Alejandro Pérez‐Matus

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Pérez‐Matus is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Pérez‐Matus has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Oceanography and 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Pérez‐Matus's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (34 papers), Marine and fisheries research (27 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (26 papers). Alejandro Pérez‐Matus is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (34 papers), Marine and fisheries research (27 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (26 papers). Alejandro Pérez‐Matus collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and New Zealand. Alejandro Pérez‐Matus's co-authors include Evie A. Wieters, Jeffrey Shima, Sergio A. Carrasco, Laura K. Blamey, Miriam Fernández, Julio A. Vásquez, Lara A. Ferry, Tyler D. Eddy, Enric Ballesteros and Kjell Magnus Norderhaug and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Pérez‐Matus

62 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin o... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2023 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing
    2014 402 citations SD Ling, Robert E. Scheibling et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  2. The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests
    2023 149 citations Aaron M. Eger, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alejandro Pérez‐Matus Chile 20 1.1k 944 517 165 110 64 1.5k
Per‐Olav Moksnes Sweden 27 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 766 1.5× 192 1.2× 146 1.3× 46 1.9k
Thibaut de Bettignies Australia 16 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 718 1.4× 102 0.6× 65 0.6× 20 1.8k
Rafael Riosmena‐Rodríguez Mexico 26 1.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 356 0.7× 171 1.0× 107 1.0× 139 2.1k
Sarah L. Mincks United States 18 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 640 1.2× 96 0.6× 61 0.6× 41 1.8k
Stephen C. Schroeter United States 16 881 0.8× 884 0.9× 383 0.7× 158 1.0× 95 0.9× 37 1.3k
Fiona Tomás Spain 25 1.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.7× 536 1.0× 95 0.6× 58 0.5× 65 1.9k
Charles F. Boudouresque France 23 1.1k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 773 1.5× 117 0.7× 101 0.9× 41 1.8k
Free Espinosa Spain 27 731 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 763 1.5× 98 0.6× 78 0.7× 95 1.5k
Benjamin Payne United Kingdom 6 846 0.8× 917 1.0× 879 1.7× 114 0.7× 77 0.7× 7 1.5k
Marie C. Nordström Finland 21 846 0.8× 709 0.8× 585 1.1× 188 1.1× 50 0.5× 41 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Pérez‐Matus

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pérez‐Matus, Alejandro, et al.. (2025). Rapid population recovery of a foundation species from experimental small‐scale harvesting. Journal of Phycology. 61(4). 1023–1037. 1 indexed citations
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Pérez‐Matus, Alejandro, Catalina S. Ruz, Dan A. Smale, et al.. (2025). Management regime influences the recovery of subtidal kelp forests following harvesting. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(10). 2676–2687. 2 indexed citations
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Pérez‐Matus, Alejandro, Fiorenza Micheli, Brenda Konar, et al.. (2025). Kelp forests as nursery and foundational habitat for reef fishes. Ecology. 106(2). e70007–e70007. 3 indexed citations
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Godoy, Natalio, Enrico L. Rezende, Alejandro Pérez‐Matus, et al.. (2024). Escape behavior of rocky‐reef fish reveals the impact of spearfishing across different management regimes. Ecosphere. 15(11). 1 indexed citations
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Saenz‐Agudelo, Pablo, Ricardo Beldade, Miriam Fernández, et al.. (2024). Environmental DNA reveals temporal variation in mesophotic reefs of the Humboldt upwelling ecosystems of central Chile: Toward a baseline for biodiversity monitoring of unexplored marine habitats. Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). e10999–e10999. 5 indexed citations
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Cifuentes, Víctor, Alejandro Pérez‐Matus, Miriam Fernández, Christian M. Ibáñez, & Sergio A. Carrasco. (2023). Behavioral and chromatic dynamics describing mating interactions of the south American octopus Robsonella fontaniana (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). Regional Studies in Marine Science. 66. 103121–103121. 1 indexed citations
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Eger, Aaron M., Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Rodrigo Beas‐Luna, et al.. (2023). The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1894–1894. 149 indexed citations breakdown →
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Landaeta, Mauricio F., Manuel I. Castillo, Claudio Bernal, et al.. (2023). Spatio-temporal patterns of the crustacean demersal fishery discard from the south Humboldt Current System, based on scientific observer program (2014–2019). PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0281932–e0281932. 2 indexed citations
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Smale, Dan A., et al.. (2022). A quantitative synthesis of approaches, biases, successes, and failures in marine forest restoration, with considerations for future work. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 32(11). 1717–1731. 10 indexed citations
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Delrieu‐Trottin, Erwan, et al.. (2021). DNA reconciles morphology and colouration in the drunk blenny genus Scartichthys (Teleostei: Blenniidae) and provides insights into their evolutionary history. Journal of Fish Biology. 100(2). 507–518. 6 indexed citations
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Friedlander, Alan M., Mauricio Palacios, Paul E. Brewin, et al.. (2021). One of the least disturbed marine coastal ecosystems on Earth: Spatial and temporal persistence of Darwin’s sub‐Antarctic giant kelp forests. Journal of Biogeography. 48(10). 2562–2577. 26 indexed citations
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Beldade, Ricardo, Gary C. Longo, Kendall D. Clements, et al.. (2020). Evolutionary origin of the Atlantic Cabo Verde nibbler (Girella stuebeli), a member of a primarily Pacific Ocean family of antitropical herbivorous reef fishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156. 107021–107021. 5 indexed citations
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Juan, Sílvia de, Stefan Gelcich, Andrés Ospina‐Álvarez, Alejandro Pérez‐Matus, & Miriam Fernández. (2015). Applying an ecosystem service approach to unravel links between ecosystems and society in the coast of central Chile. The Science of The Total Environment. 533. 122–132. 19 indexed citations
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Ling, SD, Robert E. Scheibling, Andrew Rassweiler, et al.. (2014). Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1659). 20130269–20130269. 402 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roesijadi, G., et al.. (2008). Dietary cadmium and benzo(a)pyrene increased intestinal metallothionein expression in the fish Fundulus heteroclitus. Marine Environmental Research. 67(1). 25–30. 14 indexed citations
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Kamiński, Piotr & Alejandro Pérez‐Matus. (1998). The impact of urban environments on the growth and histopathological changes of Tree Sparrow [Passer montanus] nestlings. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 7(3). 6 indexed citations

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