Rachel Dacks

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 718 citations indexed

About

Rachel Dacks is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Dacks has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 718 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Rachel Dacks's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (3 papers). Rachel Dacks is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (3 papers). Rachel Dacks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Fiji and Maldives. Rachel Dacks's co-authors include Lauren R. Kaiser, James M. Anderson, Christine M. Ambrosino, Ryan J. Longman, Camilo Mora, Abby G. Frazier, Yuko O. Stender, Thomas W. Giambelluca, Iria Fernández-Silva and Tamara Ticktin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Scientific Reports and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Dacks

14 papers receiving 697 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 projected timing of climate departure from recent variability

2013 506 citations Camilo Mora, Abby G. Frazier et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Dacks United States	9	312	215	109	94	85	14	718
Yuko O. Stender United States	6	284 0.9×	207 1.0×	99 0.9×	94 1.0×	80 0.9×	9	626
Rajendra Poudel United States	4	383 1.2×	257 1.2×	85 0.8×	153 1.6×	129 1.5×	5	895
Lauren R. Kaiser United States	6	260 0.8×	163 0.8×	116 1.1×	101 1.1×	109 1.3×	9	613
Christine M. Ambrosino United States	4	229 0.7×	109 0.5×	96 0.9×	85 0.9×	79 0.9×	5	522
Madeleine A. Rubenstein United States	9	362 1.2×	310 1.4×	140 1.3×	200 2.1×	236 2.8×	16	918
Iain R. Caldwell United States	12	539 1.7×	197 0.9×	94 0.9×	150 1.6×	31 0.4×	14	1.5k
James M. Anderson United States	11	327 1.0×	242 1.1×	110 1.0×	337 3.6×	83 1.0×	18	810
Ryan J. Longman United States	16	536 1.7×	183 0.9×	139 1.3×	142 1.5×	122 1.4×	30	996
Anita T. Morzillo United States	19	560 1.8×	402 1.9×	90 0.8×	82 0.9×	93 1.1×	63	1.1k
NH Ravindranath India	12	437 1.4×	107 0.5×	216 2.0×	113 1.2×	65 0.8×	14	767

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Dacks

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

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Dacks, Rachel, et al.. (2025). Emerging human dimensions research in coastal and nearshore Oceania. Conservation Biology. 39(2). e14455–e14455. 2 indexed citations

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Whitney, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Microplastics absent from reef fish in the Marshall Islands: Multistage screening methods reduced false positives. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 198. 115820–115820. 2 indexed citations

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Pirkle, Catherine M., et al.. (2022). Trophic and spatial patterns of contaminants in fishes from the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the equatorial Pacific. Chemosphere. 314. 137593–137593. 8 indexed citations

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Ticktin, Tamara, et al.. (2022). Post-cyclone resilience of an agroforest-based food system in the Pacific Islands. Regional Environmental Change. 22(2). 14 indexed citations

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Dacks, Rachel, et al.. (2021). Shifting fish consumption preferences can impact coral reef resilience in the Maldives: a case study. Marine Policy. 134. 104773–104773. 7 indexed citations

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Dacks, Rachel, et al.. (2021). The Important Role of Environmental Stewardship Groups in Supporting Human Health and Well-Being. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 3. 2 indexed citations

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Fezzi, Carlo, Rachel Dacks, Silvia Ferrini, et al.. (2020). Conservation policies informed by food system feedbacks can avoid unintended consequences. Nature Food. 1(12). 783–786. 5 indexed citations

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Dacks, Rachel, et al.. (2020). Documenting baseline value chains of Palau's nearshore and offshore fisheries prior to implementing a large-scale marine protected area. Marine Policy. 117. 103754–103754. 16 indexed citations

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Dacks, Rachel, Tamara Ticktin, Stacy D. Jupiter, & Alan M. Friedlander. (2020). Investigating the Role of Fish and Fishing in Sharing Networks to Build Resilience in Coral Reef Social-Ecological Systems. Coastal Management. 48(3). 165–187. 19 indexed citations

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Dacks, Rachel, Tamara Ticktin, Alexander Mawyer, et al.. (2019). Developing biocultural indicators for resource management. Conservation Science and Practice. 1(6). 48 indexed citations

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Delevaux, Jade, Stacy D. Jupiter, Kostantinos A. Stamoulis, et al.. (2018). Scenario planning with linked land-sea models inform where forest conservation actions will promote coral reef resilience. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12465–12465. 36 indexed citations

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Dacks, Rachel, Tamara Ticktin, Stacy D. Jupiter, & Alan M. Friedlander. (2018). Drivers of fishing at the household scale in Fiji. Ecology and Society. 23(1). 20 indexed citations

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Ticktin, Tamara, et al.. (2018). Linkages between measures of biodiversity and community resilience in Pacific Island agroforests. Conservation Biology. 32(5). 1085–1095. 33 indexed citations

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Mora, Camilo, Abby G. Frazier, Ryan J. Longman, et al.. (2013). The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability. Nature. 502(7470). 183–187. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

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