Melanie Heath

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Melanie Heath is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ecology and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Heath has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Melanie Heath's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 papers) and Marriage and Sexual Relationships (4 papers). Melanie Heath is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 papers) and Marriage and Sexual Relationships (4 papers). Melanie Heath collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Melanie Heath's co-authors include Paul F. Donald, R. E. Green, Michael I. Evans, Tina Fetner, Michael Gradisar, Kate Bartel, Gorica Micic, Paul Williamson, Nicole Lovato and Stuart H. M. Butchart and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Heath

29 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Agricultural intensification and the collapse of Europe's farmland bird populations

2001 1.6k citations Paul F. Donald, R. E. Green et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Heath Canada	14	1.3k	912	479	460	447	30	2.3k
Michael P. Ward United States	30	1.7k 1.3×	442 0.5×	948 2.0×	294 0.6×	373 0.8×	136	3.6k
José M. V. Fragoso United States	23	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	652 1.4×	420 0.9×	603 1.3×	42	2.4k
Stephen Morton Australia	22	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	783 1.6×	408 0.9×	423 0.9×	73	2.7k
John G. Ewen United Kingdom	35	2.5k 1.9×	769 0.8×	1.5k 3.1×	551 1.2×	359 0.8×	166	3.7k
Raymond Pierotti United States	24	2.1k 1.6×	603 0.7×	1.2k 2.6×	114 0.2×	580 1.3×	68	3.4k
Thomas D. Nudds Canada	28	1.9k 1.4×	894 1.0×	411 0.9×	440 1.0×	448 1.0×	101	2.4k
Robert B. Weladji Canada	29	1.6k 1.3×	285 0.3×	560 1.2×	149 0.3×	370 0.8×	99	2.5k
Esther Sebastián‐González Spain	25	1.2k 0.9×	607 0.7×	500 1.0×	262 0.6×	203 0.5×	82	1.8k
Christophe Bonenfant France	36	2.9k 2.2×	695 0.8×	1.2k 2.4×	431 0.9×	375 0.8×	92	3.8k
Harry P. Andreassen Norway	34	2.8k 2.2×	999 1.1×	764 1.6×	262 0.6×	438 1.0×	96	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Melanie Heath

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melanie Heath

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Reynolds, Chelsea, Michelle A. Short, Michal Kahn, et al.. (2023). Development of evening sleep homeostatic pressure in early adolescent boys. Sleep Medicine. 110. 54–59. 2 indexed citations

Fetner, Tina, et al.. (2022). Climax as Work: Heteronormativity, Gender Labor, and the Gender Gap in Orgasms. Gender & Society. 36(2). 189–213. 18 indexed citations

Fetner, Tina, et al.. (2020). Condom use in penile-vaginal intercourse among Canadian adults: Results from the sex in Canada survey. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228981–e0228981. 17 indexed citations

Heath, Melanie, Anna Johnston, Hayley Dohnt, Michelle A. Short, & Michael Gradisar. (2018). The role of pre-sleep cognitions in adolescent sleep-onset problems. Sleep Medicine. 46. 117–121. 13 indexed citations

Waliczky, Zoltán, Lincoln Fishpool, Stuart H. M. Butchart, et al.. (2018). Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs): their impact on conservation policy, advocacy and action. Bird Conservation International. 29(2). 199–215. 32 indexed citations

Fetner, Tina & Melanie Heath. (2016). Do Same-Sex and Straight Weddings Aspire To the Fairytale? Women’s Conformity and Resistance to Traditional Weddings. Sociological Perspectives. 59(4). 721–742. 5 indexed citations

Brooks, Thomas M., Stuart H. M. Butchart, Neil A. Cox, et al.. (2015). Harnessing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to track the Aichi Targets and Sustainable Development Goals. Biodiversity. 16(2-3). 157–174. 59 indexed citations

Heath, Melanie, Kate Bartel, Michael Gradisar, et al.. (2014). Does one hour of bright or short-wavelength filtered tablet screenlight have a meaningful effect on adolescents’ pre-bedtime alertness, sleep, and daytime functioning?. Chronobiology International. 31(4). 496–505. 93 indexed citations

Heath, Melanie. (2013). Sexual Misgivings: Producing Un/Marked Knowledge in Neoliberal Marriage Promotion Policies. Sociological Quarterly. 54(4). 561–583. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Allison K., Thi Hanh Tien Nguyen, Melanie Heath, et al.. (2013). The effect of fire on litter-dwelling invertebrate diversity in Bagdad Native Forest Reserve, Robe, South Australia. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide).

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Avishai, Orit, Melanie Heath, & Jennifer Randles. (2012). Marriage Goes to School. Contexts. 11(3). 34–38. 10 indexed citations

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Heath, Melanie. (2012). Making Marriage Promotion into Public Policy: The Epistemic Culture of a Statewide Initiative. Qualitative Sociology. 35(4). 385–406. 3 indexed citations

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Reid, Hannah, Joanna Phillips, & Melanie Heath. (2009). Natural resilience : healthy ecosystems as climate shock insurance. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 7 indexed citations

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Heath, Melanie. (2008). State of our Unions. Gender & Society. 23(1). 27–48. 29 indexed citations

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Heath, Melanie & Judith Stacey. (2002). Review Essay: Transatlantic Family TravailThe End of Marriage? Individualism and Intimate Relations. By Jane Lewis. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001. Pp. 256. $75.00.The Changing Experience of Childhood: Families and Divorce. By Carol Smart, Bren Neale, and Amanda Wade. Cambridge: Polity, 2001. Pp. 240. $64.30.Same Sex Intimacies: Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments. By Jeffrey Weeks, Brian Heaphy, and Catherine Donovan. London: Routledge, 2001. Pp. 256. $90.00.. American Journal of Sociology. 108(3). 658–668. 4 indexed citations

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Heath, Melanie, et al.. (2001). European Bird Populations: Estimates and Trends. 123 indexed citations

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Donald, Paul F., R. E. Green, & Melanie Heath. (2001). Agricultural intensification and the collapse of Europe's farmland bird populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 268(1462). 25–29. 1553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Evans, Michael I. & Melanie Heath. (2000). Important bird areas in Europe : priority sites for conservation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 134 indexed citations

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Long, Adrian J. & Melanie Heath. (1994). Nesting Ecology and Helping Behavior in the Azure-Rumped Tanager in Mexico. Ornithological Applications. 96(4). 1095–1099. 6 indexed citations

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Heath, Melanie & Adrian J. Long. (1991). Habitat, distribution and status of the Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi in Mexico. Bird Conservation International. 1(3). 223–254. 7 indexed citations

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