Karen L. McLeod

5.0k total citations
19 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Karen L. McLeod is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen L. McLeod has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 14 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Karen L. McLeod's work include Coastal and Marine Management (15 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (14 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (7 papers). Karen L. McLeod is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Management (15 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (14 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (7 papers). Karen L. McLeod collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Karen L. McLeod's co-authors include Heather M. Leslie, Benjamin S. Halpern, Sarah E. Lester, Larry B. Crowder, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Mary Ruckelshaus, Heather Tallis, Phillip S. Levin, David Fluharty and James A. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Karen L. McLeod

19 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen L. McLeod United States 17 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 433 226 19 2.5k
Dan Laffoley Switzerland 23 1.4k 0.9× 950 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 454 1.0× 241 1.1× 51 2.2k
Tundi Agardy United States 22 2.2k 1.4× 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 462 1.1× 180 0.8× 44 2.9k
Richard Kenchington Australia 21 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 901 0.6× 656 1.5× 189 0.8× 58 2.4k
Jon Day Australia 25 2.4k 1.5× 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 482 1.1× 291 1.3× 71 3.2k
Alan T. White United States 33 3.0k 2.0× 2.3k 1.6× 1.7k 1.2× 461 1.1× 271 1.2× 84 3.9k
Sebastian C. A. Ferse Germany 31 2.2k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 651 0.4× 829 1.9× 262 1.2× 97 3.1k
Lauretta Burke United States 18 2.2k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 778 0.5× 859 2.0× 284 1.3× 34 2.8k
Lynda D. Rodwell United Kingdom 25 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 797 0.5× 155 0.4× 247 1.1× 49 1.9k
Satie Airamé United States 9 1.8k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 845 0.6× 471 1.1× 90 0.4× 13 2.2k
Colette C. C. Wabnitz Canada 29 2.0k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 653 0.4× 686 1.6× 317 1.4× 72 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Karen L. McLeod

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen L. McLeod

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen L. McLeod

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Halpern, Benjamin S., Catherine Longo, Courtney Scarborough, et al.. (2014). Assessing the Health of the U.S. West Coast with a Regional-Scale Application of the Ocean Health Index. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e98995–e98995. 48 indexed citations
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Smith, Brooke M., Nancy Baron, Chad English, et al.. (2013). COMPASS: Navigating the Rules of Scientific Engagement. PLoS Biology. 11(4). e1001552–e1001552. 48 indexed citations
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Leslie, Heather M., Erica Goldman, Karen L. McLeod, et al.. (2013). How Good Science and Stories Can Go Hand‐In‐Hand. Conservation Biology. 27(5). 1126–1129. 24 indexed citations
4.
Halpern, Benjamin S., Catherine Longo, Karen L. McLeod, et al.. (2013). Elicited preferences for components of ocean health in the California Current. Marine Policy. 42. 68–73. 15 indexed citations
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Samhouri, Jameal F., Sarah E. Lester, Elizabeth R. Selig, et al.. (2012). Sea sick? Setting targets to assess ocean health and ecosystem services. Ecosphere. 3(5). 1–18. 88 indexed citations
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McLeod, Karen L., Sarah E. Lester, Mary Ruckelshaus, Benjamin S. Halpern, & Heather Tallis. (2011). Scientific relevance cuts both ways: Informing current future decision-making. Biological Conservation. 144(5). 1295–1295. 2 indexed citations
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Halpern, Benjamin S., Jordan Diamond, Steven D. Gaines, et al.. (2011). Near-term priorities for the science, policy and practice of Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP). Marine Policy. 36(1). 198–205. 108 indexed citations
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Sievanen, Leila, Heather M. Leslie, Julia M. Wondolleck, et al.. (2011). Linking top‐down and bottom‐up processes through the new U.S. National Ocean Policy. Conservation Letters. 4(4). 298–303. 31 indexed citations
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Halpern, Benjamin S., Sarah E. Lester, & Karen L. McLeod. (2010). Placing marine protected areas onto the ecosystem-based management seascape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(43). 18312–18317. 228 indexed citations
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Lester, Sarah E., Karen L. McLeod, Heather Tallis, et al.. (2010). Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the US West Coast and beyond. Biological Conservation. 143(3). 576–587. 109 indexed citations
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Tallis, Heather, Phillip S. Levin, Mary Ruckelshaus, et al.. (2009). The many faces of ecosystem-based management: Making the process work today in real places. Marine Policy. 34(2). 340–348. 215 indexed citations
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McLeod, Karen L. & Heather M. Leslie. (2009). Ecosystem-based management for the oceans. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 266 indexed citations
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Palumbi, Stephen R., Karen L. McLeod, & Daniel Grünbaum. (2008). Ecosystems in Action: Lessons from Marine Ecology about Recovery, Resistance, and Reversibility. BioScience. 58(1). 33–42. 92 indexed citations
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Young, Oran R., Gail Osherenko, Julia A. Ekstrom, et al.. (2007). Solving the Crisis in Ocean Governance: Place-Based Management of Marine Ecosystems. Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 49(4). 20–32. 158 indexed citations
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Halpern, Benjamin S., Karen L. McLeod, Andrew A. Rosenberg, & Larry B. Crowder. (2007). Managing for cumulative impacts in ecosystem-based management through ocean zoning. Ocean & Coastal Management. 51(3). 203–211. 369 indexed citations
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Leslie, Heather M. & Karen L. McLeod. (2007). Confronting the challenges of implementing marine ecosystem-based management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 5(10). 540–548. 310 indexed citations
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Leslie, Heather M. & Karen L. McLeod. (2007). Confronting the challenges of implementing marine ecosystem-based management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 5(10). 540–548. 19 indexed citations
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Crowder, Larry B., Gail Osherenko, Oran R. Young, et al.. (2006). Resolving Mismatches in U.S. Ocean Governance. Science. 313(5787). 617–618. 346 indexed citations
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Reed, Vicki A., Karen L. McLeod, & Lindy McAllister. (1999). Importance of Selected Communication Skills for Talking With Peers and Teachers. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. 30(1). 32–49. 23 indexed citations

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