Nicholas A. J. Graham

34.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
240 papers, 20.7k citations indexed

About

Nicholas A. J. Graham is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas A. J. Graham has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 20.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 221 papers in Ecology, 194 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 53 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nicholas A. J. Graham's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (198 papers), Marine and fisheries research (176 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (45 papers). Nicholas A. J. Graham is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (198 papers), Marine and fisheries research (176 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (45 papers). Nicholas A. J. Graham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Nicholas A. J. Graham's co-authors include Shaun K. Wilson, Tim R. McClanahan, Kirsty L. Nash, Nicholas Polunin, Joshua E. Cinner, M. Aaron MacNeil, Simon Jennings, David Mouillot, David R. Bellwood and Morgan S. Pratchett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas A. J. Graham

235 papers receiving 20.1k citations

Hit Papers

A functional approach rev... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2012 2010 2012 2006 2015 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances
    2012 1.5k citations David Mouillot, Nicholas A. J. Graham et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
  2. Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience
    2010 795 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
  3. The importance of structural complexity in coral reef ecosystems
    2012 686 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Kirsty L. Nash profile →
  4. Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral reefs: are reef fishes at risk or resilient?
    2006 579 citations Shaun K. Wilson, Nicholas A. J. Graham et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  5. Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs
    2015 578 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Simon Jennings et al. profile →
  6. Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystems
    2006 537 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Shaun K. Wilson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Harnessing global fisheries to tackle micronutrient deficiencies
    2019 480 citations Christina C. Hicks, Nicholas A. J. Graham et al. profile →
  8. The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems
    2018 436 citations Christina C. Hicks, Shaun K. Wilson et al. profile →
  9. Comanagement of coral reef social-ecological systems
    2012 395 citations Joshua E. Cinner, Tim R. McClanahan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene
    2019 316 citations Christina C. Hicks, Nicholas A. J. Graham et al. profile →
  11. Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive rats
    2018 223 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Shaun K. Wilson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas A. J. Graham United Kingdom 77 16.7k 13.4k 5.7k 4.3k 2.3k 240 20.7k
Alistair J. Hobday Australia 68 11.9k 0.7× 13.5k 1.0× 9.4k 1.6× 3.6k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 319 22.1k
Fiorenza Micheli United States 70 16.7k 1.0× 13.8k 1.0× 9.4k 1.6× 3.7k 0.9× 4.2k 1.8× 257 25.0k
John M. Pandolfi Australia 55 16.8k 1.0× 11.3k 0.8× 9.1k 1.6× 3.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 206 22.9k
Callum M. Roberts United Kingdom 64 12.0k 0.7× 9.6k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 3.8k 0.9× 3.1k 1.3× 155 16.9k
Tim R. McClanahan United States 86 18.5k 1.1× 14.9k 1.1× 7.2k 1.3× 3.0k 0.7× 3.7k 1.6× 315 22.6k
Isabelle M. Côté Canada 63 11.6k 0.7× 7.9k 0.6× 4.2k 0.7× 3.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 208 16.0k
Mark Spalding United Kingdom 48 14.0k 0.8× 9.6k 0.7× 6.2k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 3.5k 1.5× 89 19.8k
Simon Jennings United Kingdom 91 15.1k 0.9× 16.7k 1.2× 5.0k 0.9× 6.1k 1.4× 1.9k 0.8× 209 22.2k
John F. Bruno United States 57 15.4k 0.9× 10.5k 0.8× 9.3k 1.6× 3.8k 0.9× 2.6k 1.1× 156 23.3k
Enric Sala United States 64 13.1k 0.8× 9.8k 0.7× 6.3k 1.1× 2.8k 0.6× 2.3k 1.0× 153 17.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas A. J. Graham

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Jayna L. DeVore, Simon Ducatez, et al.. (2025). Re-connecting ecosystems: Integrating coral reefs into monitoring of island restoration. Ecological Indicators. 170. 113042–113042. 2 indexed citations
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Jones, Holly P., Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Stephanie B. Borrelle, et al.. (2025). The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people. 1(11). 689–702.
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Martin, Sarah M., et al.. (2024). Climate Change Affects Multiple Coral Reef Fisheries Ecosystem Services. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 32(2). 1 indexed citations
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Dunn, Ruth E., Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Olivier Maury, et al.. (2024). Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning. Conservation Biology. 39(1). e14313–e14313. 8 indexed citations
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Boström‐Einarsson, Lisa, et al.. (2024). Do risk-prone behaviours compromise reproduction and increase vulnerability of fish aggregations exposed to fishing?. Biology Letters. 20(8). 20240292–20240292. 3 indexed citations
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Razak, Tries B., Andrew O. M. Mogg, Ronan Roche, et al.. (2024). Impacts of “Reef Star” coral restoration on multiple metrics of habitat complexity. Restoration Ecology. 32(8). 5 indexed citations
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Peterson, Emily, Simon J. Pittman, Cassandra E. Benkwitt, et al.. (2024). Graph-theoretic modeling reveals connectivity hotspots for herbivorous reef fishes in a restored tropical island system. Landscape Ecology. 39(8). 5 indexed citations
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Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Cecilia D’Angelo, Ruth E. Dunn, et al.. (2023). Seabirds boost coral reef resilience. Science Advances. 9(49). eadj0390–eadj0390. 20 indexed citations
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Cheung, William W. L., Eva Maire, Muhammed A. Oyinlola, et al.. (2023). Climate change exacerbates nutrient disparities from seafood. Nature Climate Change. 13(11). 1242–1249. 24 indexed citations
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Mouillot, David, Joshua E. Cinner, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, et al.. (2022). Towards process-oriented management of tropical reefs in the anthropocene. Nature Sustainability. 6(2). 148–157. 17 indexed citations
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Graham, Nicholas A. J., et al.. (2022). Investigating mangrove-human health relationships: A review of recently reported physiological benefits. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 100059–100059. 16 indexed citations
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Barnes, Michele L., Peng Wang, Joshua E. Cinner, et al.. (2020). Social determinants of adaptive and transformative responses to climate change. Nature Climate Change. 10(9). 823–828. 179 indexed citations
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Robinson, James P. W., Shaun K. Wilson, Simon Jennings, & Nicholas A. J. Graham. (2019). Thermal stress induces persistently altered coral reef fish assemblages. Global Change Biology. 25(8). 2739–2750. 85 indexed citations
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Thiault, Lauric, Camilo Mora, Joshua E. Cinner, et al.. (2019). Escaping the perfect storm of simultaneous climate change impacts on agriculture and marine fisheries. Science Advances. 5(11). eaaw9976–eaaw9976. 72 indexed citations
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Nash, Kirsty L., Nicholas A. J. Graham, Simon Jennings, Shaun K. Wilson, & David R. Bellwood. (2015). Herbivore cross‐scale redundancy supports response diversity and promotes coral reef resilience. Journal of Applied Ecology. 53(3). 646–655. 102 indexed citations
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Mouillot, David, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Sébastien Villéger, Norman W. H. Mason, & David R. Bellwood. (2012). A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 28(3). 167–177. 1467 indexed citations breakdown →
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McClanahan, Tim R., Nicholas A. J. Graham, M. Aaron MacNeil, et al.. (2011). Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(41). 17230–17233. 258 indexed citations
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Pollnac, Richard Β., Patrick Christie, Joshua E. Cinner, et al.. (2010). Marine reserves as linked social–ecological systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(43). 18262–18265. 271 indexed citations
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Feary, David A., Joshua E. Cinner, Nicholas A. J. Graham, & Fraser A. Januchowski‐Hartley. (2010). Effects of Customary Marine Closures on Fish Behavior, Spear‐Fishing Success, and Underwater Visual Surveys. Conservation Biology. 25(2). 341–349. 78 indexed citations
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Graham, Nicholas A. J., Shaun K. Wilson, Simon Jennings, et al.. (2006). Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(22). 8425–8429. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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