Selina Ward

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Selina Ward is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Selina Ward has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Selina Ward's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (26 papers), Marine and fisheries research (17 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (12 papers). Selina Ward is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (26 papers), Marine and fisheries research (17 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (12 papers). Selina Ward collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Selina Ward's co-authors include Peter L. Harrison, Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Ross Jones, Peter J. Mumby, Christopher Doropoulos, W. K. W. Loh, Yang Amri Affendi, Matthew R. Nitschke, Simon K. Davy and Evelyn F. Cox and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Selina Ward

31 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Envi... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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. The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018)
    2018 297 citations Angela H. Arthington, Anik Bhaduri et al. Frontiers in Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Selina Ward Australia 19 1.7k 1.0k 992 301 199 34 2.0k
Steven L. Miller United States 21 1.5k 0.9× 969 1.0× 928 0.9× 252 0.8× 39 0.2× 42 2.0k
Jordan M. West United States 12 785 0.5× 483 0.5× 590 0.6× 198 0.7× 115 0.6× 24 1.3k
Yimnang Golbuu United States 33 2.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.5× 208 0.7× 27 0.1× 86 2.6k
Gianfranco D’Onghia Italy 30 2.1k 1.2× 916 0.9× 2.1k 2.1× 691 2.3× 47 0.2× 147 3.1k
Andrew G. Bauman Singapore 26 1.6k 0.9× 997 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 183 0.6× 29 0.1× 58 1.9k
Dag M. Furevik Norway 17 835 0.5× 351 0.3× 715 0.7× 409 1.4× 57 0.3× 29 1.2k
Ian C. Enochs United States 27 1.8k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 1.0k 1.0× 121 0.4× 16 0.1× 75 2.1k
Rolf P. M. Bak Netherlands 24 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 887 0.9× 217 0.7× 14 0.1× 36 2.0k
Emre Turak Australia 13 1.6k 0.9× 672 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 441 1.5× 32 0.2× 21 2.1k
Ricardo Aguilar Spain 17 830 0.5× 390 0.4× 643 0.6× 118 0.4× 25 0.1× 51 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Selina Ward

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Fields of papers citing papers by Selina Ward

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Selina Ward. 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 Selina Ward. The network helps show where Selina Ward may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Selina Ward

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Selina Ward. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Selina Ward 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 Selina Ward. Selina Ward 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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Lawford, Harriet, et al.. (2025). Persistent lymphatic filariasis transmission seven years after validation of elimination as a public health problem: a cross-sectional study in Tonga. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 57. 101513–101513.
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Ward, Selina, Harriet Lawford, Benn Sartorius, & Colleen L. Lau. (2025). Integrated Serosurveillance of Infectious Diseases Using Multiplex Bead Assays: A Systematic Review. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 10(1). 19–19.
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Mayfield, Helen J., Benn Sartorius, Sarah Sheridan, et al.. (2025). Recurrence of microfilaraemia after triple-drug therapy for lymphatic filariasis in Samoa: Recrudescence or reinfection?. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 152. 107809–107809. 1 indexed citations
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Sampayo, Eugenia M., Catherine E. Lovelock, Steven J. Dalton, et al.. (2023). Latitudinal patterns of egg size and maternal investment trade‐offs in reef corals. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(3). 421–434. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, Selina, Angela Cadavid Restrepo, & Lisa McHugh. (2023). Area-level geographic and socioeconomic factors and the local incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Queensland between 2020 and 2022. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 47(6). 100094–100094. 2 indexed citations
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Cribb, Thomas H., et al.. (2021). Gastropod first intermediate hosts for two species of Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911 (Trematoda): I can’t believe it’s not bivalves!. International Journal for Parasitology. 51(12). 1035–1046. 9 indexed citations
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Arthington, Angela H., Anik Bhaduri, Stuart E. Bunn, et al.. (2018). The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018). Frontiers in Environmental Science. 6. 297 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bray, Rodney A., et al.. (2015). A complex of species related to Paradiscogaster glebulae (Digenea: Faustulidae) in chaetodontid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the Great Barrier Reef. Parasitology International. 64(5). 421–428. 12 indexed citations
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Doropoulos, Christopher, Selina Ward, George Roff, Manuel González‐Rivero, & Peter J. Mumby. (2015). Linking Demographic Processes of Juvenile Corals to Benthic Recovery Trajectories in Two Common Reef Habitats. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0128535–e0128535. 107 indexed citations
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Nitschke, Matthew R., Simon K. Davy, & Selina Ward. (2015). Horizontal transmission of Symbiodinium cells between adult and juvenile corals is aided by benthic sediment. Coral Reefs. 35(1). 335–344. 52 indexed citations
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Bray, Rodney A., et al.. (2014). Two new species of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae Looss, 1899) from Great Barrier Reef fishes. Zootaxa. 3779(5). 551–62. 15 indexed citations
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Doropoulos, Christopher, Selina Ward, Alyssa Marshell, Guillermo Díaz-Pulido, & Peter J. Mumby. (2012). Interactions among chronic and acute impacts on coral recruits: the importance of size‐escape thresholds. Ecology. 93(10). 2131–2138. 81 indexed citations
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Ward, Selina, Peter L. Harrison, & Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg. (2002). Coral bleaching reduces reproduction of scleractinian corals and increases susceptibility to future stress. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University). 2(6445). 1123–1129. 107 indexed citations
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Hoegh‐Guldberg, Ove, Ross Jones, Selina Ward, & W. K. W. Loh. (2002). Is coral bleaching really adaptive?. Nature. 415(6872). 601–602. 85 indexed citations
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Harrison, Peter L. & Selina Ward. (2001). Elevated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus reduce fertilisation success of gametes from scleractinian reef corals. Marine Biology. 139(6). 1057–1068. 89 indexed citations
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Ward, Selina & Peter L. Harrison. (2000). Changes in gametogenesis and fecundity of acroporid corals that were exposed to elevated nitrogen and phosphorus during the ENCORE experiment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 246(2). 179–221. 76 indexed citations
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Ward, Selina. (1992). Evidence for broadcast spawning as well as brooding in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis. Marine Biology. 112(4). 641–646. 94 indexed citations

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