Ruth Reef

7.6k citations

75 papers · 5.7k · 6 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Earth-Surface Processes top 0.2%
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Ecology top 0.2%
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Papers in

Ecology 66
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics 54
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 9
Earth-Surface Processes 20
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics 18
- Aeolian processes and effects 7

Co-authors: Catherine E. Lovelock (37 shared papers)Ilka C. Feller (7 shared papers)Ken W. Krauss (4 shared papers)Donald R. Cahoon (3 shared papers)Neil Saintilan (2 shared papers)María Fernanda Adame (13 shared papers)Marilyn C. Ball (10 shared papers)Mark Schuerch (3 shared papers)
Journals: Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (3 papers)Earth s Future (3 papers)Limnology and Oceanography (3 papers)Plant and Soil (3 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (3 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Ruth Reef

72 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Ruth Reef's Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Variable Impacts of Climate Change on Blue Carbon 2020 · 193 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 One Earth
2018 Nature
2016 Global and Planetary Change
2015 Nature
2013 New Phytologist
2010 Tree Physiology

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1	Future response of global coastal wetlands to sea-level rise Nature ·Mark Schuerch, (unknown), Stijn Temmerman, Matthew L. Kirwan, Claudia Wolff, Daniël Lincke, Chris McOwen, Mark Pickering, Ruth Reef, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Jochen Hinkel, Robert J. Nicholls, Sally Brown Hit paper breakdown →	2018	757
2	The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise Nature ·Catherine E. Lovelock, Donald R. Cahoon, Daniel A. Friess, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, Ken W. Krauss, Ruth Reef, Kerrylee Rogers, Megan I. Saunders, Frida Sidik, Andrew Swales, Neil Saintilan, Lê Xuân Thuyên, (unknown) Hit paper breakdown →	2015	686
3	How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level New Phytologist ·Ken W. Krauss, Karen L. McKee, Catherine E. Lovelock, Donald R. Cahoon, Neil Saintilan, Ruth Reef, Luzhen Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2013	564
4	Nutrition of mangroves Tree Physiology ·Ruth Reef, Ilka C. Feller, Catherine E. Lovelock Hit paper breakdown →	2010	514
5	Global coastal wetland change under sea-level rise and related stresses: The DIVA Wetland Change Model Global and Planetary Change ·Tom Spencer, Mark Schuerch, Robert J. Nicholls, Jochen Hinkel, Daniël Lincke, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Ruth Reef, Loraine McFadden, Sally Brown Hit paper breakdown →	2016	287
6	Swimming Against the Flow: A Mechanism of Zooplankton Aggregation Science ·Amatzia Genin, Jules S. Jaffe, Ruth Reef, Claudio Richter, Peter J. S. Franks	2005	219
7	Regulation of water balance in mangroves Annals of Botany ·Ruth Reef, Catherine E. Lovelock	2014	218
8	Mangrove dieback during fluctuating sea levels Scientific Reports ·Catherine E. Lovelock, Ilka C. Feller, Ruth Reef, Sharyn Hickey, Marilyn C. Ball	2017	214
9	Variable Impacts of Climate Change on Blue Carbon One Earth ·Catherine E. Lovelock, Ruth Reef Hit paper breakdown →	2020	193
10	Contemporary Rates of Carbon Sequestration Through Vertical Accretion of Sediments in Mangrove Forests and Saltmarshes of South East Queensland, Australia Estuaries and Coasts ·Catherine E. Lovelock, María Fernanda Adame, Vicki Bennion, Matthew A. Hayes, Julian O’Mara, Ruth Reef, Nadia S. Santini	2013	120
11	A Review of Spectral Indices for Mangrove Remote Sensing Remote Sensing ·Thuong V. Tran, Ruth Reef, Xuan Zhu	2022	118
12	Mangroves in arid regions: Ecology, threats, and opportunities Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ·María Fernanda Adame, Ruth Reef, Nadia S. Santini, E. Najera, Mischa P. Turschwell, Matthew A. Hayes, Pere Masqué, Catherine E. Lovelock	2020	117
13	The Physiology of Mangrove Trees with Changing Climate Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Catherine E. Lovelock, Ken W. Krauss, Michael J. Osland, Ruth Reef, Marilyn C. Ball	2016	115
14	Complex Diel Cycles of Gene Expression in Coral-Algal Symbiosis Science ·Oren Levy, Paulina Kaniewska, Sigal Alon, Eli Eisenberg, Sarit Karako‐Lampert, Line K. Bay, Ruth Reef, Mauricio Rodríguez‐Lanetty, David J. Miller, Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg	2011	113
15	Mangrove root biomass and the uncertainty of belowground carbon estimations Forest Ecology and Management ·María Fernanda Adame, Sam Cherian, Ruth Reef, Ben Stewart‐Koster	2017	105
16	The use of fresh and saline water sources by the mangrove Avicennia marina Hydrobiologia ·Nadia S. Santini, Ruth Reef, D. A. Lockington, Catherine E. Lovelock	2014	79
17	Sea level and turbidity controls on mangrove soil surface elevation change Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ·Catherine E. Lovelock, María Fernanda Adame, Vicki Bennion, Matthew A. Hayes, Ruth Reef, Nadia S. Santini, Donald R. Cahoon	2014	79
18	Relationships among RNA : DNA ratio, growth and elemental stoichiometry in mangrove trees Functional Ecology ·Ruth Reef, Marilyn C. Ball, Ilka C. Feller, Catherine E. Lovelock	2010	71
19	Using eDNA to determine the source of organic carbon in seagrass meadows Limnology and Oceanography ·Ruth Reef, Trisha B. Atwood, Jimena Samper‐Villarreal, María Fernanda Adame, Eugenia M. Sampayo, Catherine E. Lovelock	2017	68
20	The contrasting effects of nutrient enrichment on growth, biomass allocation and decomposition of plant tissue in coastal wetlands Plant and Soil ·Matthew A. Hayes, Amber Jesse, Basam Tabet, Ruth Reef, Joost A. Keuskamp, Catherine E. Lovelock	2017	65

About Ruth Reef

Ruth Reef is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Plant Science and Atmospheric Science, having authored 75 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (54 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (18 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (14 papers), Plant responses to water stress (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (9 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (7 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Earth-Surface Processes (1.8k citations), Ecology (4.7k citations), Oceanography (1.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.2k citations) and Atmospheric Science (876 citations). Ruth Reef has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Catherine E. Lovelock, Ilka C. Feller, Ken W. Krauss, Donald R. Cahoon, Neil Saintilan, María Fernanda Adame, Marilyn C. Ball, Mark Schuerch, Robert J. Nicholls and Jochen Hinkel. Their work appears in journals such as Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Earth s Future, Limnology and Oceanography, Plant and Soil and The Science of The Total Environment.

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