Brian Helmuth

12.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
121 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Brian Helmuth is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Helmuth has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Oceanography, 70 papers in Ecology and 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Brian Helmuth's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (40 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (36 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (36 papers). Brian Helmuth is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (40 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (36 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (36 papers). Brian Helmuth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Brian Helmuth's co-authors include Gretchen E. Hofmann, Christopher D. G. Harley, David S. Wethey, Carol A. Blanchette, Kenneth P. Sebens, Nova Mieszkowska, Mark W. Denny, Emily Carrington, Stephen J. Hawkins and Pippa J. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brian Helmuth

118 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Can we predict ectotherm responses to climate change using thermal performance curves and body temperatures?

2016 639 citations Yun‐Wei Dong, Christopher D. G. Harley et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Climate Change and Latitudinal Patterns of Intertidal Thermal Stress

2002 573 citations Brian Helmuth, Christopher D. G. Harley et al. profile →
Living on the Edge of Two Changing Worlds: Forecasting the Responses of Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems to Climate Change

2006 562 citations Brian Helmuth, Nova Mieszkowska et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Helmuth United States	55	6.4k	5.3k	4.3k	1.1k	1.1k	121	9.6k
Christopher D. G. Harley Canada	44	6.2k 1.0×	6.1k 1.1×	4.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	104	10.7k
John I. Spicer United Kingdom	47	5.0k 0.8×	4.5k 0.8×	3.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	829 0.8×	194	8.5k
Piero Calosi Canada	41	3.9k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	983 0.9×	123	6.0k
Lloyd S. Peck United Kingdom	59	6.9k 1.1×	6.2k 1.2×	5.1k 1.2×	881 0.8×	440 0.4×	258	11.3k
Edwin D. Grosholz United States	39	4.9k 0.8×	2.6k 0.5×	3.8k 0.9×	980 0.9×	673 0.6×	97	8.0k
David S. Schoeman Australia	42	6.6k 1.0×	4.5k 0.8×	4.8k 1.1×	681 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	129	10.6k
Amanda E. Bates Canada	41	6.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	3.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	2.3k 2.2×	117	8.9k
Jennifer M. Sunday Canada	27	4.8k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	2.6k 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	2.1k 2.0×	47	7.3k
Derek P. Tittensor Canada	38	4.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	2.9k 0.7×	713 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	79	7.5k
Sérgio A. Navarrete Chile	48	4.4k 0.7×	4.4k 0.8×	3.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	383 0.4×	173	7.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Helmuth

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sarà, Gianluca, Maria Cristina Mangano, Brian Helmuth, et al.. (2025). Biodiversity integration drives sustainable and restorative aquaculture. Aquaculture. 612. 743165–743165.

Barrett, Thomas, Ming Li, Tarik C. Gouhier, et al.. (2024). Fine-scale surface complexity promotes temperature extremes but reduces the spatial extent of refugia on coastal rocks. Ecological Modelling. 501. 110969–110969. 1 indexed citations

Helmuth, Brian, et al.. (2023). Conceptualizing Human–Nature Relationships: Implications of Human Exceptionalist Thinking for Sustainability and Conservation. Topics in Cognitive Science. 15(3). 357–387. 25 indexed citations

Farooque, Mahmud, et al.. (2022). Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities: Informing Community Resilience Policies Through Local Knowledge, Community Values, and Community-Generated Data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

Gouhier, Tarik C., et al.. (2022). Coastal upwelling generates cryptic temperature refugia. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19313–19313. 12 indexed citations

Montes, Enrique, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Edlin Guerra‐Castro, et al.. (2021). Optimizing Large-Scale Biodiversity Sampling Effort: Toward an Unbalanced Survey Design. Oceanography. 34(2). 14 indexed citations

Helmuth, Brian, James J. Leichter, Randi Rotjan, et al.. (2020). High resolution spatiotemporal patterns of seawater temperatures across the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Scientific Data. 7(1). 396–396. 6 indexed citations

Connell, Sean D., Zoë A. Doubleday, Christopher D. G. Harley, et al.. (2018). The duality of ocean acidification as a resource and a stressor. Ecology. 99(5). 1005–1010. 52 indexed citations

Judge, Richard D., Francis Choi, & Brian Helmuth. (2018). Recent Advances in Data Logging for Intertidal Ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. 24 indexed citations

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Helmuth, Brian, et al.. (2016). Trust, tribalism and tweets: has political polarization made science a “wedge issue”?. 3(1). 18 indexed citations

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Sarà, Gianluca, et al.. (2013). Predicting biological invasions in marine habitats through eco‐physiological mechanistic models: a case study with the bivalve Brachidontes pharaonis. Diversity and Distributions. 19(10). 1235–1247. 56 indexed citations

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Burnett, Nicholas, Rui Seabra, Maurizio De Pirro, et al.. (2013). An improved noninvasive method for measuring heartbeat of intertidal animals. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 11(2). 91–100. 79 indexed citations

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Pincebourde, Sylvain, Eric Sanford, Jérôme Casas, & Brian Helmuth. (2012). Temporal coincidence of environmental stress events modulates predation rates. Ecology Letters. 15(7). 680–688. 64 indexed citations

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Zippay, Mackenzie L. & Brian Helmuth. (2012). Effects of temperature change on mussel,Mytilus. Integrative Zoology. 7(3). 312–327. 93 indexed citations

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Monaco, Cristián J. & Brian Helmuth. (2011). Tipping Points, Thresholds and the Keystone Role of Physiology in Marine Climate Change Research. Advances in marine biology. 60. 123–160. 68 indexed citations

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Fuller, Andrea, Terence J. Dawson, Brian Helmuth, et al.. (2010). Physiological Mechanisms in Coping with Climate Change. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 83(5). 713–720. 114 indexed citations

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Pincebourde, Sylvain, Eric Sanford, & Brian Helmuth. (2009). Natural History Note An Intertidal Sea Star Adjusts Thermal Inertia to Avoid Extreme Body Temperatures. The American Naturalist. 174(6). 890–897. 1 indexed citations

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Broitman, Bernardo R., Nova Mieszkowska, Brian Helmuth, & Carol A. Blanchette. (2008). CLIMATE AND RECRUITMENT OF ROCKY SHORE INTERTIDAL INVERTEBRATES IN THE EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. Ecology. 89(sp11). S81–90. 28 indexed citations

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Helmuth, Brian. (1999). THERMAL BIOLOGY OF ROCKY INTERTIDAL MUSSELS: QUANTIFYING BODY TEMPERATURES USING CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA. Ecology. 80(1). 15–34. 116 indexed citations

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Daniel, Thomas L., Brian Helmuth, W. Bruce Saunders, & Peter D. Ward. (1997). Septal complexity in ammonoid cephalopods increased mechanical risk and limited depth. Paleobiology. 23(4). 470–481. 73 indexed citations

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