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Bette L. Willis

Active 1984–2020

67
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23,807
Citations
65
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Citations

Citations per year for Bette L. Willis1982: 1 citations1985: 4 citations1986: 6 citations1988: 4 citations1989: 1 citations1990: 1 citations1991: 3 citations1992: 6 citations1993: 6 citations1994: 4 citations1995: 4 citations1996: 6 citations1997: 4 citations1998: 2 citations1999: 14 citations2000: 22 citations2001: 12 citations2002: 28 citations2003: 17 citations2004: 41 citations2005: 23 citations2006: 38 citations2007: 42 citations2008: 92 citations2009: 164 citations2010: 175 citations2011: 160 citations2012: 104 citations2013: 153 citations2014: 107 citations2015: 131 citations2016: 118 citations2017: 144 citations2018: 150 citations2019: 370 citations2020: 359 citations2021: 285 citations2022: 190 citations2023: 137 citations2024: 218 citations2025: 64 citations2026: 5 citations1983–1984: no citations, so these years are not shown1987: no citations, so this year is not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 961 citing papers, 24% of this breakdownAustralia: 579 citing papers, 14.5% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 220 citing papers, 5.5% of this breakdownChina: 198 citing papers, 5% of this breakdownGermany: 176 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownFrance: 149 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownCanada: 135 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownSaudi Arabia: 102 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownJapan: 85 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownNetherlands: 75 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownItaly: 74 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownSpain: 71 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdown
0%24%Other 29.3%

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Fields

  • Environmental Science71.3%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences3.8%
  • Immunology and Microbiology2%
  • Medicine1.9%
  • Other3.4%

Topics

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies21.2%
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota7.5%
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products7%
  • Marine and coastal plant biology6.6%
  • Marine and fisheries research4.5%
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology3.3%
  • Other49.9%

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  1. Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

    Authors: Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry, Mariana Álvarez‐Noriega, Jorge G. Álvarez‐Romero, Kristen D. Anderson, Andrew H. Baird, Russell C. Babcock, Maria Beger, David R. Bellwood, Ray Berkelmans, Tom C. L. Bridge, Ian R. Butler, Maria Byrne, Neal E. Cantin, Steeve Comeau, Sean R. Connolly, Graeme S. Cumming, Steven J. Dalton, Guillermo Díaz-Pulido, C. Mark Eakin, Will F. Figueira, James Gilmour, Hugo B. Harrison, Scott F. Heron, Andrew S. Hoey, J. Hobbs, Mia O. Hoogenboom, Emma Kennedy, Chao‐Yang Kuo, Janice Lough, Ryan Lowe, Gang Liu, Malcolm T. McCulloch, Hamish A. Malcolm, Mike McWilliam, John M. Pandolfi, Rachel Pears, Morgan S. Pratchett, Verena Schoepf, Tristan Simpson, William Skirving, Brigitte Sommer, Gergely Torda, David Wachenfeld, Bette L. Willis, Shaun K. Wilson - Nature 2017 cited by 3,437

  2. Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny

    Authors: F. Joseph Pollock, Ryan McMinds, S.J. Smith, David G. Bourne, Bette L. Willis, Mónica Medina, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Jesse Zaneveld - Nature Communications 2018 cited by 403

  3. Deciphering Coral Disease Dynamics: Integrating Host, Microbiome, and the Changing Environment

    Authors: Rebecca Vega Thurber, Laura D. Mydlarz, Marilyn E. Brandt, C. Drew Harvell, Ernesto Weil, Laurie J. Raymundo, Bette L. Willis, Stan Langevin, Allison M. Tracy, Raechel A. Littman, Keri M. Kemp, Phoebe D. Dawkins, Katherine C. Prager, Melissa Garren, Joleah B. Lamb - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020 cited by 165

  4. Climate Change Influences on Marine Infectious Diseases: Implications for Management and Society

    Authors: Colleen A. Burge, C. Mark Eakin, Carolyn S. Friedman, Brett Froelich, Paul K. Hershberger, Eileen E. Hofmann, Laura E. Petes, Katherine C. Prager, Ernesto Weil, Bette L. Willis, Susan E. Ford, C. Drew Harvell - Annual Review of Marine Science 2013 cited by 620

  5. Metagenomic analysis of the coral holobiont during a natural bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef

    Authors: Raechel A. Littman, Bette L. Willis, David G. Bourne - Environmental Microbiology Reports 2011 cited by 225

  6. Coral-Associated Bacteria and Their Role in the Biogeochemical Cycling of Sulfur

    Authors: Jean‐Baptiste Raina, Dianne M. Tapiolas, Bette L. Willis, David G. Bourne - Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009 cited by 485

  7. DMSP biosynthesis by an animal and its role in coral thermal stress response

    Authors: Jean‐Baptiste Raina, Dianne M. Tapiolas, Sylvain Forêt, Adrian Lutz, David Abrego, Janja Ceh, François Seneca, Peta L. Clode, David G. Bourne, Bette L. Willis, Cherie A. Motti - Nature 2013 cited by 319

  8. Systematic and Biogeographical Patterns in the Reproductive Biology of Scleractinian Corals

    Authors: Andrew H. Baird, James R. Guest, Bette L. Willis - Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics 2009 cited by 845

  9. Synchronous spawnings of 105 scleractinian coral species on the Great Barrier Reef

    Authors: Russell C. Babcock, Gordon Douglas Bull, Peter L. Harrison, Andrew Heyward, James K. Oliver, Carden C. Wallace, Bette L. Willis - Marine Biology 1986 cited by 794

  10. Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

    Authors: Jean‐Baptiste Raina, Dianne M. Tapiolas, Cherie A. Motti, Sylvain Forêt, Torsten Seemann, Jan Tebben, Bette L. Willis, David G. Bourne - PeerJ 2016 cited by 167

  11. Reduced diversity and stability of coral-associated bacterial communities and suppressed immune function precedes disease onset in corals

    Authors: F. Joseph Pollock, Joleah B. Lamb, Jeroen A. J. M. van de Water, Hillary A. Smith, Britta Schaffelke, Bette L. Willis, David G. Bourne - Royal Society Open Science 2019 cited by 65

  12. Phase Shifts, Herbivory, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Climate Change

    Authors: Terry P. Hughes, Maria Júlia da Silva Rodrigues, David R. Bellwood, Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Laurence J. McCook, Natalie A. Moltschaniwskyj, Morgan S. Pratchett, Robert S. Steneck, Bette L. Willis - Current Biology 2007 cited by 1,610

  13. Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks

    Authors: John F. Bruno, Elizabeth R. Selig, Kenneth S. Casey, Cathie A. Page, Bette L. Willis, C. Drew Harvell, Hugh Sweatman, Amy Melendy - PLoS Biology 2007 cited by 883

  14. Coral Disease, Environmental Drivers, and the Balance Between Coral and Microbial Associates

    Authors: C. Drew Harvell, Eric Jordán-Dahlgren, Susan Merkel, Eugene Rosenberg, Laurie J. Raymundo, Garriet W. Smith, Ernesto Weil, Bette L. Willis - Oceanography 2007 cited by 535

  15. Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

    Authors: Joleah B. Lamb, Bette L. Willis, Evan A. Fiorenza, Courtney S. Couch, Robert Howard, Douglas N. Rader, James True, Lisa A. Kelly, Awaludinnoer Ahmad, Jamaluddin Jompa, C. Drew Harvell - Science 2018 cited by 857

  16. Microbial Ecology of Four Coral Atolls in the Northern Line Islands

    Authors: Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Olga Pantos, Steven Smriga, Robert A. Edwards, Florent Angly, Linda Wegley, Mark Hatay, Dana Hall, Elysa Brown, Matthew Haynes, Lutz Krause, Enric Sala, Stuart A. Sandin, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Bette L. Willis, Farooq Azam, Nancy­ Knowlton­, Forest Rohwer - PLoS ONE 2008 cited by 479

  17. Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

    Authors: Gergely Torda, Jennifer M. Donelson, Manuel Aranda, Daniel J. Barshis, Line K. Bay, Michael L. Berumen, David G. Bourne, Neal E. Cantin, Sylvain Forêt, Mikhail V. Matz, David J. Miller, Aurélie Moya, Hollie M. Putnam, Timothy Ravasi, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Jérémie Vidal‐Dupiol, Christian R. Voolstra, Sue‐Ann Watson, Emma Whitelaw, Bette L. Willis, Philip L. Munday - Nature Climate Change 2017 cited by 426

  18. Projections of climate conditions that increase coral disease susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence

    Authors: Jeffrey Maynard, Ruben van Hooidonk, C. Mark Eakin, Marjetta Puotinen, Melissa Garren, Gareth J. Williams, Scott F. Heron, Joleah B. Lamb, Ernesto Weil, Bette L. Willis, C. Drew Harvell - Nature Climate Change 2015 cited by 310

  19. Coral Pathogens Identified for White Syndrome (WS) Epizootics in the Indo-Pacific

    Authors: Meir Sussman, Bette L. Willis, Steven Victor, David G. Bourne - PLoS ONE 2008 cited by 290

  20. Evidence of an inflammatory-like response in non-normally pigmented tissues of two scleractinian corals

    Authors: Caroline V. Palmer, Laura D. Mydlarz, Bette L. Willis - Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2008 cited by 169

  21. Corals Use Similar Immune Cells and Wound-Healing Processes as Those of Higher Organisms

    Authors: Caroline V. Palmer, Nikki Traylor‐Knowles, Bette L. Willis, John C. Bythell - PLoS ONE 2011 cited by 108

  22. Flexibility in Algal Endosymbioses Shapes Growth in Reef Corals

    Authors: Angela F. Little, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Bette L. Willis - Science 2004 cited by 642

  23. Coral Disease on the Great Barrier Reef

    Authors: Bette L. Willis, Cathie A. Page, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale - Coral Health and Disease 2004 cited by 423

  24. The Evolutionary History of the Coral Genus Acropora (Scleractinia, Cnidaria) Based on a Mitochondrial and a Nuclear Marker: Reticulation, Incomplete Lineage Sorting, or Morphological Convergence?

    Authors: Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Brenda McDonald, Bette L. Willis, David J. Miller - Molecular Biology and Evolution 2001 cited by 308