Loren McClenachan

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Loren McClenachan is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Loren McClenachan has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Loren McClenachan's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (29 papers), Marine and fisheries research (29 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (14 papers). Loren McClenachan is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (29 papers), Marine and fisheries research (29 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (14 papers). Loren McClenachan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Loren McClenachan's co-authors include Jeremy B. C. Jackson, John M. Pandolfi, Richard G. Cooke, Enric Sala, Gustavo Paredes, Robert R. Warner, Karen A. Bjorndal, Terry P. Hughes, Deborah McArdle and Roger Bradbury and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Loren McClenachan

48 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems

2003 1.5k citations John M. Pandolfi, Roger Bradbury et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Loren McClenachan United States	28	2.8k	2.0k	1.0k	913	366	51	3.7k
Éva E. Plagányi Australia	36	2.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	747 0.8×	485 1.3×	122	4.2k
Isaac C. Kaplan United States	31	1.9k 0.7×	2.8k 1.4×	988 1.0×	775 0.8×	318 0.9×	74	3.5k
Octavio Aburto‐Oropeza United States	32	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	755 0.7×	707 0.8×	616 1.7×	105	3.7k
Daniel C. Dunn United States	32	2.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	694 0.8×	888 2.4×	71	4.0k
Pascale Chabanet France	28	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	710 0.8×	184 0.5×	92	3.2k
Maria Lourdes D. Palomares Canada	33	2.9k 1.1×	3.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	803 0.9×	555 1.5×	99	4.9k
Martin Lindegren Denmark	32	1.5k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	735 0.7×	853 0.9×	289 0.8×	82	2.9k
Nicholas J. Bax Australia	37	2.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	773 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	505 1.4×	83	4.5k
Katherine E. Mills United States	24	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	798 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	218 0.6×	66	3.4k
Steven Mackinson United Kingdom	34	2.5k 0.9×	3.2k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	617 0.7×	513 1.4×	80	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Loren McClenachan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Loren McClenachan

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Espinoza‐Tenorio, Alejandro, et al.. (2025). Fisheries decision-makers’ perspectives on the use of historical data to inform assessment and management. Ocean & Coastal Management. 270. 107908–107908.

West, Catherine F., Loren McClenachan, Steven J. Barbeaux, et al.. (2025). Integrating marine historical ecology into management of Alaska’s Pacific cod fishery for climate readiness. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82(4).

Cheng, Helen, et al.. (2024). Observations, perceptions and concerns of the American lobster industry regarding the range-expansion of Black Sea Bass. Marine Policy. 173. 106517–106517.

McClenachan, Loren, et al.. (2024). Pathways for integrating historical information into fisheries decision‐making. Fish and Fisheries. 25(6). 918–935. 8 indexed citations

Longo, Guilherme Ortigara, et al.. (2022). Sailing into the past: Nautical charts reveal changes over 160 years in the largest reef complex in the South Atlantic Ocean. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 20(3). 231–239. 8 indexed citations

Lennox, Robert J., Valerio Sbragaglia, Knut Wiik Vollset, et al.. (2022). Digital fisheries data in the Internet age: Emerging tools for research and monitoring using online data in recreational fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. 23(4). 926–940. 49 indexed citations

Pérez‐Jiménez, Juan Carlos, et al.. (2020). Use of historical data to assess changes in the vulnerability of sharks. Fisheries Research. 226. 105526–105526. 27 indexed citations

McClenachan, Loren, et al.. (2019). The historical development of complex global trafficking networks for marine wildlife. Science Advances. 5(3). eaav5948–eaav5948. 27 indexed citations

Beller, Erin E., Loren McClenachan, Erika S. Zavaleta, & Laurel G. Larsen. (2019). Past forward: Recommendations from historical ecology for ecosystem management. Global Ecology and Conservation. 21. e00836–e00836. 46 indexed citations

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McClenachan, Loren, Steven B. Scyphers, & Jonathan H. Grabowski. (2019). Views from the dock: Warming waters, adaptation, and the future of Maine’s lobster fishery. AMBIO. 49(1). 144–155. 31 indexed citations

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O’Hara, Jeffrey K. & Loren McClenachan. (2018). Missing the Boat? Measuring and Evaluating Local Groundfish Purchases by New England Institutions. 5(1). 4 indexed citations

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McClenachan, Loren, et al.. (2017). Ghost reefs: Nautical charts document large spatial scale of coral reef loss over 240 years. Science Advances. 3(9). e1603155–e1603155. 49 indexed citations

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McClenachan, Loren. (2013). Recreation and the “Right to Fish” Movement: Anglers and Ecological Degradation in the Florida Keys. Environmental History. 18(1). 76–87. 32 indexed citations

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McClenachan, Loren, Andrew B. Cooper, Kent E. Carpenter, & Nicholas K. Dulvy. (2011). Extinction risk and bottlenecks in the conservation of charismatic marine species. Conservation Letters. 5(1). 73–80. 90 indexed citations

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Kittinger, John N., John M. Pandolfi, Terry L. Hunt, et al.. (2011). Historical Reconstruction Reveals Recovery in Hawaiian Coral Reefs. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e25460–e25460. 56 indexed citations

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Ward‐Paige, Christine A., Camilo Mora, Heike K. Lotze, et al.. (2010). Large-Scale Absence of Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human Pressures. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e11968–e11968. 164 indexed citations

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McClenachan, Loren. (2009). Documenting Loss of Large Trophy Fish from the Florida Keys with Historical Photographs. Conservation Biology. 23(3). 636–643. 182 indexed citations

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McClenachan, Loren & Andrew B. Cooper. (2008). Extinction rate, historical population structure and ecological role of the Caribbean monk seal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 275(1641). 1351–1358. 72 indexed citations

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McClenachan, Loren. (2008). Historical declines of goliath grouper populations in South Florida, USA. Endangered Species Research. 7. 175–181. 75 indexed citations

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Pandolfi, John M., Roger Bradbury, Enric Sala, et al.. (2003). Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems. Science. 301(5635). 955–958. 1508 indexed citations breakdown →

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