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7510
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32

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip 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 Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 85 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip 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 Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with specific attention to ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their work encompasses several key topics including coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, coastal and marine management, ichthyology and marine biology, ocean acidification effects and responses, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Alvarez-Filip has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in journals such as PLoS ONE, Diversity, Coral Reefs, Global Change Biology, and Ciencias Marinas.

Their recent papers include:

  • Massive Influx of Pelagic Sargassum spp. on the Coasts of the Mexican Caribbean 2014-2020: Challenges and Opportunities, 2020, Water
  • Stony coral tissue loss disease decimated Caribbean coral populations and reshaped reef functionality, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Temporal changes in the composition and biomass of beached pelagic Sargassum species in the Mexican Caribbean, 2020, Aquatic Botany
  • Reef-scale impacts of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak, 2020, Coral Reefs
  • Recovery disparity between coral cover and the physical functionality of reefs with impaired coral assemblages, 2020, Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors working collaboratively with Alvarez-Filip include:

  • Esmeralda Pérez-Cervantes
  • Nuria Estrada-Saldívar
  • F. Javier González-Barrios
  • Ana Molina-Hernández
  • Chris T. Perry

Best Publications

  • Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Jennifer A. Gill;Jennifer A. Gill;Isabelle M. Côté

  • Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits

    Emily S. Darling;Lorenzo Alvarez‐Filip;Thomas A. Oliver;Timothy R. McClanahan

  • Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005.

    C. Mark Eakin;Jessica A. Morgan;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron;Tyler B. Smith

  • Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

    Chris T. Perry;Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Peter J. Mumby

  • Shifts in coral-assemblage composition do not ensure persistence of reef functionality.

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet;Guillermo Horta-Puga;Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

  • Massive Influx of Pelagic Sargassum spp. on the Coasts of the Mexican Caribbean 2014–2020: Challenges and Opportunities

    Valeria Chávez;Abigail Uribe-Martínez;Eduardo Cuevas;Rosa E. Rodríguez-Martínez

  • Changing geo-ecological functions of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Chris T. Perry;Lorenzo Alvarez‐Filip

  • A rapid spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak in the Mexican Caribbean

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Nuria Estrada-Saldívar;Esmeralda Pérez-Cervantes;Ana Molina-Hernández

  • Coral identity underpins architectural complexity on Caribbean reefs

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Isabelle M. Côté;Andrew R. Watkinson

  • The dynamics of architectural complexity on coral reefs under climate change

    Yves‐Marie Bozec;Yves‐Marie Bozec;Lorenzo Alvarez‐Filip;Peter J. Mumby;Peter J. Mumby

  • Drivers of region-wide declines in architectural complexity on Caribbean reefs

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;J. A. Gill;N. K. Dulvy;A. L. Perry;A. L. Perry

  • Stony coral tissue loss disease decimated Caribbean coral populations and reshaped reef functionality

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  • Region-wide temporal and spatial variation in Caribbean reef architecture: is coral cover the whole story?

    Lorenzo Alvarez‐Filip;Lorenzo Alvarez‐Filip;Isabelle M. Côté;Jennifer A. Gill;Jennifer A. Gill;Andrew R. Watkinson

  • Community structure of fishes in Cabo Pulmo Reef, Gulf of California

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Héctor Reyes-Bonilla;Luis E. Calderon-Aguilera

  • Complex reef architecture supports more small‐bodied fishes and longer food chains on Caribbean reefs

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Jennifer A. Gill;Nicholas K. Dulvy

  • Temporal changes in the composition and biomass of beached pelagic Sargassum species in the Mexican Caribbean

    Marta García-Sánchez;Marta García-Sánchez;Caroline Graham;Elisa Vera;Edgar Escalante-Mancera

  • Simplification of Caribbean Reef-Fish Assemblages over Decades of Coral Reef Degradation

    Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip;Michelle J. Paddack;Michelle J. Paddack;Ben Collen;D. Ross Robertson

  • A framework for measuring coral species-specific contribution to reef functioning in the Caribbean

    F. Javier González-Barrios;Lorenzo Álvarez-Filip

  • Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs

    Adam Suchley;Melanie D. McField;Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  • Assessment of Acropora palmata in the Mesoamerican Reef System

    Rosa E. Rodríguez-Martínez;Anastazia T. Banaszak;Melanie D. McField;Aurora U. Beltrán-Torres

  • Local human activities limit marine protection efficacy on Caribbean coral reefs

    Adam Suchley;Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Frequent Co-Authors

Héctor Reyes-Bonilla
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla Autonomous University of Baja California
Jennifer A. Gill
Jennifer A. Gill University of East Anglia
Chris Perry
Chris Perry University of Exeter
Isabelle M. Côté
Isabelle M. Côté Simon Fraser University
Nicholas K. Dulvy
Nicholas K. Dulvy Simon Fraser University
Andrew R. Watkinson
Andrew R. Watkinson University of East Anglia
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
Christian Wild
Christian Wild University of Bremen
Scott F. Heron
Scott F. Heron James Cook University
Yves-Marie Bozec
Yves-Marie Bozec University of Queensland

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