Charles Sheppard

10.8k total citations
189 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Charles Sheppard is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Sheppard has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Ecology, 43 papers in Oceanography and 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Charles Sheppard's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (70 papers), Marine and fisheries research (32 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (29 papers). Charles Sheppard is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (70 papers), Marine and fisheries research (32 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (29 papers). Charles Sheppard collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Charles Sheppard's co-authors include Mark Spalding, Callum M. Roberts, Anne Sheppard, A. Price, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Sidney Merlis, Michael R. Gourlay, R. Payet, Andrew Price and Clare Bradshaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Charles Sheppard

171 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Sheppard United Kingdom 37 3.7k 2.3k 2.0k 651 600 189 5.3k
Malcolm R. Clark New Zealand 46 4.6k 1.3× 3.6k 1.6× 3.7k 1.9× 1.0k 1.5× 633 1.1× 147 7.7k
Matthew T. Perry United States 3 3.1k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 1.7k 0.9× 515 0.8× 1.3k 2.2× 3 4.8k
James Robertson United Kingdom 18 2.7k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 1.8× 282 0.5× 77 6.1k
Thomas E. Jordan United States 44 2.3k 0.6× 916 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 673 1.0× 215 0.4× 172 5.8k
Elva Escobar‐Briones Mexico 30 2.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 2.4k 1.2× 352 0.5× 308 0.5× 130 4.7k
Nyawira A. Muthiga United States 31 6.1k 1.6× 4.1k 1.8× 3.7k 1.9× 527 0.8× 1.1k 1.8× 63 7.9k
Janine B. Adams South Africa 40 3.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 675 1.0× 791 1.3× 223 5.4k
Ragnar Elmgren Sweden 47 4.1k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 5.4k 2.8× 681 1.0× 435 0.7× 92 8.7k
C.L.J. Frid United Kingdom 37 2.0k 0.5× 2.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 673 1.0× 445 0.7× 130 5.0k
Francis Chan United States 34 3.1k 0.8× 2.9k 1.2× 4.3k 2.2× 474 0.7× 361 0.6× 73 6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Charles Sheppard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Sheppard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Sheppard

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pearce‐Kelly, Paul, Andrew H. Altieri, John F. Bruno, et al.. (2025). Considerations for determining warm-water coral reef tipping points. Earth System Dynamics. 16(1). 275–292. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, Nai‘a, Jon Day, Daniel Wagner, et al.. (2017). Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas. IUCN eBooks.
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Cloete, Nico, Johann Mouton, & Charles Sheppard. (2016). 9781928331001.pdf. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 45 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Charles. (2015). Coral reefs in the Gulf are mostly dead now, but can we do anything about it?. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 105(2). 593–598. 35 indexed citations
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Toonen, Robert J., Thorsten Wilhelm, Sara M. Maxwell, et al.. (2013). One size does not fit all: The emerging frontier in large-scale marine conservation. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 77(1-2). 7–10. 120 indexed citations
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Pratchett, Morgan S., Chiara Pisapia, & Charles Sheppard. (2013). Background mortality rates for recovering populations of Acropora cytherea in the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean. Marine Environmental Research. 86. 29–34. 18 indexed citations
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Ateweberhan, Mebrahtu, David A. Feary, Shashank Keshavmurthy, et al.. (2013). Climate change impacts on coral reefs: Synergies with local effects, possibilities for acclimation, and management implications. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 74(2). 526–539. 124 indexed citations
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Riegl, Bernhard, Charles Sheppard, & Sam J. Purkis. (2012). Human Impact on Atolls Leads to Coral Loss and Community Homogenisation: A Modeling Study. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e36921–e36921. 23 indexed citations
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Vogler, Catherine, John Benzie, Paul H. Barber, et al.. (2012). Phylogeography of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish in the Indian Ocean. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43499–e43499. 45 indexed citations
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Yang, Sung‐Yin, Shashank Keshavmurthy, David Obura, et al.. (2012). Diversity and Distribution of Symbiodinium Associated with Seven Common Coral Species in the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e35836–e35836. 20 indexed citations
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Tang, Pei-Ciao, Andrew McGowan, Hwey‐Lian Hsieh, et al.. (2008). Isolation and characteristics of 10 microsatellite markers from the endangered coconut crab (Birgus latro). Molecular Ecology Resources. 8(6). 1448–1450. 4 indexed citations
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Fukami, Hironobu, Chaolun Allen Chen, Ann F. Budd, et al.. (2008). Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria). PLoS ONE. 3(9). e3222–e3222. 255 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Charles & Rodolfo Rioja‐Nieto. (2005). Sea surface temperature 1871–2099 in 38 cells in the Caribbean region. Marine Environmental Research. 60(3). 389–396. 42 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Charles & Nick A Rayner. (2002). Utility of the Hadley Centre sea ice and sea surface temperature data set (HadISST1) in two widely contrasting coral reef areas. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 44(4). 303–308. 30 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Charles. (2001). The Main Issues Affecting Coasts of the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans: A Meta-analysis from Seas at the Millennium. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42(12). 1199–1207. 9 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Charles. (2000). Coral Reefs: Beyond Mortality?. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 1(1). 7–9. 3 indexed citations
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Salm, Rodney V. & Charles Sheppard. (1986). Corals and coral reefs of the capital area, Oman. IUCN eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Charles, et al.. (1983). Taxonomy, ecology and physiology of the geographically restricted scleractinian species Ctenella chagius matthai. Bulletin of Marine Science. 33(4). 905–918. 3 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Charles, et al.. (1971). COMBINATION MEDICATIONS IN PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT: PATTERNS IN A GROUP OF ELDERLY HOSPITAL PATIENTS*. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 19(4). 301–307. 12 indexed citations

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