Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Ecology, 51 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 47 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (73 papers), Marine and fisheries research (48 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (45 papers). Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (73 papers), Marine and fisheries research (48 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (45 papers). Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United Kingdom and Canada. Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip's co-authors include Isabelle M. Côté, Jennifer A. Gill, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Andrew R. Watkinson, F. Javier González‐Barrios, Chris T. Perry, Thomas A. Oliver, Emily S. Darling, Tim R. McClanahan and Nuria Estrada‐Saldívar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip

71 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity

2009 685 citations Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Isabelle M. Côté et al. profile →
Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits

2012 544 citations Emily S. Darling, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip Mexico	30	3.3k	2.1k	2.1k	349	313	76	3.7k
Ronaldo B. Francini‐Filho Brazil	34	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	352 1.0×	796 2.5×	124	3.6k
Yimnang Golbuu United States	33	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	264 0.8×	208 0.7×	86	2.6k
Jason E. Tanner Australia	25	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	168 0.5×	480 1.5×	79	3.5k
Guillermo Díaz-Pulido Australia	32	4.3k 1.3×	4.2k 1.9×	2.1k 1.0×	270 0.8×	170 0.5×	108	5.3k
Joel C. Creed Brazil	35	2.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	330 0.9×	179 0.6×	116	3.6k
Susana Enríquez Mexico	37	3.6k 1.1×	3.4k 1.6×	944 0.5×	147 0.4×	365 1.2×	69	4.8k
James T. Kerry Australia	11	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	165 0.5×	241 0.8×	12	2.3k
Andrew A. Shantz United States	27	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	159 0.5×	257 0.8×	51	2.7k
John K. Keesing Australia	27	1.7k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	246 0.7×	243 0.8×	98	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip

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20 of 20 papers shown

Molina‐Hernández, Ana, et al.. (2025). Night surveys reveal abundant populations of sea urchins with high erosive potential in Cayo Arenas, Banco de Campeche. Ciencias Marinas. 50(1B).

Perry, Chris T., Didier M. de Bakker, Steeve Comeau, et al.. (2025). Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts. Nature. 646(8085). 619–626. 1 indexed citations

Molina‐Hernández, Ana & Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip. (2024). Incorporating parrotfish bioerosion into the herbivory paradigm of coral reef resilience. Conservation Letters. 17(6). 6 indexed citations

Bakker, Didier M. de, et al.. (2024). Fine‐grained sediment production by endolithic sponges on Caribbean coral reefs. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(9). 2015–2028. 1 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Troncoso, Alma Paola, et al.. (2023). The contribution of assisted coral restoration to calcium carbonate production in Eastern Pacific reefs. Revista de Biología Tropical. 71(S1). e54849–e54849. 2 indexed citations

Briones‐Fourzán, Patricia, et al.. (2023). Similar functional composition of fish assemblages despite contrasting levels of habitat degradation on shallow Caribbean coral reefs. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295238–e0295238. 4 indexed citations

Molina‐Hernández, Ana, et al.. (2022). Coral reef erosion: In situ measurement on different dead coral substrates on a Caribbean reef. Limnology and Oceanography. 67(12). 2734–2749. 12 indexed citations

Samoilys, Melita, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Robert E. Myers, & Pascale Chabanet. (2022). Diversity of Coral Reef Fishes in the Western Indian Ocean: Implications for Conservation. Diversity. 14(2). 102–102. 6 indexed citations

Caballero‐Aragón, Hansel, Susana Perera‐Valderrama, Sergio Cerdeira‐Estrada, et al.. (2022). Dataset of coral reefs monitoring, Puerto Morelos, Mexico, 2019. Data in Brief. 42. 108253–108253. 2 indexed citations

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Álvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo, F. Javier González‐Barrios, Esmeralda Pérez‐Cervantes, Ana Molina‐Hernández, & Nuria Estrada‐Saldívar. (2022). Stony coral tissue loss disease decimated Caribbean coral populations and reshaped reef functionality. Communications Biology. 5(1). 440–440. 82 indexed citations

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Lira‐Noriega, Andrés, et al.. (2022). Functional divergence from ecological baselines on Caribbean coral reefs. Ecography. 2022(3). 6 indexed citations

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Soares, Marcelo de Oliveira, Sérgio Rossi, Tallita Cruz Lopes Tavares, et al.. (2021). Impacts of a changing environment on marginal coral reefs in the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic. Ocean & Coastal Management. 210. 105692–105692. 37 indexed citations

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García-Sánchez, Marta, et al.. (2020). Temporal changes in the composition and biomass of beached pelagic Sargassum species in the Mexican Caribbean. Aquatic Botany. 167. 103275–103275. 101 indexed citations

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Briones‐Fourzán, Patricia, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Piedad S. Morillo‐Velarde, et al.. (2019). Coral Reef Degradation Differentially Alters Feeding Ecology of Co-occurring Congeneric Spiny Lobsters. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. 13 indexed citations

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Briones‐Fourzán, Patricia, et al.. (2018). Diversity and abundance of conspicuous macrocrustaceans on coral reefs differing in level of degradation. PeerJ. 6. e4922–e4922. 32 indexed citations

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Lozano‐Álvarez, Enrique, et al.. (2017). Does reef architectural complexity influence resource availability for a large reef-dwelling invertebrate?. Journal of Sea Research. 128. 84–91. 13 indexed citations

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Rodríguez-Martínez, Rosa E., et al.. (2014). Assessment of Acropora palmata in the Mesoamerican Reef System. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e96140–e96140. 56 indexed citations

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Álvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo, Juan P. Carricart‐Ganivet, Guillermo Horta‐Puga, & Roberto Iglesias‐Prieto. (2013). Shifts in coral-assemblage composition do not ensure persistence of reef functionality. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3486–3486. 173 indexed citations

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Darling, Emily S., Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Thomas A. Oliver, Tim R. McClanahan, & Isabelle M. Côté. (2012). Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits. Ecology Letters. 15(12). 1378–1386. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Álvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo, et al.. (2009). Impact of Hurricanes Emily and Wilma on the Coral Community of Cozumel Island, Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science. 84(3). 295–306. 29 indexed citations

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