Melanie Ryan

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 875 citations indexed

About

Melanie Ryan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Ryan has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 875 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 5 papers in Ecological Modeling and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Melanie Ryan's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 papers). Melanie Ryan is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 papers). Melanie Ryan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Melanie Ryan's co-authors include Carina Wyborn, Jasper Montana, Peat Leith, Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Clark A. Miller, Brian C. Chaffin, Robert Schweitzer, Angela Bednarek, Prue Addison and Stephen Posner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Ryan

12 papers receiving 836 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.

Co-Producing Sustainability: Reordering the Governance of Science, Policy, and Practice

2019 293 citations Carina Wyborn, Jasper Montana et al. Annual Review of Environment and Resources profile →
Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives

2018 218 citations Angela Bednarek, Carina Wyborn et al. Sustainability Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Ryan United Kingdom	9	360	325	179	115	71	13	875
James Arnott United States	14	398 1.1×	350 1.1×	141 0.8×	56 0.5×	47 0.7×	26	942
Simon West Sweden	15	546 1.5×	264 0.8×	251 1.4×	123 1.1×	99 1.4×	33	1.2k
Timothy D. Baird United States	13	337 0.9×	247 0.8×	220 1.2×	131 1.1×	61 0.9×	37	1.0k
Bruce Evan Goldstein United States	12	321 0.9×	291 0.9×	116 0.6×	113 1.0×	70 1.0×	19	781
Adele Laing United Kingdom	3	517 1.4×	274 0.8×	224 1.3×	78 0.7×	74 1.0×	5	1.1k
Rika Preiser South Africa	13	414 1.1×	271 0.8×	160 0.9×	73 0.6×	80 1.1×	29	1.0k
Bridie McGreavy United States	16	318 0.9×	359 1.1×	205 1.1×	172 1.5×	62 0.9×	49	1.0k
Vanessa A Masterson Sweden	12	590 1.6×	430 1.3×	213 1.2×	122 1.1×	89 1.3×	20	1.3k
Margaret Gooch Australia	15	234 0.7×	383 1.2×	304 1.7×	215 1.9×	56 0.8×	42	943
Karin Gustafsson Sweden	15	272 0.8×	185 0.6×	156 0.9×	59 0.5×	26 0.4×	37	797

Countries citing papers authored by Melanie Ryan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melanie Ryan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Melanie Ryan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Melanie Ryan. The network helps show where Melanie Ryan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melanie Ryan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Melanie Ryan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Melanie Ryan 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 Melanie Ryan. Melanie Ryan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Ryan, Melanie, et al.. (2023). Maximising gas production from late-life assets: a case study from the Snapper Field, Gippsland Basin. The APPEA Journal. 63(1). 144–156.

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Ryan, Melanie, et al.. (2022). Optimising value in the mature Turrum Field: integrating modern seismic, high-resolution sequence stratigraphy and production data in a 3D geological model. The APPEA Journal. 62(2). S416–S420. 1 indexed citations

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Wyborn, Carina, Federico Davila, Laura Pereira, et al.. (2020). Imagining transformative biodiversity futures. Nature Sustainability. 3(9). 670–672. 64 indexed citations

4.

Montana, Jasper, et al.. (2020). The need for improved reflexivity in conservation science. Environmental Conservation. 47(4). 217–219. 41 indexed citations

5.

Montana, Jasper, et al.. (2019). Revealing research preferences in conservation science. Oryx. 55(3). 404–411. 5 indexed citations

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Wyborn, Carina, Jasper Montana, Melanie Ryan, et al.. (2019). Co-Producing Sustainability: Reordering the Governance of Science, Policy, and Practice. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 44(1). 319–346. 293 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ryan, Melanie, et al.. (2018). Global patterns in conservation capacity development. Biological Conservation. 221. 261–269. 36 indexed citations

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Wyborn, Carina, et al.. (2018). Wrestling with the complexity of evaluation for organizations at the boundary of science, policy, and practice. Conservation Biology. 32(5). 998–1006. 19 indexed citations

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Bednarek, Angela, Carina Wyborn, Christopher Cvitanovic, et al.. (2018). Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives. Sustainability Science. 13(4). 1175–1183. 218 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wyborn, Carina, Elena Louder, Jensen Montambault, et al.. (2018). Understanding the Impacts of Research Synthesis. Environmental Science & Policy. 86. 72–84. 45 indexed citations

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Wyborn, Carina, Peat Leith, Jon Hutton, et al.. (2017). The Science, Policy and Practice Interface. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 5 indexed citations

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Rose, David Christian, Prue Addison, Malcolm Ausden, et al.. (2017). Decision support tools in conservation: a workshop to improve user-centred design. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. e21074–e21074. 8 indexed citations

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Schweitzer, Robert, et al.. (2005). Attitudes towards refugees: The dark side of prejudice in Australia. Australian Journal of Psychology. 57(3). 170–179. 140 indexed citations

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