Michael Joy

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Joy is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Joy has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 7 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Joy's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (23 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (14 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (13 papers). Michael Joy is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (23 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (14 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (13 papers). Michael Joy collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Canada and United States. Michael Joy's co-authors include Russell G. Death, Julian D. Olden, Sally Paterson, Donald Mackay, Greig Scott, David Kreindler, A.A. Goldenberg, James M. Drake, S. A. Afanasyev and Ian Henderson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Chemosphere and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Michael Joy

63 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

An accurate comparison of methods for quantifying variable importance in artificial neural networks using simulated data

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Joy New Zealand	22	728	655	284	237	233	66	2.7k
Muriel Gevrey France	20	511 0.7×	400 0.6×	286 1.0×	82 0.3×	336 1.4×	27	2.0k
Charles Lemckert Australia	25	689 0.9×	187 0.3×	579 2.0×	315 1.3×	335 1.4×	154	2.8k
Xianfeng Zhang China	28	1.0k 1.4×	197 0.3×	609 2.1×	182 0.8×	580 2.5×	159	4.0k
You‐Gan Wang Australia	39	691 0.9×	775 1.2×	413 1.5×	68 0.3×	341 1.5×	241	5.3k
Wenxin Zhang China	28	339 0.5×	176 0.3×	418 1.5×	225 0.9×	207 0.9×	217	3.0k
Robert E. Thomas United States	28	948 1.3×	228 0.3×	228 0.8×	73 0.3×	82 0.4×	169	2.8k
Xiaofei Ma China	30	534 0.7×	194 0.3×	246 0.9×	130 0.5×	228 1.0×	199	3.2k
Yong Zhang China	31	453 0.6×	128 0.2×	203 0.7×	319 1.3×	617 2.6×	299	3.4k
Zhen Zhang China	34	833 1.1×	326 0.5×	181 0.6×	216 0.9×	322 1.4×	194	3.9k
David Wilson United States	33	370 0.5×	156 0.2×	448 1.6×	280 1.2×	1.0k 4.4×	218	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Joy

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Rogers, Karyne M., Debbie Bradshaw, Saskia C. Sanderson, et al.. (2025). Nitrate contamination in New Zealand's domestic drinking water with a focus on rural groundwater-sourced self-supplies. The Science of The Total Environment. 1002. 180549–180549.

Rogers, Karyne M., Debbie Bradshaw, Xing Liu, et al.. (2025). A New Zealand freshwater nitrate data quality validation study using commercial laboratories and portable testing instruments. Chemosphere. 381. 144472–144472. 1 indexed citations

Joy, Michael, et al.. (2024). Too Many Cows? An exploration of relationships between livestock density and river water quality in Aotearoa New Zealand. Policy Quarterly. 20(4). 131–138.

Joy, Michael. (2023). New Zealand’s freshwater disaster. 71(4). 97–103. 1 indexed citations

Joy, Michael, et al.. (2022). The grey water footprint of milk due to nitrate leaching from dairy farms in Canterbury, New Zealand. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management. 29(2). 177–199. 13 indexed citations

Joy, Michael, et al.. (2013). Responses of three PIT‐tagged native fish species to floods in a small, upland stream in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 47(2). 225–234. 9 indexed citations

Joy, Michael, et al.. (2011). Monitoring a New Zealand freshwater fish community using passive integrated transponder (PIT) technology; lessons learned and recommendations for future use. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 45(1). 121–133. 13 indexed citations

Bernués, A., Jean-Pierre Boutonnet, I. Casasús, et al.. (2011). Economic, social and environmental sustainability in sheep and goat production systems. Proceedings of the 7th International Seminar of the Sub-Network on Production Systems of the FAO-CIHEAM Inter-Regional Cooperative Research and Development Network on Sheep and Goats, Zaragoza, Spain, 10-12 November 2010.. 1–379. 1 indexed citations

Schwendel, Arved C., Michael Joy, Russell G. Death, & Ian C. Fuller. (2011). A macroinvertebrate index to assess stream-bed stability. Marine and Freshwater Research. 62(1). 30–37. 8 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael, et al.. (2009). Differences in the distributions of freshwater fishes and decapod crustaceans in urban and forested streams in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 43(5). 1115–1120. 6 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael, et al.. (2009). Longitudinal size distributions of bluegill bullies (Gobiomorphus hubbsi) and torrentfish (Cheimarrichthys fosteri) in two large New Zealand rivers. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 43(2). 643–651. 5 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael, et al.. (2008). Response of Gobiomorphus hubbsi (bluegill bully) to odours of conspecific fish in the presence of natural stream odours: Does habitat have an influence?. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 42(2). 173–180. 2 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael & Russell G. Death. (2003). Biological assessment of rivers in the Manawatu‐Wanganui region of New Zealand using a predictive macroinvertebrate model. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 37(2). 367–379. 18 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael & Russell G. Death. (2003). Assessing Biological Integrity Using Freshwater Fish and Decapod Habitat Selection Functions. Environmental Management. 32(6). 747–759. 18 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael, Ian Henderson, & Russell G. Death. (2000). Diadromy and longitudinal patterns of upstream penetration of freshwater fish in Taranaki, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 34(3). 531–543. 24 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael & Russell G. Death. (2000). Development and application of a predictive model of riverine fish community assemblages in the Taranaki region of the North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 34(2). 241–252. 37 indexed citations

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Death, Russell G., Ian Henderson, Michael Joy, et al.. (2000). New Zealand's National River Quality Network. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 34(4). 745–749. 1 indexed citations

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Drake, James M., Michael Joy, A.A. Goldenberg, & David Kreindler. (1991). Computer- and robot-assisted resection of thalamic astrocytomas in children. Neurosurgery. 29(1). 27–27. 131 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael. (1988). A risk orientated approach to the problems of cardiovascular certification in aircrew: summary of principal conclusions of the Second U.K. Workshop in Aviation Cardiology. European Heart Journal. 9(suppl G). 1–8. 6 indexed citations

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Joy, Michael. (1984). Who cares about cardiology?. BMJ. 288(6413). 339–340. 1 indexed citations

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