Annah Piggott‐McKellar

998 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 564 citations indexed

About

Annah Piggott‐McKellar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Annah Piggott‐McKellar has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 564 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Demography and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Annah Piggott‐McKellar's work include Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (17 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (14 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers). Annah Piggott‐McKellar is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (17 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (14 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers). Annah Piggott‐McKellar collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Fiji and United States. Annah Piggott‐McKellar's co-authors include Karen E. McNamara, Patrick D. Nunn, Celia McMichael, James Watson, Rachel Clissold, Roselyn Kumar, Ross Westoby, Francis Areki, Eugene Joseph and Olivia Warrick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Climate Change and AMBIO.

In The Last Decade

Annah Piggott‐McKellar

18 papers receiving 550 citations

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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.

An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands

2020 137 citations Karen E. McNamara, Rachel Clissold et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Annah Piggott‐McKellar Australia	13	431	156	107	87	71	23	564
Rachel Clissold Australia	12	371 0.9×	124 0.8×	120 1.1×	121 1.4×	59 0.8×	32	501
Olivia Dun Australia	15	619 1.4×	137 0.9×	134 1.3×	49 0.6×	49 0.7×	35	820
Natasha Kuruppu Australia	12	404 0.9×	117 0.8×	191 1.8×	183 2.1×	105 1.5×	17	671
Ross Westoby Australia	16	557 1.3×	152 1.0×	204 1.9×	161 1.9×	115 1.6×	48	828
Ricardo Safra de Campos United Kingdom	15	529 1.2×	69 0.4×	223 2.1×	132 1.5×	47 0.7×	27	815
Maxine Burkett United States	10	491 1.1×	121 0.8×	254 2.4×	98 1.1×	83 1.2×	34	800
Emma Calgaro Australia	11	502 1.2×	105 0.7×	132 1.2×	20 0.2×	58 0.8×	14	642
Oli Brown United Kingdom	11	400 0.9×	51 0.3×	155 1.4×	93 1.1×	68 1.0×	17	692
Kanta Kumari Rigaud United States	6	539 1.3×	76 0.5×	109 1.0×	46 0.5×	41 0.6×	15	747
Robin Bronen United States	10	652 1.5×	103 0.7×	222 2.1×	170 2.0×	71 1.0×	15	1.0k

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McMichael, Celia, et al.. (2025). Climate change and the planned relocation of people: A longitudinal analysis of Vunidogoloa, Fiji. AMBIO. 54(6). 1043–1056.

Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, et al.. (2025). Climate-related partial relocation in Fiji impacts the wellbeing of those who relocated and those who stayed differently. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Eberhard, Rachel, Karen Vella, Margaret Gooch, et al.. (2025). Community Engagement for Novel Ecosystem Restoration and Assisted Adaptation Interventions: Observations and Lessons from the Australian Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program. Society & Natural Resources. 38(6). 626–645. 2 indexed citations

Durand-Delacre, David, et al.. (2025). Priorities for consent-based and well-supported climate relocations. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5412–5412.

Baum, Chad M., Thomas B. Fischer, Stewart Lockie, et al.. (2024). A call for strategic assessments of regional applications of solar radiation management: Exploring the challenges and opportunities from marine cloud brightening and albedo surface modification. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 110. 107701–107701. 2 indexed citations

McMichael, Celia, et al.. (2024). Partial planned relocation and livelihoods: Learnings from Narikoso, Fiji. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 65(3). 290–307. 4 indexed citations

Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, et al.. (2024). Climate and disaster-related planned relocation: Wellbeing outcomes and justice implications. 1 indexed citations

Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, et al.. (2024). Framing locally led adaptation in a planned relocation in Fiji. Geoforum. 159. 104196–104196. 1 indexed citations

Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, et al.. (2024). Project team experiences of working with disaster affected communities, psychological hazards and well-being.

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah & Karen Vella. (2023). Lessons learned and policy implications from climate-related planned relocation in Fiji and Australia. Frontiers in Climate. 5. 14 indexed citations

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, et al.. (2022). Climate Change, Voluntary Immobility, and Place-Belongingness: Insights from Togoru, Fiji. Climate. 10(3). 46–46. 17 indexed citations

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, et al.. (2021). Generational retreat: locally driven adaption to coastal hazard risk in two Indigenous communities in Fiji. Regional Environmental Change. 21(2). 14 indexed citations

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McMichael, Celia, et al.. (2021). Rising seas, immobilities, and translocality in small island states: case studies from Fiji and Tuvalu. Population and Environment. 43(1). 82–107. 26 indexed citations

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah & Celia McMichael. (2021). The immobility-relocation continuum: Diverse responses to coastal change in a small island state. Environmental Science & Policy. 125. 105–115. 21 indexed citations

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, Karen E. McNamara, & Patrick D. Nunn. (2020). Who defines “good” climate change adaptation and why it matters: a case study from Abaiang Island, Kiribati. Regional Environmental Change. 20(2). 16 indexed citations

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, et al.. (2019). A livelihood analysis of resettlement outcomes: Lessons for climate-induced relocations. AMBIO. 49(9). 1474–1489. 42 indexed citations

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, Karen E. McNamara, Patrick D. Nunn, & James Watson. (2019). What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature. Local Environment. 24(4). 374–390. 91 indexed citations

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah, et al.. (2019). Moving People in a Changing Climate: Lessons from Two Case Studies in Fiji. Social Sciences. 8(5). 133–133. 59 indexed citations

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McNamara, Karen E., et al.. (2016). Vulnerability and vulnerable groups: Baseline, indicators and assessments for Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland).

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Piggott‐McKellar, Annah & Karen E. McNamara. (2016). Last chance tourism and the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 25(3). 397–415. 80 indexed citations

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