Mark E. Torchin

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Mark E. Torchin is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark E. Torchin has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 19 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Mark E. Torchin's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (39 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (16 papers). Mark E. Torchin is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (39 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (16 papers). Mark E. Torchin collaborates with scholars based in Panama, United States and Canada. Mark E. Torchin's co-authors include Armand M. Kuris, Kevin D. Lafferty, Andrew P. Dobson, Charles E. Mitchell, Valerie J. McKenzie, Gregory M. Ruiz, Ryan F. Hechinger, Osamu Miura, K. D. Lafferty and Amy L. Freestone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mark E. Torchin

81 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Introduced species and their missing parasites

2003 1.1k citations Mark E. Torchin, Armand M. Kuris et al. profile →
Biotic interactions and plant invasions

2006 624 citations Mark E. Torchin et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark E. Torchin Panama	31	3.7k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	814	83	5.5k
Nicholas J. Aebischer United Kingdom	39	6.0k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	2.2k 1.9×	568 0.7×	127	7.4k
Jaimie T. A. Dick United Kingdom	40	3.5k 1.0×	879 0.7×	966 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	690 0.8×	105	5.0k
Walter R. Hoeh United States	32	3.4k 0.9×	948 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	595 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	59	5.6k
David Mouillot France	42	3.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.8×	1.7k 1.5×	3.0k 2.7×	725 0.9×	82	6.8k
Giuseppe Nascetti Italy	46	5.2k 1.4×	3.1k 2.6×	755 0.6×	926 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	183	6.9k
Philippe Jarne France	47	3.9k 1.1×	701 0.6×	2.7k 2.2×	1.8k 1.6×	4.4k 5.4×	157	8.8k
Patrice David France	50	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	2.9k 2.4×	1.4k 1.2×	4.0k 4.9×	171	8.4k
Philip J. Seddon New Zealand	37	4.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	1.0k 1.3×	185	6.3k
Markus Pfenninger Germany	42	3.6k 1.0×	797 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	2.3k 2.8×	142	7.1k
Rodolphe E. Gozlan France	37	3.8k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	607 0.5×	3.5k 3.1×	602 0.7×	147	6.8k

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All Works

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Torchin, Mark E., et al.. (2024). Biogeographic and seasonal differences in consumer pressure underlie strong predation in the tropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2026). 20240868–20240868. 1 indexed citations

Davidson, Timothy M., Mark E. Torchin, & Celia M. Smith. (2023). Introduced mangroves exhibit less leaf damage and greater performance than native mangroves. Biological Invasions. 25(11). 3503–3515. 3 indexed citations

Castellanos‐Galindo, Gustavo A., et al.. (2023). Environmental DNA (eDNA) reveals potential for interoceanic fish invasions across the Panama Canal. Ecology and Evolution. 13(1). e9675–e9675. 12 indexed citations

Sharpe, Diana M. T., et al.. (2023). Biological invasions alter the structure of a tropical freshwater food web. Ecology. 104(12). e4173–e4173. 7 indexed citations

Freestone, Amy L., Mark E. Torchin, Laura J. Jurgens, et al.. (2021). Stronger predation intensity and impact on prey communities in the tropics. Ecology. 102(8). e03428–e03428. 41 indexed citations

Davidson, Timothy M., Celia M. Smith, & Mark E. Torchin. (2021). Introduced mangroves escape damage from marine and terrestrial enemies. Ecology. 103(3). e3604–e3604. 6 indexed citations

Fowler, Amy E., April M. H. Blakeslee, John A. Darling, et al.. (2021). Invasion history shapes host transcriptomic response to a body‐snatching parasite. Molecular Ecology. 30(17). 4321–4337. 2 indexed citations

Torchin, Mark E., Amy L. Freestone, Linda McCann, et al.. (2021). Asymmetry of marine invasions across tropical oceans. Ecology. 102(8). e03434–e03434. 14 indexed citations

Torchin, Mark E., et al.. (2020). Social trematode parasites increase standing army size in areas of greater invasion threat. Biology Letters. 16(2). 20190765–20190765. 6 indexed citations

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Cheng, Brian S., Andrew H. Altieri, Mark E. Torchin, & Gregory M. Ruiz. (2019). Can marine reserves restore lost ecosystem functioning? A global synthesis. Ecology. 100(4). e02617–e02617. 25 indexed citations

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Freestone, Amy L., et al.. (2019). Predation shapes invertebrate diversity in tropical but not temperate seagrass communities. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(2). 323–333. 22 indexed citations

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León, Luis F. De, et al.. (2019). 100‐year time series reveal little morphological change following impoundment and predator invasion in two Neotropical characids. Evolutionary Applications. 12(7). 1385–1401. 12 indexed citations

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Kelehear, Crystal, Kristin Saltonstall, & Mark E. Torchin. (2019). Negative effects of parasitic lung nematodes on the fitness of a Neotropical toad (Rhinella horribilis). Parasitology. 146(7). 928–936. 8 indexed citations

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Davidson, Timothy M., Andrew H. Altieri, Gregory M. Ruiz, & Mark E. Torchin. (2018). Bioerosion in a changing world: a conceptual framework. Ecology Letters. 21(3). 422–438. 48 indexed citations

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Cheng, Brian S., Gregory M. Ruiz, Andrew H. Altieri, & Mark E. Torchin. (2018). The biogeography of invasion in tropical and temperate seagrass beds: Testing interactive effects of predation and propagule pressure. Diversity and Distributions. 25(2). 285–297. 17 indexed citations

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Jurgens, Laura J., Amy L. Freestone, Gregory M. Ruiz, & Mark E. Torchin. (2017). Prior predation alters community resistance to an extreme climate disturbance. Ecosphere. 8(10). 10 indexed citations

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Davidson, Timothy M., Gregory M. Ruiz, & Mark E. Torchin. (2016). Boring crustaceans shape the land–sea interface in brackish Caribbean mangroves. Ecosphere. 7(8). 5 indexed citations

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Ruiz, Gregory M., et al.. (2015). Regional Variation in Parasite Species Richness and Abundance in the Introduced Range of the Invasive Lionfish, Pterois volitans. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0131075–e0131075. 35 indexed citations

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Miura, Osamu, Armand M. Kuris, Mark E. Torchin, Ryan F. Hechinger, & Satoshi Chiba. (2006). Parasites alter host phenotype and may create a new ecological niche for snail hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 273(1592). 1323–1328. 100 indexed citations

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Miura, Osamu, Mark E. Torchin, Armand M. Kuris, Ryan F. Hechinger, & Satoshi Chiba. (2006). Introduced cryptic species of parasites exhibit different invasion pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(52). 19818–19823. 96 indexed citations

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