Sean Cox

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sean Cox is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Cox has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sean Cox's work include Marine and fisheries research (40 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (34 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (17 papers). Sean Cox is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (40 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (34 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (17 papers). Sean Cox collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Sweden. Sean Cox's co-authors include Carl J. Walters, John R. Post, Eric A. Parkinson, James F. Kitchell, Andrew J. Paul, Michael G. Sullivan, Nigel P. Lester, Brian J. Shuter, Timothy E. Essington and T. Douglas Beard and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Lancet Infectious Diseases and Ecological Applications.

In The Last Decade

Sean Cox

48 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Canada's Recreational Fisheries: The Invisible Collapse? 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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. Canada's Recreational Fisheries: The Invisible Collapse?
    2002 554 citations John R. Post, Michael G. Sullivan et al. Fisheries profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sean Cox Canada 22 1.4k 1.3k 1.0k 269 122 51 2.0k
Michael J. Wilberg United States 21 1.2k 0.9× 931 0.7× 887 0.9× 207 0.8× 128 1.0× 77 1.8k
Steven J.D. Martell Canada 29 2.2k 1.7× 1.6k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 363 1.3× 126 1.0× 48 2.8k
Éric Clua France 22 670 0.5× 980 0.7× 981 1.0× 252 0.9× 101 0.8× 98 1.7k
Robert Ahrens United States 25 1.1k 0.8× 835 0.6× 904 0.9× 186 0.7× 93 0.8× 68 1.6k
Shelton J. Harley New Caledonia 18 2.0k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 554 2.1× 123 1.0× 40 2.9k
JM Lyle Australia 27 1.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.3× 1.5k 1.5× 647 2.4× 188 1.5× 156 2.9k
Martín Hall United States 22 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 283 1.1× 79 0.6× 38 2.3k
M.K. McAllister United Kingdom 15 2.2k 1.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 266 1.0× 238 2.0× 27 2.7k
G.P. Kirkwood United Kingdom 22 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 418 1.6× 65 0.5× 40 2.2k
Paul Venturelli United States 21 755 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 783 0.8× 362 1.3× 32 0.3× 54 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Cox

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Cox

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Cox

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean Cox. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean Cox 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 Sean Cox. Sean Cox 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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Cox, Sean, et al.. (2025). Quantitative estimates of contact with seafloor habitats by longline trap and hook fishing gear. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82(3).
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Sheehan, Yumi, Akhil Garg, Frederick L. Altice, et al.. (2025). Best practice guidelines for viral hepatitis service delivery in prisons. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 1 indexed citations
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Rooper, Christopher N., et al.. (2024). Presence-only fisheries bycatch data produce biased species distribution predictions for Alcyonacean corals on British Columbia’s continental shelf and slope. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 82. 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Cox, Sean, Choongwon Jeong, Nayia Petousi, et al.. (2017). Genetic structure in the Sherpa and neighboring Nepalese populations. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 102–102. 19 indexed citations
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Malick, Michael J., Murray B. Rutherford, & Sean Cox. (2017). Confronting challenges to integrating Pacific salmon into ecosystem-based management policies. Marine Policy. 85. 123–132. 14 indexed citations
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Malick, Michael J. & Sean Cox. (2016). Regional-Scale Declines in Productivity of Pink and Chum Salmon Stocks in Western North America. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146009–e0146009. 33 indexed citations
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Cox, Sean, et al.. (2010). Performance evaluation of harvest control rules for Pacific herring management in British Columbia, Canada. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 67(9). 2005–2011. 19 indexed citations
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Cox, Sean, et al.. (2009). In-Season Forecasting of Coho Salmon Marine Survival via Coded Wire Tag Recoveries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 29(4). 1165–1182. 2 indexed citations
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Cox, Sean, et al.. (2008). Practical stakeholder-driven harvest policies for groundfish fisheries in British Columbia, Canada. Fisheries Research. 94(3). 224–237. 38 indexed citations
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Cox, Sean, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of visual survey methods for monitoring Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) escapement in relation to conservation guidelines. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 65(2). 212–226. 22 indexed citations
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Hansson, Sture, Olle Hjerne, Chris J. Harvey, et al.. (2007). Managing Baltic Sea Fisheries under Contrasting Production and Predation Regimes: Ecosystem Model Analyses. AMBIO. 36(2). 265–271. 40 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Isaac C., Sean Cox, & James F. Kitchell. (2007). Circle Hooks for Pacific Longliners: Not a Panacea for Marlin and Shark Bycatch, but Part of the Solution. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 136(2). 392–401. 21 indexed citations
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Beard, T. Douglas, Sean Cox, & Stephen R. Carpenter. (2003). Impacts of Daily Bag Limit Reductions on Angler Effort in Wisconsin Walleye Lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 23(4). 1283–1293. 120 indexed citations
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Harvey, Chris J., Sean Cox, Timothy E. Essington, Sture Hansson, & James F. Kitchell. (2003). An ecosystem model of food web and fisheries interactions in the Baltic Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 60(5). 939–950. 114 indexed citations
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Cox, Sean, Steven J.D. Martell, Carl J. Walters, et al.. (2002). Reconstructing ecosystem dynamics in the central Pacific Ocean, 19521998. I. Estimating population biomass and recruitment of tunas and billfishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 59(11). 1724–1735. 32 indexed citations
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Post, John R., Michael G. Sullivan, Sean Cox, et al.. (2002). Canada's Recreational Fisheries: The Invisible Collapse?. Fisheries. 27(1). 6–17. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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