Emmanuel Mbaru

842 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 558 citations indexed

About

Emmanuel Mbaru is a scholar working on Ecology, Aquatic Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Emmanuel Mbaru has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 558 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 5 papers in Aquatic Science and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Emmanuel Mbaru's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (7 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (4 papers). Emmanuel Mbaru is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (7 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (4 papers). Emmanuel Mbaru collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Australia and United States. Emmanuel Mbaru's co-authors include Michele L. Barnes, Joshua E. Cinner, Christina C. Hicks, Philippa J. Cohen, Tim R. McClanahan, David J. Mills, Terry P. Hughes, Rosalie Masu, Len R. Garcés and Louisa Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Journal of Applied Ecology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Emmanuel Mbaru

16 papers receiving 538 citations

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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.

Securing a Just Space for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Blue Economy

2019 249 citations Philippa J. Cohen, Edward H. Allison et al. Frontiers in Marine Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emmanuel Mbaru Kenya	10	302	249	193	102	69	18	558
Lena Westlund Italy	11	269 0.9×	251 1.0×	153 0.8×	66 0.6×	70 1.0×	15	490
Daniel J. Skerritt Canada	13	227 0.8×	336 1.3×	164 0.8×	53 0.5×	88 1.3×	27	607
Mafaniso Hara South Africa	14	414 1.4×	358 1.4×	212 1.1×	106 1.0×	71 1.0×	37	788
Nireka Weeratunge Malaysia	5	305 1.0×	269 1.1×	152 0.8×	115 1.1×	31 0.4×	11	583
Anna Schuhbauer Canada	14	341 1.1×	449 1.8×	217 1.1×	73 0.7×	76 1.1×	29	763
Patricia M. Clay United States	16	268 0.9×	299 1.2×	195 1.0×	202 2.0×	72 1.0×	34	742
Brooke Campbell Australia	11	299 1.0×	360 1.4×	160 0.8×	64 0.6×	76 1.1×	18	714
Kieran Kelleher United States	6	302 1.0×	394 1.6×	174 0.9×	52 0.5×	85 1.2×	9	633
Dyhia Belhabib Canada	13	298 1.0×	300 1.2×	190 1.0×	129 1.3×	113 1.6×	22	754
Paul Onyango Tanzania	12	262 0.9×	163 0.7×	109 0.6×	65 0.6×	50 0.7×	38	455

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emmanuel Mbaru

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emmanuel Mbaru

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

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18 of 18 papers shown

Kitaka, Nzula, et al.. (2023). Diet and trophic interactions between catadromous eels and sympatric fish in Kenyan east flowing river systems. 22(2). 87–106.

Sutcliffe, Sarah, Jacqueline Lau, Michele L. Barnes, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 impacts on food systems in fisheries-dependent island communities. Ecology and Society. 28(1). 6 indexed citations

Robinson, James P. W., David J. Mills, Kendra Byrd, et al.. (2022). Small pelagic fish supply abundant and affordable micronutrients to low- and middle-income countries. Nature Food. 3(12). 1075–1084. 43 indexed citations

Ratner, Blake D., et al.. (2022). A framework to guide research engagement in the policy process, with application to small-scale fisheries. Ecology and Society. 27(4). 2 indexed citations

Lau, Jacqueline, Sarah Sutcliffe, Michele L. Barnes, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 impacts on coastal communities in Kenya. Marine Policy. 134. 104803–104803. 33 indexed citations

Mbaru, Emmanuel, Christina C. Hicks, Georgina G. Gurney, & Joshua E. Cinner. (2021). Evaluating outcomes of conservation with multidimensional indicators of well‐being. Conservation Biology. 35(5). 1417–1425. 9 indexed citations

Mbaru, Emmanuel, et al.. (2020). Endemic Lake Baringo Oreochromis niloticus fishery on verge of collapse: Review of causes and strategies directed to its recovery, conservation and management for sustainable exploitation. Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 25(4). 423–438. 5 indexed citations

Aura, Christopher Mulanda, Cyprian Odoli, Chrisphine S. Nyamweya, et al.. (2020). Application of phytoplankton community structure for ranking the major riverine catchments influencing the pollution status of a lake basin. Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 25(1). 3–17. 11 indexed citations

Cohen, Philippa J., Edward H. Allison, Neil Andrew, et al.. (2019). Securing a Just Space for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Blue Economy. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 249 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barnes, Michele L., Emmanuel Mbaru, & Nyawira A. Muthiga. (2019). Information access and knowledge exchange in co-managed coral reef fisheries. Biological Conservation. 238. 108198–108198. 25 indexed citations

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Mbaru, Emmanuel, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Tim R. McClanahan, & Joshua E. Cinner. (2019). Functional traits illuminate the selective impacts of different fishing gears on coral reefs. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(2). 241–252. 30 indexed citations

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Mbaru, Emmanuel, et al.. (2018). Experimental evaluation of influence of FADs on community structure and fisheries in coastal Kenya. Aquatic Living Resources. 31. 6–6. 7 indexed citations

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Mbaru, Emmanuel & Michele L. Barnes. (2017). Key players in conservation diffusion: Using social network analysis to identify critical injection points. Biological Conservation. 210. 222–232. 84 indexed citations

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Kaunda‐Arara, Boaz, Cosmas N. Munga, Julius O. Manyala, et al.. (2016). Spatial variation in benthopelagic fish assemblage structure along coastal East Africa from recent bottom trawl surveys. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 8. 201–209. 10 indexed citations

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Mbaru, Emmanuel & Tim R. McClanahan. (2013). Escape gaps in African basket traps reduce bycatch while increasing body sizes and incomes in a heavily fished reef lagoon. Fisheries Research. 148. 90–99. 23 indexed citations

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Mbaru, Emmanuel, et al.. (2011). Tolerance of yolk sac and free swimming fry of African catfish ( Clarias gariepinus , Burchell 1822) to chemotherapeutic doses of formalin. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 6(2). 323–330. 2 indexed citations

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Mbaru, Emmanuel, et al.. (2010). Length–weight relationship of 39 selected reef fishes in the Kenyan coastal artisanal fishery. Fisheries Research. 106(3). 567–569. 19 indexed citations

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Manyala, Julius O., et al.. (2010). Relation between phytoplankton composition and abundance and physicochemical characteristics of Chepkanga Dam, Eldoret, Kenya. Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 15(2). 111–118.

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