James T. Carlton

28.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
203 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

James T. Carlton is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, James T. Carlton has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 118 papers in Ecology and 93 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in James T. Carlton's work include Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (99 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (57 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (49 papers). James T. Carlton is often cited by papers focused on Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (99 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (57 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (49 papers). James T. Carlton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. James T. Carlton's co-authors include Gregory M. Ruiz, A. N. Cohen, Anson H. Hines, Marjorie J. Wonham, Edward L. Mills, David M. Richardson, Tim M. Blackburn, Petr Pyšek, J. H. Leach and Carol L. Secor and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

James T. Carlton

199 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A proposed unified framework for biological invasions

2011 1.9k citations James T. Carlton, David M. Richardson et al. profile →
Accelerating Invasion Rate in a Highly Invaded Estuary

1998 906 citations A. N. Cohen, James T. Carlton Science profile →
Invasion of Coastal Marine Communities in North America: Apparent Patterns, Processes, and Biases

2000 847 citations Gregory M. Ruiz, Paul W. Fofonoff et al. profile →
Global Invasions of Marine and Estuarine Habitats by Non-Indigenous Species: Mechanisms, Extent, and Consequences

1997 812 citations Gregory M. Ruiz, James T. Carlton et al. profile →
Exotic Species in the Great Lakes: A History of Biotic Crises and Anthropogenic Introductions

1993 782 citations James T. Carlton et al. profile →
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

2006 749 citations Hugh J. MacIsaac, James T. Carlton et al. profile →
Transoceanic and interoceanic dispersal of coastal marine organisms: the biology of ballast water

1985 640 citations James T. Carlton profile →
Biological Invasions and Cryptogenic Species

1996 619 citations James T. Carlton profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James T. Carlton United States	65	11.4k	10.5k	6.1k	3.8k	2.5k	203	18.6k
Gregory M. Ruiz United States	60	8.1k 0.7×	8.6k 0.8×	5.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.4×	2.8k 1.1×	246	14.0k
Hugh J. MacIsaac Canada	66	10.3k 0.9×	4.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.4×	5.6k 1.5×	914 0.4×	246	15.2k
A.J. Underwood Australia	73	13.5k 1.2×	8.9k 0.8×	13.9k 2.3×	3.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	228	23.7k
John F. Bruno United States	57	15.4k 1.3×	10.5k 1.0×	9.3k 1.5×	3.8k 1.0×	358 0.1×	156	23.3k
John J. Stachowicz United States	43	7.8k 0.7×	5.4k 0.5×	5.1k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	420 0.2×	104	14.0k
Bruce A. Menge United States	68	10.7k 0.9×	8.3k 0.8×	12.1k 2.0×	3.1k 0.8×	692 0.3×	152	19.2k
Mark D. Bertness United States	78	17.1k 1.5×	6.5k 0.6×	9.6k 1.6×	6.8k 1.8×	474 0.2×	193	24.2k
Joseph H. Connell United States	37	11.9k 1.0×	7.2k 0.7×	6.8k 1.1×	9.5k 2.5×	578 0.2×	71	22.7k
Richard M. Warwick United Kingdom	46	10.9k 1.0×	7.4k 0.7×	9.8k 1.6×	3.8k 1.0×	341 0.1×	130	18.7k
Dustin J. Marshall Australia	51	5.3k 0.5×	4.5k 0.4×	3.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	902 0.4×	218	10.2k

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Ramalhosa, Patrício, João Gama Monteiro, Sabine Rech, et al.. (2025). The role of marine debris as a vector, dispersal agent, and substrate for non-indigenous species on Oceanic Islands (Northeast Atlantic). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 214. 117732–117732. 1 indexed citations

Wilding, Craig S., et al.. (2025). First record of the sea anemone Actinia equina (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 105.

Zaiko, Anastasija, James T. Carlton, Graeme F. Clark, et al.. (2024). Structural and functional effects of global invasion pressure on benthic marine communities—patterns, challenges and priorities. Diversity and Distributions. 30(7). 2 indexed citations

Simberloff, Daniel, Alejandro Bortolus, James T. Carlton, et al.. (2024). Systematic and persistent bias against invasion science: Framing conservation scientists. BioScience. 74(5). 312–314. 4 indexed citations

Carlton, James T., et al.. (2023). First report of marine debris as a species dispersal vector in the temperate Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 188. 114631–114631. 6 indexed citations

Teck, Sarah J., Julio Lorda, James T. Carlton, & Larry G. Harris. (2023). Shell morphological variability of native snails and their vulnerability to introduced crab predators: Can sub-lethal injury provide prey with a reduced risk of lethal predation?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 566. 151917–151917. 2 indexed citations

Briski, Elizabeta, Ross N. Cuthbert, Alejandro Bortolus, et al.. (2023). Does non‐native diversity mirror Earth's biodiversity?. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(1). 48–62. 19 indexed citations

Carlton, James T., et al.. (2023). Marine bioinvasions in Chile: A national research and conservation management agenda. Management of Biological Invasions. 14(4). 595–618. 1 indexed citations

Calder, Dale R., et al.. (2022). Biofouling hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from a Tropical Eastern Pacific island, with remarks on their biogeography. Journal of Natural History. 56(9-12). 565–606. 3 indexed citations

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Ruiz, Gregory M., Ian Davidson, Sarah C. Donelan, et al.. (2022). Global marine biosecurity and ship lay-ups: intensifying effects of trade disruptions. Biological Invasions. 24(11). 3441–3446. 11 indexed citations

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Cuthbert, Ross N., et al.. (2021). Aquatic invasion patterns across the North Atlantic. Global Change Biology. 28(4). 1376–1387. 13 indexed citations

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Carlton, James T., April M. H. Blakeslee, & Amy E. Fowler. (2020). Accidental associates are not symbionts: the absence of a non-parasitic endosymbiotic community inside the common periwinkle Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Marine Biology. 167(7). 3 indexed citations

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Chang, Andrew L., James T. Carlton, Christopher Brown, & Gregory M. Ruiz. (2020). Down the up staircase: Equatorward march of a cold‐water ascidian and broader implications for invasion ecology. Diversity and Distributions. 26(7). 881–896. 3 indexed citations

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Carlton, James T., John W. Chapman, Jonathan B. Geller, et al.. (2017). Tsunami-driven rafting: Transoceanic species dispersal and implications for marine biogeography. Science. 357(6358). 1402–1406. 206 indexed citations

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Ruiz, Gregory M. & James T. Carlton. (2003). Invasive species: vectors and management strategies.. 316 indexed citations

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Carlton, James T.. (1999). Molluscan invasions in marine and estuarine communities. Malacologia. 41(2). 439–454. 116 indexed citations

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Carlton, James T. & A. N. Cohen. (1998). Periwinkle's progress: The Atlantic snail Littorina saxatilis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) establishes a colony on a Pacific shore. The Veliger. 41(4). 333–338. 20 indexed citations

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Carlton, James T.. (1992). Introduced marine and estuarine mollusks of North America: an end-of-the-20th-century perspective. Journal of Shellfish Research. 177 indexed citations

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Carlton, James T.. (1985). Transoceanic and interoceanic dispersal of coastal marine organisms: the biology of ballast water. 23. 313–371. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bousfield, E. L. & James T. Carlton. (1967). New Records of Talitridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Central California Coast. Occidental College Scholar (Occidental College). 66(4). 277–284. 8 indexed citations

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