Mitchell Lyons

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Mitchell Lyons is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitchell Lyons has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 23 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Mitchell Lyons's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (24 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (21 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). Mitchell Lyons is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (24 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (21 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). Mitchell Lyons collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Mitchell Lyons's co-authors include Stuart Phinn, Chris Roelfsema, Nicholas Murray, Renata Ferrari, Richard A. Fuller, Corey T. Callaghan, Richard T. Kingsford, Michael DeWitt, Nicholas Clinton and David Thau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Mitchell Lyons

72 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats

2018 711 citations Nicholas Murray, Stuart Phinn et al. profile →
High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth’s tidal wetlands

2022 274 citations Nicholas Murray, Thomas A. Worthington et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mitchell Lyons	3.2k	1.6k	1.4k	522	443	74	4.5k
Daniel Ierodiaconou	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	433 0.8×	477 1.1×	150	3.8k
Guillem Chust	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	254 0.5×	225 0.5×	100	3.7k
Nicholas Murray	3.7k 1.2×	785 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	261 0.5×	706 1.6×	96	5.1k
Chris Roelfsema	5.1k 1.6×	3.4k 2.2×	2.2k 1.6×	1.1k 2.0×	490 1.1×	163	7.1k
Kyle C. Cavanaugh	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	184 0.4×	487 1.1×	78	3.6k
Peter Bunting	3.2k 1.0×	284 0.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 2.3×	479 1.1×	90	4.3k
Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	927 1.8×	97 0.2×	174	4.8k
Marc Simard	3.5k 1.1×	543 0.3×	2.0k 1.4×	2.3k 4.3×	749 1.7×	186	6.2k
William Skirving	5.1k 1.6×	3.3k 2.1×	3.3k 2.3×	124 0.2×	140 0.3×	70	6.0k
Laura L. Hess	1.7k 0.5×	824 0.5×	2.9k 2.0×	1.0k 2.0×	143 0.3×	44	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Mitchell Lyons

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mitchell Lyons

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mitchell Lyons

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20 of 20 papers shown

González‐Rivero, Manuel, James Gilmour, Yves‐Marie Bozec, et al.. (2024). Capturing fine-scale coral dynamics with a metacommunity modelling framework. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 24733–24733. 4 indexed citations

Lyons, Mitchell, et al.. (2023). Holistic Reduction to Compare and Create New Indices for Global Inter-Seasonal Monitoring: Case Study for High Resolution Surface Water Mapping. Remote Sensing. 15(8). 2063–2063. 1 indexed citations

Breton, Tom Le, et al.. (2023). Fire frequency and severity mediate recruitment response of a threatened shrub following severe megafire. Fire Ecology. 19(1). 4 indexed citations

Murray, Nicholas, Peter Bunting, Robert Canto, et al.. (2022). coastTrain: A Global Reference Library for Coastal Ecosystems. Remote Sensing. 14(22). 5766–5766. 6 indexed citations

Murray, Nicholas, Thomas A. Worthington, Peter Bunting, et al.. (2022). High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth’s tidal wetlands. Science. 376(6594). 744–749. 274 indexed citations breakdown →

Fisher, Adrian, et al.. (2021). Remote sensing of trophic cascades: multi‐temporal landsat imagery reveals vegetation change driven by the removal of an apex predator. Landscape Ecology. 36(5). 1341–1358. 31 indexed citations

Gordon, Christopher E., et al.. (2021). Two alternate states: shrub, bird and mammal assemblages differ on either side of the Dingo Barrier Fence. Australian Zoologist. 41(3). 534–549. 7 indexed citations

Kennedy, Emma, Chris Roelfsema, Mitchell Lyons, et al.. (2021). Reef Cover, a coral reef classification for global habitat mapping from remote sensing. Scientific Data. 8(1). 196–196. 69 indexed citations

Kennedy, Emma, Chris Roelfsema, Mitchell Lyons, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Reef Cover, a coral reef classification for global habitat mapping from remote sensing. Scientific Data. 8(1). 233–233. 1 indexed citations

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Raoult, Vincent, Andrew P. Colefax, Blake M. Allan, et al.. (2020). Operational Protocols for the Use of Drones in Marine Animal Research. Drones. 4(4). 64–64. 103 indexed citations

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Lyons, Mitchell, Kate Brandis, Nicholas Murray, et al.. (2019). Monitoring large and complex wildlife aggregations with drones. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(7). 1024–1035. 93 indexed citations

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Callaghan, Corey T., John H. Wilshire, John M. Martin, et al.. (2019). The Greenspace Bird Calculator: a citizen-driven tool for monitoring avian biodiversity in urban greenspaces. Australian Zoologist. 40(3). 468–476. 2 indexed citations

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Lyons, Mitchell, et al.. (2018). Bird interactions with drones, from individuals to large colonies. Australian field ornithology. 35. 51–56. 36 indexed citations

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Bugnot, Ana B., Mitchell Lyons, Peter Scanes, et al.. (2018). A novel framework for the use of remote sensing for monitoring catchments at continental scales. Journal of Environmental Management. 217. 939–950. 21 indexed citations

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Callaghan, Corey T., Richard E. Major, Mitchell Lyons, John M. Martin, & Richard T. Kingsford. (2018). The effects of local and landscape habitat attributes on bird diversity in urban greenspaces. Ecosphere. 9(7). 93 indexed citations

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Callaghan, Corey T., et al.. (2018). A comment on the limitations of UAVS in wildlife research – the example of colonial nesting waterbirds. Journal of Avian Biology. 49(9). 17 indexed citations

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Callaghan, Corey T., Mitchell Lyons, John M. Martin, Richard E. Major, & Richard T. Kingsford. (2017). Assessing the reliability of avian biodiversity measures of urban greenspaces using eBird citizen science data. Avian Conservation and Ecology. 12(2). 43 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Katherine R., Michelle Waycott, Paul Maxwell, et al.. (2017). Seagrass ecosystem trajectory depends on the relative timescales of resistance, recovery and disturbance. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 134. 166–176. 127 indexed citations

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Kilminster, Kieryn, Kathryn McMahon, Michelle Waycott, et al.. (2015). Unravelling complexity in seagrass systems for management: Australia as a microcosm. The Science of The Total Environment. 534. 97–109. 239 indexed citations

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Lyons, Mitchell, Chris Roelfsema, Matthew Dunbabin, Éva Kovács, & Stuart Phinn. (2013). Improving seagrass mapping calibration and validation using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2 indexed citations

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