John K. Keesing

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
98 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

John K. Keesing is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, John K. Keesing has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Oceanography, 52 papers in Ecology and 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in John K. Keesing's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (34 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (34 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (32 papers). John K. Keesing is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (34 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (34 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (32 papers). John K. Keesing collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. John K. Keesing's co-authors include Dongyan Liu, Dongyan Liu, Russell C. Babcock, Ping Shi, Zhijun Dong, Qianguo Xing, Peter Fearns, Yajun Shi, Rodrigo Garcia and Yujue Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

John K. Keesing

91 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

World’s largest macroalgal bloom caused by expansion of seaweed aquaculture in China

2009 453 citations Dongyan Liu, John K. Keesing et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
The world's largest macroalgal bloom in the Yellow Sea, China: Formation and implications

2013 359 citations Dongyan Liu, John K. Keesing et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John K. Keesing Australia	27	2.1k	1.7k	1.3k	476	299	98	3.6k
Riccardo Cattaneo‐Vietti Italy	39	3.0k 1.4×	3.1k 1.9×	2.3k 1.8×	211 0.4×	219 0.7×	143	5.2k
Anna Meta×as Canada	36	2.6k 1.2×	2.5k 1.5×	2.0k 1.6×	258 0.5×	151 0.5×	159	4.2k
Salvatrice Vizzini Italy	37	1.6k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	418 0.9×	118 0.4×	144	3.6k
Anna Occhipinti‐Ambrogi Italy	35	1.8k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	3.2k 2.5×	224 0.5×	550 1.8×	79	4.3k
Bayram Öztürk Türkiye	25	605 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	461 1.0×	467 1.6×	124	2.8k
Cristina Gambi Italy	37	2.7k 1.3×	2.5k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	108 0.2×	212 0.7×	74	3.9k
Pedro Martínez Arbizu Germany	33	3.2k 1.5×	3.0k 1.8×	1.0k 0.8×	117 0.2×	624 2.1×	203	4.7k
Jonathan P. A. Gardner New Zealand	33	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	214 0.4×	261 0.9×	164	3.4k
Miguel B. Gaspar Portugal	36	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	2.6k 2.1×	667 1.4×	227 0.8×	188	4.3k
Loke Ming Chou Singapore	35	2.0k 1.0×	3.5k 2.1×	1.9k 1.5×	268 0.6×	319 1.1×	184	4.7k

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Bessey, Cindy, et al.. (2025). Diel movement patterns and abundance of the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla with comparisons to Echinometra mathaei and their associated ecology at Ningaloo Reef, north-western Australia. Marine Environmental Research. 212. 107528–107528. 1 indexed citations

Bessey, Cindy, Vinícius Salazar, Kathryn L. Dawkins, et al.. (2025). Design and Validation of an Open–Close Device for Integrated Environmental DNA Sampling Detects A Depth Gradient in Indian Ocean Deep‐Sea Fish Assemblages. Ecology and Evolution. 15(2). e70902–e70902.

Liu, Dongyan, John K. Keesing, Ning Zhao, et al.. (2024). Microalgal assemblages response to water quality remediation in coastal waters of Perth, Australia. Environmental Pollution. 351. 124017–124017.

Keesing, John K., Cindy Bessey, Geoffrey R. Hosack, et al.. (2024). Status of coral, giant clam and sea cucumber communities including CITES listed species on a remote Australian coral reef atoll and the potential impact of illegal fishing. Marine Environmental Research. 204. 106915–106915.

White, William T., et al.. (2023). Sharks checking in to the sponge hotel: First internal use of sponges of the genus Agelas and family Irciniidae by banded sand catsharks Atelomycterus fasciatus. Journal of Fish Biology. 104(1). 304–309.

Wells, Fred E., et al.. (2023). Responses of intertidal invertebrates to rising sea surface temperatures in the southeastern Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 2 indexed citations

McLaughlin, James, Cindy Bessey, Gary A. Kendrick, John K. Keesing, & Ylva S. Olsen. (2023). Production and accumulation of reef framework by calcifying corals and macroalgae on a remote Indian Ocean cay. Biogeosciences. 20(5). 1011–1026. 1 indexed citations

Keesing, John K., Daniel Agustín Godoy, Russell C. Babcock, et al.. (2023). The short spined crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster brevispinus is a corallivore too. Coral Reefs. 42(2). 399–404. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Dongyan, John K. Keesing, Óscar Serrano, et al.. (2022). Wildfires enhance phytoplankton production in tropical oceans. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1348–1348. 32 indexed citations

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Ooijen, Erik van, Tim Ryan, David A. Hughes, et al.. (2022). Marine measurement, monitoring and verification for offshore carbon storage projects – learnings from a coastal Gippsland setting. The APPEA Journal. 62(2). S347–S352. 4 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy, Simon Jarman, Tiffany Simpson, et al.. (2021). Passive eDNA collection enhances aquatic biodiversity analysis. Communications Biology. 4(1). 100 indexed citations

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Yuan, Lin, Dongyan Liu, Bo Tian, et al.. (2021). A solution for restoration of critical wetlands and waterbird habitats in coastal deltaic systems. Journal of Environmental Management. 302(Pt A). 113996–113996. 26 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Passive eDNA collection enhances aquatic biodiversity analysis. Communications Biology. 4(1). 447–447. 3 indexed citations

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Bessey, Cindy, Simon Jarman, Oliver Berry, et al.. (2020). Maximizing fish detection with eDNA metabarcoding. Environmental DNA. 2(4). 493–504. 122 indexed citations

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Liu, Dongyan, Qian Ma, Iván Valiela, et al.. (2020). Role of C4 carbon fixation in Ulva prolifera, the macroalga responsible for the world’s largest green tides. Communications Biology. 3(1). 494–494. 41 indexed citations

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Wells, Fred E., John K. Keesing, & Anne Brearley. (2017). Recovery of marine Conus (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) from imposex at Rottnest Island, Western Australia, over a quarter of a century. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 123(1-2). 182–187. 6 indexed citations

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Keesing, John K., Joanna Strzelecki, Marcus Stowar, et al.. (2016). Abundant box jellyfish, Chironex sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropidae), discovered at depths of over 50 m on western Australian coastal reefs. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22290–22290. 8 indexed citations

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Keesing, John K., Dongyan Liu, Peter Fearns, & Rodrigo Garcia. (2011). Inter- and intra-annual patterns of Ulva prolifera green tides in the Yellow Sea during 2007–2009, their origin and relationship to the expansion of coastal seaweed aquaculture in China. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 62(6). 1169–1182. 245 indexed citations

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Liu, Dongyan, John K. Keesing, Qianguo Xing, & Ping Shi. (2009). World’s largest macroalgal bloom caused by expansion of seaweed aquaculture in China. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58(6). 888–895. 453 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keesing, John K., et al.. (1996). Mortality rates of juvenile starfish Acanthaster planci and Nardoa spp measured on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia and in Okinawa, Japan. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 6 indexed citations

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