Lyndon DeVantier

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Lyndon DeVantier is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Lyndon DeVantier has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Lyndon DeVantier's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (13 papers), Marine and fisheries research (11 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (5 papers). Lyndon DeVantier is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (13 papers), Marine and fisheries research (11 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (5 papers). Lyndon DeVantier collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Lyndon DeVantier's co-authors include Emre Turak, J. E. N. Veron, Mary Stafford-Smith, Stuart Kininmonth, Nate Peterson, Alison L. Green, Simon D. Donner, Stephen T. Garnett, Adrian Hughes and Vineet Katariya and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Marine Pollution Bulletin and AMBIO.

In The Last Decade

Lyndon DeVantier

17 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Identifying the World's Most Climate Change Vulnerable Sp... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
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. Identifying the World's Most Climate Change Vulnerable Species: A Systematic Trait-Based Assessment of all Birds, Amphibians and Corals
    2013 673 citations Wendy Foden, Stuart H. M. Butchart et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lyndon DeVantier Australia 11 1.1k 693 418 389 369 18 1.5k
Emre Turak Australia 13 1.6k 1.5× 1.1k 1.6× 424 1.0× 672 1.7× 441 1.2× 21 2.1k
Casper Kraan Germany 21 999 0.9× 581 0.8× 399 1.0× 690 1.8× 398 1.1× 46 1.6k
Phillip B. Fenberg United Kingdom 16 720 0.7× 551 0.8× 179 0.4× 358 0.9× 285 0.8× 38 1.2k
Justine D. Shaw Australia 24 1.5k 1.4× 263 0.4× 343 0.8× 310 0.8× 291 0.8× 70 1.9k
Rebecca L. Selden United States 20 949 0.9× 980 1.4× 216 0.5× 411 1.1× 350 0.9× 27 1.5k
Lucie M. Bland Australia 23 895 0.8× 760 1.1× 605 1.4× 96 0.2× 559 1.5× 36 1.6k
Shane A. Blowes Germany 20 931 0.9× 575 0.8× 455 1.1× 196 0.5× 730 2.0× 38 1.7k
Laure Velez France 23 1.0k 1.0× 938 1.4× 247 0.6× 209 0.5× 426 1.2× 39 1.7k
Chris Ware Australia 17 626 0.6× 340 0.5× 234 0.6× 143 0.4× 205 0.6× 30 1.1k
Frederick W Schueler Canada 11 1.3k 1.2× 852 1.2× 154 0.4× 432 1.1× 493 1.3× 34 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Lyndon DeVantier

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lyndon DeVantier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lyndon DeVantier

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lyndon DeVantier. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lyndon DeVantier 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 Lyndon DeVantier. Lyndon DeVantier is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Veron, J. E. N., Mary Stafford-Smith, Lyndon DeVantier, & Emre Turak. (2025). Review of Coral Taxonomy, Evolution and Diversity. Diversity. 17(12). 823–823.
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Turak, Emre, Lyndon DeVantier, Robert Szava‐Kovats, & Jon Brodie. (2021). Impacts of coastal land use change in the wet tropics on nearshore coral reefs: Case studies from Papua New Guinea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 168. 112445–112445. 4 indexed citations
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DeVantier, Lyndon, Emre Turak, & Robert Szava‐Kovats. (2020). Species Richness and Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific: The Local–Regional Relation Revisited. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 9 indexed citations
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DeVantier, Lyndon & Emre Turak. (2017). Species Richness and Relative Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific. Diversity. 9(3). 25–25. 38 indexed citations
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Veron, J. E. N., Mary Stafford-Smith, Lyndon DeVantier, & Emre Turak. (2015). Overview of distribution patterns of zooxanthellate Scleractinia. Frontiers in Marine Science. 1. 132 indexed citations
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Foden, Wendy, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Simon N. Stuart, et al.. (2013). Identifying the World's Most Climate Change Vulnerable Species: A Systematic Trait-Based Assessment of all Birds, Amphibians and Corals. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65427–e65427. 673 indexed citations breakdown →
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Turak, Emre, Lyndon DeVantier, & Mark V. Erdmann. (2012). Euphyllia baliensis sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Euphylliidae): a new species of reef coral from Indonesia. Zootaxa. 3422(1). 7 indexed citations
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Wallace, Carden C., Emre Turak, & Lyndon DeVantier. (2011). Novel characters in a conservative coral genus: three new species ofAstreopora(Scleractinia: Acroporidae) from West Papua. Journal of Natural History. 45(31-32). 1905–1924. 14 indexed citations
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Veron, J. E. N., Lyndon DeVantier, Emre Turak, et al.. (2009). Delineating the Coral Triangle. Galaxea Journal of Coral Reef Studies. 11(2). 91–100. 417 indexed citations
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DeVantier, Lyndon, et al.. (2007). Socotra: A Natural History of the Islands and Their People. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 45 indexed citations
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Turak, Emre, Jon Brodie, & Lyndon DeVantier. (2007). Reef-building corals and coral communities of the Yemen Red Sea. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 16 indexed citations
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Done, Terry, et al.. (2007). Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef: loss of resilience or too soon to tell?. Coral Reefs. 26(4). 789–805. 91 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Clive, et al.. (2006). Strategies to reverse the decline in valuable and diverse coral reefs, mangroves and fisheries: The bottom of the J-Curve in Southeast Asia?. Ocean & Coastal Management. 49(9-10). 764–778. 21 indexed citations
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DeVantier, Lyndon, Angel C. Alcala, & Clive Wilkinson. (2004). The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea: Environmental and Socioeconomic Status, Future Prognosis and Ameliorative Policy Options. AMBIO. 33(1). 88–88. 24 indexed citations
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DeVantier, Lyndon, Angel C. Alcala, & Clive Wilkinson. (2004). The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea: Environmental and Socioeconomic Status, Future Prognosis and Ameliorative Policy Options. AMBIO. 33(1). 88–97. 23 indexed citations
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Pilcher, Nicolas J. & Lyndon DeVantier. (2000). THE STATUS OF CORAL REEFS IN YEMEN - 2000. 1 indexed citations
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DeVantier, Lyndon, Emre Turak, Terence Done, & Johnston Davidson. (1997). The effects of Cyclone Sadie on coral communities of nearshore reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef. 9 indexed citations
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DeVantier, Lyndon, et al.. (1985). Assessment protocol. Studies in the assessment of coral reef ecosystems. 5 indexed citations

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