Tommaso Alestra

765 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 615 citations indexed

About

Tommaso Alestra is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tommaso Alestra has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 615 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Oceanography, 12 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Tommaso Alestra's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (14 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). Tommaso Alestra is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (14 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers). Tommaso Alestra collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Italy and Australia. Tommaso Alestra's co-authors include David R. Schiel, Leigh W. Tait, Mads S. Thomsen, Shawn Gerrity, Paul M. South, Stacie A. Lilley, Luca Mondardini, Fabio Bulleri, Lisandro Benedetti‐Cecchi and DR Schiel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Ecology and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

Tommaso Alestra

18 papers receiving 598 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.

  1. Local Extinction of Bull Kelp (Durvillaea spp.) Due to a Marine Heatwave
    2019 223 citations Mads S. Thomsen, Luca Mondardini et al. Frontiers in Marine 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
Tommaso Alestra New Zealand 13 500 380 187 49 41 18 615
Stacie A. Lilley New Zealand 8 477 1.0× 372 1.0× 166 0.9× 47 1.0× 32 0.8× 8 562
Simone Strydom Australia 8 328 0.7× 378 1.0× 125 0.7× 37 0.8× 16 0.4× 14 480
Shawn Gerrity New Zealand 7 276 0.6× 264 0.7× 127 0.7× 38 0.8× 45 1.1× 12 433
M. Gabriela Palomo Argentina 17 501 1.0× 430 1.1× 324 1.7× 47 1.0× 28 0.7× 41 717
Els M. van der Zee Netherlands 15 399 0.8× 394 1.0× 291 1.6× 92 1.9× 32 0.8× 18 637
Devin A. Lyons Canada 14 412 0.8× 345 0.9× 277 1.5× 32 0.7× 18 0.4× 21 629
Anna М. Jażdżewska Poland 13 385 0.8× 353 0.9× 152 0.8× 29 0.6× 44 1.1× 35 509
Sean Grace United States 8 396 0.8× 403 1.1× 167 0.9× 28 0.6× 14 0.3× 15 519
Nicolás Rozbaczylo Chile 13 445 0.9× 339 0.9× 245 1.3× 71 1.4× 30 0.7× 59 605
Eliza Fragkopoulou Portugal 12 311 0.6× 392 1.0× 239 1.3× 21 0.4× 19 0.5× 26 542

Countries citing papers authored by Tommaso Alestra

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tommaso Alestra

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tommaso Alestra. 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 Tommaso Alestra. The network helps show where Tommaso Alestra may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tommaso Alestra

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tommaso Alestra. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tommaso Alestra 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 Tommaso Alestra. Tommaso Alestra is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Thomsen, Mads S., Luca Mondardini, Paul M. South, et al.. (2021). Cascading impacts of earthquakes and extreme heatwaves have destroyed populations of an iconic marine foundation species. Diversity and Distributions. 27(12). 2369–2383. 32 indexed citations
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Schiel, David R., Shawn Gerrity, Shane Orchard, et al.. (2021). Cataclysmic Disturbances to an Intertidal Ecosystem: Loss of Ecological Infrastructure Slows Recovery of Biogenic Habitats and Diversity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 17 indexed citations
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Orchard, Shane, et al.. (2021). Threshold Effects of Relative Sea-Level Change in Intertidal Ecosystems: Empirical Evidence from Earthquake-Induced Uplift on a Rocky Coast. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 302–320. 12 indexed citations
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Thomsen, Mads S., et al.. (2020). Earthquake-driven destruction of an intertidal habitat cascade. Aquatic Botany. 164. 103217–103217. 12 indexed citations
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Gerrity, Shawn, et al.. (2020). Earthquake effects on abalone habitats and populations in southern New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 656. 153–161. 9 indexed citations
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Schiel, David R., Tommaso Alestra, Shawn Gerrity, et al.. (2019). The Kaikōura earthquake in southern New Zealand: Loss of connectivity of marine communities and the necessity of a cross‐ecosystem perspective. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29(9). 1520–1534. 39 indexed citations
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Thomsen, Mads S., Luca Mondardini, Tommaso Alestra, et al.. (2019). Local Extinction of Bull Kelp (Durvillaea spp.) Due to a Marine Heatwave. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thomsen, Mads S., et al.. (2018). Modified kelp seasonality and invertebrate diversity where an invasive kelp co-occurs with native mussels. Marine Biology. 165(10). 13 indexed citations
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Alestra, Tommaso & David R. Schiel. (2015). Impacts of local and global stressors in intertidal habitats: Influence of altered nutrient, sediment and temperature levels on the early life history of three habitat-forming macroalgae. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 468. 29–36. 34 indexed citations
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Alestra, Tommaso & DR Schiel. (2015). Non-trophic responses of algal communities to nutrient enrichment: interactions among coralline turfs, ephemeral algae and perennial fucoids. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 538. 145–156. 9 indexed citations
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South, Paul M., Stacie A. Lilley, Leigh W. Tait, et al.. (2015). Transient effects of an invasive kelp on the community structure and primary productivity of an intertidal assemblage. Marine and Freshwater Research. 67(1). 103–112. 35 indexed citations
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Dimartino, Simone, et al.. (2014). Experimental and computational analysis of a novel flow channel to assess the adhesion strength of sessile marine organisms. Interface Focus. 5(1). 20140059–20140059. 12 indexed citations
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Alestra, Tommaso & DR Schiel. (2014). Effects of opportunistic algae on the early life history of a habitat-forming fucoid: influence of temperature, nutrient enrichment and grazing pressure. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 508. 105–115. 15 indexed citations
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Alestra, Tommaso, Leigh W. Tait, & DR Schiel. (2014). Effects of algal turfs and sediment accumulation on replenishment and primary productivity of fucoid assemblages. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 511. 59–70. 24 indexed citations
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Alestra, Tommaso. (2014). Impacts of altered physical and biotic conditions in rocky intertidal systems: implications for the structure and functioning of complex macroalgal assemblages. University of Canterbury Research Repository (University of Canterbury). 2 indexed citations
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Tamburello, Laura, Lisandro Benedetti‐Cecchi, Giulia Ghedini, Tommaso Alestra, & Fabio Bulleri. (2012). Variation in the structure of subtidal landscapes in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 457. 29–41. 36 indexed citations
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Bulleri, Fabio, Tommaso Alestra, Giulia Ceccherelli, et al.. (2011). Determinants of Caulerpa racemosa distribution in the north-western Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 431. 55–67. 49 indexed citations
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Bulleri, Fabio, et al.. (2010). Crossing gradients of consumer pressure and physical stress on shallow rocky reefs: a test of the stress‐gradient hypothesis. Journal of Ecology. 99(1). 335–344. 42 indexed citations

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