Andrew Swales

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Andrew Swales is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Swales has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Andrew Swales's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (25 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (21 papers) and Geological formations and processes (12 papers). Andrew Swales is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (25 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (21 papers) and Geological formations and processes (12 papers). Andrew Swales collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. Andrew Swales's co-authors include Catherine E. Lovelock, Daniel A. Friess, Donald R. Cahoon, Megan I. Saunders, Neil Saintilan, Frida Sidik, Minh–Triet Tran, Kerrylee Rogers, Ruth Reef and Ken W. Krauss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Swales

42 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise

2015 616 citations Catherine E. Lovelock, Donald R. Cahoon et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew Swales New Zealand	18	1.3k	743	340	264	253	44	1.6k
Nicole Cormier United States	20	1.2k 0.9×	449 0.6×	209 0.6×	279 1.1×	192 0.8×	38	1.3k
Philippe Hensel United States	12	1.1k 0.9×	787 1.1×	294 0.9×	177 0.7×	144 0.6×	20	1.3k
Frank Tirendi Australia	21	1.5k 1.1×	470 0.6×	314 0.9×	260 1.0×	430 1.7×	27	1.8k
Yoshihiro Mazda Japan	15	1.2k 0.9×	886 1.2×	226 0.7×	165 0.6×	159 0.6×	23	1.4k
John Rybczyk United States	18	1.5k 1.2×	959 1.3×	416 1.2×	236 0.9×	240 0.9×	34	1.8k
James C. Lynch United States	19	2.8k 2.2×	1.7k 2.3×	794 2.3×	394 1.5×	433 1.7×	26	3.0k
Jin Eong Ong Malaysia	11	1.1k 0.9×	344 0.5×	218 0.6×	284 1.1×	184 0.7×	18	1.5k
Mark Schuerch United Kingdom	17	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	625 1.8×	442 1.7×	273 1.1×	26	2.1k
Claudia Wolff Germany	14	849 0.7×	652 0.9×	549 1.6×	587 2.2×	257 1.0×	24	1.5k
Enrique Reyes United States	19	1.2k 1.0×	793 1.1×	395 1.2×	461 1.7×	332 1.3×	34	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrew Swales

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrew Swales

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Swales

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

All Works

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Hale, Rachel, John Zeldis, Bruce Dudley, et al.. (2024). Hindcasting estuary ecological states using sediment cores, modelled historic nutrient loads, and a Bayesian network. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11. 2 indexed citations

Horstman, Erik, Andrew Swales, Iain T. MacDonald, et al.. (2023). Mangrove forest drag and bed stabilisation effects on intertidal flat morphology. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 49(3). 1117–1134. 8 indexed citations

Handley, Sean J., et al.. (2020). Historic and contemporary anthropogenic effects on granulometry and species composition detected from sediment cores and death assemblages, Nelson Bays, Aotearoa-New Zealand. Continental Shelf Research. 202. 104147–104147. 8 indexed citations

Swales, Andrew & Max M. Gibbs. (2020). Transition in the isotopic signatures of fatty-acid soil biomarkers under changing land use: Insights from a multi-decadal chronosequence. The Science of The Total Environment. 722. 137850–137850. 9 indexed citations

Schuller, Paulina, et al.. (2019). Combining Isotopic Techniques to Assess Historical Sediment Delivery in a Forest Catchment in Central Chile. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 20(1). 83–94. 11 indexed citations

Adams, Matthew, Marilyn C. Ball, Jan‐Olaf Meynecke, et al.. (2019). Night and day: Shrinking and swelling of stems of diverse mangrove species growing along environmental gradients. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0221950–e0221950. 8 indexed citations

Santos‐Villalobos, Sergio de los, et al.. (2017). The CSSIAR v.1.00 Software: A new tool based on SIAR to assess soil redistribution using Compound Specific Stable Isotopes. SoftwareX. 6. 13–18. 7 indexed citations

Quinn, John M., Malcolm O. Green, Marc Schallenberg, et al.. (2017). Management and rehabilitation of aquatic ecosystems: introduction and synthesis. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 51(1). 1–6. 3 indexed citations

Swales, Andrew, et al.. (2015). Influence of buoyancy- and wind-coupling on sediment dispersal and deposition in the firth of Thames, New Zealand. 733. 1 indexed citations

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Balke, Thorsten, Andrew Swales, Catherine E. Lovelock, P.M.J. Herman, & Tjeerd J. Bouma. (2015). Limits to seaward expansion of mangroves: Translating physical disturbance mechanisms into seedling survival gradients. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 467. 16–25. 46 indexed citations

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Swales, Andrew, Samuel J. Bentley, & Catherine E. Lovelock. (2015). Mangrove‐forest evolution in a sediment‐rich estuarine system: opportunists or agents of geomorphic change?. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 40(12). 1672–1687. 82 indexed citations

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Lovelock, Catherine E., Donald R. Cahoon, Daniel A. Friess, et al.. (2015). The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise. Nature. 526(7574). 559–563. 616 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bentley, Samuel J., et al.. (2014). Sedimentation, bioturbation, and sedimentary fabric evolution on a modern mesotidal mudflat: A multi-tracer study of processes, rates, and scales. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 141. 58–68. 11 indexed citations

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Swales, Andrew & Samuel J. Bentley. (2008). Recent tidal-flat evolution and mangrove-habitat expansion: application of radioisotope dating to environmental reconstruction.. Civil War Book Review. 76–84. 4 indexed citations

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Swales, Andrew, et al.. (2005). Sediment remobilisation from decomposing cordgrass ( Spartina anglica ) patches on a wave‐exposed intertidal flat. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 39(6). 1305–1319. 3 indexed citations

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Swales, Andrew. (2002). Geostatistical Estimation of Short-Term Changes in Beach Morphology and Sand Budget. Journal of Coastal Research. 18(2). 338–351. 16 indexed citations

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Hicks, D. M., et al.. (2002). Sand Volume Change and Cross-shore Sand Transfer, Mangawhai Beach, New Zealand. Journal of Coastal Research. 18(4). 760–775. 6 indexed citations

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Green, Malcolm O., et al.. (1999). Transport of Mixed Size Sediments in a Tidal Channel. Coastal Sediments. 644–658. 11 indexed citations

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Swales, Andrew, et al.. (1999). Shoreface Bedforms and Cross-Shore Sand Fluxes Measured Using an Enhanced Sea Sled. Coastal Sediments. 1034–1049. 2 indexed citations

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Hicks, D. Murray, Terry M. Hume, Andrew Swales, & Malcolm O. Green. (1999). Magnitudes, Spatial Extent, Time Scales and Causes of Shoreline Change Adjacent to an Ebb Tidal Delta, Katikati Inlet, New Zealand. Journal of Coastal Research. 15(1). 220–240. 25 indexed citations

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