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D-Index
37
Citations
4939
World Ranking
6917
National Ranking
700

Rupert Ormond 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 Rupert Ormond sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 83 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rupert Ormond 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 Rupert Ormond sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rupert Ormond is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on nature and landscape conservation and ecology. Other notable subfields include global and planetary change, aquatic science, and oceanography.

The scientist's body of work covers a range of topics centered on ichthyology and marine biology, coral and marine ecosystem studies, as well as marine animal studies. Additional subjects frequently explored in their research are turtle biology and conservation, marine ecology and invasive species, fish ecology and management studies, and fish biology and ecology studies.

Rupert Ormond has published extensively in various scientific venues. Some of the most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "The" journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Oceans
  • PLoS ONE
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Ormond are:

  • Occurrence of whales and dolphins in Pakistan with reference to fishers' knowledge and impacts, 2023, "The" journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Effects of swim-with-dolphin tourism on the behaviour of spinner dolphins, at Samadai Reef in the Egyptian Red Sea, 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Application of Photo-Identification and Lengthened Deployment Periods to Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS) Abundance Estimates of Coral Reef Sharks, 2020, Oceans
  • First records of the blurred lantern shark Etmopterus bigelowi from the Cayman Islands, Western Atlantic, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • First estimates of population size and home range of Caribbean reef and nurse sharks using photo-identification and BRUVS, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science

Rupert Ormond frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of the most common co-authors include:

  • Mauvis Gore
  • Johanna Kohler
  • Timothy Austin
  • Austin J. Gallagher
  • Teresa F. Fernandes

Best Publications

  • Effect of briefings on rates of damage to corals by scuba divers

    D. Medio;R.F.G. Ormond;M. Pearson

  • Sediment-rejection mechanisms of 42 species of Australian Scleractinian corals

    M. G. Stafford-Smith;R. F. G. Ormond

  • Coral bacterial community structure responds to environmental change in a host-specific manner

    Maren Ziegler;Maren Ziegler;Carsten G. B. Grupstra;Carsten G. B. Grupstra;Marcelle M. Barreto;Martin Eaton

  • Coral microbial community dynamics in response to anthropogenic impacts near a major city in the central Red Sea.

    Maren Ziegler;Anna Krystyna Roik;Adam Porter;Khalid Zubier

  • Coral death from sewage and phosphate pollution at Aqaba, Red Sea

    D.I. Walker;R.F.G. Ormond

  • Breakdown of mangrove leaf litter in a managed mangrove forest in Peninsular Malaysia

    E. C. Ashton;P. J. Hogarth;R. Ormond

  • Marine Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes

    Rupert Ormond;John D. Gage;Martin Vivian Angel

  • Comparative accuracy and efficiency of six coral community survey methods

    W. Leujak;R.F.G. Ormond

  • Effects of fishing pressure and trophic group on abundance and spillover across boundaries of a no-take zone

    J.S. Ashworth;R.F.G. Ormond

  • Large-scale variation in assemblage structure of red sea butterflyfishes and angelfishes

    Callum M. Roberts;Alexander R. Dawson Shepherd;Rupert F. G. Ormond

  • Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, aggregate around offshore platforms in Qatari waters of the Arabian Gulf to feed on fish spawn.

    David P. Robinson;Mohammed Y. Jaidah;Rima W. Jabado;Katie Lee-Brooks

  • Butterflyfish social behaviour, with special reference to the incidence of territoriality : a review

    Callum M. Roberts;Rupert F. G. Ormond

  • Transatlantic migration and deep mid-ocean diving by basking shark.

    Mauvis A Gore;David Rowat;David Rowat;Jackie Hall;Fiona R Gell

  • Visitor Perceptions and the Shifting Social Carrying Capacity of South Sinai’s Coral Reefs

    Wera Leujak;Rupert F.G. Ormond

  • CHAPTER 13 – Red Sea Fishes

    Rupert Ormond;Alasdair Edwards

  • Formation and Breakdown of Aggregations of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci (L.)

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  • Reef-use and residency patterns of a baited population of silky sharks, Carcharhinus falciformis, in the Red Sea

    C. Clarke;J. S. E. Lea;R. F. G. Ormond

  • Effect of a network of no-take reserves in increasing catch per unit effort and stocks of exploited reef fish at Nabq, South Sinai, Egypt

    N. Galal;R. F. G. Ormond;O. Hassan

  • Test of a Model of Regulation of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish by Fish Predators

    Rupert Ormond;Roger Bradbury;Scott Bainbridge;Katarina Fabricius

  • Aggressive mimicry and other interspecific feeding associations among Red Sea coral reef predators

    Rupert F. G. Ormond

  • Marine Biodiversity: Subject index

    Rupert F. G. Ormond;John D. Gage;Martin V. Angel;Crispin Tickell

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
John D. Gage
John D. Gage Scottish Association For Marine Science
Callum M. Roberts
Callum M. Roberts University of Exeter
John E. Randall
John E. Randall Bernice P. Bishop Museum
David Righton
David Righton Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Jason M. Roberts
Jason M. Roberts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nathalie A. Cabrol
Nathalie A. Cabrol Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Alberto G. Fairén
Alberto G. Fairén Cornell University
Diana Walker
Diana Walker University of Western Australia
Alasdair J. Edwards
Alasdair J. Edwards Newcastle University

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