Ian McLeod

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ian McLeod is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian McLeod has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Ecology, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 24 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ian McLeod's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (38 papers), Marine and fisheries research (36 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (20 papers). Ian McLeod is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (38 papers), Marine and fisheries research (36 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (20 papers). Ian McLeod collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Ian McLeod's co-authors include Lisa Boström‐Einarsson, Margaux Y. Hein, Boze Hancock, Elizabeth C. Shaver, Tali Vardi, Chris L. Gillies, Geoffrey P. Jones, Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Adam Smith and Mark I. McCormick and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Global Change Biology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ian McLeod

63 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions

2020 419 citations Lisa Boström‐Einarsson, Russell C. Babcock et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian McLeod Australia	26	1.5k	1.2k	738	310	226	66	2.0k
Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen United Kingdom	23	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	646 0.9×	298 1.0×	178 0.8×	45	2.1k
Andrew G. Bauman Singapore	26	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	997 1.4×	223 0.7×	183 0.8×	58	1.9k
Hazel A. Oxenford Barbados	25	1.3k 0.9×	812 0.7×	807 1.1×	209 0.7×	265 1.2×	74	1.9k
Alvar Carranza Uruguay	19	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	153 0.5×	281 1.2×	70	2.4k
Drosos Koutsoubas Greece	27	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	871 1.2×	218 0.7×	434 1.9×	89	2.2k
Håkan Wennhage Sweden	28	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	878 1.2×	211 0.7×	647 2.9×	58	2.4k
Sylvaine Giakoumi Greece	27	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	556 0.8×	565 1.8×	304 1.3×	51	2.5k
Aaron Bartholomew United Arab Emirates	18	1.1k 0.8×	794 0.7×	573 0.8×	159 0.5×	591 2.6×	34	1.7k
Rob Coles Australia	29	2.1k 1.4×	810 0.7×	1.8k 2.4×	298 1.0×	261 1.2×	73	2.6k
José Antonio García‐Charton Spain	30	2.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.8×	647 0.9×	516 1.7×	602 2.7×	82	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ian McLeod

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian McLeod

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Suggett, David J., Elizabeth A. Goergen, Margaux Y. Hein, et al.. (2025). A user’s guide to coral reef restoration terminologies. Coral Reefs. 44(2). 731–743. 2 indexed citations

Purandare, Jemma, Elisa Bayraktarov, Lisa Boström‐Einarsson, et al.. (2024). Database for marine and coastal restoration projects in Australia and New Zealand. Ecological Management & Restoration. 25(1). 14–20. 4 indexed citations

Mamauag, Samuel S., Michael Fabinyi, Dexter W. dela Cruz, et al.. (2024). Implications of fisher perceptions on coral restoration in Tondol, northwestern Philippines. Ocean & Coastal Management. 255. 107233–107233.

Page, Cathie A., Ian McLeod, James Whinney, et al.. (2024). Inshore coral reef sediment and turf dynamics unaffected by canopy-forming macroalgae. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 208. 117037–117037. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Hillary A., et al.. (2023). Sea‐weeding: Manual removal of macroalgae facilitates rapid coral recovery. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(11). 2459–2471. 10 indexed citations

Shaver, Elizabeth C., Elizabeth Mcleod, Margaux Y. Hein, et al.. (2022). A roadmap to integrating resilience into the practice of coral reef restoration. Global Change Biology. 28(16). 4751–4764. 56 indexed citations

Boström‐Einarsson, Lisa, et al.. (2022). An ecological assessment of Australia's first community oyster gardens. Ecological Management & Restoration. 23(3). 244–251. 5 indexed citations

Cook, Nathan, et al.. (2021). Lessons learned from small‐scale coral outplanting intervention at a restoration site on the Great Barrier Reef. Ecological Management & Restoration. 23(1). 89–93. 8 indexed citations

Ermgassen, Philine S. E. zu, Ruth H. Thurstan, Heidi K. Alleway, et al.. (2020). The benefits of bivalve reef restoration: A global synthesis of underrepresented species. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30(11). 2050–2065. 59 indexed citations

10.

Fitzsimons, James, Simon Branigan, Chris L. Gillies, et al.. (2020). Restoring shellfish reefs: Global guidelines for practitioners and scientists. Conservation Science and Practice. 2(6). 88 indexed citations

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Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Ian McLeod, Lisa Boström‐Einarsson, et al.. (2020). Substrate stabilisation and small structures in coral restoration: State of knowledge, and considerations for management and implementation. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0240846–e0240846. 68 indexed citations

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Boström‐Einarsson, Lisa, Russell C. Babcock, Elisa Bayraktarov, et al.. (2020). Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0226631–e0226631. 419 indexed citations breakdown →

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Creighton, Colin, et al.. (2019). Prospects for seascape repair: Three case studies from eastern Australia. Ecological Management & Restoration. 20(3). 182–191. 8 indexed citations

14.

McLeod, Ian, Lisa Boström‐Einarsson, Colin Creighton, et al.. (2019). Habitat value of Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) reefs on soft sediments. Marine and Freshwater Research. 71(7). 771–781. 30 indexed citations

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McLeod, Ian, Maxine Newlands, Margaux Y. Hein, et al.. (2019). Mapping Current and Future Priorities for Coral Restoration and Adaptation Programs : International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Ad Hoc Committee on Reef Restoration 2019 Interim Report. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations

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Gillies, Chris L., Ian McLeod, Heidi K. Alleway, et al.. (2018). Australian shellfish ecosystems: Past distribution, current status and future direction. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0190914–e0190914. 110 indexed citations

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Port, Agnès Le, John C. Montgomery, Adam N. H. Smith, et al.. (2017). Temperate marine protected area provides recruitment subsidies to local fisheries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1865). 20171300–20171300. 40 indexed citations

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McLeod, Ian, Mark I. McCormick, Philip L. Munday, et al.. (2014). Latitudinal variation in larval development of coral reef fishes: implications of a warming ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 521. 129–141. 38 indexed citations

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McLeod, Ian, et al.. (2013). Mussel reefs on soft sediments: a severely reduced but important habitat for macroinvertebrates and fishes in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 48(1). 48–59. 33 indexed citations

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McLeod, Ian, Darren M. Parsons, Mark A. Morrison, Agnès Le Port, & Richard B. Taylor. (2011). Factors affecting the recovery of soft-sediment mussel reefs in the Firth of Thames, New Zealand. Marine and Freshwater Research. 63(1). 78–83. 33 indexed citations

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