A. Sasekumar

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

A. Sasekumar is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Sasekumar has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in A. Sasekumar's work include Marine and fisheries research (19 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (8 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers). A. Sasekumar is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (19 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (8 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers). A. Sasekumar collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, Australia and United States. A. Sasekumar's co-authors include Ving Ching Chong, Nadine Marshall, Joseph R. Pawlik, Michael D. E. Haywood, Steven Bouillon, S. J. M. Blaber, Jan‐Olaf Meynecke, Paul J. Somerfield, Ivan Nagelkerken and P. Dixon and has published in prestigious journals such as Oecologia, Journal of Animal Ecology and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

A. Sasekumar

46 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: A review

2008 1.1k citations Ivan Nagelkerken, S. J. M. Blaber et al. Aquatic Botany profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Sasekumar Malaysia	21	2.3k	987	815	315	263	47	3.0k
Karen Diele United Kingdom	23	2.9k 1.2×	917 0.9×	697 0.9×	326 1.0×	409 1.6×	65	3.4k
Peter Saenger Australia	28	2.3k 1.0×	465 0.5×	639 0.8×	108 0.3×	660 2.5×	119	3.4k
Janine B. Adams South Africa	40	3.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	1.9k 2.4×	273 0.9×	424 1.6×	223	5.4k
P.L.A. Erftemeijer Netherlands	28	2.6k 1.1×	972 1.0×	1.9k 2.3×	132 0.4×	111 0.4×	65	3.4k
Jorge Terrados Spain	35	2.7k 1.2×	621 0.6×	2.8k 3.5×	358 1.1×	208 0.8×	113	3.7k
Paulo Antunes Horta Brazil	36	1.9k 0.8×	765 0.8×	2.0k 2.5×	403 1.3×	240 0.9×	147	3.5k
Jared O. Bosire Kenya	20	2.1k 0.9×	694 0.7×	303 0.4×	65 0.2×	308 1.2×	37	2.6k
L.A. Trott Australia	19	1.0k 0.4×	385 0.4×	382 0.5×	223 0.7×	141 0.5×	25	1.4k
Katherine C. Ewel United States	31	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	517 0.6×	53 0.2×	488 1.9×	73	3.5k
Roy R. Lewis United States	17	2.0k 0.8×	556 0.6×	632 0.8×	44 0.1×	261 1.0×	24	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Sasekumar

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Chong, Ving Ching, et al.. (2021). Community Structure and Trophic Ecology of Fish Assemblages in an Ephemeral Polychaete Reef on a Tropical Mudflat. Estuaries and Coasts. 44(8). 2307–2333. 5 indexed citations

Sasekumar, A., et al.. (2017). Trophic discrimination factor and the significance of mangrove litter to benthic detritivorous gastropod, Ellobium aurisjudae (Linnaeus). Journal of Sea Research. 131. 79–84. 13 indexed citations

Chong, Ving Ching, et al.. (2017). Rediscovery ofEllobium scheepmakeri(Petit De La Saussaye, 1850) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ellobiidae), a rare ellobiid in Bukit Belimbing mangrove forest, Peninsular Malaysia. Molluscan Research. 37(3). 222–226. 3 indexed citations

Marsham, Sara, et al.. (2016). The Use of Otolith Morphometrics in Determining the Size and Species Identification of Eight Mullets (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) from Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana. 9 indexed citations

Sasekumar, A., et al.. (2016). Estimation of local tourists Willingness To Pay. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 7. 142–149. 5 indexed citations

Basiron, Yusof, et al.. (2015). SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF OIL PALM PLANTATION INDUSTRY AND THE PERCEPTION IMPLICATIONS. 6. 10–24. 6 indexed citations

Chong, Ving Ching, et al.. (2015). New records and range-extension of the swimming crab Xiphonectes pseudohastatoides (Yang & Tang, 2006) (Brachyura, Portunidae). Crustaceana. 88(6). 641–649. 2 indexed citations

Loh, Kar‐Hoe, Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein, Ving Ching Chong, & A. Sasekumar. (2015). Notes on the Moray Eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of Malaysia with Two New Records. Sains Malaysiana. 44(1). 41–47. 3 indexed citations

Sany, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly, Rosli Hashim, Majid Rezayi, et al.. (2014). Human health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from consumption of blood cockle and exposure to contaminated sediments and water along the Klang Strait, Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 84(1-2). 268–279. 31 indexed citations

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Sany, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly, Aishah Salleh, Abdul Halim Sulaiman, et al.. (2012). Distribution characteristics and ecological risk of heavy metals in surface sediments of West Port, Malaysia. Environment Protection Engineering. 38(4). 22 indexed citations

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Chong, Ving Ching, et al.. (2012). Phytoplankton fuel the energy flow from zooplankton to small nekton in turbid mangrove waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 469. 7–24. 50 indexed citations

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Nagelkerken, Ivan, S. J. M. Blaber, Steven Bouillon, et al.. (2008). The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: A review. Aquatic Botany. 89(2). 155–185. 1124 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alongi, Daniel M., Ving Ching Chong, P. Dixon, A. Sasekumar, & Frank Tirendi. (2003). The influence of fish cage aquaculture on pelagic carbon flow and water chemistry in tidally dominated mangrove estuaries of peninsular Malaysia. Marine Environmental Research. 55(4). 313–333. 83 indexed citations

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Chong, Ving Ching, A. Sasekumar, & Eric Wolanski. (1996). The Role of Mangroves in Retaining Penaeid Prawn Larvae in Klang Strait, Malaysia. 1(1). 11–22. 27 indexed citations

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Sasekumar, A., et al.. (1996). Wooden Panel Deterioration by Tropical Marine Wood Borers. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 42(6). 755–769. 15 indexed citations

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Sasekumar, A.. (1994). Meiofauna of a mangrove shore on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The University of Malaya Research Repository (University of Malaya). 28 indexed citations

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Sasekumar, A., Nadine Marshall, & Donald Macintosh. (1994). Ecology and Conservation of Southeast Asian Marine and Freshwater Environments including Wetlands. 11 indexed citations

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Sasekumar, A., et al.. (1994). Distribution and abundance of marine wood borers on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Hydrobiologia. 285(1-3). 111–121. 12 indexed citations

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Ng, Peter K. L. & A. Sasekumar. (1993). A new species of Polyonyx Stimpson, 1858, of the P. sinensis group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) commensal with a chaetopterid worm from Peninsular Malaysia. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 67(33). 467–472. 8 indexed citations

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Gearing, J. N., et al.. (1984). Stable isotope ratio as a tracer of mangrove carbon in Malaysian ecosystems. Oecologia. 61(3). 326–333. 223 indexed citations

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