Stephen Morton

3.9k total citations
73 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Stephen Morton is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Morton has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Stephen Morton's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers) and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (11 papers). Stephen Morton is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers) and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (11 papers). Stephen Morton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Stephen Morton's co-authors include Mark Stafford‐Smith, Diane W. Davidson, J. J. Landsberg, Craig D. James, C. D. James, Keith A. Christian, Margaret H. Friedel, Julian Reid, Richard Zann and Nancy Tyler Burley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Morton

63 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Morton Australia 22 1.4k 1.1k 783 439 423 73 2.7k
Raman Sukumar India 24 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.0× 617 0.8× 431 1.0× 608 1.4× 66 3.0k
D. B. A. Thompson United Kingdom 29 1.6k 1.2× 915 0.9× 750 1.0× 208 0.5× 742 1.8× 55 2.9k
Raman Sukumar India 35 2.0k 1.4× 978 0.9× 781 1.0× 654 1.5× 959 2.3× 112 3.9k
William D. Newmark United States 27 2.6k 1.9× 1.4k 1.3× 663 0.8× 255 0.6× 1.2k 2.8× 53 3.9k
Madhu Rao United States 21 1.6k 1.1× 885 0.8× 497 0.6× 271 0.6× 881 2.1× 40 2.7k
William R. Konstant United States 10 1.2k 0.9× 944 0.9× 705 0.9× 269 0.6× 923 2.2× 15 2.7k
David A. Burney United States 33 1.3k 1.0× 584 0.6× 666 0.9× 305 0.7× 667 1.6× 68 3.6k
Lincoln Fishpool United Kingdom 19 1.3k 1.0× 794 0.8× 511 0.7× 314 0.7× 820 1.9× 52 2.9k
John Mackinnon United States 27 1.5k 1.1× 460 0.4× 784 1.0× 514 1.2× 423 1.0× 65 3.5k
Paul Jepson United Kingdom 34 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 665 0.8× 374 0.9× 1.1k 2.7× 87 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Morton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Morton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Morton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Morton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Morton 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 Morton. Stephen Morton 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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Morton, Stephen. (2025). Spinifex, fire, and fate. Geographical Research. 63(4). 685–696.
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Mondal, Anshuman A., Ruvani Ranasinha, Amina Yaqin, et al.. (2023). Salman Rushdie in Context. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Friedel, Margaret H. & Stephen Morton. (2022). A history of CSIRO’S Central Australian Laboratory, 1: 1953–80: pastoral land research. Historical Records of Australian Science. 34(1). 36–49. 2 indexed citations
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Friedel, Margaret H., Stephen Morton, Gary Bastin, Jocelyn Davies, & Mark Stafford‐Smith. (2022). A history of CSIRO’s Central Australian Laboratory 2, 1980–2018: interdisciplinary land research. Historical Records of Australian Science. 34(1). 50–62. 2 indexed citations
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Pavey, Chris R., et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of transects, point counts and area searches for bird surveys in arid Acacia shrubland. 43. 31–35. 6 indexed citations
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Pavey, Chris R., et al.. (2019). Assessment of avian site fidelity in arid Acacia shrubland based on a ten-year mark-recapture study in central Australia. 43. 8–18. 2 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen. (2013). States of Emergency. Liverpool University Press eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen. (2013). Terrorism, insurgency and Indian-English literature, 1830–1947. Journal of Postcolonial Writing. 49(3). 364–366. 2 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen, Mark Stafford‐Smith, Chris R. Dickman, et al.. (2010). A fresh framework for the ecology of arid Australia. Journal of Arid Environments. 75(4). 313–329. 274 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen & Elleke Boehmer. (2009). Terror and the postcolonial: a concise companion. Wiley-Blackwell eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen, Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, David B. Lindenmayer, et al.. (2009). The big ecological questions inhibiting effective environmental management in Australia. Austral Ecology. 34(1). 1–9. 57 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen, et al.. (2008). Foucault in an Age of Terror: Essays on Biopolitics and the Defence of Society. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 176(1). 7–8. 15 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen. (2004). Imaginary States: Studies in Cultural Transnationalism (2003) by Peter Hitchcock and Feeling Global: Internationalism in Distress (1999) by Bruce Robbins. 1.
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Morton, Stephen & Derek John Mulvaney. (1996). Exploring Central Australia : society, the environment and the 1894 Horn expedition. 44 indexed citations
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Zann, Richard, et al.. (1995). The Timing of Breeding by Zebra Finches in Relation to Rainfall in Central Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 95(3). 208–222. 144 indexed citations
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James, Craig D., J. J. Landsberg, & Stephen Morton. (1995). Ecological functioning in arid Australia and research to assist conservation of biodiversity. Pacific Conservation Biology. 2(2). 126–142. 33 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen. (1990). Wildlife conservation in Australia: an inland view. Australian Zoologist. 26(2). 58–59. 1 indexed citations
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Griffin, G. F., et al.. (1989). Status and implications of the invasion of tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) on the Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia.. Journal of Environmental Management. 29(4). 297–315. 81 indexed citations
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Morton, Stephen, Harry F. Recher, Steve Thompson, & Richard W. Braithwaite. (1982). Comments on the Relative Advantages of Marsupial and Eutherian Reproduction. The American Naturalist. 120(1). 128–134. 19 indexed citations
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Davidson, Diane W. & Stephen Morton. (1981). Myrmecochory in some plants (F. chenopodiaceae) of the Australian arid zone. Oecologia. 50(3). 357–366. 127 indexed citations

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