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D-Index
57
Citations
29862
World Ranking
2632
National Ranking
932

Jonathan B. Shurin 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 Jonathan B. Shurin sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 136 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Jonathan B. Shurin 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 Jonathan B. Shurin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

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 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jonathan B. Shurin is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography.

Their work covers various main topics, including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

Recent publications by Jonathan B. Shurin include:

  • Current water quality guidelines across North America and Europe do not protect lakes from salinization (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Cascading social-ecological costs and benefits triggered by a recovering keystone predator (2020, Science)
  • Interacting Temperature, Nutrients and Zooplankton Grazing Control Phytoplankton Size-Abundance Relationships in Eight Swiss Lakes (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments (2022, Limnology and Oceanography Letters)
  • Cascading effects of freshwater salinization on plankton communities in the Sierra Nevada (2020, Limnology and Oceanography Letters)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jonathan B. Shurin include:

  • Celia C. Symons (10 collaborations)
  • Henry K. Baker (8 collaborations)
  • Natalie T. Jones (7 collaborations)
  • Isidora Echenique-Subiabre (6 collaborations)
  • Hamanda B. Cavalheri (5 collaborations)

Jonathan B. Shurin has published their work in several recurring scientific venues, reflecting the focus of their research areas. These include Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Molecular Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Algal Research, and Global Change Biology.

Best Publications

  • The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi-scale community ecology

    M. A. Leibold;M. Holyoak;N. Mouquet;N. Mouquet;P. Amarasekare

  • Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

    James J. Elser;Matthew E.S. Bracken;Elsa E. Cleland;Daniel S. Gruner

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power

  • Nutrient co-limitation of primary producer communities

    W. Stanley Harpole;Jacqueline T. Ngai;Elsa E. Cleland;Eric W. Seabloom

  • A cross-ecosystem comparison of the strength of trophic cascades

    Jonathan B. Shurin;Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom;Kurt Anderson

  • WHAT DETERMINES THE STRENGTH OF A TROPHIC CASCADE

    E. T. Borer;E. W. Seabloom;J. B. Shurin;K. E. Anderson

  • All wet or dried up? Real differences between aquatic and terrestrial food webs

    Jonathan B Shurin;Daniel S Gruner;Helmut Hillebrand

  • Mechanisms, effects, and scales of dispersal in freshwater zooplankton

    John E. Havel;Jonathan B. Shurin

  • DISPERSAL LIMITATION, INVASION RESISTANCE, AND THE STRUCTURE OF POND ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES

    Jonathan B. Shurin

  • Consumer versus resource control of producer diversity depends on ecosystem type and producer community structure.

    Helmut Hillebrand;Daniel S. Gruner;Elizabeth T. Borer;Matthew E. S. Bracken;Matthew E. S. Bracken

  • Evolutionary diversification in stickleback affects ecosystem functioning

    Luke J. Harmon;Luke J. Harmon;Blake Matthews;Blake Matthews;Simone Des Roches;Jonathan M. Chase

  • Mesocosm Experiments as a Tool for Ecological Climate-Change Research

    Rebecca I.A. Stewart;Matteo Dossena;David A. Bohan;Erik Jeppesen

  • Species Turnover and the Regulation of Trophic Structure

    Mathew A. Leibold;Jonathan M. Chase;Jonathan B. Shurin;Amy L. Downing

  • TROPHIC LEVELS AND TROPHIC TANGLES: THE PREVALENCE OF OMNIVORY IN REAL FOOD WEBS

    Ross M. Thompson;Martin Hemberg;Brian M. Starzomski;Jonathan B. Shurin

  • Spatial autocorrelation and dispersal limitation in freshwater organisms

    Jonathan B. Shurin;Karl Cottenie;Helmut Hillebrand

  • Warming modifies trophic cascades and eutrophication in experimental freshwater communities

    Pavel Kratina;Hamish S. Greig;Patrick L. Thompson;Patrick L. Thompson;Ticiana S. A. Carvalho-Pereira;Ticiana S. A. Carvalho-Pereira

  • A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interactions.

    Benjamin Gilbert;Tyler D. Tunney;Kevin S. McCann;John P. DeLong

  • Warming shifts top-down and bottom-up control of pond food web structure and function

    Jonathan B. Shurin;Jessica L. Clasen;Hamish S. Greig;Hamish S. Greig;Pavel Kratina;Pavel Kratina

  • LOCAL AND REGIONAL ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES RICHNESS: A SCALE-INDEPENDENT TEST FOR SATURATION

    Jonathan B. Shurin;John E. Havel;Mathew A. Leibold;Bernadette Pinel-Alloul

  • Effects of Competition, Predation, and Dispersal on Species Richness at Local and Regional Scales

    Jonathan B. Shurin;Emily G. Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavel Kratina
Pavel Kratina Queen Mary University of London
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Helmut Hillebrand
Helmut Hillebrand Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Blake Matthews
Blake Matthews Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Daniel S. Gruner
Daniel S. Gruner University of Maryland, College Park
W. Stanley Harpole
W. Stanley Harpole Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Luke J. Harmon
Luke J. Harmon University of Idaho
Mathew A. Leibold
Mathew A. Leibold University of Florida
John E. Havel
John E. Havel Missouri State University

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