Emre Turak

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Emre Turak is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Emre Turak has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Emre Turak's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers), Marine and fisheries research (14 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers). Emre Turak is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers), Marine and fisheries research (14 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers). Emre Turak collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Estonia. Emre Turak's co-authors include Lyndon DeVantier, Glenn De’ath, Katharina Fabricius, J. E. N. Veron, Mary Stafford-Smith, David Williams, Laurence J. McCook, Stuart Kininmonth, Nate Peterson and Alison L. Green and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecological Applications and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Emre Turak

20 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Identifying the World's Most Climate Change Vulnerable Species: A Systematic Trait-Based Assessment of all Birds, Amphibians and Corals

2013 673 citations Wendy Foden, Stuart H. M. Butchart et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emre Turak Australia	13	1.6k	1.1k	672	441	424	21	2.1k
Lyndon DeVantier Australia	11	1.1k 0.7×	693 0.6×	389 0.6×	369 0.8×	418 1.0×	18	1.5k
Camille Mellin Australia	29	2.2k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	874 2.0×	544 1.3×	76	3.2k
Jorge García Molinos Japan	27	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	986 1.5×	707 1.6×	446 1.1×	74	3.3k
Johnna M. Holding Denmark	18	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	1.5k 2.3×	516 1.2×	521 1.2×	37	3.6k
Andrea Belgrano Sweden	21	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	580 0.9×	559 1.3×	200 0.5×	45	2.1k
Casper Kraan Germany	21	999 0.6×	581 0.5×	690 1.0×	398 0.9×	399 0.9×	46	1.6k
Laura F. Rodriguez United States	5	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.9×	410 0.9×	125 0.3×	6	2.7k
Vadim E. Panov Russia	23	1.6k 1.0×	739 0.7×	519 0.8×	769 1.7×	176 0.4×	45	2.3k
C. Roland Pitcher Australia	25	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	815 1.2×	541 1.2×	212 0.5×	55	2.6k
Andrew Rassweiler United States	25	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	542 1.2×	226 0.5×	54	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Emre Turak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emre Turak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emre Turak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Emre Turak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Emre Turak based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Emre Turak. Emre Turak is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Veron, J. E. N., Mary Stafford-Smith, Lyndon DeVantier, & Emre Turak. (2025). Review of Coral Taxonomy, Evolution and Diversity. Diversity. 17(12). 823–823.

Turak, Emre, Lyndon DeVantier, Robert Szava‐Kovats, & Jon Brodie. (2021). Impacts of coastal land use change in the wet tropics on nearshore coral reefs: Case studies from Papua New Guinea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 168. 112445–112445. 4 indexed citations

Mellin, Camille, Graham J. Edgar, Michael J. Emslie, et al.. (2021). A standardised national assessment of the state of coral and rocky reef biodiversity. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

DeVantier, Lyndon, Emre Turak, & Robert Szava‐Kovats. (2020). Species Richness and Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific: The Local–Regional Relation Revisited. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 9 indexed citations

DeVantier, Lyndon & Emre Turak. (2017). Species Richness and Relative Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific. Diversity. 9(3). 25–25. 38 indexed citations

Veron, J. E. N., Mary Stafford-Smith, Lyndon DeVantier, & Emre Turak. (2015). Overview of distribution patterns of zooxanthellate Scleractinia. Frontiers in Marine Science. 1. 132 indexed citations

Foden, Wendy, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Simon N. Stuart, et al.. (2013). Identifying the World's Most Climate Change Vulnerable Species: A Systematic Trait-Based Assessment of all Birds, Amphibians and Corals. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65427–e65427. 673 indexed citations breakdown →

Turak, Emre, Lyndon DeVantier, & Mark V. Erdmann. (2012). Euphyllia baliensis sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Euphylliidae): a new species of reef coral from Indonesia. Zootaxa. 3422(1). 7 indexed citations

Wallace, Carden C., Emre Turak, & Lyndon DeVantier. (2011). Novel characters in a conservative coral genus: three new species ofAstreopora(Scleractinia: Acroporidae) from West Papua. Journal of Natural History. 45(31-32). 1905–1924. 14 indexed citations

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Done, Terry, et al.. (2010). Coral growth on three reefs: development of recovery benchmarks using a space for time approach. Coral Reefs. 29(4). 815–833. 56 indexed citations

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Veron, J. E. N., Lyndon DeVantier, Emre Turak, et al.. (2009). Delineating the Coral Triangle. Galaxea Journal of Coral Reef Studies. 11(2). 91–100. 417 indexed citations

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Turak, Emre, Jon Brodie, & Lyndon DeVantier. (2007). Reef-building corals and coral communities of the Yemen Red Sea. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 16 indexed citations

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Done, Terry, et al.. (2007). Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef: loss of resilience or too soon to tell?. Coral Reefs. 26(4). 789–805. 91 indexed citations

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DeVantier, L. M., Glenn De’ath, Emre Turak, Terry Done, & Katharina Fabricius. (2006). Species richness and community structure of reef-building corals on the nearshore Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs. 25(3). 329–340. 139 indexed citations

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Fabricius, Katharina, Glenn De’ath, Laurence J. McCook, Emre Turak, & David Williams. (2004). Changes in algal, coral and fish assemblages along water quality gradients on the inshore Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 51(1-4). 384–398. 377 indexed citations

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Done, Terence, Emre Turak, Mary Wakeford, et al.. (2003). Testing bleaching resistance hypotheses for the 2002 Great Barrier Reef Bleaching Event. 14 indexed citations

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Turak, Emre, Mary Wakeford, & Terence Done. (2002). Banda Islands Rapid Ecological Assessment, May 2002:Assessment of Coral Biodiversity and Coral Reef Health by the Australian Institute of Marine Science. 1 indexed citations

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Marshall, Paul, Kirstin Dobbs, Alison Green, et al.. (2002). Grounded Ship Leaves TBT-based Antifoulant on the Great Barrier Reef: An Overview of the Environmental Response. Spill Science & Technology Bulletin. 7(5-6). 215–221. 15 indexed citations

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DeVantier, L. M., Glenn De’ath, T. J. Done, & Emre Turak. (1998). ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF A COMPLEX NATURAL SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY FROM THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. Ecological Applications. 8(2). 480–496. 68 indexed citations

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DeVantier, Lyndon, Emre Turak, Terence Done, & Johnston Davidson. (1997). The effects of Cyclone Sadie on coral communities of nearshore reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef. 9 indexed citations

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