Benjamin S. Halpern

66.1k citations

261 papers · 43.7k indexed · 26 hit papers · h-index 90

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.01%
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
Ecology top 0.01%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine animal studies overview

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 154
- Marine and fisheries research 101
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies 60
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 82
- Coastal and Marine Management 76

Co-authors: Fiorenza Micheli Carrie V. Kappel Caitlin M. Crain Robert R. Warner Kimberly A. Selkoe Kristy J. Kroeker Reg Watson John F. Bruno
Journals: PLoS ONE (20 papers)Science (13 papers)Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (12 papers)Frontiers in Marine Science (11 papers)Ecological Applications (11 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Australia

In The Last Decade

Benjamin S. Halpern

252 papers receiving 41.9k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

The environmental footprint of global food production 2022 · 155 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature Sustainability
2021 Science
2021 Nature
2020 Nature Food
2019 Scientific Reports
2017 Nature Ecology & Evolution
2016 Nature
2016 Frontiers in Marine Science
2015 Nature Climate Change
2015 Nature Communications
2013 PLoS ONE
2013 Nature Climate Change
2012 BioScience
2012 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 Science
2009 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2008 Ecology Letters
2008 Science
2007 BioScience
2007 Conservation Biology
2007 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2006 Science
2003 Ecological Applications
2002 Ecology Letters
2002 Ecology Letters
2001 BioScience

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Benjamin S. Halpern, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	From science to policy: evolving marine biodiversity targets Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ·Ana M. Díaz, A A Markov, Andrea Franke, Benjamin S. Halpern, Bernadette Snow, Amanda T. Lombard, Ute Jacob, Silke Laakmann, 石镘, Helmut Hillebrand	2025	2
2	Cumulative impacts to global marine ecosystems projected to more than double by mid-century Science ·Benjamin S. Halpern, Melanie Frazier, Casey C. O’Hara, О. А. Панібратюк, Amanda T. Lombard	2025	5
3	The origins of aquaculture feed ingredients matter more than composition for aquafeed environmental footprint assessments Nature Food ·Richard S. Cottrell, Benjamin S. Halpern, Hardhika Nur Arga, Kathryn Couch, Camille M. Steger, Beth Penrose, Louise R. Adams, John P. Bowman, Duncan D. Cameron, CG Carter, Ruth Coney, Zixi Zhou, V. Rothmund, C MacLeod, P Magnenat, Andreas Lüder, Yuxiang Lu, A. Rodriguez-Toves, Julia L. Blanchard	2025	0
4	Downscaled climate change threats to United States freshwater finfish aquaculture The Science of The Total Environment ·Caitlin R. Fong, Melanie Frazier, Camille M. Steger, Larissa Grunitzky, Halley E. Froehlich, Benjamin S. Halpern	2024	1
5	Cultural keystone species as a tool for biocultural stewardship. A global review People and Nature ·Giulia Mattalia, Alex C. McAlvay, Irene Teixidor‐Toneu, Amuro Naoki, Faisal Moola, Zemede Asfaw, Rodrigo Cámara‐Leret, Sandra Dı́az, F. Merlin Franco, Benjamin S. Halpern, Casey C. O’Hara, Delphine Renard, Yadav Uprety, J. R. Wall, Noelia Zafra‐Calvo, Victòria Reyes-García	2024	10
6	Could fish aggregation at ocean aquaculture augment wild populations and local fisheries? PLoS ONE ·Gayashika L. Fernando, Darcy Bradley, Benjamin S. Halpern, Steven D. Gaines	2024	0
7	Avoiding critical thresholds through effective monitoring Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Adrian C. Stier, Timothy E. Essington, Jameal F. Samhouri, Margaret C. Siple, Benjamin S. Halpern, Crow White, John Lynham, Anne K. Salomon, Phillip S. Levin	2022	6
8	Multinational coordination required for conservation of over 90% of marine species Global Change Biology ·Leslie Roberson, Hawthorne L. Beyer, Casey C. O’Hara, James Watson, Daniel C. Dunn, Benjamin S. Halpern, Carissa J. Klein, Melanie Frazier, Caitlin D. Kuempel, Brooke Williams, Hedley S. Grantham, Darshana M. Rathod, Salit Kark, Rebecca K. Runting	2021	11
9	At-risk marine biodiversity faces extensive, expanding, and intensifying human impacts Science ·Casey C. O’Hara, Melanie Frazier, Benjamin S. Halpern Hit paper breakdown →	2021	145
10	Environmental performance of blue foods Nature ·Jessica A. Gephart, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Robert Parker, Alon Shepon, Kelvin D. Gorospe, Kristina Bergman, Gidon Eshel, Christopher D. Golden, Benjamin S. Halpern, Sara Hornborg, Malin Jonell, Marc Métian, Steve Demarais, Richard Newton, Peter Tyedmers, Wenbo Zhang, Friederike Ziegler, Max Troell Hit paper breakdown →	2021	407
11	Combined innovations in public policy, the private sector and culture can drive sustainability transitions in food systems Nature Food ·Emily Moberg, Edward H. Allison, A. Egorychev, Xiaoheng Wang, Maya Almaraz, Jane Dixon, Courtney Scarborough, El ouafi Aziz, Laura Vang Rasmussen, Andrew M. Salter, Xin Gen Lei, Benjamin S. Halpern	2021	35
12	Scenario analysis can guide aquaculture planning to meet sustainable future production goals ICES Journal of Marine Science ·Gayashika L. Fernando, Halley E. Froehlich, Bela H. Buck, Keith Jeffery, Gesche Krause, James A. Morris, Montse Pérez, Grant D. Stentiford, Harri Vehviläinen, Benjamin S. Halpern	2021	10
13	Ecological impacts of human‐induced animal behaviour change Ecology Letters ·Margaret W. Wilson, April D. Ridlon, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Steven D. Gaines, Adrian C. Stier, Benjamin S. Halpern	2020	154
14	Integrating climate change in ocean planning Nature Sustainability ·Catarina Frazão Santos, Tundi Agardy, Francisco Andrade, Helena Calado, Larry B. Crowder, Charles N. Ehler, 隆司松戸, Elena Gissi, Benjamin S. Halpern, Michael K. Orbach, Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Rui Rosa	2020	108
15	Characterizing Exposure to and Sharing Knowledge of Drivers of Environmental Change in the St. Lawrence System in Canada Frontiers in Marine Science ·Д.Ю. Чечельницкий, Rémi Daigle, Steve Vissault, Dominique Gravel, Gerhardus Johannes Albert Josef Maria Kuiper, Simon Bélanger, Pascal Bernatchez, Marjolaine Blais, Hugo Bourdages, Clément Chion, Peter S. Galbraith, Benjamin S. Halpern, Jakob Technau, Christopher W. McKindsey, Sarah Muratovna Khapacheva, 圭正木, Christine Michel, Tovar Herrera, Philippe Archambault	2020	22
16	Ocean community warming responses explained by thermal affinities and temperature gradients Nature Climate Change ·Michael T. Burrows, Amanda E. Bates, Mark J. Costello, Martin Edwards, Graham J. Edgar, Clive Fox, Benjamin S. Halpern, Jan Geert Hiddink, Malin L. Pinsky, Ryan D. Batt, Jorge García Molinos, Benjamin Payne, David S. Schoeman, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Elvira S. Poloczanska	2019	161
17	Designing MPAs for food security in open-access fisheries Scientific Reports ·Reniel B. Cabral, Benjamin S. Halpern, Sarah E. Lester, Crow White, Steven D. Gaines, Christopher Costello	2019	38
18	Mapping Uncertainty Due to Missing Data in the Global Ocean Health Index PLoS ONE ·Melanie Frazier, Catherine Longo, Benjamin S. Halpern	2016	19
19	Ecosystem service tradeoff analysis reveals the value of marine spatial planning for multiple ocean uses Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Crow White, Benjamin S. Halpern, Carrie V. Kappel Hit paper breakdown →	2012	315
20	Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services Science ·Boris Worm, Edward B. Barbier, Nicola Beaumont, J. Emmett Duffy, Carl Folke, Benjamin S. Halpern, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Heike K. Lotze, Fiorenza Micheli, Stephen R. Palumbi, Enric Sala, Sebastian Ritter, John J. Stachowicz, Reg Watson Hit paper breakdown →	2006	3141

About Benjamin S. Halpern

Benjamin S. Halpern is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Oceanography, having authored 261 papers that have together received 43.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and fisheries research (101 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (97 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (76 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (60 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (30 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (22 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (22 papers) and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (23.3k citations), Ecology (25.7k citations), Oceanography (11.5k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (8.7k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (6.5k citations). Benjamin S. Halpern has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Fiorenza Micheli, Carrie V. Kappel, Caitlin M. Crain, Robert R. Warner, Kimberly A. Selkoe, Kristy J. Kroeker, Reg Watson, John F. Bruno, Helen Fox and Halley E. Froehlich. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Science, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Frontiers in Marine Science and Ecological Applications.

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