Shaun K. Wilson

28.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
165 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Shaun K. Wilson is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaun K. Wilson has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Ecology, 135 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 51 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Shaun K. Wilson's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (144 papers), Marine and fisheries research (131 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (49 papers). Shaun K. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (144 papers), Marine and fisheries research (131 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (49 papers). Shaun K. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Shaun K. Wilson's co-authors include Nicholas A. J. Graham, Morgan S. Pratchett, Nicholas Polunin, Simon Jennings, M. Aaron MacNeil, Tim R. McClanahan, Rebecca Fisher, Jan Robinson, Andrew S. Hoey and Joshua E. Cinner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shaun K. Wilson

162 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2015 2006 2018 2015 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. Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral reefs: are reef fishes at risk or resilient?
    2006 579 citations Shaun K. Wilson, Nicholas A. J. Graham et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  2. Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs
    2015 578 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Simon Jennings et al. profile →
  3. Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystems
    2006 537 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Shaun K. Wilson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems
    2018 436 citations Shaun K. Wilson, Nicholas A. J. Graham et al. profile →
  5. Improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers to facilitate the adaptive governance of marine resources: A review of knowledge and research needs
    2015 351 citations Shaun K. Wilson et al. profile →
  6. Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive rats
    2018 223 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Shaun K. Wilson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shaun K. Wilson Australia 61 10.7k 8.5k 4.1k 2.7k 1.0k 165 12.6k
Rod M. Connolly Australia 62 10.4k 1.0× 5.9k 0.7× 4.8k 1.2× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 300 13.4k
Magnus Nyström Sweden 41 9.3k 0.9× 7.3k 0.9× 4.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.5× 71 13.1k
Louis W. Botsford United States 49 9.1k 0.9× 9.5k 1.1× 3.6k 0.9× 3.3k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 135 13.6k
Andrew S. Hoey Australia 50 8.7k 0.8× 6.5k 0.8× 4.0k 1.0× 2.5k 0.9× 553 0.5× 182 10.3k
Sean R. Connolly Australia 52 11.0k 1.0× 7.0k 0.8× 6.7k 1.6× 2.3k 0.9× 748 0.7× 133 13.4k
Andrew H. Baird Australia 56 13.3k 1.3× 8.5k 1.0× 7.6k 1.9× 1.9k 0.7× 913 0.9× 190 15.0k
Morgan S. Pratchett Australia 64 14.9k 1.4× 11.0k 1.3× 7.5k 1.8× 3.2k 1.2× 818 0.8× 295 16.9k
Graham J. Edgar Australia 64 9.8k 0.9× 7.9k 0.9× 5.7k 1.4× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 268 13.9k
William W. L. Cheung Canada 49 6.1k 0.6× 7.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 1.4× 126 11.0k
Alan M. Friedlander United States 48 7.0k 0.7× 5.0k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 926 0.9× 200 8.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shaun K. Wilson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaun K. Wilson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shaun K. Wilson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shaun K. Wilson 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 Shaun K. Wilson. Shaun K. Wilson 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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Rule, Michael J., et al.. (2025). Drivers of benthic invertebrate diversity in the protected Walpole-Nornalup Estuary, southwest Australia. Biodiversity and Conservation. 34(4). 1449–1469.
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Cumming, Graeme S., Abbie A. Rogers, Tim Collins, et al.. (2025). Social-ecological contributions of protected areas to their surroundings. One Earth. 8(12). 101462–101462. 1 indexed citations
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Fulton, Christopher J., et al.. (2025). Tracing Blue Carbon Flows Across Diverse Seascapes. Global Change Biology. 31(8). e70420–e70420. 1 indexed citations
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Robbins, William D., et al.. (2024). Seascape effects on the nursery function of macroalgal habitats. Marine Environmental Research. 202. 106767–106767.
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Martin, Sarah M., et al.. (2024). Climate Change Affects Multiple Coral Reef Fisheries Ecosystem Services. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 32(2). 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Richard D., Gary A. Kendrick, Glenn A. Hyndes, et al.. (2024). Local habitat composition and complexity outweigh seascape effects on fish distributions across a tropical seascape. Landscape Ecology. 39(2). 6 indexed citations
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Thomson, Damian P., et al.. (2024). High rates of erosion on a wave‐exposed fringing coral reef. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(6). 1439–1449. 2 indexed citations
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Cuttler, Michael V. W., Richard D. Evans, Daniel Gorman, et al.. (2024). Suspended Particulate Organic Matter Supports Mesopredatory Fish Across a Tropical Seascape. Ecosystems. 27(7). 918–936. 1 indexed citations
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Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Cecilia D’Angelo, Ruth E. Dunn, et al.. (2023). Seabirds boost coral reef resilience. Science Advances. 9(49). eadj0390–eadj0390. 20 indexed citations
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Thomson, Damian P., Russell C. Babcock, Michael D. E. Haywood, et al.. (2020). Zone specific trends in coral cover, genera and growth-forms in the World-Heritage listed Ningaloo Reef. Marine Environmental Research. 160. 105020–105020. 10 indexed citations
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Pratchett, Morgan S., Vanessa Messmer, & Shaun K. Wilson. (2020). Size-specific recolonization success by coral-dwelling damselfishes moderates resilience to habitat loss. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17016–17016. 6 indexed citations
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Robinson, James P. W., Shaun K. Wilson, Simon Jennings, & Nicholas A. J. Graham. (2019). Thermal stress induces persistently altered coral reef fish assemblages. Global Change Biology. 25(8). 2739–2750. 85 indexed citations
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Wilson, Shaun K., et al.. (2018). Habitat connectivity and complexity underpin fish community structure across a seascape of tropical macroalgae meadows. Landscape Ecology. 33(8). 1287–1300. 41 indexed citations
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Fisher, Rebecca, et al.. (2018). A simple function for full‐subsets multiple regression in ecology with R. Ecology and Evolution. 8(12). 6104–6113. 125 indexed citations
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Graham, Nicholas A. J., et al.. (2017). Regime shifts shorten food chains for mesopredators with potential sublethal effects. Functional Ecology. 32(3). 820–830. 16 indexed citations
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Nash, Kirsty L., Nicholas A. J. Graham, Simon Jennings, Shaun K. Wilson, & David R. Bellwood. (2015). Herbivore cross‐scale redundancy supports response diversity and promotes coral reef resilience. Journal of Applied Ecology. 53(3). 646–655. 102 indexed citations
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McClanahan, Tim R., Nicholas A. J. Graham, M. Aaron MacNeil, et al.. (2011). Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(41). 17230–17233. 258 indexed citations
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Wilson, Shaun K., et al.. (2008). Responses of reef fish communities to coral declines on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 372. 211–223. 53 indexed citations
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Graham, Nicholas A. J., Shaun K. Wilson, Simon Jennings, et al.. (2006). Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(22). 8425–8429. 537 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilson, Shaun K.. (2004). Growth, mortality and turnover rates of a small detritivorous fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 284. 253–259. 33 indexed citations

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