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

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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.

Global imprint of climate change on marine life

2013 1.6k citations Elvira S. Poloczanska, Christopher J. Brown 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 Elvira S. Poloczanska, Michael T. Burrows 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, Benjamin S. Halpern 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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Christopher J. Brown	7.0k	5.2k	3.3k	2.1k	1.3k	164	10.8k
David S. Schoeman	6.6k 0.9×	4.8k 0.9×	4.5k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	129	10.6k
Elvira S. Poloczanska	5.6k 0.8×	4.4k 0.8×	3.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	64	8.8k
Sean R. Connolly	11.0k 1.6×	7.0k 1.3×	6.7k 2.0×	2.3k 1.1×	687 0.5×	133	13.4k
Malin L. Pinsky	4.7k 0.7×	4.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	881 0.7×	117	7.7k
Graham J. Edgar	9.8k 1.4×	7.9k 1.5×	5.7k 1.7×	2.6k 1.2×	977 0.8×	268	13.9k
William J. Sydeman	8.8k 1.3×	7.6k 1.5×	5.2k 1.6×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	164	13.8k
Derek P. Tittensor	4.3k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	79	7.5k
William W. L. Cheung	6.1k 0.9×	7.6k 1.5×	2.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	557 0.4×	126	11.0k
Carrie V. Kappel	9.8k 1.4×	8.4k 1.6×	4.9k 1.5×	1.8k 0.8×	864 0.7×	55	15.0k
Keith Brander	4.3k 0.6×	6.0k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	671 0.5×	81	8.7k

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brown, Christopher J., et al.. (2025). Assessing predictive accuracy of species abundance models in dynamic systems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(9). 2036–2047.

Brown, Christopher J., et al.. (2025). Mapping the global co-location potential of offshore wind energy and aquaculture production. Ocean & Coastal Management. 263. 107605–107605. 2 indexed citations

Tulloch, Vivitskaia, et al.. (2025). Incorporating cyclone risk in the design of marine protected and conserved areas as an ecosystem‐based adaptation approach. Conservation Biology. 39(4). e14437–e14437. 1 indexed citations

Buelow, Christina A., et al.. (2024). Are restoration plans missing the target? Land tenure and cyclone risks reshuffles priorities for mangrove restoration. Restoration Ecology. 32(8).

Connolly, Rod M., J. B. Rasmussen, Christina A. Buelow, et al.. (2024). Estimating enhanced fish production on restored shellfish reefs using automated data collection from underwater videos. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(4). 633–646. 8 indexed citations

Bell‐James, Justine, Nicole Shumway, Jaramar Villarreal‐Rosas, et al.. (2024). Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions: Lessons from global bright spots. Environmental Science & Policy. 163. 103962–103962.

Jones, Alice R., et al.. (2024). Incorporating stressor interactions into spatially explicit cumulative impact assessments. Ecological Applications. 35(1). e3056–e3056. 4 indexed citations

Hamilton, Richard, Christopher J. Brown, Peter Waldie, et al.. (2023). Freedivers harvest thousands of sea turtles a year in the Solomon Islands. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34(1).

Adame, María Fernanda, Rod M. Connolly, Mischa P. Turschwell, et al.. (2021). Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss. Global Change Biology. 27(12). 2856–2866. 143 indexed citations

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McClure, Eva C., Michael Sievers, Christopher J. Brown, et al.. (2020). Artificial Intelligence Meets Citizen Science to Supercharge Ecological Monitoring. Patterns. 1(7). 100109–100109. 66 indexed citations

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Molinos, Jorge García, David S. Schoeman, Christopher J. Brown, & Michael T. Burrows. (2019). VoCC: An r package for calculating the velocity of climate change and related climatic metrics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(12). 2195–2202. 60 indexed citations

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Brown, Christopher J., et al.. (2018). The assessment of fishery status depends on fish habitats. Fish and Fisheries. 20(1). 1–14. 73 indexed citations

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Spencer, David M., Ian W. Brown, Mark Doubell, et al.. (2018). Bottom boundary layer cooling and wind‐driven upwelling enhance the catchability of spanner crab (Ranina ranina) in South‐East Queensland, Australia. Fisheries Oceanography. 28(3). 317–326. 6 indexed citations

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Brown, Christopher J., Stacy D. Jupiter, Simon Albert, et al.. (2018). A guide to modelling priorities for managing land‐based impacts on coastal ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(5). 1106–1116. 30 indexed citations

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Brown, Christopher J., Alastair R. Harborne, Claire B. Paris, & Peter J. Mumby. (2016). Uniting paradigms of connectivity in marine ecology. Ecology. 97(9). 2447–2457. 31 indexed citations

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Rich, Adam, Scott M. Gordon, Christopher J. Brown, et al.. (2013). Kit Signaling Is Required for Development of Coordinated Motility Patterns in Zebrafish Gastrointestinal Tract. Zebrafish. 10(2). 154–160. 22 indexed citations

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Smith, Anthony D. M., Christopher J. Brown, Cathy Bulman, et al.. (2011). Impacts of Fishing Low–Trophic Level Species on Marine Ecosystems. Science. 333(6046). 1147–1150. 467 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walpole, Matthew J., Christopher J. Brown, Megan Tierney, R.S. de Groot, & Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven. (2011). Developing ecosystem service indicators: Experiences and lessons learned from sub-global assessments and other initiatives. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 58. 35 indexed citations

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Brown, Christopher J., David S. Schoeman, William J. Sydeman, et al.. (2011). Quantitative approaches in climate change ecology. Global Change Biology. 17(12). 3697–3713. 113 indexed citations

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Hoare, R. D., et al.. (1982). Some Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Rostroconchs from the Midcontinent Region. Journal of Paleontology. 56. 123–131. 15 indexed citations

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