Michael J. Emslie

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Emslie is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Emslie has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 19 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Emslie's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (47 papers), Marine and fisheries research (41 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers). Michael J. Emslie is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (47 papers), Marine and fisheries research (41 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers). Michael J. Emslie collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Michael J. Emslie's co-authors include Alistair J. Cheal, Hugh Sweatman, M. Aaron MacNeil, Geoffrey P. Jones, Ian Miller, Michelle J. Jonker, Kate Osborne, Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Camille Mellin and Kerryn A. Johns and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Emslie

48 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Self-recruitment in a coral reef fish population

1999 606 citations Geoffrey P. Jones, Michael J. Emslie et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael J. Emslie Australia	24	2.4k	1.9k	926	590	174	51	2.7k
James Gilmour Australia	26	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	416 0.7×	150 0.9×	62	2.5k
Hamish A. Malcolm Australia	25	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	785 0.8×	899 1.5×	110 0.6×	50	2.2k
Cynthia G. Hays United States	11	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	874 0.9×	755 1.3×	117 0.7×	15	2.6k
Kristin M. Hultgren United States	18	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	313 0.5×	188 1.1×	31	2.6k
Timothy B. Werner United States	12	1.3k 0.6×	801 0.4×	488 0.5×	496 0.8×	162 0.9×	13	1.8k
Porzia Maiorano Italy	29	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	605 0.7×	420 0.7×	73 0.4×	90	2.2k
Mats Lindegarth Sweden	28	1.0k 0.4×	994 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	288 0.5×	120 0.7×	75	2.0k
Asta Audzijonytė Australia	22	1.1k 0.5×	806 0.4×	415 0.4×	617 1.0×	86 0.5×	62	1.7k
Nick Tolimieri United States	28	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	500 0.5×	702 1.2×	83 0.5×	52	1.9k
Bernat Hereu Spain	31	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 2.1×	294 0.5×	220 1.3×	74	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael J. Emslie

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Emslie

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Burn, Deborah, et al.. (2026). Elevated predation on crown-of-thorns starfish in no-take marine reserves. Current Biology. 36(3). R83–R84.

González‐Barrios, F. Javier, Sally A. Keith, Michael J. Emslie, et al.. (2025). Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef. Nature Communications. 16(1). 303–303. 2 indexed citations

Bode, Michael, Séverine Choukroun, Michael J. Emslie, et al.. (2025). Marine reserves contribute half of the larval supply to a coral reef fishery. Science Advances. 11(6). eadt0216–eadt0216. 1 indexed citations

Emslie, Michael J., et al.. (2024). High response diversity and conspecific density‐dependence, not species interactions, drive dynamics of coral reef fish communities. Ecology Letters. 27(4). 6 indexed citations

Tebbett, Sterling B., Michael J. Emslie, Michelle J. Jonker, et al.. (2024). Epilithic algal composition and the functioning of Anthropocene coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 210. 117322–117322. 4 indexed citations

Benedetti‐Cecchi, Lisandro, Amanda E. Bates, Giovanni Strona, et al.. (2024). Marine protected areas promote stability of reef fish communities under climate warming. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1822–1822. 20 indexed citations

Emslie, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Changing dynamics of Great Barrier Reef hard coral cover in the Anthropocene. Coral Reefs. 43(3). 747–762. 16 indexed citations

McClure, Eva C., et al.. (2023). Limited susceptibility of Lobophora to browsing fishes on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs. 43(1). 5–17.

Cheal, Alistair J., Michael J. Emslie, Leanne M. Currey‐Randall, & Michelle R. Heupel. (2021). Comparability and complementarity of reef fish measures from underwater visual census (UVC) and baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS). Journal of Environmental Management. 289. 112375–112375. 17 indexed citations

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Kroon, Frederieke J., Diego R. Barneche, & Michael J. Emslie. (2021). Fish predators control outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6986–6986. 35 indexed citations

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Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Ian McLeod, Lisa Boström‐Einarsson, et al.. (2020). Substrate stabilisation and small structures in coral restoration: State of knowledge, and considerations for management and implementation. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0240846–e0240846. 68 indexed citations

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Emslie, Michael J., Alistair J. Cheal, M. Aaron MacNeil, Ian Miller, & Hugh Sweatman. (2018). Reef fish communities are spooked by scuba surveys and may take hours to recover. PeerJ. 6. e4886–e4886. 65 indexed citations

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Cheal, Alistair J., M. Aaron MacNeil, Michael J. Emslie, & Hugh Sweatman. (2017). The threat to coral reefs from more intense cyclones under climate change. Global Change Biology. 23(4). 1511–1524. 201 indexed citations

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Ceccarelli, Daniela M., Michael J. Emslie, & Zoe T. Richards. (2016). Post-Disturbance Stability of Fish Assemblages Measured at Coarse Taxonomic Resolution Masks Change at Finer Scales. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0156232–e0156232. 35 indexed citations

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Emslie, Michael J., Murray Logan, David H. Williamson, et al.. (2015). Expectations and Outcomes of Reserve Network Performance following Re-zoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Current Biology. 25(8). 983–992. 104 indexed citations

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Emslie, Michael J., Alistair J. Cheal, & Kerryn A. Johns. (2014). Retention of Habitat Complexity Minimizes Disassembly of Reef Fish Communities following Disturbance: A Large-Scale Natural Experiment. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e105384–e105384. 67 indexed citations

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Cheal, Alistair J., Michael J. Emslie, M. Aaron MacNeil, Ian Miller, & Hugh Sweatman. (2012). Spatial variation in the functional characteristics of herbivorous fish communities and the resilience of coral reefs. Ecological Applications. 23(1). 174–188. 100 indexed citations

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Baird, Andrew H., et al.. (2012). Extended periods of coral recruitment on the Great Barrier Reef. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 6 indexed citations

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Cheal, Alistair J., Michael J. Emslie, Ian Miller, & Hugh Sweatman. (2012). The distribution of herbivorous fishes on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology. 159(5). 1143–1154. 84 indexed citations

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Emslie, Michael J., Marion Campbell, & Kim Walker. (2002). Changes in public awareness of, attitudes to, and use of complementary therapy in North East Scotland: surveys in 1993 and 1999. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 10(3). 148–153. 54 indexed citations

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