Michael T. Burrows

36.2k total citations · 22 hit papers
205 papers, 23.9k citations indexed

About

Michael T. Burrows is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael T. Burrows has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 23.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Oceanography, 96 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 86 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael T. Burrows's work include Marine and fisheries research (70 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (65 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (61 papers). Michael T. Burrows is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (70 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (65 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (61 papers). Michael T. Burrows collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Michael T. Burrows's co-authors include Pippa J. Moore, Roger M. Needham, Martı́n Abadi, D. J. Wheeler, Dan A. Smale, Thomas Wernberg, Alex Sen Gupta, Alistair J. Hobday, Stephen J. Hawkins and Elvira S. Poloczanska and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael T. Burrows

202 papers receiving 22.8k citations

Hit Papers

Global imprint of climate... 1990 2026 2002 2014 2013 1990 2016 2018 1994 500 1000 1.5k
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. Global imprint of climate change on marine life
    2013 1.6k citations Elvira S. Poloczanska, Christopher J. Brown et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  2. A logic of authentication
    1990 1.6k citations Michael T. Burrows et al. profile →
  3. A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves
    2016 1.4k citations Alistair J. Hobday, Lisa V. Alexander et al. Progress In Oceanography profile →
  4. Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century
    2018 1.4k citations Eric C. J. Oliver, Markus G. Donat et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. A Block-sorting Lossless Data Compression Algorithm
    1994 1.4k citations Michael T. Burrows et al. profile →
  6. Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services
    2019 1.1k citations Dan A. Smale, Thomas Wernberg et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  7. Eraser
    1997 1.1k citations Michael T. Burrows et al. profile →
  8. The Pace of Shifting Climate in Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
    2011 987 citations Michael T. Burrows, David S. Schoeman et al. Science profile →
  9. Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans
    2016 678 citations Elvira S. Poloczanska, Michael T. Burrows et al. profile →
  10. Categorizing and Naming Marine Heatwaves
    2018 520 citations Alistair J. Hobday, Eric C. J. Oliver et al. profile →
  11. A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers
    2019 511 citations Neil J. Holbrook, Hillary A. Scannell et al. Nature Communications profile →
  12. Autonet: a high-speed, self-configuring local area network using point-to-point links
    1991 491 citations Michael T. Burrows et al. profile →
  13. Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity
    2015 456 citations Jorge García Molinos, Benjamin S. Halpern et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  14. Projected Marine Heatwaves in the 21st Century and the Potential for Ecological Impact
    2019 444 citations Eric C. J. Oliver, Michael T. Burrows et al. profile →
  15. Threats and knowledge gaps for ecosystem services provided by kelp forests: a northeast Atlantic perspective
    2013 391 citations Dan A. Smale, Michael T. Burrows et al. Ecology and Evolution profile →
  16. Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves
    2022 314 citations Kathryn E. Smith, Michael T. Burrows et al. profile →
  17. Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events
    2020 299 citations Alex Sen Gupta, Mads S. Thomsen et al. profile →
  18. Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities
    2021 261 citations Kathryn E. Smith, Michael T. Burrows et al. Science profile →
  19. Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts
    2023 237 citations Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Robert J. Scholes et al. Science profile →
  20. Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests
    2022 133 citations Carlos M. Duarte, Jean‐Pierre Gattuso et al. profile →
  21. Global seaweed productivity
    2022 117 citations Albert Pessarrodona, Jorge Assis et al. Science Advances profile →
  22. Global impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal foundation species
    2024 43 citations Kathryn E. Smith, M. Aubin et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael T. Burrows 9.6k 9.2k 9.0k 4.5k 3.5k 205 23.9k
Kun Tan 210 0.0× 2.5k 0.3× 3.6k 0.4× 3.2k 0.7× 977 0.3× 267 13.0k
Yongguang Zhang 153 0.0× 5.1k 0.6× 6.2k 0.7× 5.8k 1.3× 612 0.2× 220 15.0k
Andrew Martin 137 0.0× 1.5k 0.2× 1.1k 0.1× 695 0.2× 656 0.2× 221 8.2k
Ken Thompson 96 0.0× 1.4k 0.2× 1.2k 0.1× 991 0.2× 756 0.2× 54 6.5k
George A. F. Seber 351 0.0× 5.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.2× 214 0.0× 959 0.3× 92 14.1k
Bryan F. J. Manly 1.3k 0.1× 9.2k 1.0× 3.3k 0.4× 80 0.0× 445 0.1× 183 18.9k
Ricard V. Solé 247 0.0× 2.3k 0.3× 2.3k 0.3× 1.0k 0.2× 1.3k 0.4× 303 15.1k
Thomas Kunz 71 0.0× 9.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.2× 2.3k 0.5× 356 0.1× 561 21.7k
Giles M. Foody 524 0.1× 15.0k 1.6× 11.5k 1.3× 102 0.0× 2.1k 0.6× 310 27.9k
David Lusseau 1.4k 0.1× 6.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.2× 318 0.1× 624 0.2× 168 10.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael T. Burrows

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael T. Burrows

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wernberg, Thomas, Mads S. Thomsen, Michael T. Burrows, et al.. (2025). 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).). 1(7). 461–479. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Kathryn E., Alex Sen Gupta, Michael T. Burrows, et al.. (2025). Ocean extremes as a stress test for marine ecosystems and society. Nature Climate Change. 15(3). 231–235. 7 indexed citations
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Smale, Dan A., Nathan G. King, Albert Pessarrodona, Michael T. Burrows, & Pippa J. Moore. (2025). Intra‐ and Inter‐Decadal Scale Variability in Kelp Population Structure Reveal Both Stability and Decline in a Critical Foundation Species. Diversity and Distributions. 31(6).
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Thyrring, Jakob, Philippe Archambault, Michael T. Burrows, et al.. (2025). A horizon scan for Arctic coastal biodiversity research: understanding changes requires international collaboration. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(5). 460–467. 1 indexed citations
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Cordeiro, César A. M. M., Luis Giménez, Áurea Maria Ciotti, et al.. (2024). Environmental factors have stronger effects than biotic processes in patterns of intertidal populations along the southeast coast of Brazil. Marine Environmental Research. 200. 106646–106646. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Kathryn E., Alex Sen Gupta, Dillon J. Amaya, et al.. (2024). Baseline matters: Challenges and implications of different marine heatwave baselines. Progress In Oceanography. 231. 103404–103404. 19 indexed citations
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Smith, Kathryn E., M. Aubin, Michael T. Burrows, et al.. (2024). Global impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal foundation species. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5052–5052. 43 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pörtner, Hans‐Otto, Robert J. Scholes, Almut Arneth, et al.. (2023). Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts. Science. 380(6642). eabl4881–eabl4881. 237 indexed citations breakdown →
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Curd, Amélia, Mathieu Chevalier, Aurélien Boyé, et al.. (2022). Applying landscape metrics to species distribution model predictions to characterize internal range structure and associated changes. Global Change Biology. 29(3). 631–647. 16 indexed citations
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Pessarrodona, Albert, Jorge Assis, Karen Filbee‐Dexter, et al.. (2022). Global seaweed productivity. Science Advances. 8(37). eabn2465–eabn2465. 117 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Kathryn E., Michael T. Burrows, Alistair J. Hobday, et al.. (2021). Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities. Science. 374(6566). eabj3593–eabj3593. 261 indexed citations breakdown →
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King, Nathan G., Pippa J. Moore, Albert Pessarrodona, et al.. (2020). Ecological performance differs between range centre and trailing edge populations of a cold-water kelp: implications for estimating net primary productivity. Marine Biology. 167(9). 17 indexed citations
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Molinos, Jorge García, David S. Schoeman, Christopher J. Brown, & Michael T. Burrows. (2019). VoCC: An r package for calculating the velocity of climate change and related climatic metrics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(12). 2195–2202. 60 indexed citations
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Holbrook, Neil J., Hillary A. Scannell, Alex Sen Gupta, et al.. (2019). A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2624–2624. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burrows, Michael T., Amanda E. Bates, Mark J. Costello, et al.. (2019). Ocean community warming responses explained by thermal affinities and temperature gradients. Nature Climate Change. 9(12). 959–963. 161 indexed citations
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Oliver, Eric C. J., Markus G. Donat, Michael T. Burrows, et al.. (2018). Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1324–1324. 1427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hawkins, Stephen J., A. Evans, Louise B. Firth, et al.. (2016). Impacts and effects of ocean warming on intertidal rocky habitats.. Bournemouth University Research Online (Bournemouth University). 51 indexed citations
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Nordtug, Trond, et al.. (1994). Orientation and migration in the sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 74(3). 707–725. 1 indexed citations

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