David McGrath

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

David McGrath is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David McGrath has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 34 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David McGrath's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (26 papers), Marine and fisheries research (24 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers). David McGrath is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (26 papers), Marine and fisheries research (24 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers). David McGrath collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Ireland. David McGrath's co-authors include Daniel C. Nepstad, Leandro Castello, Claudia Stickler, Laura L. Hess, Michael T. Coe, Caroline C. Arantes, Britaldo Soares‐Filho, Fábio de Castro, Ane Alencar and Andréa Aguiar Azevedo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David McGrath

92 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains

2014 783 citations Daniel C. Nepstad, David McGrath et al. profile →
The vulnerability of Amazon freshwater ecosystems

2013 364 citations Leandro Castello, David McGrath et al. Conservation Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David McGrath Brazil	28	2.0k	1.1k	1.0k	448	399	99	3.7k
Márcia N. Macedo United States	31	3.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	590 1.3×	235 0.6×	63	5.6k
Jane Turpie South Africa	32	1.6k 0.8×	705 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	559 1.2×	170 0.4×	93	3.2k
Leandro Castello United States	32	1.5k 0.8×	2.3k 2.1×	1.5k 1.4×	268 0.6×	1.2k 2.9×	76	4.2k
Joice Ferreira Brazil	33	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	321 0.7×	110 0.3×	79	4.0k
Jamie Pittock Australia	33	1.4k 0.7×	760 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	224 0.5×	110 0.3×	161	4.2k
Edward L. Webb Singapore	44	3.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.0×	2.9k 2.8×	588 1.3×	53 0.1×	137	6.4k
Neil Andrew Australia	44	2.8k 1.4×	833 0.8×	3.4k 3.2×	200 0.4×	718 1.8×	120	6.2k
John Agard Trinidad and Tobago	16	2.5k 1.3×	423 0.4×	764 0.7×	544 1.2×	61 0.2×	40	3.5k
Maria J. Santos Switzerland	35	1.2k 0.6×	648 0.6×	1.7k 1.6×	118 0.3×	87 0.2×	121	3.4k
Duncan Knowler Canada	20	1.9k 0.9×	3.8k 3.6×	4.4k 4.3×	699 1.6×	1.2k 3.0×	54	8.7k

Countries citing papers authored by David McGrath

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Fields of papers citing papers by David McGrath

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David McGrath

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hecht, Susanna B., Marianne Schmink, Rebecca Neaera Abers, et al.. (2024). Amazonia in motion: Changing politics, development strategies, peoples, landscapes and livelihoods. Acta Amazonica. 54(spe1).

Costa, Francisco de Assis, Eduardo Delgado Assad, Denise Humphreys Bebbington, et al.. (2024). Complex, diverse and changing agribusiness and livelihood systems in the Amazon. Acta Amazonica. 54(spe1). 3 indexed citations

Berrow, Simon, et al.. (2023). Effect of acoustic deterrents on the behaviour of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis). The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 10(3). 227–233. 2 indexed citations

McGrath, David, et al.. (2017). First recorded occurrence of Cheirocratus robustus Sars, 1894 in the British Isles. Marine Biodiversity Records. 10(1). 2 indexed citations

Castello, Leandro, David McGrath, Laura L. Hess, et al.. (2013). The vulnerability of Amazon freshwater ecosystems. Conservation Letters. 6(4). 217–229. 364 indexed citations breakdown →

Castello, Leandro, David McGrath, Caroline C. Arantes, & Oriana Trindade de Almeida. (2012). Accounting for heterogeneity in small-scale fisheries management: The Amazon case. Marine Policy. 38. 557–565. 48 indexed citations

Hajjar, Reem, David McGrath, Robert Kozak, & John L. Innes. (2011). Framing community forestry challenges with a broader lens: Case studies from the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Environmental Management. 92(9). 2159–2169. 52 indexed citations

Brophy, Deirdre, et al.. (2011). The early life history of turbot (Psetta maxima L.) on nursery grounds along the west coast of Ireland: 2007–2009, as described by otolith microstructure. Fisheries Research. 110(3). 478–482. 8 indexed citations

Castro, Fábio de & David McGrath. (2010). O manejo comunitário de lagos na Amazônia. Parcerias Estratégicas. 6(12). 112–126. 13 indexed citations

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Foley, Aoife, David McGrath, Simon Berrow, & H.D. Gerritsen. (2010). Social Structure Within the Bottlenose Dolphin (<I>Tursiops truncatus</I>) Population in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland. Aquatic Mammals. 36(4). 372–381. 14 indexed citations

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Almeida, Oriana Trindade de, David McGrath, Mauro Luís Ruffino, & Sérgio Rivero. (2009). Estrutura, dinâmica e economia da pesca comercial do baixo Amazonas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(2). 1 indexed citations

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Power, Anne, et al.. (2006). Increases in the Abundance of the Invasive Barnacle <i>Elminius modestus</i> Darwin in Ireland. Biology & Environment Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 106(2). 155–161. 15 indexed citations

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Power, Anne, et al.. (2006). INCREASES IN THE ABUNDANCE OF THE INVASIVE BARNACLE ELMINIUS MODESTUS DARWIN IN IRELAND. Biology & Environment Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 106B(2). 155–161. 6 indexed citations

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Soares‐Filho, Britaldo, Daniel C. Nepstad, Lisa M. Curran, et al.. (2005). Cenários de desmatamento para a Amazônia. Estudos Avançados. 19(54). 137–152. 55 indexed citations

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Indig, Devon, et al.. (2004). Opiate overdose and health treatment options for opiate users in New South Wales, 1999–2002. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. 15(8). 125–125. 6 indexed citations

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Nepstad, Daniel C., et al.. (2004). Managing the Amazon Timber Industry. Conservation Biology. 18(2). 575–577. 28 indexed citations

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Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Marcos Pereira Marinho Aidar, Carlos Augusto Klink, et al.. (2000). Evolution of the Brazilian phytogeography classification systems: implications for biodiversity conservation. Ciencia e cultura. 51. 331–348. 130 indexed citations

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McGrath, David, et al.. (1999). Mercury accumulation in the pirarucu Arapaima gigas Cuvier (1918) in the lower Amazonian varzea. 15(1). 7–22. 3 indexed citations

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Power, Anne, et al.. (1999). Prolonged settlement and prediction of recruitment in two sympatric intertidal Chthamalus species from south-west Ireland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 79(5). 941–943. 12 indexed citations

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Minchin, Dan, et al.. (1987). Calyptraea Chinensis (Mollusca, Gastropoda) on the West Coast of Ireland—A Case of Accidental Introduction?. Journal of conchology. 32(5). 297–301. 1 indexed citations

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