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D-Index
37
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8842
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Kevin Gross 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 Kevin Gross sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 74 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kevin Gross 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 Kevin Gross sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kevin Gross is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus across key subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Global and Planetary Change, and Safety Research.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, behavioral economics, and data analysis methods. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Disturbances drive changes in coral community assemblages and coral calcification capacity" (2020), Ecosphere
  • "Beached Sargassum alters sand thermal environments: Implications for incubating sea turtle eggs" (2021), Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
  • "Why ex post peer review encourages high-risk research while ex ante review discourages it" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "MIMIX: A Bayesian Mixed-Effects Model for Microbiome Data From Designed Experiments" (2021), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "Stony coral populations are more sensitive to changes in vital rates in disturbed environments" (2020), Ecological Applications

Kevin Gross's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation

Frequent co-authors in Kevin Gross's research include:

  • Carl T. Bergstrom
  • André M. de Roos
  • Peter J. Edmunds
  • Tessa E. Hall
  • Andrew S. Freedman

Their publications frequently appear in various venues, with multiple papers in preprint archives and journals such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
  • Ecosphere
  • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity and biocontrol: emergent impacts of a multi-enemy assemblage on pest suppression and crop yield in an agroecosystem

    Bradley J. Cardinale;Chad T. Harvey;Kevin Gross;Anthony R. Ives

  • Plant species loss decreases arthropod diversity and shifts trophic structure

    Nick M. Haddad;Gregory M. Crutsinger;Kevin Gross;John Haarstad

  • Species richness and the temporal stability of biomass production: A new analysis of recent biodiversity experiments

    Kevin Gross;Bradley J. Cardinale;Jeremy W. Fox;Andrew Gonzalez

  • Plant diversity and the stability of foodwebs.

    Nick M. Haddad;Gregory M. Crutsinger;Kevin Gross;John Haarstad

  • Stability and species richness in complex communities

    A.R. Ives;J.L. Klug;K. Gross

  • Positive interactions among competitors can produce species‐rich communities

    Kevin Gross

  • Separating the influence of resource 'availability' from resource 'imbalance' on productivity-diversity relationships.

    Bradley J. Cardinale;Helmut Hillebrand;W. S. Harpole;Kevin Gross

  • Biodiversity simultaneously enhances the production and stability of community biomass, but the effects are independent

    Bradley J. Cardinale;Kevin Gross;Keith Fritschie;Pedro Flombaum

  • Species richness, but not phylogenetic diversity, influences community biomass production and temporal stability in a re-examination of 16 grassland biodiversity studies

    Patrick Venail;Patrick Venail;Kevin Gross;Todd H. Oakley;Anita Narwani;Anita Narwani

  • The community ecology of pathogens: coinfection, coexistence and community composition.

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Kevin Gross;Amy E. Kendig

  • Does productivity drive diversity or vice versa? A test of the multivariate productivity-diversity hypothesis in streams.

    Bradley J. Cardinale;Danuta M. Bennett;Craig E. Nelson;Kevin Gross

  • Do growing degree days predict phenology across butterfly species

    Heather L. Cayton;Nick M. Haddad;Kevin Gross;Sarah E. Diamond

  • Does species richness drive community production or vice versa? Reconciling historical and contemporary paradigms in competitive communities.

    Kevin Gross;Bradley J. Cardinale

  • Persistence and Change in Community Composition of Reef Corals through Present, Past, and Future Climates

    Peter J. Edmunds;Mehdi Adjeroud;Marissa Leanne Baskett;Iliana B. Baums

  • UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING THE EFFECTS OF SPARSE DATA ON DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSES

    Daniel F. Doak;Kevin Gross;William F. Morris

  • The functional consequences of random vs. ordered species extinctions

    Kevin Gross;Bradley J. Cardinale;Bradley J. Cardinale

  • A demographic study of deer browsing impacts on Trillium grandiflorum

    Thomas P. Rooney;Kevin Gross

  • Modeling Controlled Burning and Trampling Reduction for Conservation of Hudsonia montana

    Kevin Gross;John R. Lockwood;Cecil C. Frost;William F. Morris

  • Determining optimal population monitoring for rare butterflies.

    Nick M. Haddad;Brian Hudgens;Chris Damiani;Kevin Gross

  • EFFECTS OF CHRONIC AVIAN MALARIA (PLASMODIUM RELICTUM) INFECTION ON REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF HAWAII AMAKIHI (HEMIGNATHUS VIRENS)

    A. Marm Kilpatrick;Dennis A. LaPointe;Carter T. Atkinson;Bethany L. Woodworth

  • Quantifying secondary pest outbreaks in cotton and their monetary cost with causal‐inference statistics

    Kevin Gross;Jay A. Rosenheim

Frequent Co-Authors

Bradley J. Cardinale
Bradley J. Cardinale Pennsylvania State University
André M. de Roos
André M. de Roos University of Amsterdam
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Peter J. Edmunds
Peter J. Edmunds California State University, Northridge
David Tilman
David Tilman University of Minnesota
Anthony R. Ives
Anthony R. Ives University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nick M. Haddad
Nick M. Haddad Michigan State University
William F. Morris
William F. Morris Duke University
Marissa Leanne Baskett
Marissa Leanne Baskett University of California, Davis
Robert C. Carpenter
Robert C. Carpenter California State University, Northridge

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