Derek P. Tittensor

16.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
79 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Derek P. Tittensor is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek P. Tittensor has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Ecology, 47 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 26 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Derek P. Tittensor's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (35 papers), Marine and fisheries research (35 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (20 papers). Derek P. Tittensor is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (35 papers), Marine and fisheries research (35 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (20 papers). Derek P. Tittensor collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Derek P. Tittensor's co-authors include Boris Worm, Camilo Mora, Alastair G. B. Simpson, Sina M. Adl, Heike K. Lotze, E. Vanden Berghe, Walter Jetz, D. Ricard, Alex D. Rogers and Michael Harfoot and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Derek P. Tittensor

76 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?

2011 1.6k citations Derek P. Tittensor, Boris Worm et al. profile →
Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa

2010 1.1k citations Derek P. Tittensor, Heike K. Lotze et al. Nature profile →
Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem

2010 604 citations Derek P. Tittensor et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek P. Tittensor Canada	38	4.3k	2.9k	2.2k	1.4k	1.0k	79	7.5k
Malin L. Pinsky United States	43	4.7k 1.1×	4.6k 1.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	881 0.9×	117	7.7k
Mark J. Costello New Zealand	54	6.9k 1.6×	3.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.7×	2.0k 1.9×	232	11.6k
Wolf M. Mooij Netherlands	50	3.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	423 0.4×	143	8.9k
Cascade J. B. Sorte United States	28	3.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	961 0.9×	57	6.2k
Alex D. Rogers United Kingdom	49	5.7k 1.3×	3.3k 1.1×	3.6k 1.6×	935 0.7×	314 0.3×	195	9.8k
Christopher J. Brown Australia	46	7.0k 1.6×	5.2k 1.8×	3.3k 1.5×	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.3×	164	10.8k
Wayne P. Sousa United States	33	5.6k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	632 0.6×	37	8.5k
Jarrett E. K. Byrnes United States	27	3.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.9×	802 0.8×	59	7.1k
Elvira S. Poloczanska Australia	35	5.6k 1.3×	4.4k 1.5×	3.6k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	64	8.8k
Paul J. Somerfield United Kingdom	51	7.6k 1.8×	4.1k 1.4×	5.6k 2.5×	1.6k 1.1×	625 0.6×	152	12.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek P. Tittensor

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek P. Tittensor

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20 of 20 papers shown

Reygondeau, Gabriel, et al.. (2025). Future Climate‐Driven Ecological Disruption in a Network of Marine Protected Areas on Canada's East Coast. Conservation Letters. 18(4).

Novaglio, Camilla, Julia L. Blanchard, Daniele Bianchi, et al.. (2025). A Skill Assessment Framework for the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project. Earth s Future. 13(4). 1 indexed citations

Worm, Boris, et al.. (2025). Assessing changing baleen whale distributions and reported incidents relative to vessel activity in the Northwest Atlantic. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0315909–e0315909.

Boyce, Daniel G., Derek P. Tittensor, Susanna Fuller, et al.. (2024). Operationalizing climate risk in a global warming hotspot. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 3 indexed citations

Novaglio, Camilla, Andrea Bryndum‐Buchholz, Derek P. Tittensor, et al.. (2024). The Past and Future of the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project. Earth s Future. 12(9). 5 indexed citations

Menegotto, André, Derek P. Tittensor, Robert K. Colwell, & Thiago F. Rangel. (2024). Sampling Simulation in a Virtual Ocean Reveals Strong Sampling Effect in Marine Diversity Patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(1). 1 indexed citations

Rousseau, Yannick, Julia L. Blanchard, Camilla Novaglio, et al.. (2024). A database of mapped global fishing activity 1950–2017. Scientific Data. 11(1). 48–48. 12 indexed citations

Pontavice, Hubert du, Gabriel Reygondeau, Nicolas Barrier, et al.. (2023). Trophic amplification: A model intercomparison of climate driven changes in marine food webs. PLoS ONE. 18(8). e0287570–e0287570. 7 indexed citations

Boyce, Daniel G., Derek P. Tittensor, Cristina Garilao, et al.. (2022). A climate risk index for marine life. Nature Climate Change. 12(9). 854–862. 64 indexed citations

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Burgass, Michael J., Cecilia Larrosa, Derek P. Tittensor, et al.. (2020). Three Key considerations for biodiversity conservation in multilateral agreements. Conservation Letters. 14(2). 7 indexed citations

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Newbold, Tim, Derek P. Tittensor, Michael Harfoot, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, & Drew W. Purves. (2020). Non-linear changes in modelled terrestrial ecosystems subjected to perturbations. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14051–14051. 26 indexed citations

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Grady, John M., Brian Maitner, Ara S. Winter, et al.. (2019). Metabolic asymmetry and the global diversity of marine predators. Science. 363(6425). 80 indexed citations

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Bryndum‐Buchholz, Andrea, Derek P. Tittensor, Julia L. Blanchard, et al.. (2018). Twenty‐first‐century climate change impacts on marine animal biomass and ecosystem structure across ocean basins. Global Change Biology. 25(2). 459–472. 146 indexed citations

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Crespo, Guillermo Ortuño, Daniel C. Dunn, Gabriel Reygondeau, et al.. (2018). The environmental niche of the global high seas pelagic longline fleet. Science Advances. 4(8). eaat3681–eaat3681. 46 indexed citations

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Worm, Boris & Derek P. Tittensor. (2018). A Theory of Global Biodiversity (MPB-60). Princeton University Press eBooks. 27 indexed citations

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Woolley, Skipton, Derek P. Tittensor, Piers K. Dunstan, et al.. (2016). Deep-sea diversity patterns are shaped by energy availability. Nature. 533(7603). 393–396. 182 indexed citations

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Reglero, Patricia, et al.. (2013). Worldwide distributions of tuna larvae: revisiting hypotheses on environmental requirements for spawning habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 501. 207–224. 78 indexed citations

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Harnik, Paul G., Heike K. Lotze, Sean C. Anderson, et al.. (2012). Extinctions in ancient and modern seas. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 27(11). 608–617. 195 indexed citations

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McCauley, Douglas J., Fiorenza Micheli, Hillary S. Young, et al.. (2010). Acute effects of removing large fish from a near-pristine coral reef. Marine Biology. 157(12). 2739–2750. 53 indexed citations

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Clark, Malcolm R., Alex D. Rogers, & Derek P. Tittensor. (2006). Seamounts, deep-sea corals and fisheries. Vulnerability of deep-sea corals to fishing on seamounts beyond areas of national jurisdiction. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 25. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 4 indexed citations

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