Tom Shlesinger

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 712 citations indexed

About

Tom Shlesinger is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Shlesinger has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 712 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Tom Shlesinger's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (22 papers), Marine and fisheries research (17 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (12 papers). Tom Shlesinger is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (22 papers), Marine and fisheries research (17 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (12 papers). Tom Shlesinger collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Australia. Tom Shlesinger's co-authors include Yossi Loya, Robert van Woesik, Raz Tamir, Derya Akkaynak, Tali Treibitz, David Iluz, Deron E. Burkepile, Mary K. Donovan, Jan Freiwald and Thomas A. Oliver and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Tom Shlesinger

24 papers receiving 708 citations

Hit Papers

Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves
    2021 173 citations Mary K. Donovan, Deron E. Burkepile et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom Shlesinger Israel 14 530 364 330 125 79 25 712
Raz Tamir Israel 14 464 0.9× 325 0.9× 355 1.1× 125 1.0× 66 0.8× 26 693
Brooke Gintert United States 12 632 1.2× 262 0.7× 310 0.9× 77 0.6× 98 1.2× 19 774
Anjani Ganase Australia 6 558 1.1× 311 0.9× 348 1.1× 11 0.1× 76 1.0× 7 602
Clinton B. Edwards United States 12 773 1.5× 471 1.3× 517 1.6× 13 0.1× 111 1.4× 25 860
RD Gates United States 7 544 1.0× 216 0.6× 368 1.1× 11 0.1× 50 0.6× 8 604
Bernardo Vargas-Ángel United States 17 799 1.5× 386 1.1× 430 1.3× 9 0.1× 67 0.8× 42 882
Jamie Colquhoun Australia 9 318 0.6× 209 0.6× 136 0.4× 18 0.1× 110 1.4× 20 427
Robert J. Rowley United States 7 561 1.1× 319 0.9× 554 1.7× 21 0.2× 92 1.2× 8 857
Emily L. A. Kelly United States 11 334 0.6× 201 0.6× 292 0.9× 7 0.1× 33 0.4× 14 478
Peter Speare Australia 11 763 1.4× 642 1.8× 132 0.4× 18 0.1× 552 7.0× 27 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Shlesinger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Shlesinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tom Shlesinger. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tom Shlesinger. The network helps show where Tom Shlesinger may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Shlesinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tom Shlesinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tom Shlesinger 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 Tom Shlesinger. Tom Shlesinger 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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Shlesinger, Tom, et al.. (2024). Reproductive ecology of fire corals in the northern Red Sea. Coral Reefs. 43(6). 1673–1685.
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Shlesinger, Tom, et al.. (2024). A dramatic northward range expansion of a Red Sea soft coral in the Mediterranean Sea. Ecosphere. 15(7). 3 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom, et al.. (2023). Coming of age: Annual onset of coral reproduction is determined by age rather than size. iScience. 26(5). 106533–106533. 18 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom & Robert van Woesik. (2023). Oceanic differences in coral-bleaching responses to marine heatwaves. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 162113–162113. 32 indexed citations
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Comeau, Steeve, Christopher E. Cornwall, Tom Shlesinger, et al.. (2022). pH variability at volcanic CO2 seeps regulates coral calcifying fluid chemistry. Global Change Biology. 28(8). 2751–2763. 15 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom, et al.. (2022). Soft coral reproductive phenology along a depth gradient: Can “going deeper” provide a viable refuge?. Ecology. 103(9). e3760–e3760. 8 indexed citations
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Donovan, Mary K., Deron E. Burkepile, Tom Shlesinger, et al.. (2021). Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves. Science. 372(6545). 977–980. 173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shlesinger, Tom & Yossi Loya. (2021). Depth-dependent parental effects create invisible barriers to coral dispersal. Communications Biology. 4(1). 202–202. 25 indexed citations
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Grinblat, Mila, Ira Cooke, Tom Shlesinger, et al.. (2021). Biogeography, reproductive biology and phylogenetic divergence within the Fungiidae (mushroom corals). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 164. 107265–107265. 10 indexed citations
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Eyal, Gal, Or Ben‐Zvi, Kazuhiko Sakai, et al.. (2020). A unique reproductive strategy in the mushroom coral Fungia fungites. Coral Reefs. 39(6). 1793–1804. 7 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom & Yossi Loya. (2019). Breakdown in spawning synchrony: A silent threat to coral persistence. Science. 365(6457). 1002–1007. 86 indexed citations
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Eyal, Gal, Kazuhiko Sakai, Yoko Nozawa, et al.. (2019). Repetitive sex change in the stony coral Herpolitha limax across a wide geographic range. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 2936–2936. 9 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom & Yossi Loya. (2019). Mass Medusae Release and Temporal Reproductive Segregation among the Three Red Sea Fire Coral Species. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 100(2). 2 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom, et al.. (2018). Octocoral Sexual Reproduction: Temporal Disparity Between Mesophotic and Shallow-Reef Populations. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. 14 indexed citations
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Arrigoni, Roberto, Davide Maggioni, Simone Montano, et al.. (2018). An integrated morpho-molecular approach to delineate species boundaries of Millepora from the Red Sea. Coral Reefs. 37(4). 967–984. 26 indexed citations
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Brickner, Itzchak, et al.. (2017). Reproductive strategies of the coral Turbinaria reniformis in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42670–42670. 16 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom, et al.. (2017). Mesophotic coral-reef environments depress the reproduction of the coral Paramontastraea peresi in the Red Sea. Coral Reefs. 37(1). 201–214. 15 indexed citations
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Akkaynak, Derya, Tali Treibitz, Tom Shlesinger, et al.. (2017). What is the Space of Attenuation Coefficients in Underwater Computer Vision?. 568–577. 142 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom, Omri Bronstein, & Yossi Loya. (2016). Spawning behavior of the sand dollar Sculpsitechinus auritus (Leske, 1778). Coral Reefs. 35(1). 327–327. 2 indexed citations
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Shlesinger, Tom & Yossi Loya. (2016). Recruitment, mortality, and resilience potential of scleractinian corals at Eilat, Red Sea. Coral Reefs. 35(4). 1357–1368. 23 indexed citations

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