Merle Sowman
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- Coastal and Marine Management 23
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments 6
- International Maritime Law Issues 4
- Global and Planetary Change top 5%
- Marine and fisheries research 9
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management 6
- Ecology top 5%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 15
- Law top 1%
- Legal Issues in South Africa 16
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- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration 5
- Co-authors
- Jackie SundeMaria HauckSerge RaemaekersPhilile MbathaElla‐Kari MuhlMaarten BavinckDerek ArmitageLance van Sittert
- Journals
- SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología (1 paper)Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (1 paper)Journal of Environmental Management (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaNetherlandsAustralia
In The Last Decade
Merle Sowman
51 papers receiving 1.2k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 97
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 524
- Global and Planetary Change 508
- Ecology 476
- Business and International Management 30
- Law 97
Countries citing papers authored by Merle Sowman
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Fields of papers citing papers by Merle Sowman
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Co-authorship network
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Merle Sowman, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2023 | 8 | |
| 3 | 2021 | 19 | |
| 4 | 2021 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2020 | 18 | |
| 6 | 2020 | 31 | |
| 7 | 2018 | 24 | |
| 8 | 2018 | 12 | |
| 9 | 2018 | 42 | |
| 10 | 2017 | 80 | |
| 11 | 2015 | 2 | |
| 12 | Emerging proposals for tenure governance in small-scale fisheries in South Africa | 2013 | 9 |
| 13 | 2010 | 43 | |
| 14 | 2009 | 26 | |
| 15 | 2005 | 85 | |
| 16 | 2003 | 26 | |
| 17 | 2002 | 27 | |
| 18 | Improving the practice of public participation in environmental planning and decision-making in South Africa | 1994 | 0 |
| 19 | 1994 | 11 | |
| 20 | An evaluation of the potential for restoring degraded estuaries in South Africa | 1992 | 3 |
About Merle Sowman
Merle Sowman is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Law and Business and International Management, having authored 54 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coastal and Marine Management (23 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (16 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (15 papers), Marine and fisheries research (9 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers), Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (6 papers), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (5 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (524 citations), Global and Planetary Change (508 citations) and Ecology (476 citations). Merle Sowman has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Jackie Sunde, Maria Hauck, Serge Raemaekers, Philile Mbatha, Ella‐Kari Muhl, Maarten Bavinck, Derek Armitage, Lance van Sittert, Rachel Wynberg and Lex Brown. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Environmental Management.
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