Tom Van der Stocken

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Tom Van der Stocken is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Van der Stocken has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Tom Van der Stocken's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (34 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (12 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (11 papers). Tom Van der Stocken is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (34 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (12 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (11 papers). Tom Van der Stocken collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Netherlands. Tom Van der Stocken's co-authors include Nico Koedam, Marc Simard, Farid Dahdouh‐Guebas, Nathan Thomas, Charlotte Smetanka, Víctor H. Rivera‐Monroy, Temilola Fatoyinbo, Edward Castañeda‐Moya, Dimitris Menemenlis and Ludwig Triest and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tom Van der Stocken

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mangrove canopy height globally related to precipitation, temperature and cyclone frequency

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Van der Stocken Belgium	22	1.2k	346	298	292	268	46	1.4k
C. Edward Proffitt United States	19	1.1k 1.0×	359 1.0×	365 1.2×	152 0.5×	101 0.4×	36	1.4k
Laura C. Feher United States	17	993 0.8×	192 0.6×	394 1.3×	277 0.9×	98 0.4×	29	1.2k
Wilfrid Rodriguez United States	6	638 0.5×	188 0.5×	205 0.7×	143 0.5×	96 0.4×	7	749
Thorsten Balke United Kingdom	19	2.1k 1.8×	389 1.1×	1.3k 4.3×	338 1.2×	103 0.4×	46	2.3k
Ulf Mehlig Brazil	13	571 0.5×	183 0.5×	127 0.4×	143 0.5×	86 0.3×	26	727
C. D. Field Australia	10	926 0.8×	173 0.5×	211 0.7×	227 0.8×	169 0.6×	18	1.1k
Andrew S. From United States	15	1.2k 1.0×	244 0.7×	569 1.9×	271 0.9×	83 0.3×	21	1.4k
Rebecca J. Howard United States	16	862 0.7×	144 0.4×	210 0.7×	148 0.5×	82 0.3×	37	985
Michael B. Robblee United States	13	1.0k 0.9×	527 1.5×	233 0.8×	460 1.6×	76 0.3×	18	1.3k
Miguel D. Fortes Philippines	21	982 0.8×	808 2.3×	51 0.2×	313 1.1×	72 0.3×	58	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Van der Stocken

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Koedam, Nico, et al.. (2025). Gibberellic acid and light effects on seed germination in the seagrass Zostera marina. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(2). e70137–e70137. 3 indexed citations

Koedam, Nico, et al.. (2025). Unlocking seagrass germination: divergent roles of strigolactones and smoke-water in Zostera marina (Zosteraceae). Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1629832–1629832.

Cavanaugh, Kyle C., et al.. (2024). Dispersal limits poleward expansion of mangroves on the west coast of North America. Ecography. 2024(11). 1 indexed citations

Vanschoenwinkel, Bram, Luiza F. A. de Paula, Tom Van der Stocken, et al.. (2024). The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of inselbergs. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(2). 481–507. 7 indexed citations

Pacheco, Aldo S., John Calambokidis, Ted Cheeseman, et al.. (2023). Migratory destinations and spatial structuring of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) wintering off Nicaragua. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 15180–15180. 2 indexed citations

Raw, Jacqueline L., Tom Van der Stocken, Dustin Carroll, et al.. (2022). Dispersal and coastal geomorphology limit potential for mangrove range expansion under climate change. Journal of Ecology. 111(1). 139–155. 26 indexed citations

Triest, Ludwig, Tom Van der Stocken, Marc Kochzius, et al.. (2021). Expansion of the mangrove species Rhizophora mucronata in the Western Indian Ocean launched contrasting genetic patterns. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4987–4987. 17 indexed citations

Triest, Ludwig & Tom Van der Stocken. (2021). Coastal Landform Constrains Dispersal in Mangroves. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 8 indexed citations

Triest, Ludwig, et al.. (2020). Channel network structure determines genetic connectivity of landward–seaward Avicennia marina populations in a tropical bay. Ecology and Evolution. 10(21). 12059–12075. 16 indexed citations

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Stocken, Tom Van der, et al.. (2017). Hidden founders? Strong bottlenecks and fine-scale genetic structure in mangrove populations of the Cameroon Estuary complex. Hydrobiologia. 803(1). 189–207. 23 indexed citations

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Stocken, Tom Van der, et al.. (2016). Contrasting Effects of Historical Sea Level Rise and Contemporary Ocean Currents on Regional Gene Flow of Rhizophora racemosa in Eastern Atlantic Mangroves. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150950–e0150950. 37 indexed citations

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Robert, Elisabeth M. R., Tom Van der Stocken, Dennis J. R. De Ryck, et al.. (2015). Viviparous mangrove propagules of Ceriops tagal and Rhizophora mucronata, where both Rhizophoraceae show different dispersal and establishment strategies. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 468. 45–54. 24 indexed citations

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Stocken, Tom Van der, et al.. (2015). Impact of landscape structure on propagule dispersal in mangrove forests. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 524. 95–106. 44 indexed citations

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Stocken, Tom Van der, Farid Dahdouh‐Guebas, James Gitundu Kairo, & Nico Koedam. (2015). Biological and environmental drivers of mangrove propagule dispersal: A field and modeling approach. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 2 indexed citations

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Stocken, Tom Van der, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Dennis J. R. De Ryck, et al.. (2015). Interaction between Water and Wind as a Driver of Passive Dispersal in Mangroves. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0121593–e0121593. 44 indexed citations

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Satyanarayana, Behara, et al.. (2014). Is Matang Mangrove Forest in Malaysia Sustainably Rejuvenating after More than a Century of Conservation and Harvesting Management?. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e105069–e105069. 89 indexed citations

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Stocken, Tom Van der, Dennis J. R. De Ryck, Thorsten Balke, et al.. (2013). The role of wind in hydrochorous mangrove propagule dispersal. Biogeosciences. 10(6). 3635–3647. 36 indexed citations

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Robert, Elisabeth M. R., Nele Schmitz, Tom Van der Stocken, et al.. (2012). Size does matter, but not only size: two alternative dispersal strategies for viviparous mangrove propagules. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 57. 47. 2 indexed citations

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Stocken, Tom Van der, et al.. (2012). The propagule dispersal black box - driving factors and complexities: a review. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 2 indexed citations

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Stocken, Tom Van der, et al.. (2012). Biological and environmental drivers in mangrove propagule dispersal and recruitment: a field and modelling approach. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 57. 181. 2 indexed citations

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