Louw Claassens

944 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 546 citations indexed

About

Louw Claassens is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Louw Claassens has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 546 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Oceanography and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Louw Claassens's work include Aquatic life and conservation (10 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (7 papers). Louw Claassens is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic life and conservation (10 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (9 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (7 papers). Louw Claassens collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United Kingdom. Louw Claassens's co-authors include Alan N. Hodgson, R. S. K. Barnes, Nathan J. Waltham, Carlos M. Duarte, M. Barletta, William J. Mitsch, Ivan Nagelkerken, Chris L. Gillies, Christina A. Buelow and Charles A. Simenstad and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Ecological Indicators and Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.

In The Last Decade

Louw Claassens

27 papers receiving 537 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030—What Chance for Success in Restoring Coastal Ecosystems?

2020 250 citations Nathan J. Waltham, Michael Elliott 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
Louw Claassens South Africa	12	314	205	193	161	98	29	546
TH Wooldridge South Africa	13	319 1.0×	367 1.8×	249 1.3×	74 0.5×	99 1.0×	18	626
Saul Ciriaco Italy	6	353 1.1×	295 1.4×	248 1.3×	144 0.9×	32 0.3×	21	556
Antony Jensen United Kingdom	14	364 1.2×	373 1.8×	221 1.1×	55 0.3×	48 0.5×	25	607
Guilherme N. Corte Brazil	14	313 1.0×	165 0.8×	295 1.5×	94 0.6×	19 0.2×	40	501
Colin Kuo-Chang Wen Taiwan	12	431 1.4×	307 1.5×	158 0.8×	97 0.6×	35 0.4×	26	557
Margareth Copertino Brazil	15	312 1.0×	148 0.7×	258 1.3×	83 0.5×	29 0.3×	36	479
U. Fernández-Arcaya Spain	11	270 0.9×	237 1.2×	172 0.9×	27 0.2×	76 0.8×	26	481
Udhi Eko Hernawan Indonesia	12	369 1.2×	123 0.6×	338 1.8×	84 0.5×	58 0.6×	58	581
César Vílas Spain	16	343 1.1×	371 1.8×	160 0.8×	40 0.2×	79 0.8×	30	630
Urszula Janas Poland	17	354 1.1×	371 1.8×	407 2.1×	52 0.3×	73 0.7×	47	682

Countries citing papers authored by Louw Claassens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louw Claassens

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20 of 20 papers shown

Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2026). Lunar and seasonal patterns of a longnose emperor spawning aggregation in Palau. Scientific Reports. 16(1). 1559–1559.

Firth, Louise B., et al.. (2024). The use of gabions as an eco-engineering approach to enhance estuarine fish habitats in urbanised waterways. Ecological Engineering. 210. 107431–107431.

Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2023). First records of the Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus cf. pacificus in the western tropical Pacific. Journal of Fish Biology. 103(5). 1214–1220. 4 indexed citations

Nester, Georgia, Matthew J. Heydenrych, Tina E. Berry, et al.. (2022). Characterizing the distribution of the critically endangered estuarine pipefish (Syngnathus watermeyeri) across its range using environmental DNA. Environmental DNA. 5(1). 132–145. 14 indexed citations

Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2022). Restoration of South African estuaries: successes, failures and the way forward. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 48(1). 1–18. 2 indexed citations

Hodgson, Alan N., et al.. (2022). The impact of a Reno mattress installation on an adjacent seagrass meadow and its macrofauna in a South African estuary. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 52. 102239–102239. 1 indexed citations

Barnes, R. S. K., et al.. (2022). Where ecologically ‘tis better to go brown than green: enhanced seagrass macrobenthic biodiversity within the canals of a brownfield coastal marina. Biodiversity and Conservation. 31(12). 2981–2997. 7 indexed citations

Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2021). Settlement of the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in a warm temperate estuarine embayment in South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 46(2). 206–214. 3 indexed citations

Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2021). Strengthening the DNA barcode reference library for South African estuarine macrofauna. African Journal of Marine Science. 43(1). 141–145. 1 indexed citations

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Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2021). Distribution and density of the Critically Endangered estuarine pipefish across its range – implications for conservation. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 32(1). 28–41. 4 indexed citations

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Claassens, Louw, R. S. K. Barnes, SJ Lamberth, et al.. (2020). Knysna Estuary health: ecological status, threats and options for the future. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 45(1-2). 65–82. 33 indexed citations

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Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2020). Mapping subtidal estuarine habitats with a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV). African Journal of Marine Science. 42(1). 123–128. 12 indexed citations

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Waltham, Nathan J., Michael Elliott, Shing Yip Lee, et al.. (2020). UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030—What Chance for Success in Restoring Coastal Ecosystems?. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 250 indexed citations breakdown →

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Claassens, Louw & David Harasti. (2020). Life history and population dynamics of an endangered seahorse (Hippocampus capensis) within an artificial habitat. Journal of Fish Biology. 97(4). 974–986. 11 indexed citations

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Short, Graham, Louw Claassens, Richard E. Smith, et al.. (2020). Hippocampus nalu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from South Africa, and the first record of a pygmy seahorse from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys. 934. 141–156. 12 indexed citations

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Simon, Carol A., et al.. (2019). Bait collecting by subsistence and recreational fishers in Knysna Estuary may impact management and conservation. African Zoology. 54(2). 91–103. 19 indexed citations

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Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2019). Conservation value of Codium tenue habitat for the endangered Knysna seahorse Hippocampus capensis. Journal of Fish Biology. 95(6). 1457–1464. 5 indexed citations

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Claassens, Louw, et al.. (2018). Shell morphometrics and growth rate of the invasive bivalve mollusc Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Knysna estuarine embayment, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science. 43(4). 367–374. 4 indexed citations

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Claassens, Louw. (2018). Aspects of the population ecology, habitat use and behaviour of the endangered Knysna seahorse (Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900) in a residential marina estate, Knysna, South Africa: implications for conservation. 1 indexed citations

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Claassens, Louw. (2016). An artificial water body provides habitat for an endangered estuarine seahorse species. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 180. 1–10. 28 indexed citations

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