Reg Watson

47.6k total citations · 12 hit papers
188 papers, 28.8k citations indexed

About

Reg Watson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Reg Watson has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 28.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 116 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Reg Watson's work include Marine and fisheries research (135 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (96 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (85 papers). Reg Watson is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (135 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (96 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (85 papers). Reg Watson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Reg Watson's co-authors include Daniel Pauly, William W. L. Cheung, Dirk Zeller, U. Rashid Sumaila, Tony J. Pitcher, Benjamin S. Halpern, Fiorenza Micheli, Vicky W. Y. Lam, Villy Christensen and Jorge L. Sarmiento and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Reg Watson

184 papers receiving 27.0k citations

Hit Papers

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems 2002 2026 2010 2018 2008 2006 2002 2009 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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 Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems
    2008 4.8k citations Benjamin S. Halpern, Fiorenza Micheli et al. Science profile →
  2. Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services
    2006 3.1k citations Boris Worm, Edward B. Barbier et al. Science profile →
  3. Towards sustainability in world fisheries
    2002 2.2k citations Daniel Pauly, Sylvie Guénette et al. profile →
  4. Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios
    2009 1.1k citations William W. L. Cheung, Vicky W. Y. Lam et al. Fish and Fisheries profile →
  5. Large‐scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change
    2009 845 citations William W. L. Cheung, Vicky W. Y. Lam et al. profile →
  6. Estimating the Worldwide Extent of Illegal Fishing
    2009 662 citations Reg Watson, Tony J. Pitcher et al. profile →
  7. Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch
    2013 641 citations William W. L. Cheung, Reg Watson et al. profile →
  8. Global trends in world fisheries: impacts on marine ecosystems and food security
    2005 529 citations Daniel Pauly, Reg Watson et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  9. Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems
    2012 519 citations William W. L. Cheung, Jorge L. Sarmiento et al. profile →
  10. The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves
    2011 485 citations William W. L. Cheung, Reg Watson et al. profile →
  11. Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis
    2017 278 citations Reg Watson et al. profile →
  12. Fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions of world fisheries
    2018 272 citations Julia L. Blanchard, Reg Watson 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
Reg Watson Canada 73 18.3k 16.7k 5.6k 4.9k 4.8k 188 28.8k
Jane Lubchenco United States 66 14.7k 0.8× 14.2k 0.8× 7.8k 1.4× 5.0k 1.0× 4.3k 0.9× 129 32.6k
Boris Worm Canada 65 13.5k 0.7× 15.2k 0.9× 6.9k 1.2× 7.9k 1.6× 2.4k 0.5× 143 27.2k
Fiorenza Micheli United States 70 13.8k 0.8× 16.7k 1.0× 9.4k 1.7× 3.7k 0.8× 4.2k 0.9× 257 25.0k
Benjamin S. Halpern United States 90 23.3k 1.3× 25.7k 1.5× 11.5k 2.1× 6.5k 1.3× 8.7k 1.8× 261 43.7k
Steven D. Gaines United States 91 15.5k 0.8× 18.8k 1.1× 10.9k 2.0× 6.6k 1.4× 3.0k 0.6× 262 31.0k
Callum M. Roberts United Kingdom 64 9.6k 0.5× 12.0k 0.7× 3.1k 0.6× 3.8k 0.8× 3.1k 0.6× 155 16.9k
Villy Christensen Canada 59 15.9k 0.9× 12.8k 0.8× 3.3k 0.6× 4.5k 0.9× 2.0k 0.4× 198 20.8k
Tim R. McClanahan United States 86 14.9k 0.8× 18.5k 1.1× 7.2k 1.3× 3.0k 0.6× 3.7k 0.8× 315 22.6k
Jeremy B. C. Jackson United States 58 15.6k 0.9× 21.1k 1.3× 12.3k 2.2× 4.5k 0.9× 2.7k 0.6× 141 29.9k
Nicholas A. J. Graham United Kingdom 77 13.4k 0.7× 16.7k 1.0× 5.7k 1.0× 4.3k 0.9× 2.3k 0.5× 240 20.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Reg Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Reg Watson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Reg Watson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Reg Watson. The network helps show where Reg Watson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Reg Watson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Reg Watson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Reg Watson 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 Reg Watson. Reg Watson 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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Teneva, Lida, Christopher M. Free, Andrew Hume, et al.. (2023). Small island nations can achieve food security benefits through climate-adaptive blue food governance by 2050. Marine Policy. 151. 105577–105577. 11 indexed citations
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Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Asta Audzijonytė, M Brasier, et al.. (2021). Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 32(1). 231–251. 48 indexed citations
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Devillers, Rodolphe, Robert L. Pressey, Trevor Ward, et al.. (2020). Residual marine protected areas five years on: Are we still favouring ease of establishment over need for protection?. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30(9). 1758–1764. 21 indexed citations
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Eddy, Tyler D., Joey R. Bernhardt, Julia L. Blanchard, et al.. (2020). Energy Flow Through Marine Ecosystems: Confronting Transfer Efficiency. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(1). 76–86. 103 indexed citations
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Alexander, Karen, Alistair J. Hobday, Christopher Cvitanovic, et al.. (2018). Progress in integrating natural and social science in marine ecosystem-based management research. Marine and Freshwater Research. 70(1). 71–83. 48 indexed citations
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Stock, Charles A., Jasmin G. John, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, et al.. (2017). Reconciling fisheries catch and ocean productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(8). E1441–E1449. 202 indexed citations
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Krueck, Nils C., Gabby N. Ahmadia, Hugh P. Possingham, et al.. (2017). Management of Marine Protected Areas: A Network Perspective. PLoS Biology. 15(1). 17 indexed citations
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Watson, Reg. (2014). EU brings in new tobacco rules to deter young smokers. BMJ. 348(mar03 4). g1895–g1895. 3 indexed citations
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Sethi, Suresh A., Trevor A. Branch, & Reg Watson. (2010). Global fishery development patterns are driven by profit but not trophic level. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(27). 12163–12167. 159 indexed citations
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Cheung, William W. L., Vicky W. Y. Lam, Jorge L. Sarmiento, et al.. (2009). Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios. Fish and Fisheries. 10(3). 235–251. 1118 indexed citations breakdown →
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Worm, Boris, Edward B. Barbier, Nicola Beaumont, et al.. (2007). Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Worm, Boris, Edward B. Barbier, Nicola Beaumont, et al.. (2006). Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services. Science. 314(5800). 787–790. 3141 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kaschner, Kristin, Reg Watson, Andrew W. Trites, & Daniel Pauly. (2006). Mapping world-wide distributions of marine mammal species using a relative environmental suitability (RES) model. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 316. 285–310. 195 indexed citations
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Pauly, Daniel & Reg Watson. (2005). Background and interpretation of the ‘Marine Trophic Index’ as a measure of biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 360(1454). 415–423. 287 indexed citations
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Watson, Reg. (2003). Research bodies lobby EU governments over trials legislation. BMJ. 327(7422). 1010.1–1010.1. 1 indexed citations
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Pitcher, Tony J., Reg Watson, Nigel Haggan, et al.. (2000). Marine reserves and the restoration of fisheries and marine ecosystems in the South China Sea. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 48 indexed citations
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Watson, Reg. (1997). European parliament wants world ban on human cloning. BMJ. 314(7084). 845.6–845.6. 2 indexed citations
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Watson, Reg. (1994). What the new European parliament might do about health. BMJ. 308(6941). 1392.2–1392.2. 2 indexed citations
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Watson, Reg. (1994). Europe gets tougher on tobacco. BMJ. 309(6961). 1037.1–1038. 1 indexed citations
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Watson, Reg, et al.. (1989). Temporal and Spatial Zonation of the Demersal Trawl Fauna of the Central Great Barrier Reef. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 14 indexed citations

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