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Xabier Irigoien

Xabier Irigoien

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
74
Citations
24598
World Ranking
1100
National Ranking
27

Xabier Irigoien 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 Xabier Irigoien sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 261 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xabier Irigoien 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 Xabier Irigoien sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xabier Irigoien is affiliated with Ikerbasque in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable emphasis on subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

They have authored publications in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Open Research Europe
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Plankton Research

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Xabier Irigoien address key topics in oceanography and marine biodiversity. These include:

  • The oceans' twilight zone must be studied now, before it is too late, 2020, Nature
  • Large deep-sea zooplankton biomass mirrors primary production in the global ocean, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Marine water environmental DNA metabarcoding provides a comprehensive fish diversity assessment and reveals spatial patterns in a large oceanic area, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Vertical stratification of environmental DNA in the open ocean captures ecological patterns and behavior of deep-sea fishes, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Climate regime shifts and biodiversity redistribution in the Bay of Biscay, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Xabier Irigoien frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Carlos M. Duarte
  • Guillem Chust
  • J. Ignacio González-Gordillo
  • Susana Agustı́
  • Iñaki Mendibil

Best Publications

  • Mesopelagic fish biomass and trophic efficiency of the open ocean

    X.A. Irigoien;J. Klevjer;A. Rostad;U. Martinez

  • Plastic debris in the open ocean

    Andrés Cózar;Fidel Echevarría;J. Ignacio González-Gordillo;Xabier Irigoien

  • Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean

    Xabier Irigoien;Thor Aleksander Klevjer;Anders Røstad;U Martinez

  • Plastic accumulation in the Mediterranean sea.

    Andrés Cózar;Marina Sanz-Martín;Elisa Martí;J. Ignacio González-Gordillo

  • Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses

    Trisha B Atwood;Trisha B Atwood;Rod M Connolly;Hannan Almahasheer;Paul E Carnell

  • The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation

    Andrés Cózar;Elisa Martí;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Juan García-de-Lomas

  • Scaling the metabolic balance of the oceans.

    Ángel López-Urrutia;Elena San Martin;Roger P. Harris;Xabier Irigoien

  • Global biodiversity patterns of marine phytoplankton and zooplankton

    Xabier Irigoien;Jef Huisman;Roger P. Harris

  • Phytoplankton blooms: a ‘loophole’ in microzooplankton grazing impact?

    X. Irigoien;K. J. Flynn;R. P. Harris

  • Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

    Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Ana Couto;Marisa Vedor

  • RAPID: Research on Automated Plankton Identification

    Mark C. Benfield;Philippe Grosjean;Phil F. Culverhouse;Xabier Irigoien

  • Copepod hatching success in marine ecosystems with high diatom concentrations

    Xabier Irigoien;Roger P. Harris;Hans M. Verheye;Pierre Joly

  • Light Limitation and Distribution of Chlorophyll Pigments in a Highly Turbid Estuary: the Gironde (SW France)

    X. Irigoien;J. Castel

  • A quantitative assessment of Arctic shipping in 2010-2014

    Victor M. Eguíluz;Juan Fernández-Gracia;Xabier Irigoien;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Biomass changes and trophic amplification of plankton in a warmer ocean

    Guillem Chust;J. Icarus Allen;Laurent Bopp;Corinna Schrum

  • Large scale patterns in vertical distribution and behaviour of mesopelagic scattering layers.

    Thor A. Klevjer;Xabier Irigoien;Anders Røstad;Eugenio Fraile-Nuez

  • Global habitat preferences of commercially valuable tuna

    Haritz Arrizabalaga;Florence Dufour;Laurence T. Kell;Gorka Merino

  • Benchmarking DNA Metabarcoding for Biodiversity-Based Monitoring and Assessment

    Eva Aylagas;Ángel Borja;Xabier Irigoien;Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta

  • Implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive: A methodological approach for the assessment of environmental status, from the Basque Country (Bay of Biscay)

    Ángel Borja;Ibon Galparsoro;Xabier Irigoien;Ane Iriondo

  • A high frequency time series at Weathership M, Norwegian Sea, during the 1997 spring bloom: the reproductive biology of Calanus finmarchicus

    Barbara Niehoff;Ulrike Klenke;Hans-Jürgen Hirche;Xabier Irigoien

  • Scaling the metabolic balance of the oceans

    A. López-Urrutia;E. San-Martín;R.P. Harris;X. Irigoien

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Roger P. Harris
Roger P. Harris Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Antonio Bode
Antonio Bode Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Susana Agustí
Susana Agustí King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Santiago Hernández-León
Santiago Hernández-León University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
D. S. Harbour
D. S. Harbour Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Stein Kaartvedt
Stein Kaartvedt University of Oslo
Josep M. Gasol
Josep M. Gasol Spanish National Research Council
Oscar Serrano
Oscar Serrano Edith Cowan University

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