Stephen E. Swearer

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
212 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen E. Swearer is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen E. Swearer has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Ecology, 129 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 84 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Stephen E. Swearer's work include Marine and fisheries research (105 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (72 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (71 papers). Stephen E. Swearer is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (105 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (72 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (71 papers). Stephen E. Swearer collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and New Zealand. Stephen E. Swearer's co-authors include Robin Hale, Robert R. Warner, Jennifer E. Caselle, Jeffrey Shima, David W. Lea, Rebecca L. Morris, Tim Dempster, Michael Sievers, Eric A. Treml and Marco Ghisalberti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stephen E. Swearer

206 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Larval retention and recruitment in an island population of a coral-reef fish

1999 626 citations Stephen E. Swearer et al. profile →
From grey to green: Efficacy of eco‐engineering solutions for nature‐based coastal defence

2018 330 citations Rebecca L. Morris, Stephen E. Swearer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Stephen E. Swearer	4.3k	3.8k	2.1k	1.4k	662	212	7.0k
David G. Reid	4.5k 1.1×	4.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	3.0k 2.2×	401 0.6×	256	8.3k
Christopher J. Brown	7.0k 1.6×	5.2k 1.4×	2.1k 1.0×	3.3k 2.4×	337 0.5×	164	10.8k
Nick C. Davidson	4.3k 1.0×	3.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	251 0.4×	53	6.6k
John C. Ogden	4.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	368 0.6×	139	7.5k
Michael X. Kirby	5.6k 1.3×	5.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	2.7k 1.9×	458 0.7×	19	8.5k
Ken H. Andersen	2.8k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	355 0.5×	145	5.2k
Mireille Harmelin‐Vivien	5.0k 1.2×	4.2k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.5×	719 1.1×	146	7.4k
Claire B. Paris	5.5k 1.3×	5.2k 1.4×	2.0k 0.9×	3.1k 2.2×	377 0.6×	129	8.1k
Michael J. Kingsford	5.3k 1.2×	5.4k 1.4×	2.6k 1.2×	2.4k 1.7×	743 1.1×	185	8.0k
Alan P. Covich	6.9k 1.6×	2.2k 0.6×	4.7k 2.2×	1.1k 0.8×	518 0.8×	129	10.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen E. Swearer

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Fest, Benedikt, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of novel hybrid mangrove living shorelines is context dependent. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(5). 1188–1201. 2 indexed citations

Overton, Kathy, Tim Dempster, Stephen E. Swearer, Rebecca L. Morris, & Luke T. Barrett. (2024). Predictors of outplanted marine bivalve survival in restoration: A review and synthesis. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(12). 2884–2896. 1 indexed citations

Swearer, Stephen E., et al.. (2021). Landscape context and dispersal ability as determinants of population genetic structure in freshwater fishes. Freshwater Biology. 67(2). 338–352. 8 indexed citations

Dempster, Tim, et al.. (2021). Range restriction leads to narrower ecological niches and greater extinction risk in Australian freshwater fish. Biodiversity and Conservation. 30(11). 2955–2976. 13 indexed citations

Dempster, Tim, et al.. (2020). Revision of the genus Hannia (Teleostei, Terapontidae), with description of a new species, Hannia wintoni, from the Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa. 4869(4). zootaxa.4869.4.5–zootaxa.4869.4.5. 2 indexed citations

Swearer, Stephen E., et al.. (2020). Plio‐Pleistocene sea‐level changes drive speciation of freshwater fishes in north‐western Australia. Journal of Biogeography. 47(8). 1727–1738. 17 indexed citations

Fobert, Emily K., Simon Reeves, & Stephen E. Swearer. (2020). Ontogenetic shifts in social aggregation and habitat use in a temperate reef fish. Ecosphere. 11(12). 6 indexed citations

Dempster, Tim, et al.. (2019). A revision of the bioregionalisation of freshwater fish communities in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics. Ecology and Evolution. 9(8). 4568–4588. 12 indexed citations

Thomas, Oliver R. B. & Stephen E. Swearer. (2019). Otolith Biochemistry—A Review. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. 27(4). 458–489. 94 indexed citations

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Boughton, Berin A., Oliver R. B. Thomas, Nicholas J. Demarais, et al.. (2019). Detection of small molecule concentration gradients in ocular tissues and humours. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 55(4). e4460–e4460. 12 indexed citations

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Unmack, Peter J., et al.. (2019). The Kimberley, north‐western Australia, as a cradle of evolution and endemic biodiversity: An example using grunters (Terapontidae). Journal of Biogeography. 46(11). 2420–2432. 6 indexed citations

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Barrett, Luke T., Tim Dempster, & Stephen E. Swearer. (2019). A nonnative habitat‐former mitigates native habitat loss for endemic reef fishes. Ecological Applications. 29(7). e01956–e01956. 10 indexed citations

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Barrett, Luke T., Stephen E. Swearer, & Tim Dempster. (2018). Impacts of marine and freshwater aquaculture on wildlife: a global meta‐analysis. Reviews in Aquaculture. 11(4). 1022–1044. 90 indexed citations

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Thomas, Oliver R. B., Stephen E. Swearer, Eugene A. Kapp, et al.. (2018). The inner ear proteome of fish. FEBS Journal. 286(1). 66–81. 52 indexed citations

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Hale, Robin & Stephen E. Swearer. (2016). When good animals love bad restored habitats: how maladaptive habitat selection can constrain restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology. 54(5). 1478–1486. 71 indexed citations

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Thomas, Oliver R. B., Katherine Ganio, Blaine R. Roberts, & Stephen E. Swearer. (2016). Trace element–protein interactions in endolymph from the inner ear of fish: implications for environmental reconstructions using fish otolith chemistry. Metallomics. 9(3). 239–249. 94 indexed citations

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Swearer, Stephen E., et al.. (2015). The Reef Ecosystem Evaluation Framework: Managing for Resilience in Temperate Environments. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 5 indexed citations

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Patterson, Heather & Stephen E. Swearer. (2008). Origin of yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi , from Lord Howe Island, Australia, inferred from otolith chemistry. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 42(4). 409–416. 6 indexed citations

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Swearer, Stephen E., et al.. (2008). Habitat as a surrogate measure of reef fish diversity in the zoning of the Lord Howe Island Marine Park, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 353. 265–273. 22 indexed citations

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Swearer, Stephen E., et al.. (2007). Avoidance of native versus non‐native predator odours by migrating whitebait and juveniles of the common galaxiid, galaxias maculatus. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 41(2). 175–184. 17 indexed citations

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