Fiorenza Micheli

38.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
257 papers, 25.0k citations indexed

About

Fiorenza Micheli is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Fiorenza Micheli has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 25.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Ecology, 162 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 106 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Fiorenza Micheli's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (140 papers), Marine and fisheries research (128 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (68 papers). Fiorenza Micheli is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (140 papers), Marine and fisheries research (128 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (68 papers). Fiorenza Micheli collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. Fiorenza Micheli's co-authors include Benjamin S. Halpern, Carrie V. Kappel, Kimberly A. Selkoe, Reg Watson, Hunter S. Lenihan, Shaun Walbridge, Enric Sala, Kristy J. Kroeker, María Cristina Gambi and Colin M. Ebert and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Fiorenza Micheli

250 papers receiving 23.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Global Map of Human Imp... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2008 2006 2011 2006 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems
    2008 4.8k citations Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge et al. Science profile →
  2. Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services
    2006 3.1k citations Boris Worm, Edward B. Barbier et al. Science profile →
  3. High-Frequency Dynamics of Ocean pH: A Multi-Ecosystem Comparison
    2011 780 citations Fiorenza Micheli, Kristy J. Kroeker et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  4. Fishing, Trophic Cascades, and the Process of Grazing on Coral Reefs
    2006 709 citations Peter J. Mumby, Craig P. Dahlgren et al. Science profile →
  5. Evaluating and Ranking the Vulnerability of Global Marine Ecosystems to Anthropogenic Threats
    2007 647 citations Benjamin S. Halpern, Fiorenza Micheli et al. profile →
  6. The effectiveness of coral reefs for coastal hazard risk reduction and adaptation
    2014 603 citations Fiorenza Micheli, Laura Airoldi et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Recent pace of change in human impact on the world’s ocean
    2019 559 citations Benjamin S. Halpern, Fiorenza Micheli et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  8. Cumulative Human Impacts on Mediterranean and Black Sea Marine Ecosystems: Assessing Current Pressures and Opportunities
    2013 414 citations Fiorenza Micheli, Benjamin S. Halpern et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  9. Ocean Solutions to Address Climate Change and Its Effects on Marine Ecosystems
    2018 260 citations Fiorenza Micheli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fiorenza Micheli United States 70 16.7k 13.8k 9.4k 4.2k 3.7k 257 25.0k
Tim R. McClanahan United States 86 18.5k 1.1× 14.9k 1.1× 7.2k 0.8× 3.7k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 315 22.6k
Robert S. Steneck United States 57 20.2k 1.2× 14.3k 1.0× 13.5k 1.4× 3.3k 0.8× 3.0k 0.8× 120 27.7k
Peter J. Mumby Australia 90 26.2k 1.6× 16.9k 1.2× 14.6k 1.6× 3.2k 0.8× 3.5k 0.9× 370 31.2k
Mark Spalding United Kingdom 48 14.0k 0.8× 9.6k 0.7× 6.2k 0.7× 3.5k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 89 19.8k
Nicholas A. J. Graham United Kingdom 77 16.7k 1.0× 13.4k 1.0× 5.7k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 4.3k 1.1× 240 20.7k
Reg Watson Canada 73 16.7k 1.0× 18.3k 1.3× 5.6k 0.6× 4.8k 1.2× 4.9k 1.3× 188 28.8k
Charles H. Peterson United States 63 12.6k 0.8× 12.1k 0.9× 8.0k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 3.9k 1.0× 159 21.7k
Alistair J. Hobday Australia 68 11.9k 0.7× 13.5k 1.0× 9.4k 1.0× 2.2k 0.5× 3.6k 1.0× 319 22.1k
Jeremy B. C. Jackson United States 58 21.1k 1.3× 15.6k 1.1× 12.3k 1.3× 2.7k 0.6× 4.5k 1.2× 141 29.9k
John F. Bruno United States 57 15.4k 0.9× 10.5k 0.8× 9.3k 1.0× 2.6k 0.6× 3.8k 1.0× 156 23.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fiorenza Micheli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fiorenza Micheli

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arrigo, Kevin R., et al.. (2025). Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms in the Southern California Current Using Satellite Ocean Color and In Situ Data. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 13(11). 2044–2044.
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Pérez‐Matus, Alejandro, Fiorenza Micheli, Brenda Konar, et al.. (2025). Kelp forests as nursery and foundational habitat for reef fishes. Ecology. 106(2). e70007–e70007. 3 indexed citations
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Ferretti, Francesco, Edward A. Fox, S. H. D. Haddock, et al.. (2025). From Data Deficient to Big Data in Shark Conservation. Fish and Fisheries. 26(6). 977–990.
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McDevitt‐Irwin, Jamie M., Mark G. Meekan, Ronan Roche, et al.. (2024). Coral reef recovery in a remote and large marine protected area is resilient to cascading trophic interactions. Biological Conservation. 298. 110771–110771. 2 indexed citations
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Gissi, Elena, Londa Schiebinger, Elizabeth A. Hadly, et al.. (2023). Exploring climate-induced sex-based differences in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems to mitigate biodiversity loss. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4787–4787. 14 indexed citations
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Litvin, Steven Y., et al.. (2023). Multi-taxa marine isoscapes provide insight into large-scale trophic dynamics in the North Pacific. Progress In Oceanography. 213. 103005–103005. 6 indexed citations
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Malamud, Shahar, Antonio Franco, Paolo Guidetti, et al.. (2023). Marine protected areas' positive effect on fish biomass persists across the steep climatic gradient of the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(4). 638–649. 14 indexed citations
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Cruz, Fabiola Lafarga‐De la, Fiorenza Micheli, Pedro Cruz‐Hernández, et al.. (2023). Seascape genomics of the pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata): An insight into a cross-border species in the northeast Pacific coast. Journal of Heredity. 115(2). 188–202. 4 indexed citations
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Arafeh‐Dalmau, Nur, Kyle C. Cavanaugh, Hugh P. Possingham, et al.. (2021). Southward decrease in the protection of persistent giant kelp forests in the northeast Pacific. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 17 indexed citations
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Villaseñor‐Derbez, Juan Carlos, Sean P. Fitzgerald, Stuart Fulton, et al.. (2018). A user-friendly tool to evaluate the effectiveness of no-take marine reserves. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191821–e0191821. 14 indexed citations
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Cao, Ling, et al.. (2018). The effects of intensive aquaculture on nutrient residence time and transport in a coastal embayment. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 18(6). 1321–1349. 28 indexed citations
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Scaradozzi, David, et al.. (2017). DocuScooter: A Novel Robotics Platform for Marine Citizen Science.. Università Politecnica delle Marche (Università Politecnica delle Marche). 4 indexed citations
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Strain, Elisabeth M. A., Russell Thomson, Fiorenza Micheli, Francesco Paolo Mancuso, & Laura Airoldi. (2014). Identifying the interacting roles of stressors in driving the global loss of canopy‐forming to mat‐forming algae in marine ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 20(11). 3300–3312. 190 indexed citations
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Kroeker, Kristy J., María Cristina Gambi, & Fiorenza Micheli. (2013). Community dynamics and ecosystem simplification in a high-CO 2 ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(31). 12721–12726. 102 indexed citations
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Micheli, Fiorenza, Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge, et al.. (2013). Cumulative Human Impacts on Mediterranean and Black Sea Marine Ecosystems: Assessing Current Pressures and Opportunities. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e79889–e79889. 414 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCauley, Douglas J., Hillary S. Young, Robert B. Dunbar, et al.. (2012). From wing to wing: the persistence of long ecological interaction chains in less-disturbed ecosystems. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 409–409. 98 indexed citations
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Kroeker, Kristy J., Fiorenza Micheli, María Cristina Gambi, & Todd R. Martz. (2011). Divergent ecosystem responses within a benthic marine community to ocean acidification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(35). 14515–14520. 274 indexed citations
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Mumby, Peter J., Alastair R. Harborne, Carrie V. Kappel, et al.. (2007). Trophic cascade facilitates coral recruitment in a marine reserve. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(20). 8362–8367. 307 indexed citations
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Worm, Boris, Edward B. Barbier, Nicola Beaumont, et al.. (2006). Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services. Science. 314(5800). 787–790. 3141 indexed citations breakdown →
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Micheli, Fiorenza, Priyanga Amarasekare, Jordi Bascompte, & Leah R. Gerber. (2004). INCLUDING SPECIES INTERACTIONS IN THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF MARINE RESERVES: SOME INSIGHTS FROM A PREDATOR-PREY MODEL. Bulletin of Marine Science. 74(3). 653–669. 58 indexed citations

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