Ryan McMinds

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ryan McMinds is a scholar working on Ecology, Immunology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan McMinds has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ryan McMinds's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (7 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (4 papers). Ryan McMinds is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (7 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (4 papers). Ryan McMinds collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Ryan McMinds's co-authors include Jesse Zaneveld, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Deron E. Burkepile, Andrew A. Shantz, Rebecca L. Vega Thurber, Stephanie Rosales, Jérôme P. Payet, Rory M. Welsh, David G. Bourne and Catharine E. Pritchard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Ryan McMinds

17 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Stress and stability: applying the Anna Karenina principle to animal microbiomes

2017 607 citations Jesse Zaneveld, Ryan McMinds et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
Overfishing and nutrient pollution interact with temperature to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales

2016 391 citations Jesse Zaneveld, Deron E. Burkepile et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan McMinds United States	13	1.5k	693	416	387	386	18	2.0k
Adrienne M. S. Correa United States	23	1.9k 1.2×	820 1.2×	427 1.0×	420 1.1×	248 0.6×	46	2.0k
Maren Ziegler Germany	30	2.4k 1.6×	1.5k 2.1×	591 1.4×	386 1.0×	516 1.3×	73	3.3k
Jérémie Vidal‐Dupiol France	21	879 0.6×	499 0.7×	538 1.3×	482 1.2×	152 0.4×	49	1.5k
Colleen A. Burge United States	16	726 0.5×	339 0.5×	514 1.2×	393 1.0×	104 0.3×	35	1.3k
Laurie J. Raymundo Guam	20	1.8k 1.2×	823 1.2×	733 1.8×	392 1.0×	76 0.2×	44	2.0k
Rebecca Vega Thurber United States	27	3.9k 2.6×	1.4k 2.0×	739 1.8×	929 2.4×	1.1k 2.8×	57	4.8k
Jérôme F. La Peyre United States	32	875 0.6×	544 0.8×	1.4k 3.4×	601 1.6×	297 0.8×	74	2.5k
Laura E. Petes United States	10	999 0.7×	557 0.8×	714 1.7×	205 0.5×	54 0.1×	13	1.5k
Brian Gratwicke United States	23	1.0k 0.7×	279 0.4×	1.2k 2.8×	111 0.3×	238 0.6×	58	2.1k
Susan E. Ford United States	36	2.0k 1.4×	838 1.2×	2.6k 6.2×	983 2.5×	295 0.8×	93	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ryan McMinds

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan McMinds

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18 of 18 papers shown

Epstein, Hannah E., Ryan McMinds, F. Joseph Pollock, et al.. (2025). Evidence for microbially-mediated tradeoffs between growth and defense throughout coral evolution. Animal Microbiome. 7(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

González‐Pech, Raúl A., Valerie J. Harwood, Arig Ibrahim‐Hashim, et al.. (2025). Incorporating microbiome analyses can enhance conservation of threatened species and ecosystem functions. The Science of The Total Environment. 970. 178826–178826.

Kozakiewicz, Christopher P., Rhett M. Rautsaw, Marc A. Beer, et al.. (2024). Intergenomic signatures of coevolution between Tasmanian devils and an infectious cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(12). e2307780121–e2307780121. 2 indexed citations

McMinds, Ryan, Rays H. Y. Jiang, Swamy R. Adapa, et al.. (2024). Bacterial sepsis triggers stronger transcriptomic immune responses in larger primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2025). 20240535–20240535. 2 indexed citations

Rosales, Stephanie, Lindsay K. Huebner, Abigail S. Clark, et al.. (2022). Bacterial Metabolic Potential and Micro-Eukaryotes Enriched in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Lesions. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 20 indexed citations

Cárdenas, Anny, Jin Ye, Maren Ziegler, et al.. (2020). Coral-Associated Viral Assemblages From the Central Red Sea Align With Host Species and Contribute to Holobiont Genetic Diversity. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 572534–572534. 19 indexed citations

Maher, Rebecca L., Sonora S. Meiling, Ryan McMinds, et al.. (2020). Coral Microbiomes Demonstrate Flexibility and Resilience Through a Reduction in Community Diversity Following a Thermal Stress Event. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 35 indexed citations

Maher, Rebecca L., Mallory M. Rice, Ryan McMinds, Deron E. Burkepile, & Rebecca Vega Thurber. (2019). Multiple stressors interact primarily through antagonism to drive changes in the coral microbiome. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6834–6834. 59 indexed citations

Klinges, J. Grace, Stephanie Rosales, Ryan McMinds, et al.. (2019). Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov. The ISME Journal. 13(12). 2938–2953. 61 indexed citations

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McDevitt‐Irwin, Jamie M., Melissa Garren, Ryan McMinds, Rebecca Vega Thurber, & Julia K. Baum. (2019). Variable interaction outcomes of local disturbance and El Niño-induced heat stress on coral microbiome alpha and beta diversity. Coral Reefs. 38(2). 331–345. 26 indexed citations

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Pollock, F. Joseph, Ryan McMinds, S.J. Smith, et al.. (2018). Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4921–4921. 236 indexed citations

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Welsh, Rory M., Stephanie Rosales, Jesse Zaneveld, et al.. (2017). Alien vs. predator: bacterial challenge alters coral microbiomes unless controlled by Halobacteriovorax predators. PeerJ. 5. e3315–e3315. 68 indexed citations

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Zaneveld, Jesse, Ryan McMinds, & Rebecca Vega Thurber. (2017). Stress and stability: applying the Anna Karenina principle to animal microbiomes. Nature Microbiology. 2(9). 17121–17121. 607 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shaver, Elizabeth C., Andrew A. Shantz, Ryan McMinds, et al.. (2016). Effects of predation and nutrient enrichment on the success and microbiome of a foundational coral. Ecology. 98(3). 830–839. 55 indexed citations

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Zaneveld, Jesse, Deron E. Burkepile, Andrew A. Shantz, et al.. (2016). Overfishing and nutrient pollution interact with temperature to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11833–11833. 391 indexed citations breakdown →

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McMinds, Ryan, et al.. (2014). Unprecedented evidence for high viral abundance and lytic activity in coral reef waters of the South Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 493–493. 29 indexed citations

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Thurber, Rebecca L. Vega, et al.. (2013). Chronic nutrient enrichment causes increased coral disease prevalence and severity. 1 indexed citations

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Thurber, Rebecca L. Vega, et al.. (2013). Chronic nutrient enrichment increases prevalence and severity of coral disease and bleaching. Global Change Biology. 20(2). 544–554. 359 indexed citations

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