Mads S. Thomsen

14.9k citations

122 papers · 9.6k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 48

Oceanography top 0.05%
- Marine and coastal plant biology 92
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 71
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses 9
Ecology top 0.1%
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics 39
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 38
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies 18
- Marine and fisheries research 16
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species 9
Ecological Modeling top 2%
Aquatic Science top 1%

Co-authors: Thomas Wernberg Dan A. Smale Fernando Tuya Michael T. Burrows Pippa J. Moore Alex Sen Gupta Alistair J. Hobday Karen J. McGlathery
Cited by: Oceanography Ecology Global and Planetary Change
Journals: Nature (1 paper)Science (1 paper)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 paper)
Partner nations: Australia New Zealand Denmark

In The Last Decade

Mads S. Thomsen

120 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

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.

2025 Coastal wetland resilience through local, regional and global conservation
2024 Nature Communications
2023 Annual Review of Marine Science
2022 Annual Review of Marine Science
2021 Science
2020 Scientific Reports
2019 Nature Climate Change
2019 Frontiers in Marine Science
2019 Frontiers in Marine Science
2018 Oceanography
2012 Nature Climate Change

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1	Coastal wetland resilience through local, regional and global conservationbreakdown → Qiang He,Zu’ang Li,Pedro Daleo,Jonathan S. Lefcheck,Mads S. Thomsen,Janine B. Adams,Tjeerd J. Bouma	2025	26
2	Ocean extremes as a stress test for marine ecosystems and society Nature Climate Change ·Kathryn E. Smith,Alex Sen Gupta,Michael T. Burrows,Karen Filbee‐Dexter,Alistair J. Hobday,Neil J. Holbrook,Neil Malan,Pippa J. Moore,Eric C. J. Oliver,Mads S. Thomsen,Thomas Wernberg,Zijie Zhao,Dan A. Smale	2025	7
3	Marine heatwaves as hot spots of climate change and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services Plymouth Marine Science Electronic Archive (The Marine Biological Association (MBA), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS).) ·Thomas Wernberg,Mads S. Thomsen,Michael T. Burrows,Karen Filbee‐Dexter,Alistair J. Hobday,Neil J. Holbrook,Shinae Montie,Pippa J. Moore,Eric C. J. Oliver,Alex Sen Gupta,Dan A. Smale,Kathryn E. Smith	2025	6
4	Optimizing ecosystem restoration with facilitation cascades BioScience ·Y. Stacy Zhang,Andrew H. Altieri,Christine Angelini,Lindsay F Curl,Joseph P. Morton,Savannah T. Paliotti,Mads S. Thomsen,Trevyn A. Toone	2025	0
5	Fabulous but Forgotten Fucoid Forests Ecology and Evolution ·Mads S. Thomsen,Peter A. Stæhr,Paul M. South	2024	6
6	Baseline matters: Challenges and implications of different marine heatwave baselines Progress In Oceanography ·Kathryn E. Smith,Alex Sen Gupta,Dillon J. Amaya,Jessica A. Benthuysen,Michael T. Burrows,Antonietta Capotondi,Karen Filbee‐Dexter,Thomas L. Frölicher,Alistair J. Hobday,Neil J. Holbrook,Neil Malan,Pippa J. Moore,Eric C. J. Oliver,Benjamin Richaud,Julio Salcedo‐Castro,Dan A. Smale,Mads S. Thomsen,Thomas Wernberg	2024	19
7	Global impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal foundation speciesbreakdown → Nature Communications ·Kathryn E. Smith,M. Aubin,Michael T. Burrows,Karen Filbee‐Dexter,Alistair J. Hobday,Neil J. Holbrook,Nathan G. King,Pippa J. Moore,Alex Sen Gupta,Mads S. Thomsen,Thomas Wernberg,Edward R. Wilson,Dan A. Smale	2024	43
8	Long‐term community shifts driven by local extinction of an iconic foundation species following an extreme marine heatwave Ecology and Evolution ·Shinae Montie,Mads S. Thomsen	2023	15
9	Seasonal trends in marine heatwaves highlight vulnerable coastal ecoregions and historic change points in New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Shinae Montie,François Thoral,Robert O. Smith,Felix Cook,Leigh W. Tait,Matthew H. Pinkerton,David R. Schiel,Mads S. Thomsen	2023	12
10	Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunitiesbreakdown → Science ·Kathryn E. Smith,Michael T. Burrows,Alistair J. Hobday,Alex Sen Gupta,Pippa J. Moore,Mads S. Thomsen,Thomas Wernberg,Dan A. Smale	2021	261
11	An invasive species erodes the performance of coastal wetland protected areas Science Advances ·Junlin Ren,Jianshe Chen,Changlin Xu,Johan van de Koppel,Mads S. Thomsen,Shiyun Qiu,Fangyan Cheng,Wanjuan Song,Quan‐Xing Liu,Chi Xu,Junhong Bai,Yihui Zhang,Baoshan Cui,Mark D. Bertness,Brian R. Silliman,Bo Li,Qiang He	2021	75
12	Extreme summer marine heatwaves increase chlorophyll a in the Southern Ocean Antarctic Science ·Shinae Montie,Mads S. Thomsen,Wolfgang Rack,Paul A. Broady	2020	37
13	Earthquake-driven destruction of an intertidal habitat cascade Aquatic Botany ·Mads S. Thomsen,Isis Metcalfe,Alfonso Siciliano,Paul M. South,Shawn Gerrity,Tommaso Alestra,David R. Schiel	2020	12
14	Effects of local anthropogenic stressors on a habitat cascade in an estuarine seagrass system Marine and Freshwater Research ·Alfonso Siciliano,David R. Schiel,Mads S. Thomsen	2019	9
15	Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem servicesbreakdown → Nature Climate Change ·Dan A. Smale,Thomas Wernberg,Eric C. J. Oliver,Mads S. Thomsen,Ben P. Harvey,Sandra C. Straub,Michael T. Burrows,Lisa V. Alexander,Jessica A. Benthuysen,Markus G. Donat,Ming Feng,Alistair J. Hobday,Neil J. Holbrook,Sarah Perkins‐Kirkpatrick,Hillary A. Scannell,Alex Sen Gupta,Benjamin Payne,Pippa J. Moore	2019	1150
16	Categorizing and Naming Marine Heatwavesbreakdown → Oceanography ·(unknown),Alistair J. Hobday,Eric C. J. Oliver,Alex Sen Gupta,Jessica A. Benthuysen,Michael T. Burrows,Markus G. Donat,Neil J. Holbrook,Pippa J. Moore,Mads S. Thomsen,Thomas Wernberg,Dan A. Smale	2018	520
17	An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Aaron P. Ramus,Brian R. Silliman,Mads S. Thomsen,Zachary T. Long	2017	96
18	Wounded kelps: patterns and susceptibility to breakage Aquatic Biology ·Thibaut de Bettignies,Mads S. Thomsen,Thomas Wernberg	2012	31
19	Drift algae, an invasive snail and elevated temperature reduce ecological performance of a warm-temperate seagrass, through additive effects Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Hannes Höffle,Thomas Wernberg,Mads S. Thomsen,Marianne Holmer	2011	18
20	Decreasing resilience of kelp beds along a latitudinal temperature gradient: potential implications for a warmer future Ecology Letters ·Thomas Wernberg,Mads S. Thomsen,Fernando Tuya,Gary A. Kendrick,Peter A. Stæhr,Benjamin D. Toohey	2010	279

About Mads S. Thomsen

Mads S. Thomsen is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 122 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal plant biology (92 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (71 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (39 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (38 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (18 papers), Marine and fisheries research (16 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (9 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (7.2k citations), Ecology (5.5k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (4.2k citations). Mads S. Thomsen has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Thomas Wernberg, Dan A. Smale, Fernando Tuya, Michael T. Burrows, Pippa J. Moore, Alex Sen Gupta, Alistair J. Hobday, Karen J. McGlathery, Brian R. Silliman and Neil J. Holbrook. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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