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D-Index
73
Citations
30183
World Ranking
1153
National Ranking
154

Michael T. Burrows 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 Michael T. Burrows sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 243 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael T. Burrows 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 Michael T. Burrows sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael T. Burrows is affiliated with the Scottish Association For Marine Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, and ecological modeling.

Burrows' work extensively covers topics related to marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine management, marine and fisheries research, as well as marine and coastal ecosystems.

Their recent publications include:

  • Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves, 2022, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts, 2023, Science
  • Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities, 2021, Science
  • Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography

Frequent co-authors in Burrows' research include:

  • Dan A. Smale
  • Pippa J. Moore
  • Thomas Wernberg
  • Karen Filbee-Dexter
  • Kathryn E. Smith

Their work has been published recurrently in venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Nature Climate Change, Nature, Marine Biology, and Global Change Biology.

Additionally, Burrows has contributed to book publications, including a report titled "Mapping the intertidal seaweed resources of the Outer Hebrides: a report for Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise," published by La Trobe University in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Global imprint of climate change on marine life

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Christopher J. Brown;Christopher J. Brown;William J. Sydeman;Wolfgang Kiessling;Wolfgang Kiessling

  • A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Lisa V. Alexander;Sarah E. Perkins;Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale

  • Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Markus G. Donat;Michael T. Burrows;Pippa J. Moore

  • Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Thomas Wernberg;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Mads Thomsen

  • The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;David S. Schoeman;Lauren B. Buckley;Pippa Moore;Pippa Moore

  • Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Elvira S. Poloczanska;Michael T. Burrows;Christopher J. Brown;Jorge García Molinos;Jorge García Molinos;Jorge García Molinos

  • Categorizing and naming marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Eric C.J. Oliver;Eric C.J. Oliver;Alex Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity

    Jorge Garcia Molinos;Jorge Garcia Molinos;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern;David S. Schoeman;Christopher J. Brown

  • Seventy years' observations of changes in distribution and abundance of zooplankton and intertidal organisms in the western English Channel in relation to rising sea temperature

    AJ Southward;S J Hawkins;Michael Burrows

  • A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

    Neil J. Holbrook;Neil J. Holbrook;Hillary A. Scannell;Alexander Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • Geographical limits to species-range shifts are suggested by climate velocity

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Jorge García Molinos

  • Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves.

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  • Projected Marine Heatwaves in the 21st Century and the Potential for Ecological Impact

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Michael T. Burrows;Markus G. Donat;Alex Sen Gupta;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Threats and knowledge gaps for ecosystem services provided by kelp forests: a northeast Atlantic perspective.

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Michael T. Burrows;Philippa J Moore;Philippa J Moore;Nessa O'Connor

  • Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

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  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Mads Thomsen;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Alistair J. Hobday

  • A Model of Sympatric Speciation by Sexual Selection

    George F. Turner;Michael T. Burrows

  • Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities.

    Kathryn E. Smith;Michael T. Burrows;Alistair J. Hobday;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Modelling patch dynamics on rocky shores using deterministic cellular automata

    M.T. Burrows;S.J. Hawkins

  • Consequences of climate-driven biodiversity changes for ecosystem functioning of North European rocky shores

    Stephen Hawkins;Heather Sugden;Nova Mieszkowska;Philippa Moore

  • Complex interactions in a rapidly changing world: responses of rocky shore communities to recent climate change

    S J Hawkins;Phillipa Moore;Michael Burrows;E Poloczanska

  • Wave exposure indices from digital coastlines and the prediction of rocky shore community structure

    Michael T. Burrows;Robin Harvey;Linda Robb

  • MODELING THE RESPONSE OF POPULATIONS OF COMPETING SPECIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Stephen J. Hawkins;Stephen J. Hawkins;Alan J. Southward;Michael T. Burrows

  • Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine

    Jorge García Molinos;Benjamin S. Halpern;David S. Schoeman;Christopher J. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University
Elvira S. Poloczanska
Elvira S. Poloczanska Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast
Nova Mieszkowska
Nova Mieszkowska University of Liverpool
Dan A. Smale
Dan A. Smale Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Louise B. Firth
Louise B. Firth Plymouth University

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