Mike Best

1.1k total citations
20 papers, 708 citations indexed

About

Mike Best is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Best has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 708 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Oceanography, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mike Best's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (5 papers). Mike Best is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (5 papers). Mike Best collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Netherlands. Mike Best's co-authors include J. P. Thorpe, Michelle Devlin, A. Wither, S. J. Painting, Clare Scanlan, Jo Foden, Eileen Bresnan, Jon Barry, Richard Park and Abigail McQuatters‐Gollop and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Global Change Biology and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Mike Best

18 papers receiving 671 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mike Best United Kingdom 15 453 325 227 95 90 20 708
Fabián J. Tapia Chile 24 944 2.1× 580 1.8× 620 2.7× 25 0.3× 87 1.0× 51 1.4k
Fuh-Kwo Shiah Taiwan 14 631 1.4× 194 0.6× 320 1.4× 88 0.9× 167 1.9× 24 892
Lars‐Ove Loo Sweden 12 645 1.4× 662 2.0× 417 1.8× 23 0.2× 78 0.9× 16 1.1k
Zita Rasuolė Gasiūnaitė Lithuania 13 381 0.8× 175 0.5× 359 1.6× 57 0.6× 200 2.2× 35 655
Federica Grilli Italy 18 558 1.2× 327 1.0× 296 1.3× 77 0.8× 95 1.1× 39 959
L. Jagadeesan India 18 697 1.5× 360 1.1× 344 1.5× 55 0.6× 131 1.5× 58 1.0k
A. A. Maximov Russia 14 697 1.5× 378 1.2× 511 2.3× 31 0.3× 156 1.7× 43 1.0k
K. R. Muraleedharan India 19 624 1.4× 345 1.1× 361 1.6× 72 0.8× 129 1.4× 54 1.0k
Ernesto Brugnoli Uruguay 18 347 0.8× 229 0.7× 322 1.4× 38 0.4× 80 0.9× 49 751
Beatriz Yannicelli Chile 16 398 0.9× 314 1.0× 368 1.6× 25 0.3× 66 0.7× 33 683

Countries citing papers authored by Mike Best

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mike Best

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Best

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rees, Siân, Angus Atkinson, Mike Best, et al.. (2025). An assessment model for linking changes in pelagic habitat state to impacts on human wellbeing. Marine Policy. 182. 106863–106863.
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Artigas, Luis Felipe, Angus Atkinson, Mike Best, et al.. (2025). Mind the gap - The need to integrate novel plankton methods alongside ongoing long-term monitoring. Ocean & Coastal Management. 262. 107542–107542. 2 indexed citations
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Devlin, Michelle, Carolyn Graves, Naomi Greenwood, et al.. (2025). Shifting sands of marine eutrophication assessments: building a future approach for UK marine waters. 3.
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Atkinson, Angus, Mike Best, Eileen Bresnan, et al.. (2024). Predictors of long-term variability in NE Atlantic plankton communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 952. 175793–175793. 5 indexed citations
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McQuatters‐Gollop, Abigail, Rowena Stern, Angus Atkinson, et al.. (2024). The silent majority: Pico- and nanoplankton as ecosystem health indicators for marine policy. Ecological Indicators. 159. 111650–111650. 14 indexed citations
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Artigas, Luis Felipe, Clare Ostle, Angus Atkinson, et al.. (2023). Major declines in NE Atlantic plankton contrast with more stable populations in the rapidly warming North Sea. The Science of The Total Environment. 898. 165505–165505. 20 indexed citations
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Bedford, Jacob, Clare Ostle, David G. Johns, et al.. (2020). Lifeform indicators reveal large‐scale shifts in plankton across the North‐West European shelf. Global Change Biology. 26(6). 3482–3497. 61 indexed citations
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Greenwood, Naomi, Michelle Devlin, Mike Best, et al.. (2019). Utilizing Eutrophication Assessment Directives From Transitional to Marine Systems in the Thames Estuary and Liverpool Bay, UK. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 20 indexed citations
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McQuatters‐Gollop, Abigail, Angus Atkinson, A. Aubert, et al.. (2019). Plankton lifeforms as a biodiversity indicator for regional-scale assessment of pelagic habitats for policy. Ecological Indicators. 101. 913–925. 40 indexed citations
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Devlin, Michelle, Jon Barry, S. J. Painting, & Mike Best. (2009). Extending the phytoplankton tool kit for the UK Water Framework Directive: indicators of phytoplankton community structure. Hydrobiologia. 633(1). 151–168. 43 indexed citations
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Devlin, Michelle, S. J. Painting, & Mike Best. (2006). Setting nutrient thresholds to support an ecological assessment based on nutrient enrichment, potential primary production and undesirable disturbance. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 55(1-6). 65–73. 49 indexed citations
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Best, Mike, et al.. (2006). Developing a saltmarsh classification tool for the European water framework directive. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 55(1-6). 205–214. 23 indexed citations
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Best, Mike, et al.. (2006). Dissolved oxygen as a physico-chemical supporting element in the Water Framework Directive. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 55(1-6). 53–64. 118 indexed citations
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Devlin, Michelle, Mike Best, Deborah L. Coates, et al.. (2006). Establishing boundary classes for the classification of UK marine waters using phytoplankton communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 55(1-6). 91–103. 88 indexed citations
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Scanlan, Clare, et al.. (2006). The monitoring of opportunistic macroalgal blooms for the water framework directive. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 55(1-6). 162–171. 83 indexed citations
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Rust, Brian R., et al.. (1987). A sedimentological overview of the coal-bearing Morien Group (Pennsylvanian), Sydney Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 24(9). 1869–1885. 16 indexed citations
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Best, Mike & J. P. Thorpe. (1986). Effects of food particle concentration on feeding current velocity in sex species of marine Bryozoa. Marine Biology. 93(2). 255–262. 35 indexed citations
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Best, Mike & J. P. Thorpe. (1986). Feeding-current interactions and competition for food among the bryozoan epiphytes of Fucus serratus. Marine Biology. 93(3). 371–375. 29 indexed citations
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Best, Mike & J. P. Thorpe. (1985). Autoradiographic study of feeding and the colonial transport of metabolites in the marine bryozoan Membranipora membranacea. Marine Biology. 84(3). 295–300. 34 indexed citations
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Best, Mike & J. P. Thorpe. (1983). Effects of particle concentration on clearance rate and feeding current velocity in the marine bryozoan Flustrellidra hispida. Marine Biology. 77(1). 85–92. 28 indexed citations

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