Isabelle M. Côté

24.9k total citations · 11 hit papers
208 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Isabelle M. Côté is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabelle M. Côté has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Ecology, 98 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 55 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Isabelle M. Côté's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (101 papers), Marine and fisheries research (66 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (34 papers). Isabelle M. Côté is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (101 papers), Marine and fisheries research (66 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (34 papers). Isabelle M. Côté collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Isabelle M. Côté's co-authors include Emily S. Darling, Andrew R. Watkinson, Jennifer A. Gill, William J. Sutherland, Toby Gardner, Alastair Grant, Stephanie Green, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Nicholas K. Dulvy and Christopher J. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Isabelle M. Côté

203 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

Long-Term Region-Wide Dec... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2006 2009 2016 2008 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Long-Term Region-Wide Declines in Caribbean Corals
    2003 1.6k citations Isabelle M. Côté et al. profile →
  2. Ecological Census Techniques
    2006 881 citations Isabelle M. Côté et al. profile →
  3. Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity
    2009 685 citations Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Isabelle M. Côté et al. profile →
  4. Interactions among ecosystem stressors and their importance in conservation
    2016 647 citations Isabelle M. Côté, Emily S. Darling et al. profile →
  5. Quantifying the evidence for ecological synergies
    2008 568 citations Emily S. Darling, Isabelle M. Côté Ecology Letters profile →
  6. Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits
    2012 544 citations Emily S. Darling, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  7. Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011
    2010 418 citations Isabelle M. Côté et al. profile →
  8. Long‐term declines and recovery of meadow area across the world’s seagrass bioregions
    2021 283 citations Jillian C. Dunic, Isabelle M. Côté et al. profile →
  9. Coral reef ecosystem functioning: eight core processes and the role of biodiversity
    2019 236 citations Simon J. Brandl, Douglas B. Rasher et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
  10. Climate Change, Coral Loss, and the Curious Case of the Parrotfish Paradigm: Why Don't Marine Protected Areas Improve Reef Resilience?
    2019 225 citations John F. Bruno, Isabelle M. Côté et al. Annual Review of Marine Science profile →
  11. Environmental (in)justice in the Anthropocene ocean
    2022 69 citations Isabelle M. Côté et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Isabelle M. Côté 11.6k 7.9k 4.2k 3.2k 2.0k 208 16.0k
James A. Estes 17.9k 1.5× 8.8k 1.1× 6.6k 1.6× 4.8k 1.5× 2.8k 1.4× 145 24.3k
Callum M. Roberts 12.0k 1.0× 9.6k 1.2× 3.1k 0.7× 3.8k 1.2× 809 0.4× 155 16.9k
John F. Bruno 15.4k 1.3× 10.5k 1.3× 9.3k 2.2× 3.8k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 156 23.3k
John M. Pandolfi 16.8k 1.4× 11.3k 1.4× 9.1k 2.1× 3.6k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 206 22.9k
Boris Worm 15.2k 1.3× 13.5k 1.7× 6.9k 1.6× 7.9k 2.5× 1.7k 0.8× 143 27.2k
Heike K. Lotze 10.0k 0.9× 7.9k 1.0× 5.6k 1.3× 3.7k 1.1× 716 0.4× 114 16.6k
Nancy­ Knowlton­ 19.2k 1.7× 9.2k 1.2× 11.1k 2.6× 3.1k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 142 25.6k
James T. Carlton 11.4k 1.0× 10.5k 1.3× 6.1k 1.4× 3.8k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 203 18.6k
Nicholas K. Dulvy 11.2k 1.0× 10.2k 1.3× 2.6k 0.6× 8.8k 2.7× 1.9k 0.9× 170 19.6k
Charles H. Peterson 12.6k 1.1× 12.1k 1.5× 8.0k 1.9× 3.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 159 21.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabelle M. Côté

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brandl, Simon J., Helen F. Yan, Jordan M. Casey, et al.. (2025). A seascape dichotomy in the role of small consumers for coral reef energy fluxes. Ecology. 106(3). e70065–e70065. 5 indexed citations
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Looby, Audrey, et al.. (2025). The sound of recovery: Integrating acoustics into fish status assessments and recovery strategies. Biological Conservation. 310. 111339–111339.
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Côté, Isabelle M., et al.. (2023). Effects of sea cucumber fishing on tropical seagrass productivity. Ecosphere. 14(5).
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Dunic, Jillian C. & Isabelle M. Côté. (2023). Management thresholds shift under the influence of multiple stressors: Eelgrass meadows as a case study. Conservation Letters. 16(2). 8 indexed citations
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Dunic, Jillian C., et al.. (2023). Abundance modulates the ecosystem functional contributions of two sympatric Caribbean sea cucumbers. PeerJ. 11. e14823–e14823. 2 indexed citations
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Côté, Isabelle M., et al.. (2023). Functional responses of male and female European green crabs suggest potential sex-specific impacts of invasion. PeerJ. 11. e15424–e15424. 5 indexed citations
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Keshavmurthy, Shashank, Hung-Kai Chen, Pei‐Jie Meng, et al.. (2023). Baseline dynamics of Symbiodiniaceae genera and photochemical efficiency in corals from reefs with different thermal histories. PeerJ. 11. e15421–e15421. 2 indexed citations
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Reed, Kathleen, et al.. (2023). Localised mass mortality of giant California sea cucumbers in Western Canada. Marine Biology. 170(7). 1 indexed citations
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Bruno, John F., Isabelle M. Côté, & Lauren T. Toth. (2019). Climate Change, Coral Loss, and the Curious Case of the Parrotfish Paradigm: Why Don't Marine Protected Areas Improve Reef Resilience?. Annual Review of Marine Science. 11(1). 307–334. 225 indexed citations breakdown →
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Branch, Trevor A., Jillian C. Dunic, Brett Favaro, et al.. (2019). Shifting headlines? Size trends of newsworthy fishes. PeerJ. 7. e6395–e6395. 9 indexed citations
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Bose, Aneesh P. H., et al.. (2019). Effects of handling and short-term captivity: a multi-behaviour approach using red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus. PeerJ. 7. e6556–e6556. 14 indexed citations
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Brandl, Simon J., Douglas B. Rasher, Isabelle M. Côté, et al.. (2019). Coral reef ecosystem functioning: eight core processes and the role of biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17(8). 445–454. 236 indexed citations breakdown →
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Côté, Isabelle M.. (2018). Les pratiques en maison d'hébergement pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale. Presses de l'Université du Québec eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Barrios‐O’Neill, Daniel, Mhairi E. Alexander, Jaimie T. A. Dick, et al.. (2018). Functional responses of a cosmopolitan invader demonstrate intraspecific variability in consumer-resource dynamics. PeerJ. 6. e5634–e5634. 22 indexed citations
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Schultz, Jessica, et al.. (2016). Evidence for a trophic cascade on rocky reefs following sea star mass mortality in British Columbia. PeerJ. 4. e1980–e1980. 79 indexed citations
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Nugues, Maggy M., et al.. (2016). Effects of Protection and Sediment Stress on Coral Reefs in Saint Lucia. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0146855–e0146855. 27 indexed citations
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Darling, Emily S., Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Thomas A. Oliver, Tim R. McClanahan, & Isabelle M. Côté. (2012). Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits. Ecology Letters. 15(12). 1378–1386. 544 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carpenter, Angus I., Isabelle M. Côté, & Carl G. Jones. (2003). Habitat use, egg laying sites and activity patterns of an endangered Mauritian gecko (Phelsuma guentheri). Herpetological Journal. 13(3). 155–157. 3 indexed citations
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Côté, Isabelle M., et al.. (2000). Conservation benefits of marine reserves for fish populations. Animal Conservation. 3(4). 321–332. 14 indexed citations
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Arnal, C. & Isabelle M. Côté. (2000). Diet of broadstripe cleaning gobies on a Barbadian reef. Journal of Fish Biology. 57(4). 1075–1082. 61 indexed citations

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