Ronel Nel

3.5k total citations
54 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ronel Nel is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronel Nel has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 31 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ronel Nel's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (29 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (12 papers). Ronel Nel is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (29 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (12 papers). Ronel Nel collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. Ronel Nel's co-authors include Linda R. Harris, David S. Schoeman, Anton McLachlan, Eileen E. Campbell, André E. Punt, Stephen Holness, George R. Hughes, Nathan J. Robinson, Frank V. Paladino and Peter G. Ryan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Ronel Nel

53 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronel Nel South Africa 22 782 583 547 430 214 54 1.4k
Alvar Carranza Uruguay 19 1.1k 1.4× 1.6k 2.8× 281 0.5× 1.0k 2.4× 153 0.7× 70 2.4k
Marjolijn J. A. Christianen Netherlands 25 1.8k 2.3× 764 1.3× 527 1.0× 1.3k 3.0× 118 0.6× 58 2.3k
Drosos Koutsoubas Greece 27 1.3k 1.7× 1.3k 2.2× 434 0.8× 871 2.0× 218 1.0× 89 2.2k
Megan K. La Peyre United States 26 1.1k 1.4× 1.6k 2.7× 120 0.2× 897 2.1× 141 0.7× 72 2.2k
Nelson A. F. Miranda South Africa 19 678 0.9× 222 0.4× 185 0.3× 217 0.5× 94 0.4× 47 949
C.J.M. Philippart Netherlands 23 875 1.1× 877 1.5× 181 0.3× 1.2k 2.8× 89 0.4× 62 1.8k
Robert G. Creese New Zealand 26 1.0k 1.3× 954 1.6× 277 0.5× 953 2.2× 106 0.5× 73 1.9k
Sabine Dittmann Australia 24 934 1.2× 722 1.2× 137 0.3× 765 1.8× 106 0.5× 70 1.5k
Stanislao Bevilacqua Italy 25 1.3k 1.6× 800 1.4× 236 0.4× 1.1k 2.5× 201 0.9× 70 1.9k
Leonardo Ortega Uruguay 21 570 0.7× 562 1.0× 139 0.3× 462 1.1× 154 0.7× 69 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronel Nel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronel Nel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ronel Nel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ronel Nel 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 Ronel Nel. Ronel Nel 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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Heye, Sam, et al.. (2023). Dispersal corridors of neonate sea turtles from dominant rookeries in the Western Indian Ocean. Ecological Modelling. 487. 110542–110542. 1 indexed citations
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Ashworth, Matt P., Roksana Majewska, Jennifer Frankovich, et al.. (2022). Cultivating epizoic diatoms provides insights into the evolution and ecology of both epibionts and hosts. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 15116–15116. 6 indexed citations
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Potts, Warren M., BQ Mann, CL Griffiths, et al.. (2021). South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions. African Journal of Marine Science. 43(3). 353–366. 16 indexed citations
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Nel, Ronel, et al.. (2021). Historic dispersal barriers determine genetic structure and connectivity in a supratidal sandy-beach brooder. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 674. 1–13. 5 indexed citations
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Majewska, Roksana, Matt P. Ashworth, Sunčica Bosak, et al.. (2020). On Sea Turtle‐associated Craspedostauros (Bacillariophyta), with Description of Three Novel Species. Journal of Phycology. 57(1). 199–218. 12 indexed citations
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Nel, Ronel, et al.. (2020). Determining body condition of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the South-west Indian Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 100(2). 291–299. 8 indexed citations
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Wyneken, Jeanette, Milagros López‐Mendilaharsu, Alexsandro Santana dos Santos, et al.. (2019). The climatic debt of loggerhead sea turtle populations in a warming world. Ecological Indicators. 107. 105657–105657. 47 indexed citations
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Nel, Ronel, et al.. (2018). First report of metallic elements in loggerhead and leatherback turtle eggs from the Indian Ocean. Chemosphere. 197. 716–728. 18 indexed citations
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Sink, Kerry, et al.. (2018). Imperfect detection distorts depth‐related trends in marine macrofaunal species richness. Ecography. 41(10). 1698–1706. 3 indexed citations
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Robinson, Nathan J., Kelly R. Stewart, Peter H. Dutton, et al.. (2017). Standardising curved carapace length measurements for leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, to investigate global patterns in body size. Herpetological Journal. 26(2). 231–234. 3 indexed citations
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Robinson, Nathan J., Roksana Majewska, Eric A. Lazo-Wasem, et al.. (2016). Epibiotic Diatoms Are Universally Present on All Sea Turtle Species. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157011–e0157011. 40 indexed citations
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Nel, Ronel, et al.. (2016). The response of sandy beach meiofauna to nutrients from sea turtle eggs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 487. 94–105. 7 indexed citations
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Nel, Ronel, et al.. (2016). Incorporating species detectability into conservation targets based on the species–area relationship. Diversity and Distributions. 22(7). 758–769. 7 indexed citations
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Tomillo, Pilar Santidrián, Vincent S. Saba, Nathan J. Robinson, et al.. (2015). Global analysis of the effect of local climate on the hatchling output of leatherback turtles. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16789–16789. 53 indexed citations
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Harris, Linda R., Eileen E. Campbell, Ronel Nel, & David S. Schoeman. (2014). Rich diversity, strong endemism, but poor protection: addressing the neglect of sandy beach ecosystems in coastal conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions. 20(10). 1120–1135. 64 indexed citations
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Shamblin, Brian M., Alan B. Bolten, F. Alberto Abreu‐Grobois, et al.. (2014). Geographic Patterns of Genetic Variation in a Broadly Distributed Marine Vertebrate: New Insights into Loggerhead Turtle Stock Structure from Expanded Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85956–e85956. 88 indexed citations
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Schlacher, Thomas A., David S. Schoeman, Alan R. Jones, et al.. (2014). Metrics to assess ecological condition, change, and impacts in sandy beach ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management. 144. 322–335. 73 indexed citations
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Nel, Ronel, Eileen E. Campbell, Linda R. Harris, et al.. (2014). The status of sandy beach science: Past trends, progress, and possible futures. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 150. 1–10. 88 indexed citations
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Nel, Ronel, André E. Punt, & George R. Hughes. (2013). Are Coastal Protected Areas Always Effective in Achieving Population Recovery for Nesting Sea Turtles?. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63525–e63525. 54 indexed citations

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