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Pim Bongaerts

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6938
World Ranking
6072
National Ranking
2065

Pim Bongaerts 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 Pim Bongaerts sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 105 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pim Bongaerts 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 Pim Bongaerts sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Pim Bongaerts is affiliated with the California Academy of Sciences in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extensively covers several subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research focuses predominantly on marine ecosystems, with main topics emphasizing Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Marine and Fisheries Research, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Marine Animal Studies Overview, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Bongaerts has contributed to multiple publications appearing in frequent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Coral Reefs
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Recent notable papers by this scientist include:

  • "Genomic signatures in the coral holobiont reveal host adaptations driven by Holocene climate change and reef specific symbionts" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Morphological stasis masks ecologically divergent coral species on tropical reefs" (2021) published in Current Biology
  • "Mesophotic coral communities escape thermal coral bleaching in French Polynesia" (2021) published in Royal Society Open Science
  • "Symbiotic associations of the deepest recorded photosynthetic scleractinian coral (172 m depth)" (2021) published in The ISME Journal
  • "Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research" (2020) published in Molecular Ecology

Bongaerts frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Alejandra Hernández-Agreda (9 joint publications)
  • Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (8 joint publications)
  • Michel Pichon (8 joint publications)
  • Norbert Englebert (7 joint publications)
  • Paul Muir (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Assessing the ‘deep reef refugia’ hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs

    P. Bongaerts;T. Ridgway;T. Ridgway;E. M. Sampayo;E. M. Sampayo;O. Hoegh-Guldberg

  • The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

    Tracy D Ainsworth;Lutz Krause;Thomas Bridge;Gergely Torda

  • Bleaching susceptibility and mortality of corals are determined by fine-scale differences in symbiont type.

    E. M. Sampayo;T. Ridgway;P. Bongaerts;O. Hoegh-Guldberg

  • Mesophotic coral ecosystems are threatened and ecologically distinct from shallow water reefs

    Luiz A. Rocha;Hudson T. Pinheiro;Bart Shepherd;Yannis P. Papastamatiou

  • A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts.

    Steven J. Robbins;Caitlin M. Singleton;Cheong Xin Chan;Lauren F. Messer

  • Deep reefs are not universal refuges: Reseeding potential varies among coral species.

    Pim Bongaerts;Cynthia Riginos;Ramona Brunner;Ramona Brunner;Norbert Englebert

  • Symbiodinium genomes reveal adaptive evolution of functions related to coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis

    Huanle Liu;Timothy G. Stephens;Raúl A. González-Pech;Victor H. Beltran

  • Genetic Divergence across Habitats in the Widespread Coral Seriatopora hystrix and Its Associated Symbiodinium

    Pim Bongaerts;Cynthia Riginos;Tyrone Ridgway;Tyrone Ridgway;Eugenia M. Sampayo;Eugenia M. Sampayo

  • The role of deep reefs in shallow reef recovery: an assessment of vertical connectivity in a brooding coral from west and east Australia.

    Madeleine J. H. Van Oppen;Pim Bongaerts;Jim N. Underwood;Lesa M. Peplow

  • Call to protect all coral reefs

    Tom C. L. Bridge;Terry P. Hughes;John M. Guinotte;Pim Bongaerts

  • The Microbial Signature Provides Insight into the Mechanistic Basis of Coral Success across Reef Habitats

    Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda;William Leggat;Pim Bongaerts;Tracy D. Ainsworth

  • Deep reefs of the Great Barrier Reef offer limited thermal refuge during mass coral bleaching

    Pedro R. Frade;Pim Bongaerts;Norbert Englebert;Alice Rogers

  • Habitat-specific environmental conditions primarily control the microbiomes of the coral Seriatopora hystrix.

    Olga Pantos;Pim Bongaerts;Paul G Dennis;Gene W Tyson

  • Navigating the currents of seascape genomics: how spatial analyses can augment population genomic studies.

    Cynthia Riginos;Eric D. Crandall;Libby Liggins;Pim Bongaerts

  • Sharing the slope: depth partitioning of agariciid corals and associated Symbiodinium across shallow and mesophotic habitats (2-60 m) on a Caribbean reef

    Pim Bongaerts;Pedro R. Frade;Julie J. Ogier;Kyra B. Hay

  • Rethinking the Coral Microbiome: Simplicity Exists within a Diverse Microbial Biosphere.

    Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda;William Leggat;Pim Bongaerts;César Herrera

  • Beyond the “Deep Reef Refuge” Hypothesis: A Conceptual Framework to Characterize Persistence at Depth

    Pim Bongaerts;Tyler B. Smith

  • Deep down on a Caribbean reef: lower mesophotic depths harbor a specialized coral-endosymbiont community

    Pim Bongaerts;Pedro R. Frade;Kyra B. Hay;Norbert Englebert

  • Adaptive divergence in a scleractinian coral: physiological adaptation of Seriatopora hystrix to shallow and deep reef habitats

    Pim Bongaerts;Cynthia Riginos;Kyra B. Hay;Madeleine J.H. van Oppen

  • Diversity of Scleractinia and Octocorallia in the mesophotic zone of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    T. C. L. Bridge;K. E. Fabricius;P. Bongaerts;C. C. Wallace

  • Adaptation to reef habitats through selection on the coral animal and its associated microbiome

    Madeleine J. H. van Oppen;Madeleine J. H. van Oppen;Pim Bongaerts;Pim Bongaerts;Pedro Frade;Lesa M. Peplow

Frequent Co-Authors

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen University of Melbourne
David G. Bourne
David G. Bourne James Cook University
Sylvain Forêt
Sylvain Forêt Australian National University
Tom C. L. Bridge
Tom C. L. Bridge Queensland Museum
Mark A. Ragan
Mark A. Ragan University of Queensland
David J. Miller
David J. Miller James Cook University
Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
Gene W. Tyson
Gene W. Tyson Queensland University of Technology
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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