Christopher J. Brown

16.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
164 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Brown is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Brown has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Ecology, 76 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 44 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Brown's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (57 papers), Marine and fisheries research (57 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (32 papers). Christopher J. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (57 papers), Marine and fisheries research (57 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (32 papers). Christopher J. Brown collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Christopher J. Brown's co-authors include Anthony J. Richardson, Benjamin S. Halpern, David S. Schoeman, Michael T. Burrows, Isabelle M. Côté, Elvira S. Poloczanska, Rod M. Connolly, Pippa J. Moore, John M. Pandolfi and Emily S. Darling and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Brown

157 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global imprint of climate change on marine life

2013 1.6k citations Christopher J. Brown, David S. Schoeman et al. profile →
The Pace of Shifting Climate in Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems

2011 987 citations Michael T. Burrows, David S. Schoeman et al. Science profile →
Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

2016 678 citations Michael T. Burrows, Christopher J. Brown et al. profile →
Interactions among ecosystem stressors and their importance in conservation

2016 647 citations Christopher J. Brown et al. profile →
Impacts of Fishing Low–Trophic Level Species on Marine Ecosystems

2011 467 citations Anthony D. M. Smith, Christopher J. Brown et al. Science profile →
Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity

2015 456 citations Jorge García Molinos, David S. Schoeman et al. profile →
Long‐term declines and recovery of meadow area across the world’s seagrass bioregions

2021 283 citations Christopher J. Brown, Rod M. Connolly et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Global trends in mangrove forest fragmentation

2020 232 citations Rod M. Connolly, María Fernanda Adame et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher J. Brown

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher J. Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher J. Brown

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mapping the global co-location potential of offshore wind energy and aquaculture production 2025 ·Ocean & Coastal Management ·(unknown), Christopher J. Brown, Caitlin D. Kuempel	2
2	Assessing predictive accuracy of species abundance models in dynamic systems 2025 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Christopher J. Brown, Christina A. Buelow, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, NS Barrett, Graham J. Edgar, (unknown)	0
3	Incorporating cyclone risk in the design of marine protected and conserved areas as an ecosystem‐based adaptation approach 2025 ·Conservation Biology ·(unknown), Vivitskaia Tulloch, Dominic A. Andradi‐Brown, Rod M. Connolly, (unknown), Francis Areki, Christopher J. Brown	1
4	Are restoration plans missing the target? Land tenure and cyclone risks reshuffles priorities for mangrove restoration 2024 ·Restoration Ecology ·(unknown), Christina A. Buelow, Justine Bell‐James, Megan I. Saunders, Christopher J. Brown	0
5	Estimating enhanced fish production on restored shellfish reefs using automated data collection from underwater videos 2024 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Rod M. Connolly, (unknown), J. B. Rasmussen, Christina A. Buelow, Michael Sievers, (unknown), Christopher J. Brown, Sebastian Lopez‐Marcano, Craig D. H. Sherman, (unknown), B. Martin, Ryan Baring, Simon Reeves	8
6	Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions: Lessons from global bright spots 2024 ·Environmental Science & Policy ·Justine Bell‐James, Nicole Shumway, Jaramar Villarreal‐Rosas, Dominic A. Andradi‐Brown, Christopher J. Brown, James Fitzsimons, (unknown), (unknown), Catherine E. Lovelock, Megan I. Saunders, Nathan J. Waltham	0
7	Incorporating stressor interactions into spatially explicit cumulative impact assessments 2024 ·Ecological Applications ·(unknown), Alice R. Jones, Christopher J. Brown, Mark Doubell, Bronwyn M. Gillanders	4
8	Co-occurrence of biodiversity, carbon storage, coastal protection, and fish and invertebrate production to inform global mangrove conservation planning 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Michael Sievers, Christopher J. Brown, Jennifer McGowan, Mischa P. Turschwell, Christina A. Buelow, (unknown), Ryan M. Pearson, María Fernanda Adame, Dominic A. Andradi‐Brown, Andy Arnell, Brendan Mackey, Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, (unknown), Chris McOwen, Thomas A. Worthington, Rod M. Connolly	17
9	Freedivers harvest thousands of sea turtles a year in the Solomon Islands 2023 ·Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ·Richard Hamilton, (unknown), Christopher J. Brown, Peter Waldie, John Pita, (unknown), Rosalie Masu, Nate Peterson, (unknown), Col Limpus	0
10	Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·María Fernanda Adame, Rod M. Connolly, Mischa P. Turschwell, Catherine E. Lovelock, Temilola Fatoyinbo, David Lagomasino, Liza Goldberg, (unknown), Daniel A. Friess, Sigit D. Sasmito, Jonathan Sanderman, Michael Sievers, Christina A. Buelow, J. Boone Kauffman, (unknown), Christopher J. Brown	143
11	Artificial Intelligence Meets Citizen Science to Supercharge Ecological Monitoring 2020 ·Patterns ·Eva C. McClure, Michael Sievers, Christopher J. Brown, Christina A. Buelow, Ellen M. Ditria, Matthew A. Hayes, Ryan M. Pearson, Vivitskaia Tulloch, Richard K. F. Unsworth, Rod M. Connolly	66
12	VoCC: An r package for calculating the velocity of climate change and related climatic metrics 2019 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Jorge García Molinos, David S. Schoeman, Christopher J. Brown, Michael T. Burrows	60
13	The assessment of fishery status depends on fish habitats 2018 ·Fish and Fisheries ·Christopher J. Brown, (unknown), María Fernanda Adame, Trevor A. Branch, Mischa P. Turschwell, Rod M. Connolly	73
14	Bottom boundary layer cooling and wind‐driven upwelling enhance the catchability of spanner crab (Ranina ranina) in South‐East Queensland, Australia 2018 ·Fisheries Oceanography ·David M. Spencer, Ian W. Brown, Mark Doubell, Christopher J. Brown, (unknown), Shing Yip Lee, Hong Zhang, Charles Lemckert	6
15	Climate change decouples marine and freshwater habitats of a threatened migratory fish 2017 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Hsien‐Yung Lin, Alex Bush, Simon Linke, Hugh P. Possingham, Christopher J. Brown	12
16	Kit Signaling Is Required for Development of Coordinated Motility Patterns in Zebrafish Gastrointestinal Tract 2013 ·Zebrafish ·Adam Rich, Scott M. Gordon, Christopher J. Brown, Simon J. Gibbons, Katherine L. Schaefer, Grant W. Hennig, Gianrico Farrugia	22
17	Interactions between global and local stressors of ecosystems determine management effectiveness in cumulative impact mapping 2013 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Christopher J. Brown, Megan I. Saunders, Hugh P. Possingham, Anthony J. Richardson	110
18	Impacts of Fishing Low–Trophic Level Species on Marine Ecosystems breakdown → 2011 ·Science ·Anthony D. M. Smith, Christopher J. Brown, Cathy Bulman, Elizabeth A. Fulton, (unknown), Isaac C. Kaplan, Hector Lozano‐Montes, Steven Mackinson, Martin P. Marzloff, Lynne Shannon, Yunne‐Jai Shin, Jorge Tam	467
19	Developing ecosystem service indicators: Experiences and lessons learned from sub-global assessments and other initiatives 2011 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Matthew J. Walpole, Christopher J. Brown, Megan Tierney, R.S. de Groot, Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven	35
20	Some Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Rostroconchs from the Midcontinent Region 1982 ·Journal of Paleontology ·R. D. Hoare, (unknown), Christopher J. Brown	15

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