Siddharth Narayan

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Siddharth Narayan is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Siddharth Narayan has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Siddharth Narayan's work include Coastal and Marine Dynamics (21 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (20 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (14 papers). Siddharth Narayan is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Dynamics (21 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (20 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (14 papers). Siddharth Narayan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Siddharth Narayan's co-authors include Michael W. Beck, Íñigo J. Losada, Jane Carter Ingram, Borja G. Reguero, Saúl Torres-Ortega, Pelayo Menéndez, Nigel Pontee, Glenn‐Marie Lange, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck and Tomohiro Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Siddharth Narayan

36 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Effectiveness, Costs and Coastal Protection Benefits of Natural and Nature-Based Defences

2016 468 citations Siddharth Narayan, Michael W. Beck et al. PLoS ONE profile →
The Global Flood Protection Benefits of Mangroves

2020 311 citations Pelayo Menéndez, Íñigo J. Losada et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Siddharth Narayan United States	16	1.2k	884	604	382	335	39	1.8k
Christine C. Shepard United States	13	1.4k 1.2×	895 1.0×	732 1.2×	475 1.2×	423 1.3×	27	2.1k
Chris McOwen United Kingdom	9	1.1k 0.9×	485 0.5×	482 0.8×	247 0.6×	313 0.9×	16	1.5k
Claudia Wolff Germany	14	849 0.7×	652 0.7×	587 1.0×	549 1.4×	170 0.5×	24	1.5k
Gregory M. Verutes United States	18	1.1k 1.0×	515 0.6×	998 1.7×	253 0.7×	644 1.9×	30	2.1k
Greg Guannel United States	8	874 0.7×	660 0.7×	393 0.7×	310 0.8×	306 0.9×	17	1.3k
Mark Schuerch United Kingdom	17	1.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	442 0.7×	625 1.6×	174 0.5×	26	2.1k
Enrique Reyes United States	19	1.2k 1.1×	793 0.9×	461 0.8×	395 1.0×	142 0.4×	34	1.8k
Stephen Crooks United States	21	2.4k 2.0×	729 0.8×	649 1.1×	368 1.0×	440 1.3×	35	2.8k
Nigel Pontee United Kingdom	14	879 0.7×	872 1.0×	302 0.5×	296 0.8×	317 0.9×	45	1.4k
Mindert de Vries Netherlands	21	2.1k 1.8×	1.5k 1.6×	580 1.0×	403 1.1×	340 1.0×	35	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Siddharth Narayan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Siddharth Narayan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Siddharth Narayan

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Narayan, Siddharth, et al.. (2025). Oyster recruitment and growth increases wave attenuation by breakwaters. Scientific Reports. 16(1). 17–17.

Paxton, Avery B., Brendan J. Runde, Carter S. Smith, et al.. (2025). Leveraging built marine structures to benefit and minimize impacts on natural habitats. BioScience. 75(2). 172–183. 5 indexed citations

Hoover, Fushcia-Ann, et al.. (2025). A global systematic review of socio-economic impact assessments of high-tide flooding. Frontiers in Human Dynamics. 7.

Paxton, Avery B., Sarah E. Lester, Carter S. Smith, et al.. (2025). Recommendations for built marine infrastructure that supports natural habitats. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 23(6).

Vave, Ron, et al.. (2024). Impacts of commercial and subsistence fishing on marine and cultural ecosystem services important to the wellbeing of an Indigenous community in Hawai'i. Ecosystem Services. 69. 101661–101661. 5 indexed citations

Heck, Nadine, Liza Goldberg, Dominic A. Andradi‐Brown, et al.. (2024). Global drivers of mangrove loss in protected areas. Conservation Biology. 38(6). e14293–e14293. 9 indexed citations

Gittman, Rachel K., et al.. (2024). A 20-year systematic review of wave dissipation by soft and hybrid nature-based solutions (NbS). Ecological Engineering. 209. 107418–107418. 4 indexed citations

Selim, Samiya Ahmed, Raquel de la Cruz Modino, Ingrid van Putten, et al.. (2023). Analysis across case-based global sustainability projects: an emerging challenge for ocean conflict research in the Anthropocene. MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies. 22(4). 1 indexed citations

Narayan, Siddharth, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the fragility of coral reefs to hurricane impacts: a case study of the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico. Environmental Research Letters. 18(2). 24034–24034. 5 indexed citations

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Narayan, Siddharth, et al.. (2023). The impacts of tidal wetland loss and coastal development on storm surge damages to people and property: a Hurricane Ike case-study. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4620–4620. 6 indexed citations

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Putten, Ingrid van, Shankar Aswani, Wiebren J. Boonstra, et al.. (2023). History matters: societal acceptance of deep-sea mining and incipient conflicts in Papua New Guinea. MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies. 22(3). 5 indexed citations

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Menéndez, Pelayo, Íñigo J. Losada, Saúl Torres-Ortega, Siddharth Narayan, & Michael W. Beck. (2020). The Global Flood Protection Benefits of Mangroves. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4404–4404. 311 indexed citations breakdown →

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Narayan, Siddharth. (2020). Global Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Hazards Must Fit Local Contexts. One Earth. 3(4). 405–408. 7 indexed citations

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Menéndez, Pelayo, Íñigo J. Losada, Michael W. Beck, et al.. (2018). Valuing the protection services of mangroves at national scale: The Philippines. Ecosystem Services. 34. 24–36. 53 indexed citations

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Narayan, Siddharth, Michael W. Beck, Paul Wilson, et al.. (2017). The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Flood Damage Reduction in the Northeastern USA. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9463–9463. 241 indexed citations

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Narayan, Siddharth, Michael W. Beck, Borja G. Reguero, et al.. (2016). The Effectiveness, Costs and Coastal Protection Benefits of Natural and Nature-Based Defences. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0154735–e0154735. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

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Atkinson, Scott, Stacy D. Jupiter, Vanessa M. Adams, et al.. (2016). Prioritising Mangrove Ecosystem Services Results in Spatially Variable Management Priorities. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151992–e0151992. 48 indexed citations

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Wesenbeeck, Bregje K. van, Wiebe de Boer, Siddharth Narayan, Wouter R. L. van der Star, & Mindert de Vries. (2016). Coastal and riverine ecosystems as adaptive flood defenses under a changing climate. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 22(7). 1087–1094. 33 indexed citations

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Narayan, Siddharth, Susan Hanson, Robert J. Nicholls, et al.. (2012). A holistic model for coastal flooding using system diagrams and the Source-Pathway-Receptor (SPR) concept. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 12(5). 1431–1439. 49 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Tomohiro, et al.. (2011). Wave dissipation by vegetation with layer schematization in SWAN. Coastal Engineering. 59(1). 64–71. 237 indexed citations

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