Declining coral calcification on the Great Barrier Reef

Glenn De'ath;Janice M. Lough;Katharina E. Fabricius

888
Citations
High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects:

P.D. Jones;K.R. Briffa;T.J. Osborn;J.M. Lough

777
Citations
Environmental controls on growth of the massive coral Porites.

J.M. Lough;D.J. Barnes

716
Citations
The coral reef crisis : the critical importance of < 350 ppm CO2

J. E. N. Veron;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;T. M. Lenton;J. M. Lough

651
Citations
Changes in Climate Extremes Over the Australian Region and New Zealand During the Twentieth Century

Neil Plummer;M. James Salinger;Neville Nicholls;Ramasamy Suppiah

447
Citations
Abrupt decrease in tropical Pacific sea surface salinity at end of Little Ice Age.

Erica J. Hendy;Michael K. Gagan;Chantal A. Alibert;Malcolm T. McCulloch

404
Citations
Declining coral calcification in massive Porites in two nearshore regions of the northern Great Barrier Reef

Timothy F. Cooper;Timothy F. Cooper;Glenn De'ath;Katharina E. Fabricius;Janice M. Lough

378
Citations
Climate change and coral reef connectivity

P. L. Munday;J. M. Leis;J. M. Lough;J. M. Lough;C. B. Paris

372
Citations
Mixed responses of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change

Johann D. Bell;Alexandre Ganachaud;Peter C. Gehrke;Shane P. Griffiths

345
Citations
Observed climate change in Australian marine and freshwater environments

Alistair J. Hobday;Janice M. Lough

340
Citations
On the nature and causes of density banding in massive coral skeletons

David Barnes;Janice Lough

313
Citations
Several centuries of variation in skeletal extension, density and calcification in massive Porites colonies from the Great Barrier Reef: A proxy for seawater temperature and a background of variability against which to identify unnatural change

J.M. Lough;D.J. Barnes

306
Citations
Preindustrial to Modern Interdecadal Variability in Coral Reef pH

Carles Pelejero;Carles Pelejero;Eva Calvo;Eva Calvo;Malcolm T. McCulloch;Malcolm T. McCulloch;John F. Marshall;John F. Marshall

291
Citations
Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef: A vulnerability assessment

Johanna E Johnson;Paul A Marshall;Lough J;Barrier Reef

209
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Barnes Australian Institute of Marine Science

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland

Malcolm T. McCulloch University of Western Australia

Morgan S. Pratchett James Cook University

Michael K. Gagan Australian National University

Scott F. Heron James Cook University

Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Thomas Felis University of Bremen

Katharina Fabricius Australian Institute of Marine Science

Hagit P. Affek Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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