Nicholas Polunin

23.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
312 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Polunin is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Polunin has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Ecology, 144 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 45 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Polunin's work include Marine and fisheries research (130 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (112 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (53 papers). Nicholas Polunin is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (130 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (112 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (53 papers). Nicholas Polunin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Nicholas Polunin's co-authors include Simon Jennings, John K. Pinnegar, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Shaun K. Wilson, Christopher J. Sweeting, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Callum M. Roberts, Ivor D. Williams, Morgan S. Pratchett and C.M Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Polunin

287 papers receiving 15.7k citations

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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.

Differential fractionation of δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N among fish tissues: implications for the study of trophic interactions

1999 825 citations John K. Pinnegar, Nicholas Polunin profile →
Critical science gaps impede use of no-take fishery reserves

2004 636 citations Nicholas Polunin et al. profile →
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. profile →
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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas Polunin United Kingdom	67	14.2k	11.6k	4.0k	3.8k	1.2k	312	17.0k
Louis W. Botsford United States	49	9.1k 0.6×	9.5k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	135	13.6k
Charles H. Peterson United States	63	12.6k 0.9×	12.1k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	8.0k 2.1×	2.0k 1.7×	159	21.7k
Simon Jennings United Kingdom	91	15.1k 1.1×	16.7k 1.4×	6.1k 1.5×	5.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.6×	209	22.2k
Peter F. Sale Canada	50	9.7k 0.7×	7.2k 0.6×	3.2k 0.8×	4.5k 1.2×	797 0.7×	103	12.2k
Roger Bradbury Australia	21	10.9k 0.8×	7.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	6.1k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	68	14.4k
Villy Christensen Canada	59	12.8k 0.9×	15.9k 1.4×	4.5k 1.1×	3.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.7×	198	20.8k
Heike K. Lotze Canada	54	10.0k 0.7×	7.9k 0.7×	3.7k 0.9×	5.6k 1.5×	1.9k 1.6×	114	16.6k
Enric Sala United States	64	13.1k 0.9×	9.8k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	6.3k 1.7×	2.3k 1.9×	153	17.4k
Callum M. Roberts United Kingdom	64	12.0k 0.8×	9.6k 0.8×	3.8k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	3.1k 2.6×	155	16.9k
Isabelle M. Côté Canada	63	11.6k 0.8×	7.9k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	4.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	208	16.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Polunin

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Engelhard, Georg H., et al.. (2024). Trawling through time: reconstructing a late nineteenth century beam trawl for scientific inshore fishery investigations. MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies. 23(3).

Trueman, Clive N., et al.. (2023). Tracing basal resource use across sea‐ice, pelagic, and benthic habitats in the early Arctic spring food web with essential amino acid carbon isotopes. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(4). 862–877. 11 indexed citations

McGill, Rona A. R., et al.. (2023). Quantifying spatio‐temporal consistency in the trophic ecology of two sympatric flatfishes. Journal of Fish Biology. 103(2). 378–392. 1 indexed citations

Linse, Katrin, Jon Copley, Douglas P. Connelly, et al.. (2019). Fauna of the Kemp Caldera and its upper bathyal hydrothermal vents (South Sandwich Arc, Antarctica). Royal Society Open Science. 6(11). 191501–191501. 16 indexed citations

Khan, Alexander M. A., et al.. (2019). Skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) tuna pole-and-line marketing supply chains in Indonesia: Case study in Pulau Bacan. Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation. 6 indexed citations

Mill, Aileen C., et al.. (2016). Patterns of Coral-Reef Finfish Species Disappearances Inferred from Fishers’ Knowledge in Global Epicentre of Marine Shorefish Diversity. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155752–e0155752. 45 indexed citations

MacNeil, M. Aaron, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Joshua E. Cinner, et al.. (2015). Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes. Nature. 520(7547). 341–344. 266 indexed citations

Fitzsimmons, Clare, Margherita Pieraccini, Euan Dunn, et al.. (2014). Diverging Strategies to Planning an Ecologically Coherent Network of MPAs in the North Sea. Advances in marine biology. 69. 325–370. 9 indexed citations

Graham, Nicholas A. J., Pascale Chabanet, Richard D. Evans, et al.. (2011). Extinction vulnerability of coral reef fishes. Ecology Letters. 14(4). 341–348. 194 indexed citations

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Wilding, Thomas A., et al.. (2009). Comparison of three methods for quantifying topographic complexity on rocky shores. Marine Environmental Research. 69(3). 143–151. 9 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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Olive, P. J. W., et al.. (2003). Isotope trophic‐step fractionation: a dynamic equilibrium model. Journal of Animal Ecology. 72(4). 608–617. 160 indexed citations

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Badalamenti, Fabio, Giovanni D’Anna, John K. Pinnegar, & Nicholas Polunin. (2002). Size-related trophodynamic changes in three target fish species recovering from intensive trawling. Marine Biology. 141(3). 561–570. 98 indexed citations

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Hardman-Mountford, N.J., et al.. (1997). Can the age of the tropical species be determined by otolith measurement?: a study using Pristipomoides filamentosus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) from the Mahe Plateau, Seychelles. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 20(2). 27–31. 6 indexed citations

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Burnett, J. H. & Nicholas Polunin. (1993). Surviving with the biosphere : proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Future (4th ICEF), held in Budapest, Hungary, during 22-27 April 1990. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Polunin, Nicholas & J. H. Burnett. (1990). Maintenance of the biosphere : proceedings of the Third International Conference on Environmental Future (3rd ICEF). Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Polunin, Nicholas, et al.. (1980). Growth without Ecodisasters?. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Polunin, Nicholas. (1980). Growth without ecodisasters? : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Environmental Future (2nd ICEF) held in Reykjavik, Iceland, 5-11 June 1977. Macmillan eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Polunin, Nicholas & Henri Gaussen. (1967). Éléments de géographie botanique. Gauthier-Villars eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Polunin, Nicholas, et al.. (1953). Notes on food habits of waterfowl in the interior of Ungava Peninsula. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 67(3). 134–137.

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