Mélanie Abécassis

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mélanie Abécassis is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Mélanie Abécassis has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Mélanie Abécassis's work include Marine and fisheries research (8 papers), Marine animal studies overview (7 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (3 papers). Mélanie Abécassis is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (8 papers), Marine animal studies overview (7 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (3 papers). Mélanie Abécassis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Mélanie Abécassis's co-authors include Jeffrey J. Polovina, Evan A. Howell, Alistair J. Hobday, Heidi Dewar, Sara M. Maxwell, Catherine E. O’Keefe, David N. Wiley, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd and Michele L. Barnes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Mélanie Abécassis

13 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Ocean's least productive waters are expanding 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Ocean's least productive waters are expanding
    2008 594 citations Jeffrey J. Polovina, Evan A. Howell et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mélanie Abécassis United States 8 693 564 534 212 79 14 1.1k
Loïc Michel Belgium 21 739 1.1× 480 0.9× 352 0.7× 148 0.7× 82 1.0× 66 995
Peter J. Etnoyer United States 18 654 0.9× 373 0.7× 443 0.8× 175 0.8× 53 0.7× 49 864
Souad Kifani Morocco 10 433 0.6× 347 0.6× 640 1.2× 174 0.8× 71 0.9× 11 909
Timothée Brochier France 19 572 0.8× 438 0.8× 777 1.5× 223 1.1× 64 0.8× 34 1.1k
Cheryl A. Morgan United States 20 620 0.9× 608 1.1× 874 1.6× 507 2.4× 72 0.9× 35 1.3k
Anik Brind’Amour France 18 754 1.1× 286 0.5× 631 1.2× 286 1.3× 49 0.6× 56 1.1k
Daniel J. Bucher Australia 17 798 1.2× 410 0.7× 551 1.0× 142 0.7× 45 0.6× 37 1.0k
Jock C. Currie South Africa 11 371 0.5× 346 0.6× 446 0.8× 142 0.7× 67 0.8× 18 751
Megan C. Tyrrell United States 17 655 0.9× 346 0.6× 602 1.1× 182 0.9× 57 0.7× 29 1.0k
Lewis S. Incze United States 22 997 1.4× 576 1.0× 1.1k 2.1× 255 1.2× 62 0.8× 36 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Mélanie Abécassis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mélanie Abécassis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mélanie Abécassis

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Huntington, Brittany, Bernardo Vargas-Ángel, Courtney S. Couch, Hannah C. Barkley, & Mélanie Abécassis. (2022). Oceanic productivity and high-frequency temperature variability—not human habitation—supports calcifier abundance on central Pacific coral reefs. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 4 indexed citations
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Duffy, Leanne, Petra Kuhnert, Heidi Pethybridge, et al.. (2017). Global trophic ecology of yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore tunas: Understanding predation on micronekton communities at ocean-basin scales. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 140. 55–73. 67 indexed citations
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Work, Thierry M., et al.. (2016). Pufferfish mortality associated with novel polar marine toxins in Hawaii. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 123(2). 87–99. 7 indexed citations
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Abécassis, Mélanie, Jeffrey J. Polovina, Robin W. Baird, et al.. (2015). Characterizing a Foraging Hotspot for Short-Finned Pilot Whales and Blainville’s Beaked Whales Located off the West Side of Hawai‘i Island by Using Tagging and Oceanographic Data. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0142628–e0142628. 50 indexed citations
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Lewison, Rebecca L., Alistair J. Hobday, Sara M. Maxwell, et al.. (2015). Dynamic Ocean Management: Identifying the Critical Ingredients of Dynamic Approaches to Ocean Resource Management. BioScience. 65(5). 486–498. 182 indexed citations
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Abécassis, Mélanie, Inna Senina, Patrick Lehodey, et al.. (2013). A Model of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Habitat and Movement in the Oceanic North Pacific. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e73274–e73274. 62 indexed citations
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Abécassis, Mélanie, et al.. (2012). Modeling swordfish daytime vertical habitat in the North Pacific Ocean from pop-up archival tags. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 452. 219–236. 49 indexed citations
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Abécassis, Mélanie, et al.. (2011). Application of the SEAPODYM model to swordfish in the Pacific Ocean. 3 indexed citations
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Lehodey, Patrick, Inna Senina, Beatriz Calmettes, et al.. (2010). Towards operational management of pelagic ecosystems. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 2 indexed citations
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Polovina, Jeffrey J., et al.. (2009). Increases in the relative abundance of mid-trophic level fishes concurrent with declines in apex predators in the subtropical North Pacific, 1996–2006. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 70 indexed citations
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Polovina, Jeffrey J., Evan A. Howell, & Mélanie Abécassis. (2008). Ocean's least productive waters are expanding. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(3). 594 indexed citations breakdown →
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Polovina, Jeffrey J., et al.. (2007). Vertical movement and habitat of opah (Lampris guttatus) in the central North Pacific recorded with pop-up archival tags. Marine Biology. 153(3). 257–267. 33 indexed citations
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Abécassis, Mélanie. (2006). Et l'imparfait du subjonctif fut: la Vitalité de l'imparfait du subjonctif en français au début du vingt-et-unième siècle. Nouvelles études francophones. 21(2). 88–107.
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