2026 Ove Hoegh-Guldberg: 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	131	66	65	7	7	464	100988

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Australia Leader Award
2013 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans diverse areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on marine ecosystems and the impact of climate change on biodiversity.

The primary fields of study covered in their work include:

Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these domains, their subfields of study are detailed as:

Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
Oceanography
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Nature and Landscape Conservation

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg's research topics are centered on marine and coastal ecosystems, including:

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Marine and fisheries research
Marine and coastal plant biology
Coastal and Marine Management
Marine animal studies overview
Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Ichthyology and Marine Biology

The scientist has published frequently in several venues, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Global Change Biology
Scientific Data
Coral Reefs
Biological Conservation

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg include:

"IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change" (2021), published in Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
"Estimating the global risk of anthropogenic climate change" (2021), Nature Climate Change
"Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate" (2022), Global Change Biology
"Monitoring of Coral Reefs Using Artificial Intelligence: A Feasible and Cost-Effective Approach" (2020), Remote Sensing
"Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival" (2021), Biological Conservation

The scientist's frequent collaborators include:

Sophie Dove
Manuel González-Rivero
Julie Vercelloni
Pim Bongaerts
Kristen T. Brown

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2013.

Best Publications

Ecological responses to recent climate change.

Gian Reto Walther;Eric Post;Peter Convey;Annette Menzel

12862
Citations
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, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs

T.P. Hughes;A.H. Baird;D.R. Bellwood;M. Card

5006
Citations
Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

4896
Citations
The impact of climate change on the world's marine ecosystems.

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;John F. Bruno;John F. Bruno

3510
Citations
Climate Change 2014: Impacts,Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Christopher B. Field;Vicente R. Barros;Michael D. Mastrandrea;Katharine J. Mach

3445
Citations
Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

3266
Citations
Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change.

Terence P. Hughes;Maria J. Rodrigues;David R. Bellwood;Daniela Ceccarelli

1990
Citations
Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios

J. P. Gattuso;J. P. Gattuso;A. Magnan;R. Bille;W. W. L. Cheung

1571
Citations
Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders

K. R. N. Anthony;D. I. Kline;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido;S. Dove

1496
Citations
Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

J Raven;K Caldeira;H Elderfield;O Hoegh-Guldberg

1436
Citations
Assisted colonization and rapid climate change.

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Laura Hughes;Sue McIntyre;David Lindenmayer

1152
Citations
Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems

O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Bindi;S. Brown

1014
Citations
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

982
Citations
Assessing "dangerous climate change": required reduction of carbon emissions to protect young people, future generations and nature.

James E. Hansen;Pushker A. Kharecha;Pushker A. Kharecha;Makiko H. Sato;Valerie Masson-Delmotte

981
Citations
The human imperative of stabilizing global climate change at 1.5°C

O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Taylor;T. Guillén Bolaños

961
Citations
Coral Reef Ecosystems under Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Elvira S. Poloczanska;Elvira S. Poloczanska;William Skirving;Sophie Dove

902
Citations
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change

Simon D. Donner;William J. Skirving;Christopher M. Little;Michael Oppenheimer

880
Citations
Temperature-induced bleaching of corals begins with impairment of the CO2 fixation mechanism in zooxanthellae

R. J. Jones;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;A. W. D. Larkum;U. Schreiber

830
Citations
Fluorescent pigments in corals are photoprotective

Anya Salih;Anthony Larkum;Guy Cox;Michael Kühl

817
Citations
Technical Summary. In: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways

Myles R. Allen;Heleen de Coninck;Opha P. Dube;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Dove University of Queensland

Pim Bongaerts California Academy of Sciences

Janice M. Lough Australian Institute of Marine Science

David I. Kline University of California, San Diego

Kenneth R. N. Anthony Australian Institute of Marine Science

Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland

Tracy D. Ainsworth University of New South Wales

Elvira S. Poloczanska Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto Pennsylvania State University

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

External Links

Personal website of Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

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