Amy R. Baco

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Amy R. Baco is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy R. Baco has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, 31 papers in Oceanography and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Amy R. Baco's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (30 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (28 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (15 papers). Amy R. Baco is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (30 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (28 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (15 papers). Amy R. Baco collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Amy R. Baco's co-authors include Craig R. Smith, Alex D. Rogers, Derek P. Tittensor, Jason M. Hall‐Spencer, Ashley A. Rowden, Lisa A. Levin, Craig R. Smith, David A. Bowden, Stephen D. Cairns and Colleen M. Cavanaugh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Amy R. Baco

45 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hydrothermal Vents and Methane Seeps: Rethinking the Sphere of Influence

2016 301 citations Lisa A. Levin, Amy R. Baco et al. Frontiers in Marine Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amy R. Baco United States	26	1.6k	1.4k	935	285	227	46	2.3k
Frédéric Ibañez France	22	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	233 0.8×	286 1.3×	29	2.5k
Michael L. Zettler Germany	30	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	98 0.3×	182 0.8×	122	2.5k
Janet M. Bradford‐Grieve New Zealand	27	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	798 0.9×	174 0.6×	231 1.0×	85	2.3k
Kathrin Lengfellner Germany	11	1.1k 0.6×	1000 0.7×	647 0.7×	399 1.4×	470 2.1×	13	2.0k
Nicole Aberle Germany	25	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	623 0.7×	405 1.4×	203 0.9×	57	2.0k
Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida Brazil	28	1.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	192 0.7×	217 1.0×	110	2.7k
Chih‐Lin Wei Taiwan	20	882 0.5×	882 0.6×	542 0.6×	90 0.3×	184 0.8×	53	1.6k
Eduardo Suárez‐Morales Mexico	21	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	541 0.6×	544 1.9×	277 1.2×	253	2.3k
Covadonga Orejas Spain	31	2.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	85 0.3×	294 1.3×	98	2.7k
Brian P. V. Hunt Canada	29	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	115 0.4×	259 1.1×	123	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy R. Baco

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Shamberger, Kathryn E. F., et al.. (2025). Seawater Carbonate Chemistry Along the Hawaiian‐Emperor Seamount Chain in the North Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(5).

Baco, Amy R., et al.. (2023). Horizontal distribution of benthic and demersal fish assemblages on three seamounts in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 195. 104003–104003. 1 indexed citations

Baco, Amy R., et al.. (2023). Population genetic structure of the deep-sea precious red coral Hemicorallium laauense along the Hawaiian Ridge. Marine Biology. 170(11). 3 indexed citations

Baco, Amy R., et al.. (2020). Recent fishing footprint of the high-seas bottom trawl fisheries on the Northwestern Hawaiian Ridge and Emperor Seamount Chain: A finer-scale approach to a large-scale issue. Ecological Indicators. 121. 107051–107051. 10 indexed citations

Roark, E. Brendan, et al.. (2019). Fine Scale Assemblage Structure of Benthic Invertebrate Megafauna on the North Pacific Seamount Mokumanamana. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 25 indexed citations

Mundy, Bruce C., et al.. (2019). Variation in the structure of the deep-sea fish assemblages on Necker Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 152. 103086–103086. 14 indexed citations

Shipley, Oliver N., et al.. (2016). A new species of Bathynomus Milne Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from The Bahamas, Western Atlantic. Zootaxa. 4147(1). 82–8. 8 indexed citations

Figueroa, Diego F. & Amy R. Baco. (2014). Octocoral Mitochondrial Genomes Provide Insights into the Phylogenetic History of Gene Order Rearrangements, Order Reversals, and Cnidarian Phylogenetics. Genome Biology and Evolution. 7(1). 391–409. 42 indexed citations

Schlacher, Thomas A., Amy R. Baco, Ashley A. Rowden, et al.. (2013). Seamount benthos in a cobalt‐rich crust region of the central Pacific: conservation challenges for future seabed mining. Diversity and Distributions. 20(5). 491–502. 73 indexed citations

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Bowden, David A., Ashley A. Rowden, Andrew R. Thurber, et al.. (2013). Cold Seep Epifaunal Communities on the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand: Composition, Succession, and Vulnerability to Human Activities. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76869–e76869. 65 indexed citations

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Sinniger, Frédéric, Óscar Ocaña, & Amy R. Baco. (2013). Diversity of Zoanthids (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) on Hawaiian Seamounts: Description of the Hawaiian Gold Coral and Additional Zoanthids. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e52607–e52607. 53 indexed citations

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Yesson, Chris, Michelle L. Taylor, Derek P. Tittensor, et al.. (2012). Global habitat suitability of cold‐water octocorals. Journal of Biogeography. 39(7). 1278–1292. 167 indexed citations

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Wiklund, Helena, et al.. (2012). Systematics and biodiversity ofOphryotrocha(Annelida, Dorvilleidae) with descriptions of six new species from deep-sea whale-fall and wood-fall habitats in the north-east Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity. 10(2). 243–259. 40 indexed citations

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Baco, Amy R. & Stephen D. Cairns. (2012). Comparing Molecular Variation to Morphological Species Designations in the Deep-Sea Coral Narella Reveals New Insights into Seamount Coral Ranges. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45555–e45555. 40 indexed citations

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Bernardino, Ângelo F., et al.. (2010). Macrofaunal succession in sediments around kelp and wood falls in the deep NE Pacific and community overlap with other reducing habitats. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 57(5). 708–723. 94 indexed citations

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Herrera, Santiago, Amy R. Baco, & Juan A. Sánchez. (2009). Molecular systematics of the bubblegum coral genera (Paragorgiidae, Octocorallia) and description of a new deep-sea species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(1). 123–135. 51 indexed citations

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Tittensor, Derek P., Amy R. Baco, Paul E. Brewin, et al.. (2009). Predicting global habitat suitability for stony corals on seamounts. Journal of Biogeography. 36(6). 1111–1128. 242 indexed citations

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Waller, Rhian G. & Amy R. Baco. (2007). Reproductive Morphology of Three Species of Deep-water Precious Corals from the Hawaiian Archipelago: Gerardia Sp., Corallium Secundum, And Corallium Lauuense. Bulletin of Marine Science. 81(3). 533–542. 22 indexed citations

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Feldman, Robert A., Timothy M. Shank, Michael B. Black, et al.. (1998). Vestimentiferan on a Whale Fall. Biological Bulletin. 194(2). 116–119. 59 indexed citations

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Smith, J. Cole & Amy R. Baco. (1998). Phylogenetic and functional affinities between whale-fall, seep and vent chemoautotrophic communities. Station Biologique de Roscoff. 8 indexed citations

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