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Juan Carlos Castilla 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 Juan Carlos Castilla sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 223 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Juan Carlos Castilla 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 Juan Carlos Castilla sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2011 - Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, Generalitat de Catalunya
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Juan Carlos Castilla is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work encompasses several interconnected topics including Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Coastal and Marine Management, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine and fisheries research, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, and Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond.

Juan Carlos Castilla has contributed to multiple publications, frequently appearing in journals such as Biologia Pesquera, Nature, PRSM, Ecosystems and People, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Key recent papers include:

  • "Rebuilding marine life" (2020, Nature)
  • "The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) - a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus" (2022, Ecosystems and People)
  • "Genomics-informed models reveal extensive stretches of coastline under threat by an ecologically dominant invasive species" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "The shellfishery in Chile: an analysis of 26 years of landings (1960-1985)" (2024, Biologia Pesquera)
  • "Advances and challenges in marine conservation in Chile: A regional and global comparison" (2021, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Stefan Gelcich, Terry P. Hughes, Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete, Pablo A. Marquet, and Carlos M. Duarte.

Their scholarship has been recognized by awards such as the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology from Generalitat de Catalunya in 2011, being named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2012, and election as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Challenges in the Quest for Keystones

    Mary E. Power;David Tilman;James A. Estes;Bruce A. Menge

  • The management of fisheries and marine ecosystems

    L.W. Botsford;J.C. Castilla;C.H. Peterson

  • Rebuilding marine life

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agusti;Edward Barbier;Gregory L. Britten

  • Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change.

    Callum M. Roberts;Bethan C. O’Leary;Douglas J. McCauley;Philippe Maurice Cury

  • Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources.

    Stefan Gelcich;Terry P. Hughes;Per Olsson;Carl Folke

  • ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING CANDIDATE SITES FOR MARINE RESERVES

    Callum M. Roberts;Sandy Andelman;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante

  • APPLICATION OF ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA IN SELECTING MARINE RESERVES AND DEVELOPING RESERVE NETWORKS

    Callum M. Roberts;George Branch;Rodrigo H. Bustamante;Juan Carlos Castilla

  • Human exclusion from the rocky intertidal zone of central Chile: the effects on Concholepas concholepas (Gastropoda)

    J. C. Castilla;L. R. Duran

  • Latin American benthic shellfisheries: emphasis on co-management and experimental practices

    Juan Carlos Castilla;Omar Defeo;Omar Defeo

  • The humboldt current system of northern and central chile : Oceanographic processes, ecological interactions and socioeconomic feedback

    Martin Thiel;Erasmo C. Macaya;Enzo Acuna;Wolf E. Arntz

  • Coastal marine communities: trends and perspectives from human-exclusion experiments

    Juan Carlos Castilla

  • Scales of benthic–pelagic coupling and the intensity of species interactions: From recruitment limitation to top-down control

    Sergio A. Navarrete;Evie A. Wieters;Bernardo R. Broitman;Juan Carlos Castilla

  • Co-management Policy Can Reduce Resilience in Traditionally Managed Marine Ecosystems

    Stefan Gelcich;Stefan Gelcich;Gareth Edwards-Jones;Michel J. Kaiser;Juan C. Castilla

  • Public awareness, concerns, and priorities about anthropogenic impacts on marine environments

    Stefan Gelcich;Paul Buckley;John K. Pinnegar;Jason D. Chilvers

  • Variation and persistence of the middle rocky intertidal community of central Chile, with and without human harvesting

    L. R. Durán;J. C. Castilla

  • More than One Bag for the World Fishery Crisis and Keys for Co-management Successes in Selected Artisanal Latin American Shellfisheries

    Omar Defeo;Juan Carlos Castilla

  • Small-scale benthic fisheries in chile: on co-management and sustainable use of benthic invertebrates

    Juan C. Castilla;Miriam Fernandez

  • Healing small-scale fisheries by facilitating complex socio-ecological systems

    Timothy R. McClanahan;Juan Carlos Castilla;Alan T. White;Omar Defeo

  • Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

    Jennifer Sills;P. H. Gleick;R. M. Adams;R. M. Amasino

  • Scaling population density to body size in rocky intertidal communities.

    Pablo A. Marquet;Sergio A. Navarrete;Juan C. Castilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio A. Navarrete
Sergio A. Navarrete Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Patricio H. Manríquez
Patricio H. Manríquez Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA)
Omar Defeo
Omar Defeo University of the Republic
Miriam Fernández
Miriam Fernández Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Frédérique Viard
Frédérique Viard University of Montpellier
George M. Branch
George M. Branch University of Cape Town
Rodrigo H. Bustamante
Rodrigo H. Bustamante Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Brendan P. Kelaher
Brendan P. Kelaher Southern Cross University

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