Christopher M. Free

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher M. Free is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher M. Free has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 20 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Christopher M. Free's work include Marine and fisheries research (21 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (12 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers). Christopher M. Free is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (21 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (12 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers). Christopher M. Free collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Christopher M. Free's co-authors include Olaf P. Jensen, N. Williamson, Marcus Eriksen, Sherri A. Mason, Bazartseren Boldgiv, John Wiedenmann, Kiva L. Oken, Malin L. Pinsky, James T. Thorson and Steven D. Gaines and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher M. Free

35 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake

2014 1.1k citations Christopher M. Free, Olaf P. Jensen et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production

2019 384 citations Christopher M. Free, James T. Thorson et al. Science profile →
Global estimation of dietary micronutrient inadequacies: a modelling analysis

2024 87 citations Simone Passarelli, Christopher M. Free et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher M. Free United States	19	1.1k	895	787	543	332	39	2.3k
Pierpaolo Consoli Italy	28	1.2k 1.1×	679 0.8×	863 1.1×	815 1.5×	286 0.9×	87	2.3k
Pietro Battaglia Italy	24	1.2k 1.1×	775 0.9×	789 1.0×	649 1.2×	333 1.0×	95	2.3k
Tomaso Fortibuoni Italy	24	1.1k 1.0×	601 0.7×	523 0.7×	462 0.9×	185 0.6×	38	1.8k
André R. A. Lima Brazil	21	1.3k 1.2×	890 1.0×	387 0.5×	353 0.7×	238 0.7×	33	1.9k
M. Shahadat Hossain Bangladesh	19	681 0.6×	473 0.5×	394 0.5×	365 0.7×	227 0.7×	48	1.7k
Sandra Ramos Portugal	21	474 0.4×	296 0.3×	450 0.6×	385 0.7×	218 0.7×	66	1.2k
Cristina Munari Italy	26	1.1k 1.0×	727 0.8×	675 0.9×	635 1.2×	74 0.2×	90	2.3k
Teresa Romeo Italy	36	2.6k 2.4×	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	478 1.4×	155	4.5k
Mark Lenz Germany	24	1.3k 1.2×	814 0.9×	529 0.7×	481 0.9×	87 0.3×	64	2.3k
Subrata Sarker Bangladesh	19	478 0.4×	333 0.4×	309 0.4×	342 0.6×	156 0.5×	69	1.3k

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Bennett, Abigail, Julia G. Mason, Willow Battista, et al.. (2025). An analytical approach to explore prospects and limits of nutrition-sensitive fisheries governance under climate change. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 35003–35003. 1 indexed citations

Halpern, Benjamin S., Briana Abrahms, Jacob E. Allgeier, et al.. (2025). Strategic planning could reduce farm-scale mariculture impacts on marine biodiversity while expanding seafood production. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 9(4). 565–575.

Gill, David, Sarah E. Lester, Christopher M. Free, et al.. (2024). A diverse portfolio of marine protected areas can better advance global conservation and equity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(10). e2313205121–e2313205121. 17 indexed citations

Passarelli, Simone, Christopher M. Free, Alon Shepon, et al.. (2024). Global estimation of dietary micronutrient inadequacies: a modelling analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 12(10). e1590–e1599. 87 indexed citations breakdown →

Feitosa, Leonardo Manir, Matthew G. Burgess, Christopher M. Free, & Steven D. Gaines. (2024). Synergies between price and life history enhance extinction risk in open‐access fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. 25(6). 972–984. 1 indexed citations

Teneva, Lida, Christopher M. Free, Andrew Hume, et al.. (2023). Small island nations can achieve food security benefits through climate-adaptive blue food governance by 2050. Marine Policy. 151. 105577–105577. 11 indexed citations

Free, Christopher M., Julien Brun, Tessa B. Francis, et al.. (2023). If you build it, they will come: Coastal amenities facilitate human engagement in marine protected areas. People and Nature. 5(5). 1592–1609. 2 indexed citations

Free, Christopher M., Julien Brun, Clarissa R. Anderson, et al.. (2023). A marine protected area network does not confer community structure resilience to a marine heatwave across coastal ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 29(19). 5634–5651. 24 indexed citations

Free, Christopher M., Sean C. Anderson, Barbara Muhling, et al.. (2023). Impact of the 2014–2016 marine heatwave on US and Canada West Coast fisheries: Surprises and lessons from key case studies. Fish and Fisheries. 24(4). 652–674. 37 indexed citations

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Gephart, Jessica A., et al.. (2023). Global trade network patterns are coupled to fisheries sustainability. PNAS Nexus. 2(10). pgad301–pgad301. 6 indexed citations

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Free, Christopher M., Reniel B. Cabral, Halley E. Froehlich, et al.. (2022). Expanding ocean food production under climate change. Nature. 605(7910). 490–496. 57 indexed citations

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Free, Christopher M., Stephanie K. Moore, & Vera L. Trainer. (2022). The value of monitoring in efficiently and adaptively managing biotoxin contamination in marine fisheries. Harmful Algae. 114. 102226–102226. 10 indexed citations

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Mason, Julia G., Jacob G. Eurich, Jacqueline Lau, et al.. (2021). Attributes of climate resilience in fisheries: From theory to practice. Fish and Fisheries. 23(3). 522–544. 64 indexed citations

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Free, Christopher M., Tracey Mangin, Jorge García Molinos, et al.. (2020). Realistic fisheries management reforms could mitigate the impacts of climate change in most countries. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0224347–e0224347. 78 indexed citations

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Free, Christopher M., James T. Thorson, Malin L. Pinsky, et al.. (2019). Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production. Science. 363(6430). 979–983. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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Free, Christopher M., et al.. (2015). A Mixed-Method Approach for Quantifying Illegal Fishing and Its Impact on an Endangered Fish Species. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0143960–e0143960. 20 indexed citations

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Smith, Melanie, et al.. (2014). Identifying marine Important Bird Areas using at-sea survey data. Biological Conservation. 172. 180–189. 21 indexed citations

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Free, Christopher M., Olaf P. Jensen, Sherri A. Mason, et al.. (2014). High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 85(1). 156–163. 1114 indexed citations breakdown →

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Free, Christopher M., et al.. (2014). High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake (Marine Poll Bull 14) FINAL. 2 indexed citations

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Powers, Sean P., Frank J. Hernandez, Robert H. Condon, J. Marcus Drymon, & Christopher M. Free. (2013). Novel Pathways for Injury from Offshore Oil Spills: Direct, Sublethal and Indirect Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Pelagic Sargassum Communities. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e74802–e74802. 25 indexed citations

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