Terry P. Hughes

85.9k total citations · 28 hit papers
162 papers, 43.6k citations indexed

About

Terry P. Hughes is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Terry P. Hughes has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 43.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Ecology, 104 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 52 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Terry P. Hughes's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (116 papers), Marine and fisheries research (85 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (42 papers). Terry P. Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (116 papers), Marine and fisheries research (85 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (42 papers). Terry P. Hughes collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Terry P. Hughes's co-authors include David R. Bellwood, Carl Folke, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Magnus Nyström, Robert S. Steneck, Sean R. Connolly, John M. Pandolfi, Andrew H. Baird, Jason E. Tanner and W. Neil Adger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Terry P. Hughes

162 papers receiving 41.0k citations

Hit Papers

Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2001 2003 2004 1994 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems
    2001 4.9k citations Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Karen A. Bjorndal et al. Science profile →
  2. Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs
    2003 2.8k citations Terry P. Hughes, Andrew H. Baird et al. Science profile →
  3. Confronting the coral reef crisis
    2004 2.5k citations David R. Bellwood, Terry P. Hughes et al. Nature profile →
  4. Catastrophes, Phase Shifts, and Large-Scale Degradation of a Caribbean Coral Reef
    1994 2.2k citations Terry P. Hughes Science profile →
  5. Social-Ecological Resilience to Coastal Disasters
    2005 1.8k citations W. Neil Adger, Terry P. Hughes et al. Science profile →
  6. Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems
    2003 1.5k citations John M. Pandolfi, Roger Bradbury et al. Science profile →
  7. Coral reefs in the Anthropocene
    2017 1.4k citations Terry P. Hughes, David R. Bellwood et al. Nature profile →
  8. Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages
    2018 1.2k citations Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry et al. Nature profile →
  9. Phase Shifts, Herbivory, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Climate Change
    2007 1.2k citations Terry P. Hughes, David R. Bellwood et al. Current Biology profile →
  10. RECRUITMENT AND THE LOCAL DYNAMICS OF OPEN MARINE POPULATIONS
    1996 1.1k citations Terry P. Hughes et al. profile →
  11. Governance and the Capacity to Manage Resilience in Regional Social-Ecological Systems
    2006 947 citations Carl Folke, Terry P. Hughes et al. profile →
  12. Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience
    2010 795 citations Terry P. Hughes, Jeremy B. C. Jackson et al. profile →
  13. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium
    2012 778 citations David Yellowlees, Terry P. Hughes ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) profile →
  14. New paradigms for supporting the resilience of marine ecosystems
    2005 714 citations Terry P. Hughes, David R. Bellwood et al. profile →
  15. Rebuilding marine life
    2020 626 citations Carlos M. Duarte, Susana Agustı́ et al. Nature profile →
  16. A 30-YEAR STUDY OF CORAL ABUNDANCE, RECRUITMENT, AND DISTURBANCE AT SEVERAL SCALES IN SPACE AND TIME
    1997 582 citations Terry P. Hughes et al. profile →
  17. Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: modeling and policy implications
    2012 528 citations Carl Folke, Terry P. Hughes et al. profile →
  18. Multiple stressors on coral reefs: A long ‐term perspective
    1999 525 citations Terry P. Hughes et al. profile →
  19. Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources
    2006 516 citations Terry P. Hughes, David R. Bellwood et al. Science profile →
  20. Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities
    2018 485 citations W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  21. Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources
    2010 410 citations Terry P. Hughes, Carl Folke et al. profile →
  22. Global warming impairs stock–recruitment dynamics of corals
    2019 361 citations Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry et al. Nature profile →
  23. Advancing sustainability through mainstreaming a social–ecological systems perspective
    2015 324 citations Stephen R. Carpenter, Carl Folke et al. profile →
  24. Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes
    2018 287 citations Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  25. The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance
    2019 260 citations Tiffany H. Morrison, W. Neil Adger et al. profile →
  26. Looming Global-Scale Failures and Missing Institutions
    2009 255 citations Brian Walker, Scott Barrett et al. Science profile →
  27. Securing a Just Space for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Blue Economy
    2019 249 citations Terry P. Hughes et al. profile →
  28. Coral reef conservation in the Anthropocene: Confronting spatial mismatches and prioritizing functions
    2019 202 citations David R. Bellwood, Morgan S. Pratchett et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Terry P. Hughes Australia 85 31.8k 25.0k 16.7k 5.6k 4.6k 162 43.6k
Jeremy B. C. Jackson United States 58 21.1k 0.7× 15.6k 0.6× 12.3k 0.7× 4.5k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 141 29.9k
Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg Australia 96 37.6k 1.2× 19.7k 0.8× 23.8k 1.4× 5.3k 0.9× 2.7k 0.6× 351 49.6k
Benjamin S. Halpern United States 90 25.7k 0.8× 23.3k 0.9× 11.5k 0.7× 6.5k 1.2× 8.7k 1.9× 261 43.7k
Robert S. Steneck United States 57 20.2k 0.6× 14.3k 0.6× 13.5k 0.8× 3.0k 0.5× 3.3k 0.7× 120 27.7k
Peter J. Mumby Australia 90 26.2k 0.8× 16.9k 0.7× 14.6k 0.9× 3.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.7× 370 31.2k
Stephen R. Palumbi United States 92 23.4k 0.7× 14.3k 0.6× 12.0k 0.7× 6.7k 1.2× 2.0k 0.4× 233 38.4k
Nancy­ Knowlton­ United States 69 19.2k 0.6× 9.2k 0.4× 11.1k 0.7× 3.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 142 25.6k
Tim R. McClanahan United States 86 18.5k 0.6× 14.9k 0.6× 7.2k 0.4× 3.0k 0.5× 3.7k 0.8× 315 22.6k
John F. Bruno United States 57 15.4k 0.5× 10.5k 0.4× 9.3k 0.6× 3.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 156 23.3k
David R. Bellwood Australia 85 25.1k 0.8× 17.4k 0.7× 9.8k 0.6× 10.5k 1.9× 1.6k 0.3× 351 32.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Terry P. Hughes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hughes, Terry P., Andrew H. Baird, Tiffany H. Morrison, & Gergely Torda. (2023). Principles for coral reef restoration in the anthropocene. One Earth. 6(6). 656–665. 68 indexed citations
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Morrison, Tiffany H., W. Neil Adger, Arun Agrawal, et al.. (2022). Radical interventions for climate-impacted systems. Nature Climate Change. 12(12). 1100–1106. 63 indexed citations
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Hughes, Terry P., James T. Kerry, Sean R. Connolly, et al.. (2021). Emergent properties in the responses of tropical corals to recurrent climate extremes. Current Biology. 31(23). 5393–5399.e3. 85 indexed citations
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Dietzel, Andreas, Michael Bode, Sean R. Connolly, & Terry P. Hughes. (2021). The population sizes and global extinction risk of reef-building coral species at biogeographic scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(5). 663–669. 36 indexed citations
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Morrison, Tiffany H., W. Neil Adger, Jon Barnett, et al.. (2020). Advancing Coral Reef Governance into the Anthropocene. One Earth. 2(1). 64–74. 94 indexed citations
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Morrison, Tiffany H., W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown, et al.. (2020). Political dynamics and governance of World Heritage ecosystems. Nature Sustainability. 3(11). 947–955. 47 indexed citations
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Morrison, Tiffany H., W. Neil Adger, Missaka Hettiarachchi, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Political dynamics and governance of World Heritage ecosystems. Nature Sustainability. 3(9). 769–769. 1 indexed citations
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Duarte, Carlos M., Susana Agustı́, Edward B. Barbier, et al.. (2020). Rebuilding marine life. Nature. 580(7801). 39–51. 626 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hughes, Terry P., James T. Kerry, Andrew H. Baird, et al.. (2018). Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages. Nature. 556(7702). 492–496. 1203 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mouillot, David, Valériano Parravicini, David R. Bellwood, et al.. (2016). Global marine protected areas do not secure the evolutionary history of tropical corals and fishes. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10359–10359. 59 indexed citations
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Scheffer, Marten, Scott Barrett, Stephen R. Carpenter, et al.. (2015). Creating a safe operating space for iconic ecosystems. Science. 347(6228). 1317–1319. 189 indexed citations
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Iannetta, Pietro P. M., Graham S. Begg, Euan K. James, et al.. (2013). Sustainable intensification: a pivotal role for legume supported cropped systems.. Aspects of applied biology. 73–82. 2 indexed citations
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Yellowlees, David & Terry P. Hughes. (2012). Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 778 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hughes, Terry P., Andrew H. Baird, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, et al.. (2012). Assembly Rules of Reef Corals Are Flexible along a Steep Climatic Gradient. Current Biology. 22(8). 736–741. 73 indexed citations
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Dornelas, María, Sean R. Connolly, & Terry P. Hughes. (2006). Coral reef diversity refutes the neutral theory of biodiversity. Nature. 440(7080). 80–82. 211 indexed citations
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Ayre, David J. & Terry P. Hughes. (2004). Climate change, genotypic diversity and gene flow in reef‐building corals. Ecology Letters. 7(4). 273–278. 201 indexed citations
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Pandolfi, John M., Roger Bradbury, Enric Sala, et al.. (2003). Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems. Science. 301(5635). 955–958. 1508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Strathmann, Richard R., Terry P. Hughes, Armand M. Kuris, et al.. (2002). Evolution of local recruitment and its consequences for marine populations. Bulletin of Marine Science. 70(1). 377–396. 207 indexed citations
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Jackson, Jeremy B. C. & Terry P. Hughes. (1985). Adaptive Strategies of Coral-Reef Invertebrates. American Scientist. 73(3). 265–273. 101 indexed citations
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Hughes, Terry P.. (1984). Population Dynamics Based on Individual Size Rather than Age: A General Model with a Reef Coral Example. The American Naturalist. 123(6). 778–795. 321 indexed citations

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