Robin Mahon

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Robin Mahon is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Mahon has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Ecology, 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 44 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Robin Mahon's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (52 papers), Marine and fisheries research (51 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (43 papers). Robin Mahon is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (52 papers), Marine and fisheries research (51 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (43 papers). Robin Mahon collaborates with scholars based in Barbados, Canada and United States. Robin Mahon's co-authors include Patrick McConney, J.F. Caddy, Robert S. Pomeroy, Richard Β. Pollnac, Fikret Berkes, Lucia Fanning, Eugene K. Balon, Ratana Chuenpagdee, W. Hunte and Robert W. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Marine Pollution Bulletin and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

Robin Mahon

102 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Managing small-scale fisheries : alternative directions and methods

2001 579 citations Fikret Berkes, Robin Mahon et al. Issue Lab (Candid) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robin Mahon Barbados	29	2.0k	1.9k	1.0k	930	495	107	3.5k
Serge M. Garcia Canada	27	2.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.6×	846 0.8×	910 1.0×	520 1.1×	62	4.0k
Kevern L. Cochrane South Africa	24	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	586 0.6×	555 0.6×	250 0.5×	66	2.7k
Narriman Jiddawi Tanzania	31	2.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	787 0.8×	346 0.4×	331 0.7×	106	3.2k
Selina M. Stead United Kingdom	30	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	733 0.7×	332 0.4×	457 0.9×	91	2.5k
Sylvie Guénette Canada	22	2.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.6×	525 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	490 1.0×	43	4.1k
Keith Sainsbury Australia	27	2.9k 1.5×	4.2k 2.2×	673 0.7×	1.9k 2.1×	637 1.3×	50	5.2k
Meryl J. Williams Australia	20	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	356 0.4×	342 0.4×	798 1.6×	54	2.9k
Simon Foale Australia	30	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	601 0.6×	235 0.3×	208 0.4×	75	2.8k
Priscila F. M. Lopes Brazil	30	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	489 0.5×	806 0.9×	307 0.6×	106	2.4k
Anthony D. M. Smith Australia	39	3.0k 1.6×	4.8k 2.5×	744 0.7×	2.1k 2.3×	502 1.0×	80	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Robin Mahon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Mahon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Mahon

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mahon, Robin & Lucia Fanning. (2019). Regional ocean governance: Integrating and coordinating mechanisms for polycentric systems. Marine Policy. 107. 103589–103589. 25 indexed citations

Turner, Rachel A., Johanna Forster, Clare Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2017). Social fit of coral reef governance varies among individuals. Conservation Letters. 11(3). 14 indexed citations

Mahon, Robin, Lucia Fanning, & Patrick McConney. (2017). Assessing governance performance in transboundary water systems. Environmental Development. 24. 146–155. 16 indexed citations

McConney, Patrick, et al.. (2016). A First Look at the Science-Policy Interface for Ocean Governance in the Wider Caribbean Region. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2. 21 indexed citations

Schuhmann, Peter & Robin Mahon. (2014). The valuation of marine ecosystem goods and services in the Caribbean: A literature review and framework for future valuation efforts. Ecosystem Services. 11. 56–66. 49 indexed citations

Fanning, Lucia, Robin Mahon, & Patrick McConney. (2009). Focusing on Living Marine Resource Governance: The Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem and Adjacent Areas Project. Coastal Management. 37(3-4). 219–234. 24 indexed citations

Christie, Patrick, Richard Β. Pollnac, David Fluharty, et al.. (2009). Tropical Marine EBM Feasibility: A Synthesis of Case Studies and Comparative Analyses. Coastal Management. 37(3-4). 374–385. 43 indexed citations

Garcia, Serge M., Edward H. Allison, Neil Andrew, et al.. (2008). Towards integrated assessment and advice in small-scale fisheries: principles and processes. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations eBooks. 54 indexed citations

Mahon, Robin. (2008). Assessing Governability of Fisheries Using the Interactive Governance Approach: Preliminary Examples from the Caribbean. 8 indexed citations

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Pomeroy, Robert S., Patrick McConney, & Robin Mahon. (2004). Comparative analysis of coastal resource co-management in the Caribbean. Ocean & Coastal Management. 47(9-10). 429–447. 57 indexed citations

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Berkes, Fikret, Robin Mahon, Patrick McConney, Richard Β. Pollnac, & Robert S. Pomeroy. (2001). Managing small-scale fisheries : alternative directions and methods. Issue Lab (Candid). 579 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mahon, Robin. (1996). Fisheries and research for tunas and tuna-like species in the Western Central Atlantic : implications of the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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Galzin, René, et al.. (1994). Reference area as a factor affecting potential yield estimates of coral reef fishes. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 17(4). 37–40. 7 indexed citations

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Mahon, Robin, et al.. (1994). Structure and resilience of a tidepool fish assemblage at Barbados. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 41(1-4). 171–190. 5 indexed citations

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Mahon, Robin. (1990). Fishery management options for Lesser Antilles countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).. 3 indexed citations

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Mahon, Robin. (1984). Divergent Structure in Fish Taxocenes of North Temperate Streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 41(2). 330–350. 123 indexed citations

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Mahon, Robin, et al.. (1981). Invasion of a new reservoir by fishes: species composition, growth, and condition. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 95(3). 272–275. 5 indexed citations

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Mahon, Robin, Eugene K. Balon, & David L. G. Noakes. (1979). Distribution, community structure and production of fishes in the upper Speed River, Ontario: a preimpoundment study. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 4(3). 219–244. 68 indexed citations

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Mahon, Robin. (1977). Age and fecundity of the Tadpole Madtom, Noturus gyrinus, on Long Point, Lake Erie. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 91(3). 292–293. 1 indexed citations

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Mahon, Robin. (1976). Effect of the cestode Ligula intestinalis on spottail shiners, Notropis hudsonius. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 54(12). 2227–2229. 8 indexed citations

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