Joan A. Kleypas

17.0k citations

56 papers · 11.9k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 31

Oceanography top 0.02%
Ecology top 0.05%
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
Atmospheric Science top 2%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.5%

Co-authors: Scott C. Doney Richard A. Feely Victoria J. Fabry Jean‐Pierre Gattuso John McManus L.A.B. Menez Robert W. Buddemeier Chris Langdon
Topics: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (37 papers)Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (22 papers)Marine and fisheries research (16 papers)
Cited by: Oceanography Ecology Global and Planetary Change
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Partner nations: United States Australia France

In The Last Decade

Joan A. Kleypas

55 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

Ocean Acidification: The Other CO₂Problem

2008 3.0k citations Scott C. Doney, Joan A. Kleypas et al. profile →
Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs

2003 2.8k citations Terry P. Hughes, Andrew H. Baird et al. Science profile →
Geochemical Consequences of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Coral Reefs

1999 972 citations Joan A. Kleypas, Robert W. Buddemeier et al. Science profile →
Environmental Limits to Coral Reef Development: Where Do We Draw the Line?

1999 719 citations Joan A. Kleypas et al. profile →
Response of ocean ecosystems to climate warming

2004 668 citations Jorge L. Sarmiento, Richard D. Slater et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Clarifying the role of coastal and marine systems in climate mitigation

2017 353 citations Joan A. Kleypas et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Genome Skimming Illuminates Hidden Species Diversity and Symbiodiniaceae Associations in East Pacific Pocillopora Corals 2025 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Joan A. Kleypas,Juan José Alvarado,Marilyn E. Brandt,Cheryl A. Logan,(unknown),Jean‐François Flot,(unknown),Sean R. Connolly,Andrea M. Quattrini	0
2	Change in the composition of fauna associated with Pocillopora spp. (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) following transplantation 2023 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·(unknown),Joan A. Kleypas,Jorge Cortés,Juan José Alvarado	2
3	Percepción comunitaria sobre arrecifes coralinos en Golfo Dulce: bases para integración social en programas de restauración 2023 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·(unknown),Joan A. Kleypas,Juan José Alvarado,Jorge Cortés	1
4	A global atlas of potential thermal refugia for coral reefs generated by internal gravity waves 2022 ·Frontiers in Marine Science ·Scott Bachman,Joan A. Kleypas,Mark V. Erdmann,Edy Setyawan	8
5	Extreme temperature events will drive coral decline in the Coral Triangle 2019 ·Global Change Biology ·Lisa C. McManus,Vítor V. Vasconcelos,Simon A. Levin,D. M. Thompson,Joan A. Kleypas,Frédéric Castruccio,Enrique Curchitser,James R. Watson	41
6	Variability in oceanographic barriers to coral larval dispersal: Do currents shape biodiversity? 2018 ·Progress In Oceanography ·D. M. Thompson,Joan A. Kleypas,Frédéric Castruccio,Enrique Curchitser,Malin L. Pinsky,Bror Jönsson,James R. Watson	39
7	Influence of ambient water intrusion on coral reef acidification in the Chuuk lagoon, located in the coral‐rich western Pacific Ocean 2016 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Young Ho Ko,Kitack Lee,Jae Hoon Noh,(unknown),Joan A. Kleypas,Hae Jin Jeong,Kwang Young Kim	7
8	Can marine cloud brightening reduce coral bleaching? 2013 ·Atmospheric Science Letters ·J. Latham,Joan A. Kleypas,(unknown),Ben Parkes,Alan Gadian	30
9	Coral Reef Habitat Response to Climate Change Scenarios 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Lauren A. Freeman,Joan A. Kleypas,Arthur J. Miller	62
10	Coral Reefs and Ocean Acidification 2009 ·Oceanography ·Joan A. Kleypas,Kimberly K. Yates	198
11	Effects of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems: selected papers from Inter-Research Symposium No. 2, held in conjunction with the 42nd European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), August 27-31, 2007, Kiel, Germany 2008 ·Climate Research ·Louis Fortier,Stephen Hawkins,Joan A. Kleypas,Maurício Lima,Geir Ottersen,Hans‐Otto Pörtner,Y. Shirayama,Nils Chr. Stenseth	1
12	Potential role of the ocean thermostat in determining regional differences in coral reef bleaching events 2008 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Joan A. Kleypas,Gökhan Danabasoglu,Janice Lough	99
13	Comment on “Coral reef calcification and climate change: The effect of ocean warming” 2005 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Joan A. Kleypas,R.W. Buddemeier,C. Mark Eakin,Jean‐Pierre Gattuso,J. M. Guinotte,Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg,Roberto Iglesias‐Prieto,Paul L. Jokiel,Chris Langdon,William Skirving,A. E. Strong	30
14	Response of ocean ecosystems to climate warmingbreakdown → 2004 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Jorge L. Sarmiento,Richard D. Slater,Richard Barber,Laurent Bopp,Scott C. Doney,A. C. Hirst,Joan A. Kleypas,Richard J. Matear,Uwe Mikolajewicz,P. Monfray,V. A. Soldatov,Steven A. Spall,Ronald J. Stouffer	668
15	Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefsbreakdown → 2003 ·Science ·Terry P. Hughes,Andrew H. Baird,David R. Bellwood,(unknown),Sean R. Connolly,Carl Folke,Richard K. Grosberg,Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg,Jeremy B. C. Jackson,Joan A. Kleypas,Janice Lough,Paul Marshall,Magnus Nyström,Stephen R. Palumbi,John M. Pandolfi,Brian Rosen,Joan Roughgarden	2847
16	COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS & GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON U.S. RESOURCES 2002 ·Victor S. Kennedy,Robert R. Twilley,Joan A. Kleypas,James H. Cowan,Steven R. Hare	34
17	Coastal and marine ecosystems & Global climate change 2002 ·Victor S. Kennedy,Robert R. Twilley,Joan A. Kleypas,James H. Cowan,Steven R. Hare	9
18	The future of coral reefs in an age of global change 2000 ·International Journal of Earth Sciences ·Joan A. Kleypas,Robert W. Buddemeier,Jean‐Pierre Gattuso	195
19	Geochemical Consequences of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Coral Reefsbreakdown → 1999 ·Science ·Joan A. Kleypas,Robert W. Buddemeier,David Archer,Jean‐Pierre Gattuso,Chris Langdon,Bradley N. Opdyke	972
20	Migration and feeding of the predatory fish, Bairdiella chrysura Lacépède, in an intertidal creek 1983 ·Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology ·Joan A. Kleypas,John Mark Dean	38

About Joan A. Kleypas

Joan A. Kleypas is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 56 papers that have together received 11.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (37 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (22 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (8.1k citations), Ecology (7.7k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (5.4k citations). Joan A. Kleypas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Frequent co-authors include Scott C. Doney, Richard A. Feely, Victoria J. Fabry, Jean‐Pierre Gattuso, John McManus, L.A.B. Menez, Robert W. Buddemeier, Chris Langdon, Janice Lough and Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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