Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger
#4PRI RANKED
Most Cited Paper
in Marine and fisheries research
18 Months Post-Publication
Class of 2026
“Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger”
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Topics
Great Barrier Reef · Coral bleaching · Sea surface temperature · Coral Sea · 400-year temperature reconstruction · January–March heat extremes · historical baseline · anthropogenic climate change attribution · climate model analysis · human influence on climate · post-1900 warming trend · near-annual bleaching trajectory · Ecosystem services · outstanding universal value · ecological function threat
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Marine and fisheries research Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/marine-and-fisheries-research/2026. Accessed 2026-07-17. Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459