Kerry Sink

3.0k total citations
89 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kerry Sink is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerry Sink has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Ecology, 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 35 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Kerry Sink's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (46 papers), Marine and fisheries research (40 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (26 papers). Kerry Sink is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (46 papers), Marine and fisheries research (40 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (26 papers). Kerry Sink collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Kerry Sink's co-authors include Amanda T. Lombard, G. M. Branch, Koebraa Peters, Linda R. Harris, Tamara B. Robinson, Stephen Holness, Amanda Driver, CG Attwood, Jeanne Nel and Kristal Maze and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kerry Sink

84 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kerry Sink South Africa 23 877 766 468 328 237 89 1.5k
Kimberly A. Selkoe United States 10 1.0k 1.2× 960 1.3× 425 0.9× 411 1.3× 184 0.8× 14 1.8k
Julia Stewart Lowndes United States 10 1.3k 1.5× 1.0k 1.4× 687 1.5× 640 2.0× 191 0.8× 14 2.2k
Catherine Longo United States 19 1.3k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 603 1.3× 451 1.4× 376 1.6× 41 2.1k
Tessa Mazor Australia 22 972 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 318 0.7× 357 1.1× 281 1.2× 29 1.6k
Casey C. O’Hara United States 12 635 0.7× 488 0.6× 315 0.7× 267 0.8× 107 0.5× 20 1.2k
Rebecca Martone United States 20 774 0.9× 631 0.8× 398 0.9× 264 0.8× 162 0.7× 31 1.3k
Carlos F. Gaymer Chile 27 1.2k 1.4× 992 1.3× 415 0.9× 721 2.2× 194 0.8× 73 2.0k
Trevor Ward Australia 21 908 1.0× 807 1.1× 340 0.7× 382 1.2× 189 0.8× 48 1.6k
Jamie C. Afflerbach United States 10 580 0.7× 536 0.7× 320 0.7× 356 1.1× 122 0.5× 13 1.2k
Gorka Merino Spain 21 1.1k 1.3× 1.6k 2.1× 330 0.7× 374 1.1× 376 1.6× 47 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kerry Sink

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kerry Sink

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kerry Sink

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sink, Kerry, Linda R. Harris, Lara Van Niekerk, et al.. (2025). Piloting a culturally significant areas framework for spatial planning and management in the coastal environment of South Africa. Marine Policy. 180. 106807–106807.
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Arafeh‐Dalmau, Nur, Juan Carlos Villaseñor‐Derbez, David S. Schoeman, et al.. (2025). Global floating kelp forests have limited protection despite intensifying marine heatwave threats. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3173–3173. 3 indexed citations
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Harris, Linda R., Lara Van Niekerk, Stephen Holness, et al.. (2025). Conserving cross-realm coastal biodiversity when real-world planning and implementation processes split the land and sea. Ocean & Coastal Management. 263. 107586–107586. 2 indexed citations
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Harris, Linda R., et al.. (2024). Systematic conservation planning for people and nature: Biodiversity, ecosystem services, and equitable benefit sharing. Ecosystem Services. 68. 101637–101637. 5 indexed citations
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Blamey, Laura K., et al.. (2024). Mapping South Africa's canopy-forming kelp forests using low-cost, high-resolution Sentinel-2 imagery. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 310. 108989–108989. 4 indexed citations
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Sink, Kerry, et al.. (2024). Groundtruthing cumulative impact assessments with biodiversity data: Testing indicators and methods for marine ecosystem condition assessments in South Africa. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34(2). 2 indexed citations
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Shum, Peter, et al.. (2024). Enhancing African coelacanth monitoring using environmental DNA. Biology Letters. 20(10). 20240415–20240415. 3 indexed citations
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Rees, Siân, Martin J. Attrill, Amanda T. Lombard, et al.. (2023). A standardised ecosystem services framework for the deep sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 13 indexed citations
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Adams, Luther, et al.. (2023). Patterns and potential drivers of mesophotic communities of the warm-temperate Amathole shelf of South Africa. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 295. 108562–108562. 2 indexed citations
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Currie, Jock C., Linda R. Harris, Lara Atkinson, Tracey P. Fairweather, & Kerry Sink. (2023). Mapping fine-scale demersal trawl effort for application in ecosystem assessment and spatial planning. African Journal of Marine Science. 45(3). 165–179.
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Kirkman, SP, et al.. (2023). The road towards effective governance and management of marine protected areas in South Africa: evolving policies, paradigms and processes. African Journal of Marine Science. 45(2). 63–86. 9 indexed citations
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Green, Andrew, et al.. (2022). Lifting back the waters: Marine geophysics provides new insights into the uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area. South African Journal of Science. 118(11/12). 2 indexed citations
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Kirkman, SP, BQ Mann, Kerry Sink, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the evidence for ecological effectiveness of South Africa’s marine protected areas. African Journal of Marine Science. 43(3). 389–412. 42 indexed citations
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Branch, G. M., et al.. (2021). Social and economic effects of marine protected areas in South Africa, with recommendations for future assessments. African Journal of Marine Science. 43(3). 367–387. 25 indexed citations
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Holness, Stephen, Kerry Sink, Andrew Skowno, et al.. (2019). Practical actions for applied systematic conservation planning. Conservation Biology. 33(6). 1235–1246. 29 indexed citations
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Kirkman, Stephen P., Stephen Holness, Linda R. Harris, et al.. (2018). Using Systematic Conservation Planning to support Marine Spatial Planning and achieve marine protection targets in the transboundary Benguela Ecosystem. Ocean & Coastal Management. 168. 117–129. 38 indexed citations
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Robinson, Tamara B., Carol A. Simon, CL Griffiths, et al.. (2016). Lost in translation? Standardising the terminology used in marine invasion biology and updating South African alien species lists. African Journal of Marine Science. 38(1). 129–140. 47 indexed citations
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Sink, Kerry. (2016). Marine Protected Areas debate: Implications for the proposed Phakisa Marine Protected Areas Network. South African Journal of Science. 112(9/10). 4–4. 28 indexed citations
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Sink, Kerry, et al.. (2006). Observations of the habitats and biodiversity of the submarine canyons at Sodwana Bay. South African Journal of Science. 102. 466–474. 26 indexed citations

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