Shankar Aswani

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Shankar Aswani is a scholar working on Ecology, Demography and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Shankar Aswani has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Demography and 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Shankar Aswani's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (48 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (23 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (18 papers). Shankar Aswani is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (48 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (23 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (18 papers). Shankar Aswani collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Australia. Shankar Aswani's co-authors include Matthew Lauer, Richard Hamilton, Joshua E. Cinner, WHH Sauer, Anne Lemahieu, Simon Albert, Elise F. Granek, Sally D. Hacker, Edward B. Barbier and Eric Wolanski and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shankar Aswani

80 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values

2008 792 citations Edward B. Barbier, Evamaria W. Koch et al. Science profile →
Global trends of local ecological knowledge and future implications

2018 255 citations Shankar Aswani, Anne Lemahieu et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shankar Aswani

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A new framework on climate-induced food-security risk for small-scale fishing communities in Tanzania 2024 ·Food Security ·(unknown), (unknown), Elena Ojea, Sarah Taylor, Michael J. Roberts, (unknown), Narriman Jiddawi, Shankar Aswani, Juan Bueno‐Pardo	0
2	Human–crocodile interactions in the western Solomon Islands: the importance of local data for reducing attacks on people 2024 ·Oryx ·Shankar Aswani, (unknown)	1
3	Socio-Economic and Environmental Challenges of Small-Scale Fisheries: Prognosis for Sustainable Fisheries Management in Lake Kariba, Zambia 2023 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), Shankar Aswani, WHH Sauer	2
4	Transboundary Fisheries Management in Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA): Prospects and Dilemmas 2023 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), Shankar Aswani, WHH Sauer, Clinton J. Hay	3
5	History matters: societal acceptance of deep-sea mining and incipient conflicts in Papua New Guinea 2023 ·MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies ·Ingrid van Putten, Shankar Aswani, Wiebren J. Boonstra, Raquel de la Cruz Modino, (unknown), Marion Glaser, Nadine Heck, Siddharth Narayan, Adina Paytan, (unknown), Ron Vave	5
6	Marine robots for coastal ocean research in the Western Indian Ocean 2021 ·Ocean & Coastal Management ·Matthew R. Palmer, (unknown), Michael J. Roberts, Ekaterina Popova, (unknown), Shankar Aswani, (unknown), John Howe, Brian J. Bett, Kennedy Osuka, (unknown), (unknown), Stuart C. Painter, Joseph Nyingi Kamau, (unknown), (unknown)	8
7	The complex relationship between asset wealth, adaptation, and diversification in tropical fisheries 2021 ·Ocean & Coastal Management ·Sarah Taylor, Shankar Aswani, Narriman Jiddawi, (unknown), (unknown), Stephen Kelly, (unknown), Michael J. Roberts, Ekaterina Popova	7
8	Happy without money: Minimally monetized societies can exhibit high subjective well-being 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Sara Miñarro, Victòria Reyes-García, Shankar Aswani, Samiya Ahmed Selim, Christopher Barrington‐Leigh, Eric D. Galbraith	19
9	Global trends of local ecological knowledge and future implications breakdown → 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Shankar Aswani, Anne Lemahieu, WHH Sauer	255
10	Assessing a social norms approach for improving recreational fisheries compliance 2017 ·Fisheries Management and Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Shankar Aswani, Warren M. Potts	37
11	Keeping Food on the Table: Human Responses and Changing Coastal Fisheries in Solomon Islands 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Simon Albert, Shankar Aswani, Paul L. Fisher, Joelle Albert	35
12	Can Perceptions of Environmental and Climate Change in Island Communities Assist in Adaptation Planning Locally? 2015 ·Environmental Management ·Shankar Aswani, Ismael Vaccaro, Kirsten Abernethy, Simon Albert, Javier Fernández‐López de Pablo	33
13	Understanding Characteristics that Define the Feasibility of Conservation Actions in a Common Pool Marine Resource Governance System 2013 ·Conservation Letters ·Morena Mills, Robert L. Pressey, Natalie C. Ban, Simon Foale, Shankar Aswani, Andrew T. Knight	38
14	Cost-Effective Methods for Accurate Determination of Sea Level Rise Vulnerability: A Solomon Islands Example 2013 ·Weather Climate and Society ·Simon Albert, Kirsten Abernethy, Badin Gibbes, Alistair Grinham, (unknown), Shankar Aswani	8
15	Indigenous Knowledge and Long-term Ecological Change: Detection, Interpretation, and Responses to Changing Ecological Conditions in Pacific Island Communities 2010 ·Environmental Management ·Matthew Lauer, Shankar Aswani	80
16	Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values breakdown → 2008 ·Science ·Edward B. Barbier, Evamaria W. Koch, Brian R. Silliman, Sally D. Hacker, Eric Wolanski, Jurgenne H. Primavera, Elise F. Granek, Stephen Polasky, Shankar Aswani, Lori A. Cramer, David M. Stoms, Chris Kennedy, David Bael, Carrie V. Kappel, Gerardo M. E. Perillo, Denise J. Reed	792
17	Do Marine Protected Areas Affect Human Nutrition and Health? A Comparison between Villages in Roviana, Solomon Islands 2007 ·Coastal Management ·Shankar Aswani, Takuro Furusawa	53
18	Assessing the Effects of Changing Demographic and Consumption Patterns on Sea Tenure Regimes in the Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands 2002 ·AMBIO ·Shankar Aswani	75
19	The Tongan Maritime Expansion: A Case in the Evolutionary Ecology of Social Complexity 1998 ·Asian perspectives ·Shankar Aswani, Michael W. Graves	38
20	Customary sea tenure and artisanal fishing in the Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons, Solomon Islands : the evolutionary ecology of marine resource utilization 1997 ·UMI eBooks ·Shankar Aswani	31

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