Ronald Osinga

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Ronald Osinga is a scholar working on Ecology, Biotechnology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Osinga has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Biotechnology and 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ronald Osinga's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (45 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (32 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (23 papers). Ronald Osinga is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (45 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (32 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (23 papers). Ronald Osinga collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Ronald Osinga's co-authors include René H. Wijffels, J. Tramper, Jasper M. de Goeij, Detmer Sipkema, Anton F.P.M. de Goeij, Jack J. Middelburg, Dick van Oevelen, Mark J. A. Vermeij, Wilfried Admiraal and Tim Wijgerde and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Osinga

78 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.

Surviving in a Marine Desert: The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs

2013 583 citations Jasper M. de Goeij, Dick van Oevelen et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald Osinga Netherlands	31	1.7k	1.7k	888	876	643	82	3.3k
Thierry Pérez France	29	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	812 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	542 0.8×	89	3.2k
Mikel A. Becerro Spain	33	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	484 0.8×	78	3.5k
Marc Slattery United States	39	1.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.8×	1.5k 1.7×	444 0.7×	116	5.0k
Hans Tore Rapp Norway	29	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	811 0.9×	731 0.8×	454 0.7×	94	2.8k
Jasper M. de Goeij Netherlands	24	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	472 0.5×	584 0.7×	310 0.5×	42	2.1k
Susanna López‐Legentil United States	32	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	521 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	470 0.7×	86	2.7k
María Jesús Uriz Spain	27	1.5k 0.9×	936 0.6×	316 0.4×	484 0.6×	392 0.6×	73	2.1k
María Jesús Uriz Spain	25	1.2k 0.7×	751 0.5×	338 0.4×	456 0.5×	288 0.4×	60	1.8k
Christopher N. Battershill New Zealand	25	1.2k 0.7×	658 0.4×	260 0.3×	339 0.4×	650 1.0×	55	2.0k
Conxita Àvila Spain	31	990 0.6×	870 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	614 0.7×	490 0.8×	159	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald Osinga

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nietzer, Samuel, et al.. (2025). Cycloprodigiosin: A multispecies settlement cue for scleractinian coral larvae. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 27075–27075.

Osinga, Ronald, et al.. (2025). Stakeholder engagement as local marine stewardship action for coral reef restoration in Shimoni, Kenya. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 29(6).

Murk, Albertinka J., et al.. (2023). Community-managed coral reef restoration in southern Kenya initiates reef recovery using various artificial reef designs. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 16 indexed citations

Murk, Albertinka J., et al.. (2023). Biomass of key grazing fishes is an important determinant of coral growth and fouling control in coral nurseries. Restoration Ecology. 31(8). 5 indexed citations

Wijgerde, Tim, et al.. (2021). Design for large-scale maricultures of the Mediterranean demosponge Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847 for collagen production. Aquaculture. 548. 737702–737702. 10 indexed citations

Osinga, Ronald, et al.. (2021). Artificial reefs in the Caribbean: A need for comprehensive monitoring and integration into marine management plans. Ocean & Coastal Management. 209. 105672–105672. 26 indexed citations

Silva, Tiago H., et al.. (2020). The Effect of Depth on the Morphology, Bacterial Clearance, and Respiration of the Mediterranean Sponge Chondrosia reniformis (Nardo, 1847). Marine Drugs. 18(7). 358–358. 24 indexed citations

Wijgerde, Tim, Reindert Nijland, Luna M. van der Loos, et al.. (2020). Adding insult to injury: Effects of chronic oxybenzone exposure and elevated temperature on two reef-building corals. The Science of The Total Environment. 733. 139030–139030. 53 indexed citations

Achlatis, Michelle, Ronald Osinga, Harm G. van der Geest, et al.. (2015). Cell kinetics during regeneration in the sponge Halisarca caerulea : how local is the response to tissue damage?. PeerJ. 3. e820–e820. 45 indexed citations

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Wijgerde, Tim, et al.. (2014). Red Light Represses the Photophysiology of the Scleractinian Coral Stylophora pistillata. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92781–e92781. 43 indexed citations

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Goeij, Jasper M. de, Dick van Oevelen, Mark J. A. Vermeij, et al.. (2013). Surviving in a Marine Desert: The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs. Science. 342(6154). 108–110. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Osinga, Ronald, et al.. (2012). Measuring Photosynthesis in Symbiotic Invertebrates: A Review of Methodologies, Rates and Processes. InTech eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Schippers, Klaske J., Detmer Sipkema, Ronald Osinga, et al.. (2012). Cultivation of Sponges, Sponge Cells and Symbionts. Advances in marine biology. 62. 273–337. 63 indexed citations

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Janse, Max, et al.. (2011). Light intensity, photoperiod duration, daily light flux and coral growth ofGalaxea fascicularisin an aquarium setting: a matter of photons?. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 92(4). 703–712. 24 indexed citations

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Sipkema, Detmer, Ronald Osinga, Wolfgang Schatton, et al.. (2005). Large‐scale production of pharmaceuticals by marine sponges: Sea, cell, or synthesis?. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 90(2). 201–222. 118 indexed citations

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Tramper, J., Chris Battershill, W.A. Brandenburg, et al.. (2003). What to do in marine biotechnology?. Biomolecular Engineering. 20(4-6). 467–471. 25 indexed citations

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Kotterman, Michiel, et al.. (2003). Preliminary study on the occurrence of brominated organic compounds in Dutch marine organisms. Biomolecular Engineering. 20(4-6). 425–427. 9 indexed citations

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Osinga, Ronald, et al.. (2000). Measurements of sponge growth by projected body area and underwater weight. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 44. 419–426. 11 indexed citations

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Osinga, Ronald. (1999). Marine bioprocess engineering : proceedings of an international symposium organized under auspices of the Working Party on Applied Biocatalysis of the Eurpean [i.e. European] Federation of Biotechnology and The European Society for Marine Biotechnology, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, November 8-11, 1998. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Osinga, Ronald, J. Tramper, & René H. Wijffels. (1998). Cultivation of marine sponges for metabolite production.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1 indexed citations

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