Stephen Fletcher

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen Fletcher is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Fletcher has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 36 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Stephen Fletcher's work include Coastal and Marine Management (53 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (28 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (13 papers). Stephen Fletcher is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Management (53 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (28 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (13 papers). Stephen Fletcher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Stephen Fletcher's co-authors include Emma McKinley, Jonathan Potts, Kate Pike, Rebecca Jefferson, Lauren V. Weatherdon, Corinne Martin, Naomi Kingston, Damon Stanwell‐Smith, Emma Sullivan and Mark Spalding and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Fletcher

102 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

A global map of saltmarshes

2017 309 citations Chris McOwen, Lauren V. Weatherdon et al. Biodiversity Data Journal profile →
Major threats of pollution and climate change to global coastal ecosystems and enhanced management for sustainability

2018 271 citations Yonglong Lü, Jingjing Yuan et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers

Stephen Fletcher

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ECOLO

GPC

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OCEAN

Barbara Neumann Germany

Alice Newton Portugal

Linwood H. Pendleton United States

Daryl Burdon United Kingdom

Octavio Pérez-Maqueo Mexico

Tore Söderqvist Sweden

Andrea Ghermandi Israel

Porter Hoagland United States

Kristina M. Gjerde United States

Barbara Neumann Germany

Stephen Fletcher

679 ×0.6

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709 ×0.6

ECOLO

974 ×1.2

GPC

482 ×1.0

SPS

405 ×0.9

OCEAN

Citations per year, relative to Stephen Fletcher Stephen Fletcher (= 1×) peers Barbara Neumann

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Fletcher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Fletcher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stephen Fletcher. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Stephen Fletcher. The network helps show where Stephen Fletcher may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Fletcher

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bowyer, Cressida, et al.. (2025). Plastic blindness: Lifting the blindfold through citizen science. Environmental Science & Policy. 173. 104218–104218.

Fletcher, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Journeys of change towards the blue economy: evaluating process in transformational change. Regional Environmental Change. 24(4). 1 indexed citations

Cunsolo, Serena, et al.. (2023). Correction: From shops to bins: a case study of consumer attitudes and behaviours towards plastics in a UK coastal city. Sustainability Science. 18(3). 1575–1575. 1 indexed citations

Cunsolo, Serena, et al.. (2023). From shops to bins: a case study of consumer attitudes and behaviours towards plastics in a UK coastal city. Sustainability Science. 18(3). 1379–1395. 23 indexed citations

Roberts, Keiron, et al.. (2023). Harnessing citizen science to tackle urban-sourced ocean plastic pollution: Experiences and lessons learned from implementing city-wide surveys of plastic litter. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 192. 115116–115116. 6 indexed citations

Wisz, Mary S., Erin V. Satterthwaite, Maree Fudge, et al.. (2020). 100 Opportunities for More Inclusive Ocean Research: Cross-Disciplinary Research Questions for Sustainable Ocean Governance and Management. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 37 indexed citations

Rees, Siân, Simon J. Pittman, Nicola L. Foster, et al.. (2018). Bridging the divide: Social–ecological coherence in Marine Protected Area network design. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 28(3). 754–763. 27 indexed citations

Lü, Yonglong, Jingjing Yuan, Xiaotian Lu, et al.. (2018). Major threats of pollution and climate change to global coastal ecosystems and enhanced management for sustainability. Environmental Pollution. 239. 670–680. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

Weatherdon, Lauren V., Ward Appeltans, Nadine Bowles-Newark, et al.. (2017). Blueprints of Effective Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge Products That Support Marine Policy. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4. 45 indexed citations

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McOwen, Chris, Lauren V. Weatherdon, Emma Sullivan, et al.. (2017). A global map of saltmarshes. Biodiversity Data Journal. 5(5). e11764–e11764. 309 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gee, Kira, Andreas Kannen, Mollie Chapman, et al.. (2016). Identifying culturally significant areas for marine spatial planning. Ocean & Coastal Management. 136. 139–147. 100 indexed citations

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Glegg, Gillian, Rebecca Jefferson, & Stephen Fletcher. (2015). Marine governance in the English Channel (La Manche): Linking science and management. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 95(2). 707–718. 13 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Stephen, Justine Saunders, & Roger J.H. Herbert. (2011). A review of the ecosystem services provided by broad-scale marine habitats in England's MPA network. Journal of Coastal Research. 378–383. 15 indexed citations

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Potts, Jonathan, et al.. (2011). Who, when, and how? Marine planning stakeholder involvement preferences – A case study of the Solent, United Kingdom. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 62(11). 2288–2292. 15 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Stephen. (2007). Converting science to policy through stakeholder involvement: An analysis of the European Marine Strategy Directive. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 54(12). 1881–1886. 44 indexed citations

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Luft, Julie A., et al.. (2005). Early Recruitment of Science Teachers: Promising or Problematic Strategy.. Science educator. 14(1). 41–48. 17 indexed citations

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Tritschler, A., et al.. (2004). Diffraction Limited Spectro-Polarimetry at the Dunn Solar Telescope. AAS. 204. 1 indexed citations

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Rushton, K. R., et al.. (2001). Estimating recharge in UK catchments.. IAHS-AISH publication. 33–42. 11 indexed citations

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Ward, Rob, et al.. (2000). Tracer testing as an aid to groundwater protection. IAHS-AISH publication. 85–90. 5 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Stephen. (1983). Evaluation of methods for sampling vegetation and delineating wetlands transition zones in Southern Louisiana, January 1979-May 1981. US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core). 2 indexed citations

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