Laura Rix

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Laura Rix is a scholar working on Ecology, Biotechnology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Rix has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Biotechnology and 9 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Laura Rix's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (18 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (15 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (8 papers). Laura Rix is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (18 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (15 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (8 papers). Laura Rix collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and Jordan. Laura Rix's co-authors include Ute Hentschel, André Franke, Beate M. Slaby, Lucía Pita, Christian Wild, Malik S. Naumann, Fuad A. Al‐Horani, Jasper M. de Goeij, Ulrich Struck and Dick van Oevelen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Laura Rix

23 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems

2018 372 citations Lucía Pita, Laura Rix et al. Microbiome profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Rix Australia	13	732	628	295	257	223	23	1.1k
Malcolm Hill United States	18	597 0.8×	666 1.1×	163 0.6×	226 0.9×	192 0.9×	33	1.0k
Joana R. Xavier Portugal	20	521 0.7×	742 1.2×	241 0.8×	284 1.1×	138 0.6×	62	1.2k
Steven E. McMurray United States	23	1.0k 1.4×	960 1.5×	228 0.8×	383 1.5×	217 1.0×	31	1.3k
Jeremy B. Weisz United States	11	518 0.7×	724 1.2×	94 0.3×	130 0.5×	218 1.0×	13	864
Ana R. M. Polónia Portugal	18	587 0.8×	444 0.7×	174 0.6×	125 0.5×	240 1.1×	45	914
Deborah J. Gochfeld United States	19	405 0.6×	320 0.5×	154 0.5×	179 0.7×	101 0.5×	49	762
Friederike Hoffmann Germany	16	331 0.5×	380 0.6×	173 0.6×	129 0.5×	101 0.5×	21	796
Marie‐Lise Schläppy Australia	11	372 0.5×	325 0.5×	125 0.4×	182 0.7×	85 0.4×	19	703
Beate M. Slaby Germany	15	487 0.7×	739 1.2×	97 0.3×	108 0.4×	248 1.1×	20	1.1k
Bernard Picton United Kingdom	19	742 1.0×	752 1.2×	600 2.0×	529 2.1×	59 0.3×	49	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Rix

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Rix

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laura Rix. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laura Rix based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Laura Rix. Laura Rix is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Brien, Paul A., Sara C. Bell, Laura Rix, et al.. (2025). Light and dark biofilm adaptation impacts larval settlement in diverse coral species. Environmental Microbiome. 20(1). 11–11. 2 indexed citations

O’Brien, Paul A., et al.. (2025). Understanding the role of micro-organisms in the settlement of coral larvae through community ecology. Marine Biology. 172(3). 1 indexed citations

Glasl, Bettina, Heidi M. Luter, Katarina Damjanovic, et al.. (2024). Co-occurring nitrifying symbiont lineages are vertically inherited and widespread in marine sponges. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 5 indexed citations

O’Brien, Paul A., Steven J. Robbins, Shangjin Tan, et al.. (2024). Comparative genomics identifies key adaptive traits of sponge‐associated microbial symbionts. Environmental Microbiology. 26(9). e16690–e16690. 2 indexed citations

Hoytema, Nanne van, Jasper M. de Goeij, Niklas A. Kornder, et al.. (2023). A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef. Coral Reefs. 42(2). 367–381. 4 indexed citations

Goeij, Jasper M. de, Niklas A. Kornder, Jeremy Bougoure, et al.. (2022). Harnessing solar power: photoautotrophy supplements the diet of a low-light dwelling sponge. The ISME Journal. 16(9). 2076–2086. 12 indexed citations

Rix, Laura, Michelle Achlatis, Jeremy Bougoure, et al.. (2021). Subcellular view of host–microbiome nutrient exchange in sponges: insights into the ecological success of an early metazoan–microbe symbiosis. Microbiome. 9(1). 44–44. 35 indexed citations

Rix, Laura, et al.. (2021). Quantifying sponge host and microbial symbiont contribution to dissolved organic matter uptake through cell separation. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 670. 1–13. 8 indexed citations

Rix, Laura, Marta Ribes, Rafel Coma, et al.. (2020). Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses. The ISME Journal. 14(10). 2554–2567. 74 indexed citations

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Pita, Lucía, Laura Rix, Beate M. Slaby, André Franke, & Ute Hentschel. (2018). The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems. Microbiome. 6(1). 46–46. 372 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tilstra, Arjen, Nanne van Hoytema, Ulisse Cardini, et al.. (2018). Effects of Water Column Mixing and Stratification on Planktonic Primary Production and Dinitrogen Fixation on a Northern Red Sea Coral Reef. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2351–2351. 13 indexed citations

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Bednarz, Vanessa N., Malik S. Naumann, Ulisse Cardini, et al.. (2018). Contrasting seasonal responses in dinitrogen fixation between shallow and deep-water colonies of the model coral Stylophora pistillata in the northern Red Sea. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0199022–e0199022. 15 indexed citations

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Rix, Laura, et al.. (2017). Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic matter to their associated fauna via the sponge loop. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 589. 85–96. 78 indexed citations

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Rix, Laura, Jasper M. de Goeij, Ulrich Struck, et al.. (2016). Coral mucus fuels the sponge loop in warm- and cold-water coral reef ecosystems. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 18715–18715. 133 indexed citations

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Naumann, Malik S., Laura Rix, Fuad A. Al‐Horani, & Christian Wild. (2016). Indications of mutual functional benefits within a polychaete-sponge association in the northern Red Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science. 92(3). 377–378. 1 indexed citations

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Rix, Laura, et al.. (2015). Distance from a Fishing Community Explains Fish Abundance in a No-Take Zone with Weak Compliance. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0126098–e0126098. 28 indexed citations

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Cardini, Ulisse, Vanessa N. Bednarz, Malik S. Naumann, et al.. (2015). Functional significance of dinitrogen fixation in sustaining coral productivity under oligotrophic conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1818). 20152257–20152257. 77 indexed citations

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Rix, Laura. (2015). Carbon and nitrogen cycling by Red Sea coral reef sponges. Media (https://www.suub.uni-bremen.de/). 2 indexed citations

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Rix, Laura, Vanessa N. Bednarz, Ulisse Cardini, et al.. (2015). Seasonality in dinitrogen fixation and primary productivity by coral reef framework substrates from the northern Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 533. 79–92. 26 indexed citations

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Rix, Laura, Heidi L. Burdett, & Nicholas A. Kamenos. (2011). Irradiance-mediated dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) responses of red coralline algae. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 96. 268–272. 17 indexed citations

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