2026 Nancy Knowlton: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	86	562	536	200	188	179	46578

Nancy Knowlton 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 Nancy Knowlton sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 531+

This scientist: 179 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nancy Knowlton 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 Nancy Knowlton sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Nancy Knowlton is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States and focuses on Environmental Science, with particular expertise in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, as well as Molecular Biology.

Their research topics include:

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Coastal and Marine Management
Marine and fisheries research
Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Marine and coastal plant biology
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Nancy Knowlton are:

Rebuilding marine life, 2020, Nature
Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
MIDORI2: A collection of quality controlled, preformatted, and regularly updated reference databases for taxonomic assignment of eukaryotic mitochondrial sequences, 2022, Environmental DNA
Environmental DNA survey captures patterns of fish and invertebrate diversity across a tropical seascape, 2020, Scientific Reports
Ocean Optimism: Moving Beyond the Obituaries in Marine Conservation, 2020, Annual Review of Marine Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nancy Knowlton include:

Matthieu Leray
Bryan Nguyen
Andrew H. Altieri
W. Owen McMillan
Chris Meyer

Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

Frontiers in Marine Science
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature
Annual Review of Marine Science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Nancy Knowlton has received recognition including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1997)

Best Publications

Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

O. Hoegh-Guldberg;P. J. Mumby;A. J. Hooten;Robert S. Steneck

7113
Citations
Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

Scott C. Doney;Mary Ruckelshaus;J. Emmett Duffy;James P. Barry

3571
Citations
Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography

Gary G. Mittelbach;Douglas W. Schemske;Howard V. Cornell;Andrew P. Allen

1983
Citations
Sibling species in the sea

Nancy Knowlton

1607
Citations
Diversity and distribution of coral-associated bacteria

Forest Rohwer;Victor Seguritan;Farooq Azam;Nancy Knowlton

1477
Citations
Baselines and Degradation of Coral Reefs in the Northern Line Islands

Stuart A. Sandin;Jennifer E. Smith;Edward E. DeMartini;Elizabeth A. Dinsdale

1037
Citations
New dates and new rates for divergence across the Isthmus of Panama

Nancy Knowlton;Lee A. Weigt

1018
Citations
Rebuilding marine life

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

978
Citations
The evolution of mutualisms: exploring the paths between conflict and cooperation

Edward Allen Herre;Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton;Ulrich Gerhard Mueller;Stuart A. Rehner

971
Citations
Landscape ecology of algal symbionts creates variation in episodes of coral bleaching.

Rob Rowan;Rob Rowan;Nancy Knowlton;Andrew Baker;Andrew Baker;Javier Jara

970
Citations
Formation of the Isthmus of Panama

Aaron O’Dea;Harilaos A. Lessios;Anthony G. Coates;Ron I. Eytan

936
Citations
Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions.

Yadvinder Malhi;Janet Franklin;Nathalie Seddon;Martin Solan

915
Citations
Hurricane Allen's Impact on Jamaican Coral Reefs

J. D. Woodley;E. A. Chornesky;P. A. Clifford;J. B. C. Jackson

901
Citations
The future of coral reefs

Nancy Knowlton

886
Citations
Shifting Baselines, Local Impacts, and Global Change on Coral Reefs

Nancy Knowlton;Jeremy B. C Jackson

803
Citations
Molecular genetic analyses of species boundaries in the sea

Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton

738
Citations
Thresholds and Multiple Stable States in Coral Reef Community Dynamics

Nancy Knowlton

731
Citations
Intraspecific diversity and ecological zonation in coral-algal symbiosis.

Rob Rowan;Nancy Knowlton

677
Citations
Divergence in proteins, mitochondrial DNA, and reproductive compatibility across the isthmus of Panama.

Nancy Knowlton;Lee A. Weigt;Luis Aníbal Solórzano;DeEtta K. Mills

632
Citations
DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of standardized samples reveal patterns of marine benthic diversity

Matthieu Leray;Nancy Knowlton

583
Citations
The evolution of interspecific mutualisms

Michael Doebeli;Nancy Knowlton

563
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy B. C. Jackson American Museum of Natural History

David I. Kline University of California, San Diego

Forest Rohwer San Diego State University

M. Julian Caley Queensland University of Technology

Enric Sala National Geographic Society

Chaolun Allen Chen Academia Sinica

Don R. Levitan Florida State University

David M. Baker University of Hong Kong

Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Russell E. Brainard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Links

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