Katharina Fabricius

25.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
178 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Katharina Fabricius is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Katharina Fabricius has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Ecology, 112 papers in Oceanography and 101 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Katharina Fabricius's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (161 papers), Marine and fisheries research (81 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (64 papers). Katharina Fabricius is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (161 papers), Marine and fisheries research (81 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (64 papers). Katharina Fabricius collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Katharina Fabricius's co-authors include Glenn De’ath, Marji Puotinen, Hugh Sweatman, Sven Uthicke, Janice Lough, Craig Humphrey, Kenneth R. N. Anthony, Sam H. C. Noonan, Timothy F. Cooper and Eric Wolanski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Katharina Fabricius

174 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES: A POWERFUL YET SIMPL... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2004 2012 2011 2000 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES: A POWERFUL YET SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR ECOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS
    2000 2.6k citations Glenn De’ath, Katharina Fabricius Ecology profile →
  2. Effects of terrestrial runoff on the ecology of corals and coral reefs: review and synthesis
    2004 1.6k citations Katharina Fabricius Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
  3. The 27–year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes
    2012 1.3k citations Glenn De’ath, Katharina Fabricius et al. profile →
  4. Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations
    2011 761 citations Katharina Fabricius, Sven Uthicke et al. profile →
  5. Shifting roles of heterotrophy and autotrophy in coral energetics under varying turbidity
    2000 522 citations Katharina Fabricius et al. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology profile →
  6. Declining Coral Calcification on the Great Barrier Reef
    2009 479 citations Glenn De’ath, Janice Lough et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katharina Fabricius Australia 65 14.4k 9.5k 8.8k 2.1k 1.3k 178 18.4k
Andrew H. Baird Australia 56 13.3k 0.9× 7.6k 0.8× 8.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 913 0.7× 190 15.0k
Robert S. Steneck United States 57 20.2k 1.4× 13.5k 1.4× 14.3k 1.6× 3.0k 1.5× 3.3k 2.6× 120 27.7k
Roger Bradbury Australia 21 10.9k 0.8× 6.1k 0.6× 7.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 68 14.4k
Mark Spalding United Kingdom 48 14.0k 1.0× 6.2k 0.7× 9.6k 1.1× 2.2k 1.1× 3.5k 2.8× 89 19.8k
Peter J. Mumby Australia 90 26.2k 1.8× 14.6k 1.5× 16.9k 1.9× 3.5k 1.7× 3.2k 2.5× 370 31.2k
Glenn De’ath Australia 45 9.4k 0.6× 4.8k 0.5× 6.1k 0.7× 2.8k 1.4× 746 0.6× 93 13.7k
Roberto Danovaro Italy 85 13.8k 1.0× 11.2k 1.2× 6.5k 0.7× 816 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 407 22.2k
Gary A. Kendrick Australia 63 14.4k 1.0× 14.1k 1.5× 4.8k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 270 18.8k
C. Mark Eakin United States 41 9.8k 0.7× 6.5k 0.7× 6.8k 0.8× 907 0.4× 895 0.7× 80 13.1k
A.J. Underwood Australia 73 13.5k 0.9× 13.9k 1.5× 8.9k 1.0× 3.6k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 228 23.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Humanes, Adriana, Katharina Fabricius, Renata Ferrari, & Juan Carlos Ortiz. (2025). Ecological quantitative criteria for reef site prioritisation to maximise survivorship and growth of outplanted corals. Journal of Environmental Management. 392. 126585–126585. 1 indexed citations
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Doropoulos, Christopher, Mariana Álvarez‐Noriega, Katharina Fabricius, et al.. (2025). Impact of environmental gradients on juvenile coral demography across the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. Coral Reefs. 44(6). 1875–1891.
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Noonan, Sam H. C., et al.. (2025). Current velocity, water quality, and benthic taxa as predictors for coral recruitment rates on the Great Barrier Reef. PLoS ONE. 20(3). e0319521–e0319521. 3 indexed citations
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Gómez‐Gras, Daniel, Cristina Linares, Núria Viladrich, et al.. (2025). The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species. Scientific Data. 12(1). 82–82. 3 indexed citations
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Álvarez‐Noriega, Mariana, et al.. (2025). Challenging Paradigms Around the Role of Colony Size, Taxa, and Environment on Bleaching Susceptibility. Global Change Biology. 31(2). e70090–e70090. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Jake, Nathalie Pettorelli, Aaron C. Hartmann, et al.. (2024). Decline of a distinct coral reef holobiont community under ocean acidification. Microbiome. 12(1). 75–75. 2 indexed citations
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Free, Christopher M., Reniel B. Cabral, Halley E. Froehlich, et al.. (2022). Expanding ocean food production under climate change. Nature. 605(7910). 490–496. 57 indexed citations
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Connell, Sean D., Christopher E. Cornwall, Kim Currie, et al.. (2019). A unique temperate rocky coastal hydrothermal vent system (Whakaari–White Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand): constraints for ocean acidification studies. Marine and Freshwater Research. 71(3). 321–344. 12 indexed citations
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Bainbridge, Zoë, Stephen Lewis, Rebecca Bartley, et al.. (2018). Fine sediment and particulate organic matter: A review and case study on ridge-to-reef transport, transformations, fates, and impacts on marine ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 135. 1205–1220. 115 indexed citations
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Humanes, Adriana, Gerard F. Ricardo, Bette L. Willis, Katharina Fabricius, & Andrew P. Negri. (2017). Cumulative effects of suspended sediments, organic nutrients and temperature stress on early life history stages of the coral Acropora tenuis. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 55 indexed citations
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Humanes, Adriana, Sam H. C. Noonan, Bette L. Willis, Katharina Fabricius, & Andrew P. Negri. (2016). Cumulative Effects of Nutrient Enrichment and Elevated Temperature Compromise the Early Life History Stages of the Coral Acropora tenuis. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0161616–e0161616. 52 indexed citations
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Noonan, Sam H. C. & Katharina Fabricius. (2015). Ocean acidification affects productivity but not the severity of thermal bleaching in some tropical corals. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 73(3). 715–726. 49 indexed citations
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Fabricius, Katharina, Timothy F. Cooper, Craig Humphrey, et al.. (2011). A bioindicator system for water quality on inshore coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 65(4-9). 320–332. 91 indexed citations
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Fabricius, Katharina, Craig Humphrey, Glenn De’ath, & Britta Schaffelke. (2011). Environmental drivers of changes in water clarity in the inshore Great Barrier Reef: Final Report. 2 indexed citations
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Cooper, Timothy F. & Katharina Fabricius. (2011). Pigmentation of massive corals as a simple bioindicator for marine water quality. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 65(4-9). 333–341. 14 indexed citations
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De’ath, Glenn, Janice Lough, & Katharina Fabricius. (2009). Declining Coral Calcification on the Great Barrier Reef. Science. 323(5910). 116–119. 479 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fabricius, Katharina, et al.. (2004). RECOGNITION AND SELECTION OF SETTLEMENT SUBSTRATA DETERMINE POST-SETTLEMENT SURVIVAL IN CORALS. Ecology. 85(12). 3428–3437. 418 indexed citations
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Philipp, Eva & Katharina Fabricius. (2003). Photophysiological stress in scleractinian corals in response to short-term sedimentation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 287(1). 57–78. 183 indexed citations
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Fabricius, Katharina & Philip Alderslade. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. 345 indexed citations
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Fabricius, Katharina & Glenn De’ath. (2000). Soft Coral Atlas of the Great Barrier Reef. 4 indexed citations

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