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Philip L. Munday

Philip L. Munday

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
97
Citations
31211
World Ranking
324
National Ranking
25

Philip L. Munday 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 Philip L. Munday sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 328 publications — 93rd percentile

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

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

Philip L. Munday 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 Philip L. Munday sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Philip L. Munday is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with subfields in ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, aquatic science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work covers a range of topics related to marine and aquatic environments, including:

  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Philip L. Munday are:

  • "Species-specific molecular responses of wild coral reef fishes during a marine heatwave" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Methods matter in repeating ocean acidification studies" (2020, Nature)
  • "An Epigenetic Signature for Within-Generational Plasticity of a Reef Fish to Ocean Warming" (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "Diel p CO 2 fluctuations alter the molecular response of coral reef fishes to ocean acidification conditions" (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Rapid evolution fuels transcriptional plasticity to ocean acidification" (2022, Global Change Biology)

Philip L. Munday frequently publishes in various scientific journals. The most common venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Molecular Ecology

Their network of frequent coauthors comprises:

  • Timothy Ravasi
  • Celia Schunter
  • Jennifer M. Donelson
  • Jodie L. Rummer
  • Megan J. Welch

Best Publications

  • Ocean acidification impairs olfactory discrimination and homing ability of a marine fish

    Philip L. Munday;Danielle L. Dixson;Jennifer M. Donelson;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • Effects of climate change on fish reproduction and early life history stages

    Ned William Pankhurst;Philip L. Munday

  • Effects of climate -induced coral bleaching on coral -reef fishes — ecological and economic consequences

    Morgan S. Pratchett;Philip L. Munday;Shaun K. Wilson;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Near-future carbon dioxide levels alter fish behaviour by interfering with neurotransmitter function

    Göran E. Nilsson;Danielle L. Dixson;Paolo Domenici;Mark I. McCormick

  • Climate change and the future for coral reef fishes

    Philip L Munday;Geoffrey P Jones;Morgan S Pratchett;Ashley J Williams

  • Ocean acidification disrupts the innate ability of fish to detect predator olfactory cues.

    Danielle L. Dixson;Philip L. Munday;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • Habitat loss, resource specialization, and extinction on coral reefs

    Philip L. Munday

  • Replenishment of fish populations is threatened by ocean acidification

    Philip L. Munday;Danielle L. Dixson;Mark I. McCormick;Mark Meekan

  • Rapid transgenerational acclimation of a tropical reef fish to climate change

    Jennifer Donelson;Jennifer Donelson;Philip Munday;Mark McCormick;C.R. Pitcher

  • Predicting evolutionary responses to climate change in the sea

    Philip L Munday;Robert R Warner;Keyne Monro;John Michael Pandolfi

  • Comparative efficacy of clove oil and other chemicals in anaesthetization of Pomacentrus amboinensis, a coral reef fish

    Philip L. Munday;S. K. Wilson

  • Transgenerational plasticity and climate change experiments: Where do we go from here?

    Jennifer M. Donelson;Jennifer M. Donelson;Santiago Salinas;Philip L. Munday;Lisa N. S. Shama

  • Diversity and flexibility of sex-change strategies in animals.

    Philip L. Munday;Peter M. Buston;Robert R Warner

  • Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

    Gergely Torda;Jennifer M. Donelson;Manuel Aranda;Daniel J. Barshis

  • Evolution in an acidifying ocean

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Jennifer M. Sunday;Piero Calosi;Sam Dupont;Philip L. Munday

  • Animal behaviour shapes the ecological effects of ocean acidification and warming: moving from individual to community-level responses

    Ivan Nagelkerken;Philip L. Munday

  • Climate change and coral reef connectivity

    P. L. Munday;J. M. Leis;J. M. Lough;J. M. Lough;C. B. Paris

  • Ocean acidification erodes crucial auditory behaviour in a marine fish

    Stephen D. Simpson;Philip L. Munday;Matthew L. Wittenrich;Rachel Manassa

  • Parental environment mediates impacts of increased carbon dioxide on a coral reef fish

    Gabrielle M. Miller;Sue-Ann Watson;Jennifer M. Donelson;Mark I. McCormick

  • Interacting effects of elevated temperature and ocean acidification on the aerobic performance of coral reef fishes

    Philip L. Munday;Natalie E. Crawley;Göran E. Nilsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey P. Jones
Geoffrey P. Jones James Cook University
Jennifer M. Donelson
Jennifer M. Donelson James Cook University
Mark I. McCormick
Mark I. McCormick Southern Cross University
Danielle L. Dixson
Danielle L. Dixson University of Delaware
Göran E. Nilsson
Göran E. Nilsson University of Oslo
Jodie L. Rummer
Jodie L. Rummer James Cook University
Morgan S. Pratchett
Morgan S. Pratchett James Cook University
Mark G. Meekan
Mark G. Meekan Australian Institute of Marine Science
Douglas P. Chivers
Douglas P. Chivers University of Saskatchewan
Timothy Ravasi
Timothy Ravasi Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

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