David S. Schoeman

16.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
129 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

David S. Schoeman is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Schoeman has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Ecology, 66 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 46 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David S. Schoeman's work include Marine and fisheries research (51 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (43 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (30 papers). David S. Schoeman is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (51 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (43 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (30 papers). David S. Schoeman collaborates with scholars based in Australia, South Africa and United States. David S. Schoeman's co-authors include Anthony J. Richardson, Thomas A. Schlacher, Michael T. Burrows, Elvira S. Poloczanska, William J. Sydeman, Christopher J. Brown, Benjamin S. Halpern, Pippa J. Moore, Jenifer E. Dugan and Mariano Lastra and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David S. Schoeman

127 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

Global imprint of climate change on marine life 2004 2026 2011 2018 2013 2011 2008 2016 2004 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Global imprint of climate change on marine life
    2013 1.6k citations Elvira S. Poloczanska, Christopher J. Brown et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  2. The Pace of Shifting Climate in Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
    2011 987 citations Michael T. Burrows, David S. Schoeman et al. Science profile →
  3. Threats to sandy beach ecosystems: A review
    2008 944 citations Omar Defeo, Anton McLachlan et al. profile →
  4. Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans
    2016 678 citations Elvira S. Poloczanska, Michael T. Burrows et al. profile →
  5. Climate Impact on Plankton Ecosystems in the Northeast Atlantic
    2004 610 citations Anthony J. Richardson, David S. Schoeman Science profile →
  6. Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity
    2015 456 citations Jorge García Molinos, Benjamin S. Halpern et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  7. Climate change and wind intensification in coastal upwelling ecosystems
    2014 450 citations William J. Sydeman, Marisol García‐Reyes et al. Science profile →
  8. Global warming is causing a more pronounced dip in marine species richness around the equator
    2021 178 citations Anthony J. Richardson, David S. Schoeman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David S. Schoeman Australia 42 6.6k 4.8k 4.5k 1.7k 1.3k 129 10.6k
Christopher J. Brown Australia 46 7.0k 1.1× 5.2k 1.1× 3.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 164 10.8k
Carrie V. Kappel United States 38 9.8k 1.5× 8.4k 1.7× 4.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 864 0.7× 55 15.0k
Stephen J. Hawkins United Kingdom 66 9.2k 1.4× 6.2k 1.3× 9.9k 2.2× 1.9k 1.1× 494 0.4× 265 15.8k
Sean R. Connolly Australia 52 11.0k 1.7× 7.0k 1.5× 6.7k 1.5× 2.3k 1.4× 687 0.5× 133 13.4k
Elvira S. Poloczanska Australia 35 5.6k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 3.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 64 8.8k
Thomas A. Schlacher Australia 56 7.3k 1.1× 3.9k 0.8× 4.8k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 351 0.3× 200 10.2k
Pippa J. Moore United Kingdom 47 9.2k 1.4× 8.0k 1.7× 10.4k 2.3× 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 114 16.1k
Sean D. Connell Australia 64 8.3k 1.3× 5.7k 1.2× 9.3k 2.1× 1.2k 0.7× 378 0.3× 258 13.4k
Malin L. Pinsky United States 43 4.7k 0.7× 4.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 881 0.7× 117 7.7k
William J. Sydeman United States 54 8.8k 1.3× 7.6k 1.6× 5.2k 1.2× 2.3k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 164 13.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David S. Schoeman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S. Schoeman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David S. Schoeman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David S. Schoeman 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 S. Schoeman. David S. Schoeman 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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Arafeh‐Dalmau, Nur, Juan Carlos Villaseñor‐Derbez, David S. Schoeman, et al.. (2025). Global floating kelp forests have limited protection despite intensifying marine heatwave threats. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3173–3173. 3 indexed citations
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Scales, Kylie L., et al.. (2025). Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(5). 502–515.
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Reynolds, Samantha, Craig E. Franklin, Bradley M. Norman, et al.. (2024). Effects of climate warming on energetics and habitat of the world's largest marine ectotherm. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175832–175832. 3 indexed citations
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Ngute, Alain Senghor K., Marion Pfeifer, David S. Schoeman, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of tree stems and biomass in old‐growth and secondary forests along gradients in liana dominance, elevation and soil. Journal of Ecology. 112(7). 1638–1654. 2 indexed citations
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Villaseñor‐Derbez, Juan Carlos, David S. Schoeman, Tom W. Bell, et al.. (2024). Marine Protected Areas That Preserve Trophic Cascades Promote Resilience of Kelp Forests to Marine Heatwaves. Global Change Biology. 30(12). e17620–e17620. 7 indexed citations
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Ngute, Alain Senghor K., David S. Schoeman, Marion Pfeifer, et al.. (2024). Global dominance of lianas over trees is driven by forest disturbance, climate and topography. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17140–e17140. 14 indexed citations
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Daly, Ryan, Amy F. Smoothey, Michael J. Roberts, et al.. (2024). Climate change-driven cooling can kill marine megafauna at their distributional limits. Nature Climate Change. 14(5). 526–535. 18 indexed citations
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Arafeh‐Dalmau, Nur, Isaac Brito‐Morales, David S. Schoeman, et al.. (2021). Incorporating climate velocity into the design of climate‐smart networks of marine protected areas. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(10). 1969–1983. 37 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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Burrows, Michael T., Amanda E. Bates, Mark J. Costello, et al.. (2019). Ocean community warming responses explained by thermal affinities and temperature gradients. Nature Climate Change. 9(12). 959–963. 161 indexed citations
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Brito‐Morales, Isaac, Jorge García Molinos, David S. Schoeman, et al.. (2018). Climate Velocity Can Inform Conservation in a Warming World. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 33(6). 441–457. 147 indexed citations
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Sydeman, William J., Marisol García‐Reyes, David S. Schoeman, et al.. (2014). Climate change and wind intensification in coastal upwelling ecosystems. Science. 345(6192). 77–80. 450 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harris, Linda R., Eileen E. Campbell, Ronel Nel, & David S. Schoeman. (2014). Rich diversity, strong endemism, but poor protection: addressing the neglect of sandy beach ecosystems in coastal conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions. 20(10). 1120–1135. 64 indexed citations
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Huijbers, Chantal M., Thomas A. Schlacher, David S. Schoeman, et al.. (2014). Limited functional redundancy in vertebrate scavenger guilds fails to compensate for the loss of raptors from urbanized sandy beaches. Diversity and Distributions. 21(1). 55–63. 61 indexed citations
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Yates, Katherine L. & David S. Schoeman. (2013). Spatial Access Priority Mapping (SAPM) with Fishers: A Quantitative GIS Method for Participatory Planning. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68424–e68424. 44 indexed citations
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Schlacher, Thomas A., Jenifer E. Dugan, David S. Schoeman, et al.. (2007). Sandy beaches at the brink. Diversity and Distributions. 13(5). 556–560. 347 indexed citations
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Groeneveld, Johan C., et al.. (2005). Escapement of the Cape rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) through the mesh and entrance of commercial traps. Fishery Bulletin. 103(1). 52–62. 7 indexed citations
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Schoeman, David S., et al.. (2002). Do fluctuations in the somatic growth rate of rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) encompass all size classes? A re-assessment of juvenile growth. Fishery Bulletin. 100(3). 510–518. 5 indexed citations

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