Michael A. Rex

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Rex is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Rex has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Oceanography, 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Rex's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (35 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (19 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (14 papers). Michael A. Rex is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (35 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (19 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (14 papers). Michael A. Rex collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Michael A. Rex's co-authors include Ron J. Etter, Carol T. Stuart, Craig R. McClain, Robert R. Hessler, John A. Allen, J. John Sepkoski, Michael R. Chase, Craig R. Smith, Joseph M. Quattro and Nicholas A. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Rex

44 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Environmental Influences on Regional Deep-Sea Species Diversity

2001 578 citations Lisa A. Levin, Ron J. Etter et al. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Rex United States	29	2.7k	2.1k	1.4k	327	316	47	3.5k
Ron J. Etter United States	30	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	198 0.6×	257 0.8×	49	3.3k
J. A. Lindley United Kingdom	29	2.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	2.8k 2.0×	199 0.6×	757 2.4×	76	4.3k
Marco Abbiati Italy	34	2.0k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	72 0.2×	305 1.0×	114	3.4k
Fernando P. Lima Portugal	30	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	197 0.6×	363 1.1×	65	3.2k
P. S. Meadows United Kingdom	25	1.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	568 0.4×	181 0.6×	224 0.7×	63	2.3k
Alastair Brown South Africa	21	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	905 0.6×	86 0.3×	279 0.9×	142	2.4k
Simonepietro Canese Italy	35	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	144 0.4×	428 1.4×	122	3.4k
Kari E. Ellingsen Norway	22	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	815 0.6×	281 0.9×	390 1.2×	36	2.1k
David G. Foley United States	29	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	459 1.4×	620 2.0×	43	3.5k
Matthew J. Oliver United States	28	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	710 0.5×	328 1.0×	291 0.9×	89	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael A. Rex

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20 of 20 papers shown

Samsun, Remzi Can, Michael A. Rex, Detlef Stolten, & Laurent Antoni. (2021). Deployment Status of Fuel Cells in Road Transport: 2021 Update. 9 indexed citations

Stuart, Carol T., Solange Brault, Gilbert T. Rowe, et al.. (2016). Nestedness and species replacement along bathymetric gradients in the deep sea reflect productivity: a test with polychaete assemblages in the oligotrophic north‐west Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Biogeography. 44(3). 548–555. 24 indexed citations

Brault, Solange, et al.. (2013). Contrasting patterns of α- and β-diversity in deep-sea bivalves of the eastern and western North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 92. 157–164. 31 indexed citations

McClain, Craig R., Andrew P. Allen, Derek P. Tittensor, & Michael A. Rex. (2012). Energetics of life on the deep seafloor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(38). 15366–15371. 120 indexed citations

Johnson, Nicholas A., J. W. Campbell, Timothy S. Moore, et al.. (2007). The relationship between the standing stock of deep-sea macrobenthos and surface production in the western North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 54(8). 1350–1360. 73 indexed citations

Etter, Ron J., et al.. (2006). Bathymetric and geographic population structure in the pan‐Atlantic deep‐sea bivalve Deminucula atacellana (Schenck, 1939). Molecular Ecology. 15(3). 639–651. 108 indexed citations

Rex, Michael A., Craig R. McClain, Nicholas A. Johnson, et al.. (2005). A Source‐Sink Hypothesis for Abyssal Biodiversity. The American Naturalist. 165(2). 163–178. 205 indexed citations

McClain, Craig R., Nicholas A. Johnson, & Michael A. Rex. (2004). MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY AS A BIODIVERSITY METRIC IN LOWER BATHYALAND ABYSSAL GASTROPOD ASSEMBLAGES. Evolution. 58(2). 338–348. 52 indexed citations

McClain, Craig R., et al.. (2001). MOCNESS estimates of the size and abundance of a pelagic gonostomatid fish Cyclothone pallida off the Bahamas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 81(5). 869–871. 8 indexed citations

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Levin, Lisa A., Ron J. Etter, Michael A. Rex, et al.. (2001). Environmental Influences on Regional Deep-Sea Species Diversity. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 32(1). 51–93. 578 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rex, Michael A., et al.. (1999). BATHYMETRIC PATTERNS OF BODY SIZE IN DEEP‐SEA GASTROPODS. Evolution. 53(4). 1298–1301. 39 indexed citations

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Rex, Michael A. & Ron J. Etter. (1998). Bathymetric patterns of body size: implications for deep-sea biodiversity. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 45(1-3). 103–127. 92 indexed citations

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Rex, Michael A.. (1997). An oblique slant on deep-sea biodiversity. Nature. 385(6617). 577–578. 12 indexed citations

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Rex, Michael A., et al.. (1996). Correlations between current methods for determining reactivity of chalks and soft limestones, crystalline limestones, crystalline magnesian limestones, and crystalline dolomites for agricultural purposes. 10(4). 385–396. 1 indexed citations

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Rex, Michael A. & Ron J. Etter. (1990). Geographic variation in two deep-sea gastropods, Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys) and Benthomangelia antonia (Dall). Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 37(8). 1229–1249. 13 indexed citations

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Killingley, John S. & Michael A. Rex. (1985). Mode of larval development in some deep-sea gastropods indicated by oxygen-18 values of their carbonate shells. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 32(7). 809–818. 27 indexed citations

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Rex, Michael A.. (1981). Community Structure in the Deep-Sea Benthos. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 12(1). 331–353. 340 indexed citations

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Sepkoski, J. John & Michael A. Rex. (1974). Distribution of Freshwater Mussels: Coastal Rivers as Biogeographic Islands. Systematic Zoology. 23(2). 165–165. 61 indexed citations

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Sepkoski, J. John & Michael A. Rex. (1974). Distribution of Freshwater Mussels: Coastal Rivers as Biogeographic Islands. Systematic Biology. 23(2). 165–188. 93 indexed citations

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Rex, Michael A.. (1972). The relationship of island area and isolation to color polymorphism in Liguus fasciatus (Pulmonata, Bulimulidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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