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D-Index
51
Citations
18712
World Ranking
3537
National Ranking
144

José M. Montoya 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 José M. Montoya sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 100 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

José M. Montoya 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 José M. Montoya sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

José M. Montoya is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology. Their research intersects several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The primary topics covered in their work include Plant and animal studies, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience.

Montoya's recurring publication venues demonstrate a diverse engagement with scientific communities. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Ecology & Evolution, Oikos, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Ecology Letters.

José M. Montoya has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Arnaud Sentis
  • Alexandre Garreau
  • Alexis D. Synodinos
  • Elvire Bestion
  • Bart Haegeman

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research", 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "Thresholds for ecological responses to global change do not emerge from empirical data", 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application", 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Phytoplankton biodiversity is more important for ecosystem functioning in highly variable thermal environments", 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Eco-evolutionary consequences of habitat warming and fragmentation in communities", 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Best Publications

  • Ecological networks and their fragility

    José M. Montoya;Stuart L. Pimm;Ricard V. Solé

  • Body size in ecological networks

    Guy Woodward;Bo Ebenman;Mark Emmerson;Jose M. Montoya;Jose M. Montoya

  • Ecological networks--beyond food webs.

    Thomas C. Ings;José M. Montoya;José M. Montoya;Jordi Bascompte;Nico Blüthgen

  • Complexity and fragility in ecological networks.

    Ricard V. Solé;José M. Montoya;José M. Montoya

  • Small world patterns in food webs.

    Jose M. Montoya;Jose M. Montoya;Ricard V. Solé;Ricard V. Solé

  • Emerging horizons in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research

    Julia Reiss;Jon R. Bridle;José M. Montoya;José M. Montoya;Guy Woodward

  • Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome

    Torsten Thomas;Lucas Moitinho-Silva;Miguel Lurgi;Johannes R. Björk;Johannes R. Björk

  • Interaction strengths in food webs: issues and opportunities

    Eric L Berlow;Anje-Margiet Neutel;Joel E Cohen;Peter C de Ruiter

  • Navigating the complexity of ecological stability

    Ian Donohue;Helmut Hillebrand;Jose M. Montoya;Owen L. Petchey

  • Reconciling the temperature dependence of respiration across timescales and ecosystem types

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Jane M. Caffrey;Alessandro Cescatti;Matteo Dossena

  • Warming alters the metabolic balance of ecosystems

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;J. Iwan Jones;Mark Trimmer;Guy Woodward

  • On the dimensionality of ecological stability

    Ian Donohue;Owen L. Petchey;José M. Montoya;Andrew L. Jackson

  • Towards novel approaches to modelling biotic interactions in multispecies assemblages at large spatial extents

    W. D. Kissling;Carsten F. Dormann;Carsten F. Dormann;Juergen Groeneveld;Juergen Groeneveld;Thomas Hickler

  • Warming alters the size spectrum and shifts the distribution of biomass in freshwater ecosystems

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;José M. Montoya;Mark Trimmer;Guy Woodward

  • Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research.

    Andrew Gonzalez;Rachel M. Germain;Diane S. Srivastava;Elise Filotas

  • Climate change, biotic interactions and ecosystem services.

    José M. Montoya;Dave Raffaelli

  • Warming effects on marine microbial food web processes: how far can we go when it comes to predictions?

    Hugo Sarmento;José M. Montoya;Evaristo Vázquez-Domínguez;Dolors Vaqué

  • Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application

    Michel Loreau;Matthieu Barbier;Elise Filotas;Dominique Gravel

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

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

  • Selection, tinkering, and emergence in complex networks

    Ricard V. Solé;Ramon Ferrer-Cancho;Jose M. Montoya;Sergi Valverde

  • Thresholds for ecological responses to global change do not emerge from empirical data.

    Helmut Hillebrand;Helmut Hillebrand;Ian Donohue;W. Stanley Harpole;Dorothee Hodapp;Dorothee Hodapp

  • Novel communities from climate change

    Miguel Lurgi;Bernat C. López;José M. Montoya

  • Global relationship between phytoplankton diversity and productivity in the ocean.

    Sergio M. Vallina;M.J. Follows;S. Dutkiewicz;José M. Montoya

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricard V. Solé
Ricard V. Solé Pompeu Fabra University
Guy Woodward
Guy Woodward Imperial College London
Gabriel Yvon-Durocher
Gabriel Yvon-Durocher University of Exeter
Nicole S. Webster
Nicole S. Webster University of Queensland
Mark Emmerson
Mark Emmerson Queen's University Belfast
Douglas H. Erwin
Douglas H. Erwin National Museum of Natural History
Mark Trimmer
Mark Trimmer Queen Mary University of London
Ian Donohue
Ian Donohue Trinity College Dublin
Stuart L. Pimm
Stuart L. Pimm Duke University
Torsten Thomas
Torsten Thomas University of New South Wales

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