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D-Index
52
Citations
8872
World Ranking
3496
National Ranking
38

Vonda J. Cummings 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 Vonda J. Cummings sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 106 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vonda J. Cummings 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 Vonda J. Cummings sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Vonda J. Cummings is affiliated with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their work addresses a variety of topics centered on marine and coastal environments. These include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Polar Research and Ecology, and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vonda J. Cummings include Malcolm R. Clark, Huw J. Griffiths, Jennifer Beaumont, Andrew M. Lohrer, and Byron J. Adams.

Vonda J. Cummings has contributed to multiple publication venues, with several papers appearing in the New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other recurrent venues include Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Global Change Biology, and Nature Communications.

Notable recent papers authored by Vonda J. Cummings include the following:

  • "Responses of a common New Zealand coastal sponge to elevated suspended sediments: Indications of resilience" (2020, Marine Environmental Research)
  • "Ross Sea Benthic Ecosystems: Macro- and Mega-faunal Community Patterns From a Multi-environment Survey" (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "Antarctic ecosystems in transition - life between stresses and opportunities" (2020, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, authored by Julian Gutt, co-listed for contextual reference)
  • "Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging (UHI): A Review of Systems and Applications for Proximal Seafloor Ecosystem Studies" (2021, Remote Sensing, authored by Juan C. Montes-Herrera, co-listed for contextual reference)
  • "Ocean acidification and dynamic energy budget models: Parameterisation and simulations for the green-lipped mussel" (2020, Ecological Modelling, authored by Jeffrey S. Ren, co-listed for contextual reference)

Best Publications

  • Muddy waters: elevating sediment input to coastal and estuarine habitats

    SF Thrush;JE Hewitt;VJ Cummings;JI Ellis

  • DISTURBANCE OF THE MARINE BENTHIC HABITAT BY COMMERCIAL FISHING: IMPACTS AT THE SCALE OF THE FISHERY

    S. F. Thrush;J. E. Hewitt;V. J. Cummings;P. K. Dayton

  • The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity

    Peter Convey;Peter Convey;Steven Loudon Chown;Andrew Clarke;David K A Barnes

  • Fishing impacts and the degradation or loss of habitat structure

    S. J. Turner;S. F. Thrush;J. E. Hewitt;V. J. Cummings

  • Scale-Dependent Recolonization: The Role of Sediment Stability in a Dynamic Sandflat Habitat

    S. F. Thrush;R. B. Whitlatch;R. D. Pridmore;J. E. Hewitt

  • Fishing disturbance and marine biodiversity : role of habitat structure in simple soft-sediment systems

    Simon F. Thrush;Judi E. Hewitt;Greig A. Funnell;Vonda J. Cummings

  • Determining effects of suspended sediment on condition of a suspension feeding bivalve (Atrina zelandica): results of a survey, a laboratory experiment and a field transplant experiment

    J Ellis;V Cummings;J Hewitt;S Thrush

  • The impact of habitat disturbance by scallop dredging on marine benthic communities:what can be predicted from the results of experiments?

    Thrush Sf;Hewitt Je;Cummings Vj;Dayton Pk

  • Ocean acidification at high latitudes: potential effects on functioning of the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica.

    Vonda Cummings;Judi Hewitt;Anthony Van Rooyen;Kim Currie

  • Smothering of estuarine sandflats by terrigenous clay: the role of wind-wave disturbance and bioturbation in site-dependent macrofaunal recovery

    Alf Norkko;Simon F. Thrush;Judi E. Hewitt;Vonda J. Cummings

  • Impact of ray feeding disturbances on sandflat macrobenthos: do communities dominated by polychaetes or shellfish respond differently?

    SF Thrush;RD Pridmore;JE Hewitt;VJ Cummings

  • Spatial structure of bivalves in a sandflat:: Scale and generating processes

    P. Legendre;S. F. Thrush;V. J. Cummings;P. K. Dayton

  • Antarctic marine animal forests: three-dimensional communities in Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Julian Gutt;Vonda Cummings;P.K. Dayton;Enrique Isla

  • ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: EFFECTS OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY AT LIKELY IMPACT SCALES

    J. E. Hewitt;S. E. Thrush;V. J. Cummings

  • Trophic structure of coastal Antarctic food webs associated with changes in sea ice and food supply.

    A. Norkko;S. F. Thrush;V. J. Cummings;M. M. Gibbs

  • Seagrass patches and landscapes : The influence of wind-wave dynamics and hierarchical arrangements of spatial structure on macrofaunal seagrass communities

    S. J. Turner;J. E. Hewitt;M. R. Wilkinson;D. J. Morrisey

  • Dispersal dynamics in a wind-driven benthic system

    John A. Commito;S. F. Thrush;R. D. Pridmore;J. E. Hewitt

  • MACROBENTHIC RECOVERY PROCESSES FOLLOWING CATASTROPHIC SEDIMENTATION ON ESTUARINE SANDFLATS

    Simon F. Thrush;Judi E. Hewitt;Alf Norkko;Vonda J. Cummings

  • Terrestrially derived sediment: response of marine macrobenthic communities to thin terrigenous deposits

    Andrew M. Lohrer;Simon F. Thrush;Judi E. Hewitt;Katrin Berkenbusch

  • Local dispersal of juvenile bivalves: implications for sandflat ecology

    Alf Norkko;Vonda J. Cummings;Simon F. Thrush;Judi E. Hewitt

  • THE GENERALITY OF FIELD EXPERIMENTS: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LOCAL AND BROAD-SCALE PROCESSES

    Simon F. Thrush;Judi E. Hewitt;Vonda J. Cummings;Malcolm O. Green

  • Nonlinear foraging response of a large marine predator to benthic prey: eagle ray pits and bivalves in a New Zealand sandflat

    Anson H Hines;Robert B Whitlatch;Simon F Thrush;Judi E Hewitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon F. Thrush
Simon F. Thrush University of Auckland
Judi E. Hewitt
Judi E. Hewitt University of Auckland
Alf Norkko
Alf Norkko University of Helsinki
Paul K. Dayton
Paul K. Dayton Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Robert B. Whitlatch
Robert B. Whitlatch University of Connecticut
Andrew M. Lohrer
Andrew M. Lohrer National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Pierre Legendre
Pierre Legendre University of Montreal
Huw J. Griffiths
Huw J. Griffiths British Antarctic Survey
Ian Hawes
Ian Hawes University of Waikato
Julian Gutt
Julian Gutt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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