Simon Jennings

35.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
209 papers, 22.2k citations indexed

About

Simon Jennings is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Jennings has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 22.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 143 papers in Ecology and 63 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Simon Jennings's work include Marine and fisheries research (174 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (87 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (80 papers). Simon Jennings is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (174 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (87 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (80 papers). Simon Jennings collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Simon Jennings's co-authors include Nicholas Polunin, John D. Reynolds, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Julia L. Blanchard, Shaun K. Wilson, Michel J. Kaiser, Jan Geert Hiddink, Christopher J. Sweeting and John K. Pinnegar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simon Jennings

206 papers receiving 21.0k 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.

Climate change and deepening of the North Sea fish assemblage: a biotic indicator of warming seas

2008 588 citations Nicholas K. Dulvy, Simon Jennings et al. Journal of Applied Ecology profile →
Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

2015 578 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, Simon Jennings et al. profile →
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 →
Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystem production in societies dependent on fisheries

2014 376 citations Julia L. Blanchard, Simon Jennings et al. profile →
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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Jennings	16.7k	15.1k	6.1k	5.0k	1.9k	209	22.2k
Villy Christensen	15.9k 0.9×	12.8k 0.8×	4.5k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	198	20.8k
Charles H. Peterson	12.1k 0.7×	12.6k 0.8×	3.9k 0.6×	8.0k 1.6×	2.0k 1.1×	159	21.7k
Nicholas A. J. Graham	13.4k 0.8×	16.7k 1.1×	4.3k 0.7×	5.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	240	20.7k
Heike K. Lotze	7.9k 0.5×	10.0k 0.7×	3.7k 0.6×	5.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	114	16.6k
Nicholas Polunin	11.6k 0.7×	14.2k 0.9×	4.0k 0.7×	3.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	312	17.0k
Enric Sala	9.8k 0.6×	13.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.5×	6.3k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	153	17.4k
Fiorenza Micheli	13.8k 0.8×	16.7k 1.1×	3.7k 0.6×	9.4k 1.9×	4.2k 2.2×	257	25.0k
Callum M. Roberts	9.6k 0.6×	12.0k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	3.1k 1.6×	155	16.9k
Tim R. McClanahan	14.9k 0.9×	18.5k 1.2×	3.0k 0.5×	7.2k 1.4×	3.7k 2.0×	315	22.6k
Alistair J. Hobday	13.5k 0.8×	11.9k 0.8×	3.6k 0.6×	9.4k 1.9×	2.2k 1.2×	319	22.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Jennings

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20 of 20 papers shown

Whitfield, Stephen, et al.. (2025). Approaches to participation and knowledge equity in agricultural climate impacts modelling: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 23(1).

Pitcher, C. Roland, Jan Geert Hiddink, Simon Jennings, et al.. (2022). Trawl impacts on the relative status of biotic communities of seabed sedimentary habitats in 24 regions worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(2). 51 indexed citations

Hiddink, Jan Geert, Michel J. Kaiser, Marija Sciberras, et al.. (2020). Selection of indicators for assessing and managing the impacts of bottom trawling on seabed habitats. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(7). 1199–1209. 36 indexed citations

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

McConnaughey, Robert A., Jan Geert Hiddink, Simon Jennings, et al.. (2019). Choosing best practices for managing impacts of trawl fishing on seabed habitats and biota. Fish and Fisheries. 21(2). 319–337. 77 indexed citations

Bryndum‐Buchholz, Andrea, Derek P. Tittensor, Julia L. Blanchard, et al.. (2018). Twenty‐first‐century climate change impacts on marine animal biomass and ecosystem structure across ocean basins. Global Change Biology. 25(2). 459–472. 146 indexed citations

Hiddink, Jan Geert, Simon Jennings, Marija Sciberras, et al.. (2018). Assessing bottom trawling impacts based on the longevity of benthic invertebrates. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(5). 1075–1084. 72 indexed citations

Pitcher, C. Roland, Nick Ellis, Simon Jennings, et al.. (2016). Estimating the sustainability of towed fishing‐gear impacts on seabed habitats: a simple quantitative risk assessment method applicable to data‐limited fisheries. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8(4). 472–480. 61 indexed citations

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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Crook, David A., Winsor H. Lowe, Tibor Erős, et al.. (2015). Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation. The Science of The Total Environment. 534. 52–64. 147 indexed citations

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Hobday, AJ, Anna K. Farmery, SD Frusher, et al.. (2014). Growth opportunities and critical elements in the supply chain for wild fisheries and aquaculture in a changing climate: a marine NARP project. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Jennings, Simon. (2013). French Historians, 1900–2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France French Historians, 1900–2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France . Edited by P hilip D aileader and P hilip W halen . Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. xxx + 610 pp.. French Studies. 67(2). 294–295.

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Graham, Nicholas A. J., Pascale Chabanet, Richard D. Evans, et al.. (2011). Extinction vulnerability of coral reef fishes. Ecology Letters. 14(4). 341–348. 194 indexed citations

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Jennings, Simon, Frédéric Mélin, Julia L. Blanchard, et al.. (2008). Global-scale predictions of community and ecosystem properties from simple ecological theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 275(1641). 1375–1383. 170 indexed citations

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Jennings, Simon, et al.. (2007). Basics of peak flow monitoring*. Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada. 140(sp3). s34–s34.

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Newton, Katie, Isabelle M. Côté, Graham M. Pilling, Simon Jennings, & Nicholas K. Dulvy. (2007). Current and Future Sustainability of Island Coral Reef Fisheries. Current Biology. 17(7). 655–658. 305 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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Jennings, Simon. (2004). The ecosystem approach to fishery management: A significant step towards sutainable use of the marine environment?. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 274. 279–282. 48 indexed citations

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Schratzberger, Michaela, et al.. (2002). Impacts of trawling on the diversity, biomass and structure of meiofauna assemblages. Marine Biology. 140(1). 83–93. 98 indexed citations

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Côté, Isabelle M., et al.. (2000). Conservation benefits of marine reserves for fish populations. Animal Conservation. 3(4). 321–332. 14 indexed citations

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