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

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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.

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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Emily S. Darling	4.1k	3.2k	1.8k	1.1k	715	65	6.4k
Stelios Katsanevakis	4.5k 1.1×	5.0k 1.6×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	200	8.1k
Simon D. Donner	3.4k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	682 0.6×	588 0.8×	91	6.4k
Timothy K. Kratz	3.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.5×	2.0k 1.9×	684 1.0×	75	9.7k
Adrian C. Stier	4.5k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	886 0.8×	816 1.1×	73	6.3k
John K. Pinnegar	5.7k 1.4×	5.3k 1.6×	1.5k 0.9×	2.1k 2.0×	599 0.8×	121	8.2k
Elizabeth M. P. Madin	4.3k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	990 0.9×	1.5k 2.2×	51	6.6k
Douglas J. McCauley	4.4k 1.1×	3.0k 0.9×	746 0.4×	2.0k 1.9×	967 1.4×	103	7.2k
Wolf M. Mooij	3.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	2.2k 2.0×	216 0.3×	143	8.9k
Julia L. Blanchard	4.6k 1.1×	5.2k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.9×	810 1.1×	140	8.6k
Helen Fox	6.2k 1.5×	4.9k 1.5×	3.3k 1.8×	1.2k 1.1×	2.0k 2.8×	55	9.6k

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

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Mast, Andrea, David Gill, Gabby N. Ahmadia, et al.. (2025). Shared governance increases marine protected area effectiveness. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0315896–e0315896. 1 indexed citations

Harper, Sarah, Georgina G. Gurney, Emily S. Darling, et al.. (2024). Gender differences in the perceived impacts of coastal management and conservation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 2 indexed citations

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

Robinson, James P. W., Emily S. Darling, Eva Maire, et al.. (2023). Trophic distribution of nutrient production in coral reef fisheries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(2008). 20231601–20231601. 10 indexed citations

Elsen, Paul R., Molly S. Cross, Alfred DeGemmis, et al.. (2023). Priorities for embedding ecological integrity in climate adaptation policy and practice. One Earth. 6(6). 632–644. 15 indexed citations

Maire, Eva, Stéphanie D’Agata, Catherine Aliaume, et al.. (2020). Disentangling the complex roles of markets on coral reefs in northwest Madagascar. Ecology and Society. 25(3). 6 indexed citations

Mahajan, Shauna L., Louise Glew, Gabby N. Ahmadia, et al.. (2019). Systems thinking for planning and evaluating conservation interventions. Conservation Science and Practice. 1(7). 27 indexed citations

Brandl, Simon J., Douglas B. Rasher, Isabelle M. Côté, et al.. (2019). Coral reef ecosystem functioning: eight core processes and the role of biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17(8). 445–454. 236 indexed citations breakdown →

Villon, Sébastien, David Mouillot, Marc Chaumont, et al.. (2018). A Deep learning method for accurate and fast identification of coral reef fishes in underwater images. Ecological Informatics. 48. 238–244. 179 indexed citations

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Zinke, Jens, James Gilmour, Rebecca Fisher, et al.. (2018). Gradients of disturbance and environmental conditions shape coral community structure for south‐eastern Indian Ocean reefs. Diversity and Distributions. 24(5). 605–620. 48 indexed citations

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Webster, Michael S., Madhavi A. Colton, Emily S. Darling, et al.. (2017). Who Should Pick the Winners of Climate Change?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32(3). 167–173. 87 indexed citations

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McClanahan, Tim R., Mebrahtu Ateweberhan, Emily S. Darling, Nicholas A. J. Graham, & Nyawira A. Muthiga. (2014). Biogeography and Change among Regional Coral Communities across the Western Indian Ocean. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93385–e93385. 62 indexed citations

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Darling, Emily S.. (2014). Assessing the Effect of Marine Reserves on Household Food Security in Kenyan Coral Reef Fishing Communities. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113614–e113614. 42 indexed citations

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Côté, Isabelle M., Emily S. Darling, Luis Malpica‐Cruz, et al.. (2014). What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Wary? Effect of Repeated Culling on the Behaviour of an Invasive Predator. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94248–e94248. 68 indexed citations

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Cinner, Joshua E., Cindy Huchery, Emily S. Darling, et al.. (2013). Evaluating Social and Ecological Vulnerability of Coral Reef Fisheries to Climate Change. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e74321–e74321. 198 indexed citations

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Darling, Emily S., Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip, Thomas A. Oliver, Tim R. McClanahan, & Isabelle M. Côté. (2012). Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits. Ecology Letters. 15(12). 1378–1386. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Côté, Isabelle M. & Emily S. Darling. (2010). Rethinking Ecosystem Resilience in the Face of Climate Change. PLoS Biology. 8(7). e1000438–e1000438. 288 indexed citations

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Darling, Emily S., Tim R. McClanahan, & Isabelle M. Côté. (2009). Combined effects of two stressors on Kenyan coral reefs are additive or antagonistic, not synergistic. Conservation Letters. 3(2). 122–130. 115 indexed citations

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McClanahan, Tim R., Christina C. Hicks, & Emily S. Darling. (2008). MALTHUSIAN OVERFISHING AND EFFORTS TO OVERCOME IT ON KENYAN CORAL REEFS. Ecological Applications. 18(6). 1516–1529. 161 indexed citations

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Darling, Emily S. & Isabelle M. Côté. (2008). Quantifying the evidence for ecological synergies. Ecology Letters. 11(12). 1278–1286. 568 indexed citations breakdown →

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