Deena Pillay

892 total citations
46 papers, 691 citations indexed

About

Deena Pillay is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Deena Pillay has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 691 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Oceanography, 25 papers in Ecology and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Deena Pillay's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (14 papers). Deena Pillay is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (14 papers). Deena Pillay collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, New Zealand and Sweden. Deena Pillay's co-authors include Renzo Perissinotto, George M. Branch, Anthony T. Forbes, G. M. Branch, J. W. Dawson, A. T. Forbes, Alan K. Whitfield, Christopher D. Williams, GC Bate and Dominic A. W. Henry and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

Deena Pillay

42 papers receiving 664 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deena Pillay South Africa 15 457 417 294 71 63 46 691
Beatriz Yannicelli Chile 16 368 0.8× 398 1.0× 314 1.1× 41 0.6× 66 1.0× 33 683
Devin A. Lyons Canada 14 345 0.8× 412 1.0× 277 0.9× 75 1.1× 30 0.5× 21 629
Benjamin Weigel Finland 12 373 0.8× 332 0.8× 307 1.0× 93 1.3× 60 1.0× 24 663
Kirstin S. Meyer United States 13 338 0.7× 395 0.9× 226 0.8× 77 1.1× 65 1.0× 43 627
Francesco Cozzoli Italy 18 428 0.9× 248 0.6× 184 0.6× 113 1.6× 51 0.8× 39 599
Céline Labrune France 14 480 1.1× 538 1.3× 436 1.5× 92 1.3× 52 0.8× 35 840
Ilmar Kotta Estonia 17 421 0.9× 460 1.1× 373 1.3× 78 1.1× 36 0.6× 44 706
Marcel van den Berg South Africa 13 250 0.5× 362 0.9× 271 0.9× 70 1.0× 108 1.7× 22 582
Anna Törnroos Finland 16 603 1.3× 637 1.5× 496 1.7× 110 1.5× 35 0.6× 23 991
Marcel Sandow Germany 3 357 0.8× 285 0.7× 243 0.8× 96 1.4× 74 1.2× 3 549

Countries citing papers authored by Deena Pillay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deena Pillay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deena Pillay

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

All Works

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Gilmour, Kimberly, et al.. (2024). Microphytobenthic responses to endobenthic bioturbator density, temperature and eutrophication in a global change mesocosm experiment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 581. 152066–152066.
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Heyden, Sophie von der, et al.. (2024). Nine decades of research on Zostera capensis: from foundational science to conservation and resilience. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 748. 197–212. 7 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, et al.. (2023). Using transplantation to restore seagrass meadows in a protected South African lagoon. PeerJ. 11. e16500–e16500. 7 indexed citations
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Marco, Heather G., et al.. (2023). Water filtration by endobenthic sandprawns enhances resilience against eutrophication under experimental global change conditions. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19067–19067. 3 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, et al.. (2022). The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 2. Saltmarsh vegetation. African Journal of Marine Science. 44(1). 61–68. 2 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, et al.. (2022). Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on shorebird assemblages in an urban South African sandy beach ecosystem. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 5088–5088. 10 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, et al.. (2021). Isotopic niche size variability in an ecosystem engineer along a disturbance gradient in a South African lagoon. Marine Environmental Research. 173. 105541–105541. 4 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, et al.. (2020). Water filtration by burrowing sandprawns provides novel insights on endobenthic engineering and solutions for eutrophication. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1913–1913. 7 indexed citations
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Dawson, J. W., Deena Pillay, Renzo Perissinotto, & Nicole B. Richoux. (2020). Fatty acid analyses provide novel insights on hippo defecation and consequences for aquatic food webs. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 12039–12039. 5 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, et al.. (2020). Interactive effects of pH and temperature on native and alien mussels from the west coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science. 42(1). 1–12. 9 indexed citations
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Dawson, J. W., Deena Pillay, & Renzo Perissinotto. (2020). Idiosyncratic responses of meiofaunal assemblages to hippo dung inputs in an estuarine lake. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 239. 106745–106745. 2 indexed citations
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Branch, George M., et al.. (2020). Origin and genetic diversity of the invasive mussel Semimytilus algosus in South Africa, relative to source populations in Chile and Namibia. Biological Invasions. 22(7). 2309–2323. 9 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, et al.. (2019). Eutrophication overrides warming as a stressor for a temperate African seagrass (Zostera capensis). PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0215129–e0215129. 32 indexed citations
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Wit, Pieter De, et al.. (2017). Single-centre experience of allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplant in paediatric patients in Cape Town, South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 107(3). 232–232. 6 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, et al.. (2016). Symbiont-mediated shifts in sandprawn behaviour: Implications for ecosystem functioning in marine soft-sediment ecosystems. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 486. 296–304. 8 indexed citations
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Mead, Angela, Charles L. Griffiths, George M. Branch, et al.. (2013). Human-mediated drivers of change — impacts on coastal ecosystems and marine biota of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science. 35(3). 403–425. 54 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, George M. Branch, J. W. Dawson, & Dominic A. W. Henry. (2010). Contrasting effects of ecosystem engineering by the cordgrass Spartina maritima and the sandprawn Callianassa kraussi in a marine-dominated lagoon. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 91(2). 169–176. 25 indexed citations
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Pillay, Deena, George M. Branch, & Anthony T. Forbes. (2007). Effects of Callianassa kraussi on microbial biofilms and recruitment of macrofauna: a novel hypothesis for adultjuvenile interactions. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 347. 1–14. 42 indexed citations

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