M Brasier

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

M Brasier is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, M Brasier has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Oceanography and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in M Brasier's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (5 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (5 papers). M Brasier is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (5 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (5 papers). M Brasier collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. M Brasier's co-authors include Harald Walderhaug, W. S. McKerrow, Mark A. Smethurst, Trond H. Torsvik, Joseph G. Meert, B. A. Sturt, A. Steele, Nicola McLoughlin, J. Martin Lindsay and Adrian G. Glover and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Global Change Biology and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

M Brasier

21 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic — A tale of Baltica and Laurentia

1996 697 citations Trond H. Torsvik, Mark A. Smethurst et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M Brasier United Kingdom	14	607	412	402	365	354	22	1.5k
Iuliana Vasiliev Netherlands	28	901 1.5×	421 1.0×	780 1.9×	224 0.6×	1.3k 3.6×	65	1.9k
Abdulkarim Al-Subbary Yemen	10	304 0.5×	359 0.9×	224 0.6×	334 0.9×	1.3k 3.7×	14	1.7k
Roberto A. Scasso Argentina	27	579 1.0×	1.0k 2.5×	176 0.4×	162 0.4×	892 2.5×	83	2.0k
Hiroshi Nishi Japan	24	574 0.9×	1.1k 2.8×	486 1.2×	384 1.1×	1.2k 3.5×	111	2.0k
Alexandra J. Nederbragt United Kingdom	22	349 0.6×	958 2.3×	246 0.6×	305 0.8×	964 2.7×	47	1.6k
Erica M. Crouch New Zealand	19	269 0.4×	857 2.1×	474 1.2×	432 1.2×	1.4k 4.0×	35	1.9k
Patrick G. Quilty Australia	24	782 1.3×	620 1.5×	406 1.0×	600 1.6×	1.4k 3.9×	81	2.3k
Simone Galeotti Italy	26	522 0.9×	1.0k 2.5×	299 0.7×	256 0.7×	1.4k 3.9×	60	1.9k
Hugh E. G. Morgans New Zealand	20	344 0.6×	652 1.6×	360 0.9×	337 0.9×	1.1k 3.1×	46	1.5k
Nicola Pelosi Italy	26	317 0.5×	567 1.4×	384 1.0×	381 1.0×	1.2k 3.4×	59	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by M Brasier

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Fields of papers citing papers by M Brasier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M Brasier

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M Brasier. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M Brasier 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 M Brasier. M Brasier 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

Smith, Joshua N., John Bannister, Virginia Andrews‐Goff, et al.. (2025). The End of an Era? Trends in Abundance and Reproduction of Australian Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) Suggest Failure to Re‐Establish Pre‐Whaling Population Size. Global Change Biology. 31(5). e70218–e70218. 3 indexed citations

Weldrick, Christine K., et al.. (2024). Zooplankton abundance and distribution along the Mawson coast, East Antarctica. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11. 1 indexed citations

Bauman, D.E., Camille Moreau, Thomas Saucède, et al.. (2023). A pioneer morphological and genetic study of the intertidal fauna of the Gerlache Strait (Antarctic Peninsula). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(4). 514–514. 6 indexed citations

Cox, Martin J., Gavin J. Macaulay, M Brasier, et al.. (2022). Two scales of distribution and biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the eastern sector of the CCAMLR Division 58.4.2 (55°E to 80°E). PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0271078–e0271078. 18 indexed citations

Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Asta Audzijonytė, M Brasier, et al.. (2021). Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 32(1). 231–251. 48 indexed citations

Pirotta, Vanessa, Kylie Owen, David Donnelly, M Brasier, & Robert Harcourt. (2021). First evidence of bubble‐net feeding and the formation of ‘super‐groups’ by the east Australian population of humpback whales during their southward migration. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31(9). 2412–2419. 30 indexed citations

Figuerola, Blanca, Andrés Barbosa, M Brasier, et al.. (2021). Shifting Perspectives in Polar Research: Global Lessons on the Barriers and Drivers for Securing Academic Careers in Natural Sciences. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 9 indexed citations

Brasier, M, David K. A. Barnes, Narissa Bax, et al.. (2021). Responses of Southern Ocean Seafloor Habitats and Communities to Global and Local Drivers of Change. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 31 indexed citations

White, Crow & M Brasier. (2021). Rapid visual assessment surveys on rocky reefs in the Derwent Estuary. Figshare.

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Alexander, Karen, Daniela Liggett, Elizabeth Leane, et al.. (2019). What and who is an Antarctic ambassador?. Polar Record. 55(6). 497–506. 25 indexed citations

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Brasier, M, Andrew Constable, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, et al.. (2019). Observations and models to support the first Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO). Journal of Marine Systems. 197. 103182–103182. 22 indexed citations

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Neal, Lenka, M Brasier, & Helena Wiklund. (2018). Six new species of Macellicephala (Annelida: Polynoidae) from the Southern Ocean and south Atlantic with re-description of type species. Zootaxa. 4455(1). 1–34. 5 indexed citations

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Brasier, M, James Harle, Helena Wiklund, et al.. (2017). Distributional Patterns of Polychaetes Across the West Antarctic Based on DNA Barcoding and Particle Tracking Analyses. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4. 25 indexed citations

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Neal, Lenka, et al.. (2017). Comparative marine biodiversity and depth zonation in the Southern Ocean: evidence from a new large polychaete dataset from Scotia and Amundsen seas. Marine Biodiversity. 48(1). 581–601. 18 indexed citations

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Brasier, M, Helena Wiklund, Lenka Neal, et al.. (2016). DNA barcoding uncovers cryptic diversity in 50% of deep-sea Antarctic polychaetes. Royal Society Open Science. 3(11). 160432–160432. 75 indexed citations

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Brasier, M, Helena Wiklund, & Huw J. Griffiths. (2016). Polychaete Diversity. In: RRS James Clark Ross JR15005 Cruise Report, SO-AntEco, South Orkneys. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Brasier, M, et al.. (2005). Critical testing of Earth's oldest putative fossil assemblage from the ∼3.5Ga Apex chert, Chinaman Creek, Western Australia. Precambrian Research. 140(1-2). 55–102. 160 indexed citations

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Torsvik, Trond H., Mark A. Smethurst, Joseph G. Meert, et al.. (1996). Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic — A tale of Baltica and Laurentia. Earth-Science Reviews. 40(3-4). 229–258. 697 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brasier, M. (1990). Productivity of the ocean: Present and past. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 7(2). 200–200. 257 indexed citations

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Donahue, Jack, et al.. (1985). Barbuda, West Indies: a record of seal level change since Pliocene time. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17. 1 indexed citations

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