Rob Rowan

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Rob Rowan is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Rowan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Oceanography and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rob Rowan's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (6 papers). Rob Rowan is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (6 papers). Rob Rowan collaborates with scholars based in Guam, United States and Panama. Rob Rowan's co-authors include Nancy Knowlton, Dennis A. Powers, Javier Jara, Andrew C. Baker, Powers Da, Wesley Toller, Louisette Zaninetti, Xavier Pochon, Jan Pawłowski and Spencer M. Whitney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rob Rowan

16 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Landscape ecology of algal symbionts creates variation in episodes of coral bleaching

1997 586 citations Rob Rowan, Nancy Knowlton et al. Nature profile →
Thermal adaptation in reef coral symbionts

2004 519 citations Rob Rowan Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rob Rowan Guam	16	3.2k	2.5k	825	450	297	16	3.6k
Michio Hidaka Japan	28	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	596 0.7×	183 0.4×	298 1.0×	83	2.5k
Daniel J. Thornhill United States	27	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	709 0.9×	282 0.6×	153 0.5×	39	2.7k
Mary Alice Coffroth United States	37	3.9k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	652 1.4×	493 1.7×	69	4.4k
Paola Furla France	25	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	595 0.7×	201 0.4×	371 1.2×	51	2.2k
Thomas A. Oliver United States	21	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	231 0.5×	248 0.8×	44	3.0k
Paul W. Gabrielson United States	27	2.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	476 0.6×	204 0.5×	153 0.5×	96	3.0k
Daniel J. Barshis United States	25	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	337 0.7×	438 1.5×	43	3.5k
Mauricio Rodríguez‐Lanetty United States	27	2.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	470 0.6×	231 0.5×	458 1.5×	50	2.4k
William Leggat Australia	35	4.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	704 1.6×	724 2.4×	87	5.1k
Eugenia M. Sampayo Australia	25	2.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	903 1.1×	173 0.4×	222 0.7×	39	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Rob Rowan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Rowan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Rowan

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

All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

Gaither, Michelle R. & Rob Rowan. (2010). Zooxanthellar symbiosis in planula larvae of the coral Pocillopora damicornis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 386(1-2). 45–53. 30 indexed citations

Rowan, Rob. (2004). Thermal adaptation in reef coral symbionts. Nature. 430(7001). 742–742. 519 indexed citations breakdown →

Rowan, Rob, et al.. (2002). Genetic evidence for a protozoan (phylum Apicomplexa) associated with corals of the Montastraea annularis species complex. Coral Reefs. 21(2). 143–146. 38 indexed citations

Pochon, Xavier, Jan Pawłowski, Louisette Zaninetti, & Rob Rowan. (2001). High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans. Marine Biology. 139(6). 1069–1078. 208 indexed citations

Toller, Wesley, Rob Rowan, & Nancy Knowlton. (2001). Repopulation of Zooxanthellae in the Caribbean Corals Montastraea annularis and M. faveolata following Experimental and Disease-Associated Bleaching. Biological Bulletin. 201(3). 360–373. 161 indexed citations

Toller, Wesley, Rob Rowan, & Nancy Knowlton. (2001). Zooxanthellae of theMontastraea annularisSpecies Complex: Patterns of Distribution of Four Taxa ofSymbiodiniumon Different Reefs and Across Depths. Biological Bulletin. 201(3). 348–359. 188 indexed citations

Rowan, Rob. (1998). REVIEW—DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF ZOOXANTHELLAE ON CORAL REEFS. Journal of Phycology. 34(3). 407–417. 256 indexed citations

Rowan, Rob, Nancy Knowlton, Andrew C. Baker, & Javier Jara. (1997). Landscape ecology of algal symbionts creates variation in episodes of coral bleaching. Nature. 388(6639). 265–269. 586 indexed citations breakdown →

Knowlton, Nancy, Juan L. Maté, Héctor M. Guzmán, Rob Rowan, & Javier Jara. (1997). Direct evidence for reproductive isolation among the three species of the Montastraea annularis complex in Central America (Panamá and Honduras). Marine Biology. 127(4). 705–711. 148 indexed citations

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Rowan, Rob, et al.. (1996). Rubisco in marine symbiotic dinoflagellates: form II enzymes in eukaryotic oxygenic phototrophs encoded by a nuclear multigene family.. The Plant Cell. 8(3). 539–553. 164 indexed citations

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Rowan, Rob, et al.. (1996). Rubisco in Marine Symbiotic Dinoflagellates: Form II Enzymes in Eukaryotic Oxygenic Phototrophs Encoded by a Nuclear Multigene Family. The Plant Cell. 8(3). 539–539. 33 indexed citations

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Rowan, Rob & Nancy Knowlton. (1995). Intraspecific diversity and ecological zonation in coral-algal symbiosis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(7). 2850–2853. 411 indexed citations

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Rowan, Rob & Dennis A. Powers. (1992). Ribosomal RNA sequences and the diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae).. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(8). 3639–3643. 177 indexed citations

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Rowan, Rob & Dennis A. Powers. (1991). A Molecular Genetic Classification of Zooxanthellae and the Evolution of Animal-Algal Symbioses. Science. 251(4999). 1348–1351. 346 indexed citations

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Rowan, Rob & Powers Da. (1991). Molecular genetic identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 71. 65–73. 259 indexed citations

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Rowan, Rob. (1991). MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF SYMBIOTIC ALGAE. Journal of Phycology. 27(6). 661–666. 28 indexed citations

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