Emily S. Darling

11.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
65 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Emily S. Darling is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily S. Darling has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Ecology, 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Emily S. Darling's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (44 papers), Marine and fisheries research (33 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (11 papers). Emily S. Darling is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (44 papers), Marine and fisheries research (33 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (11 papers). Emily S. Darling collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Emily S. Darling's co-authors include Isabelle M. Côté, Tim R. McClanahan, Christopher J. Brown, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Thomas A. Oliver, Stephanie Green, Christina C. Hicks, Jonathan B. Armstrong and Shaun K. Wilson 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

Emily S. Darling

65 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Interactions among ecosystem stressors and their importance in conservation

2016 647 citations Isabelle M. Côté, Emily S. Darling et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
Quantifying the evidence for ecological synergies

2008 568 citations Emily S. Darling, Isabelle M. Côté Ecology Letters profile →
Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits

2012 544 citations Emily S. Darling, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Scientific Evidence Supports a Ban on Microbeads

2015 340 citations Jonathan B. Armstrong, Emily S. Darling et al. profile →
Coral reef ecosystem functioning: eight core processes and the role of biodiversity

2019 236 citations Simon J. Brandl, Douglas B. Rasher et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emily S. Darling

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Shared governance increases marine protected area effectiveness 2025 ·PLoS ONE ·Andrea Mast, David Gill, Gabby N. Ahmadia, Emily S. Darling, Dominic A. Andradi‐Brown, (unknown), Graham Epstein, M. Aaron MacNeil	1
2	Gender differences in the perceived impacts of coastal management and conservation 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Sarah Harper, Georgina G. Gurney, Emily S. Darling, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Stacy D. Jupiter, (unknown), Katherine E. Holmes, (unknown), (unknown), Margaret Fox, Natalie C. Ban	2
3	A diverse portfolio of marine protected areas can better advance global conservation and equity 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David Gill, Sarah E. Lester, Christopher M. Free, Alexander Pfaff, Edwin S. Iversen, Brian J. Reich, Shu Yang, Gabby N. Ahmadia, Dominic A. Andradi‐Brown, Emily S. Darling, Graham J. Edgar, Helen Fox, Jonas Geldmann, (unknown), Michael B. Mascia, (unknown), Peter J. Mumby, (unknown), (unknown)	17
4	Priorities for embedding ecological integrity in climate adaptation policy and practice 2023 ·One Earth ·Paul R. Elsen, (unknown), Molly S. Cross, Alfred DeGemmis, James Watson, Hilary A. Cooke, Emily S. Darling, Kendall R. Jones, Heidi E. Kretser, Martín Mendez, (unknown), Elizabeth Tully, Hedley S. Grantham	15
5	Trophic distribution of nutrient production in coral reef fisheries 2023 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·James P. W. Robinson, Emily S. Darling, Eva Maire, (unknown), Christina C. Hicks, Stacy D. Jupiter, M. Aaron MacNeil, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Tim R. McClanahan, Yashika Nand, Nicholas A. J. Graham	10
6	A global map of human pressures on tropical coral reefs 2021 ·Conservation Letters ·Marco Andrello, Emily S. Darling, Amelia Wenger, Andrés Felipe Suárez‐Castro, (unknown), Gabby N. Ahmadia	59
7	Disentangling the complex roles of markets on coral reefs in northwest Madagascar 2020 ·Ecology and Society ·Eva Maire, Stéphanie D’Agata, Catherine Aliaume, David Mouillot, Emily S. Darling, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Joshua E. Cinner	6
8	Systems thinking for planning and evaluating conservation interventions 2019 ·Conservation Science and Practice ·Shauna L. Mahajan, Louise Glew, (unknown), Gabby N. Ahmadia, Emily S. Darling, Helen Fox, Michael B. Mascia, Madeleine McKinnon	27
9	Coral reef ecosystem functioning: eight core processes and the role of biodiversity breakdown → 2019 ·Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ·Simon J. Brandl, Douglas B. Rasher, Isabelle M. Côté, Jordan M. Casey, Emily S. Darling, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, J. Emmett Duffy	236
10	Gradients of disturbance and environmental conditions shape coral community structure for south‐eastern Indian Ocean reefs 2018 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Jens Zinke, James Gilmour, Rebecca Fisher, Marji Puotinen, Joseph Maina, Emily S. Darling, Michael Stat, Zoe T. Richards, Tim R. McClanahan, Maria Beger, Cordelia Moore, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Ming Feng, J. Hobbs, Scott N. Evans, Stuart N. Field, George Shedrawi, Russell C. Babcock, Shaun K. Wilson	48
11	A Deep learning method for accurate and fast identification of coral reef fishes in underwater images 2018 ·Ecological Informatics ·Sébastien Villon, David Mouillot, Marc Chaumont, Emily S. Darling, Gérard Subsol, Thomas Claverie, Sébastien Villéger	179
12	Who Should Pick the Winners of Climate Change? 2017 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Michael S. Webster, Madhavi A. Colton, Emily S. Darling, Jonathan B. Armstrong, Malin L. Pinsky, Nancy Knowlton, Daniel E. Schindler	87
13	A Trait-Based Approach to Advance Coral Reef Science 2016 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Joshua S. Madin, Mia O. Hoogenboom, Sean R. Connolly, Emily S. Darling, Daniel S. Falster, Danwei Huang, Sally A. Keith, Toni Mizerek, John M. Pandolfi, Hollie M. Putnam, Andrew H. Baird	149
14	Assessing the Effect of Marine Reserves on Household Food Security in Kenyan Coral Reef Fishing Communities 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Emily S. Darling	42
15	Biogeography and Change among Regional Coral Communities across the Western Indian Ocean 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Tim R. McClanahan, Mebrahtu Ateweberhan, Emily S. Darling, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Nyawira A. Muthiga	62
16	Evaluating Social and Ecological Vulnerability of Coral Reef Fisheries to Climate Change 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Joshua E. Cinner, Cindy Huchery, Emily S. Darling, Austin T. Humphries, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Christina C. Hicks, Nadine Marshall, Tim R. McClanahan	198
17	Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits breakdown → 2012 ·Ecology Letters ·Emily S. Darling, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Thomas A. Oliver, Tim R. McClanahan, Isabelle M. Côté	544
18	Rethinking Ecosystem Resilience in the Face of Climate Change 2010 ·PLoS Biology ·Isabelle M. Côté, Emily S. Darling	288
19	Quantifying the evidence for ecological synergies breakdown → 2008 ·Ecology Letters ·Emily S. Darling, Isabelle M. Côté	568
20	Increased seed dispersal potential towards geographic range limits in a Pacific coast dune plant 2008 ·New Phytologist ·Emily S. Darling, Karen E. Samis, Christopher G. Eckert	93

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