Emily J. Howells

2.9k total citations
33 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Emily J. Howells is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily J. Howells has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Oceanography and 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Emily J. Howells's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (32 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (21 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (20 papers). Emily J. Howells is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (32 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (21 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (20 papers). Emily J. Howells collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Arab Emirates and United States. Emily J. Howells's co-authors include Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, John A. Burt, Bette L. Willis, Line K. Bay, David Abrego, Victor H. Beltran, Eli Meyer, Ray Berkelmans, Nathan L. Kirk and Andrew G. Bauman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Emily J. Howells

32 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Emily J. Howells Australia 21 1.5k 1.0k 705 122 109 33 1.7k
Takeshi Hayashibara Japan 21 1.4k 0.9× 822 0.8× 744 1.1× 275 2.3× 55 0.5× 42 1.5k
Tyrone Ridgway Australia 18 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 760 1.1× 273 2.2× 96 0.9× 31 1.8k
Kate M. Quigley Australia 19 1.3k 0.9× 822 0.8× 557 0.8× 72 0.6× 112 1.0× 46 1.4k
Ross Cunning United States 24 1.9k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 590 0.8× 71 0.6× 148 1.4× 47 2.0k
Erich Bartels United States 21 1.2k 0.8× 791 0.8× 477 0.7× 107 0.9× 239 2.2× 37 1.4k
Benjamin C. C. Hume Germany 19 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 418 0.6× 53 0.4× 103 0.9× 38 1.6k
Cynthia Hunter United States 17 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 904 1.3× 190 1.6× 31 0.3× 32 1.9k
Crawford Drury United States 21 1.1k 0.7× 717 0.7× 562 0.8× 113 0.9× 103 0.9× 51 1.2k
Misaki Takabayashi United States 21 1.2k 0.8× 758 0.8× 286 0.4× 146 1.2× 119 1.1× 30 1.4k
Craig J. Starger United States 10 1.1k 0.7× 716 0.7× 481 0.7× 143 1.2× 35 0.3× 16 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emily J. Howells

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emily J. Howells

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ferrari, Renata, Oliver Selmoni, Véronique J. L. Mocellin, et al.. (2025). Harnessing Multiscale Topographic Environmental Variables for Regional Coral Species Distribution Models. Ecology and Evolution. 15(4). e71292–e71292.
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Howells, Emily J., David Abrego, Sebastian Schmidt‐Roach, et al.. (2025). Marine heatwaves select for thermal tolerance in a reef-building coral. Nature Climate Change. 15(8). 829–832. 1 indexed citations
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Mocellin, Véronique J. L., et al.. (2024). Heat tolerance varies considerably within a reef-building coral species on the Great Barrier Reef. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 11 indexed citations
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Bay, Line K., Véronique J. L. Mocellin, Gaël Lecellier, et al.. (2024). Thermal tolerance traits of individual corals are widely distributed across the Great Barrier Reef. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2030). 20240587–20240587. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Edward G., Khaled M. Hazzouri, Jae Young Choi, et al.. (2022). Signatures of selection underpinning rapid coral adaptation to the world’s warmest reefs. Science Advances. 8(2). eabl7287–eabl7287. 33 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., David Abrego, Yi Jin Liew, et al.. (2021). Enhancing the heat tolerance of reef-building corals to future warming. Science Advances. 7(34). 53 indexed citations
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Schmidt‐Roach, Sebastian, et al.. (2021). Widespread bleaching in the One Tree Island lagoon (Southern Great Barrier Reef) during record-breaking temperatures in 2020. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193(9). 590–590. 13 indexed citations
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Liew, Yi Jin, Emily J. Howells, Xin Wang, et al.. (2020). Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance in reef-building corals. Nature Climate Change. 10(3). 254–259. 99 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., Grace O. Vaughan, Thierry M. Work, John A. Burt, & David Abrego. (2020). Annual outbreaks of coral disease coincide with extreme seasonal warming. Coral Reefs. 39(3). 771–781. 47 indexed citations
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Kirk, Nathan L., Emily J. Howells, David Abrego, John A. Burt, & Eli Meyer. (2018). Genomic and transcriptomic signals of thermal tolerance in heat‐tolerant corals ( Platygyra daedalea ) of the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Molecular Ecology. 27(24). 5180–5194. 46 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., Glenn Dunshea, Grace O. Vaughan, et al.. (2018). Species-Specific Coral Calcification Responses to the Extreme Environment of the Southern Persian Gulf. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. 18 indexed citations
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Thornhill, Daniel J., Emily J. Howells, Drew C. Wham, Todd D. Steury, & Scott R. Santos. (2017). Population genetics of reef coral endosymbionts (Symbiodinium, Dinophyceae). Molecular Ecology. 26(10). 2640–2659. 88 indexed citations
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Lundgren, Petra, Adrian Lutz, Jean‐Baptiste Raina, et al.. (2016). Genetic markers for antioxidant capacity in a reef-building coral. Science Advances. 2(5). e1500842–e1500842. 64 indexed citations
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Gilmour, James, et al.. (2016). Biannual Spawning and Temporal Reproductive Isolation in Acropora Corals. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150916–e0150916. 34 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., David Abrego, Eli Meyer, Nathan L. Kirk, & John A. Burt. (2016). Host adaptation and unexpected symbiont partners enable reef‐building corals to tolerate extreme temperatures. Global Change Biology. 22(8). 2702–2714. 122 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., et al.. (2015). Species-specific trends in the reproductive output of corals across environmental gradients and bleaching histories. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 105(2). 532–539. 50 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., David Abrego, Grace O. Vaughan, & John A. Burt. (2014). Coral spawning in the Gulf of Oman and relationship to latitudinal variation in spawning season in the northwest Indian Ocean. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7484–7484. 33 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., Bette L. Willis, Line K. Bay, & Madeleine J. H. van Oppen. (2013). Spatial and temporal genetic structure of Symbiodinium populations within a common reef‐building coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Molecular Ecology. 22(14). 3693–3708. 24 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., Ray Berkelmans, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Bette L. Willis, & Line K. Bay. (2013). Historical thermal regimes define limits to coral acclimatization. Ecology. 94(5). 1078–1088. 122 indexed citations
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Howells, Emily J., et al.. (2011). Coral thermal tolerance shaped by local adaptation of photosymbionts. Nature Climate Change. 2(2). 116–120. 320 indexed citations

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