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D-Index
50
Citations
10604
World Ranking
3814
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1339

R. van Woesik 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 R. van Woesik sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 108 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. van Woesik 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 R. van Woesik sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Coral reef
  • Oceanography

R. van Woesik mostly deals with Coral, Coral reef, Ecology, Oceanography and Reef. Porites and Coelenterata are subfields of Coral in which his conducts study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Climatology, Sea surface temperature, Tropics and Spawn in addition to Coral reef.

His research in the fields of Acropora, Coral bleaching, Cnidaria and Resistance overlaps with other disciplines such as δ18O. His work deals with themes such as Seriatopora hystrix, Montipora digitata, Ecosystem and Anthozoa, which intersect with Coral bleaching. R. van Woesik is involved in the study of Reef that focuses on Atoll in particular.

His most cited work include:

  • Coral bleaching: the winners and the losers (986 citations)
  • Water-flow rates and passive diffusion partially explain differential survival of corals during the 1998 bleaching event (259 citations)
  • Revisiting the winners and the losers a decade after coral bleaching (245 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Coral, Ecology, Coral reef, Oceanography and Reef. His work in the fields of Coral, such as Cnidaria, Coral bleaching and Coelenterata, intersects with other areas such as Zooxanthellae. When carried out as part of a general Ecology research project, his work on Acropora and Montipora is frequently linked to work in Geography, Disease and Outbreak, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.

His Coral reef research incorporates themes from Range, Biodiversity and Habitat. R. van Woesik usually deals with Oceanography and limits it to topics linked to Climatology and Spawn. His Reef research is classified as research in Fishery.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Coral (77.61%)
  • Ecology (50.75%)
  • Coral reef (46.27%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Ecology (50.75%)
  • Coral (77.61%)
  • Oceanography (44.78%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Ecology, Coral, Oceanography, Coral reef and Climate change. His work on Coral bleaching as part of general Coral research is frequently linked to Track, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. His research on Oceanography focuses in particular on Reef.

His studies in Reef integrate themes in fields like Biodiversity and Northern Hemisphere. R. van Woesik interconnects Range and Marine protected area in the investigation of issues within Coral reef. The Climate change study combines topics in areas such as Microatoll, Porites, Greenhouse gas and Sea level.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Contemporary white-band disease in Caribbean corals driven by climate change (74 citations)
  • A global analysis of coral bleaching over the past two decades (72 citations)
  • Keep up or drown: adjustment of western Pacific coral reefs to sea-level rise in the 21st century. (29 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Coral reef
  • Gene

R. van Woesik mainly focuses on Climate change, Oceanography, Coral reef, Ecology and High intensity. As part of his studies on Oceanography, he frequently links adjacent subjects like Aquatic animal. His Aquatic animal study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Population Decrease and White band disease.

His High intensity research overlaps with Coral, Pacific ocean, Coral bleaching, Thermal threshold and Indian ocean. His Greenhouse gas research integrates issues from Reef, Microatoll, Porites and Sea level. Heat stress combines with fields such as Geography and Water temperature in his work.

Best Publications

  • Coral bleaching: the winners and the losers

    Y. Loya;K. Sakai;K. Yamazato;Y. Nakano

  • A global analysis of coral bleaching over the past two decades

    S. Sully;D. E. Burkepile;M. K. Donovan;G. Hodgson

  • Revisiting the winners and the losers a decade after coral bleaching

    R. van Woesik;K. Sakai;A. Ganase;Y. Loya

  • Water-flow rates and passive diffusion partially explain differential survival of corals during the 1998 bleaching event

    T. Nakamura;R. van Woesik

  • Corals at their latitudinal limits: laser ablation trace element systematics in Porites from Shirigai Bay, Japan

    Stewart J Fallon;Malcolm T McCulloch;Robert van Woesik;Daniel J Sinclair

  • Bleaching increases likelihood of disease on Acropora palmata (Lamarck) in Hawksnest Bay, St John, US Virgin Islands

    E. M. Muller;E. M. Muller;Caroline S. Rogers;Anthony S. Spitzack;R. van Woesik

  • Climate-change refugia in the sheltered bays of Palau: analogs of future reefs

    Robert van Woesik;Peter Houk;Adelle L. Isechal;Jacques W. Idechong

  • Corals escape bleaching in regions that recently and historically experienced frequent thermal stress

    D. M. Thompson;D. M. Thompson;R. van Woesik

  • Response of two species of Indo-Pacific corals, Porites cylindrica and Stylophora pistillata, to short-term thermal stress: The host does matter in determining the tolerance of corals to bleaching

    W.K. Fitt;R.D. Gates;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;J.C. Bythell

  • Coral communities and reef growth in the southern Great Barrier Reef

    R. van Woesik;T. J. Done

  • Symbiotic zooxanthellae provide the host-coral Montipora digitata with polyunsaturated fatty acids.

    M. Papina;T. Meziane;R. van Woesik

  • Effects of Cyclone 'Joy' on nearshore coral communities of the Great Barrier Reef

    R. Van Woesik;LM De Vantier;JS Glazebrook

  • Palau's coral reefs show differential habitat recovery following the 1998-bleaching event

    Y. Golbuu;S. Victor;L. Penland;D. Idip

  • Contemporary white-band disease in Caribbean corals driven by climate change

    C. J. Randall;R. van Woesik

  • Coral spawning in the western Pacific Ocean is related to solar insolation: evidence of multiple spawning events in Palau

    L. Penland;J. Kloulechad;D. Idip;R. van Woesik

  • Coral assemblages and physico-chemical characteristics of the Whitsunday Islands : evidence of recent community changes

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  • Species composition, habitat, and water quality influence coral bleaching in southern Florida.

    Daniel E. Wagner;Philip A. Kramer;Robert van Woesik

  • Climate-change refugia: shading reef corals by turbidity.

    Chris Cacciapaglia;Robert van Woesik

  • Water flow facilitates recovery from bleaching in the coral Stylophora pistillata

    T. Nakamura;H. Yamasaki;R. van Woesik

  • Annual cycles of solar insolation predict spawning times of Caribbean corals

    R. Van Woesik;F. Lacharmoise;S. Köksal

  • Photo-acclimation dynamics of the coral Stylophora pistillata to low and extremely low light

    E.A Titlyanov;E.A Titlyanov;T.V Titlyanova;K Yamazato;R van Woesik

  • Calm before the spawn: global coral spawning patterns are explained by regional wind fields

    R. van Woesik

  • Rapid coral colonization of a recent lava flow following a volcanic eruption, Banda Islands, Indonesia

    T. Tomascik;R. van Woesik;A. J. Mah

  • Biotic homogenization of coral assemblages along the Florida reef tract

    Scott G. Burman;Richard B. Aronson;Robert van Woesik

  • Photoinhibition of photosynthesis is reduced by water flow in the reef-building coral Acropora digitifera

    T. Nakamura;R. van Woesik;H. Yamasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Erinn M. Muller
Erinn M. Muller Mote Marine Laboratory
Kazuhiko Sakai
Kazuhiko Sakai University of the Ryukyus
Yossi Loya
Yossi Loya Tel Aviv University
Yukihiro Nojiri
Yukihiro Nojiri National Institute for Environmental Studies
Caroline S. Rogers
Caroline S. Rogers United States Geological Survey
Hodaka Kawahata
Hodaka Kawahata University of Tokyo
Andréa G. Grottoli
Andréa G. Grottoli The Ohio State University
Tarik Meziane
Tarik Meziane French National Museum of Natural History
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto Pennsylvania State University
Atsushi Suzuki
Atsushi Suzuki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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