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D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
5110
World Ranking
7571
National Ranking
586

Alison J. King publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 101 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Alison J. King D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison J. King sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alison J. King is affiliated with Charles Darwin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to environmental science, focusing in particular on nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, global and planetary change, ecology, and general health professions.

Their research centers primarily on fish ecology and management studies, fish biology and ecology studies, and fish biology, ecology, and behavior. Additional focus areas include marine and fisheries research, fire effects on ecosystems, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, and water resources management and optimization.

King has published frequently in several academic venues, including:

  • Fisheries Research
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Marine and Freshwater Research
  • River Research and Applications
  • Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Notable recent papers by King include:

  • The conservation impacts of ecological disturbance: Time-bound estimates of population loss and recovery for fauna affected by the 2019-2020 Australian megafires (2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Animal population decline and recovery after severe fire: Relating ecological and life history traits with expert estimates of population impacts from the Australian 2019-20 megafires (2023, Biological Conservation)
  • Towards vibrant fish populations and sustainable fisheries that benefit all: learning from the last 30 years to inform the next 30 years (2023, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries)
  • Faster juvenile growth promotes earlier sex change in a protandrous hermaphrodite (barramundi Lates calcarifer) (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Substantial intraspecific trait variation across a hydrological gradient in northern Australian fishes (2022, Ecosphere)

King has collaborated extensively with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • David A. Crook
  • Dion Wedd
  • Thor Saunders
  • Osmar J. Luiz
  • Brendan J. Adair

Best Publications

  • Fish, Flows and Flood Plains: Links between Freshwater Fishes and their Environment in the Murray-Darling River System, Australia

    Paul Humphries;Alison J. King;John D. Koehn

  • Fish recruitment on floodplains: the roles of patterns of flooding and life history characteristics

    Alison J King;Paul Humphries;Phillip S Lake

  • River regulation and fish larvae: variation through space and time

    Paul Humphries;Paul Humphries;Luciano G. Serafini;Alison J. King;Alison J. King

  • Environmental flow enhances native fish spawning and recruitment in the Murray River, Australia

    Alison Jane King;Zeb Tonkin;John Mahoney

  • Adaptive management of an environmental watering event to enhance native fish spawning and recruitment

    Alison Jane King;K Ward;P O'connor;David Green

  • The influence of spatial scale and habitat arrangement on diel patterns of habitat use by two lowland river fishes

    David A. Crook;David A. Crook;Alistar I. Robertson;Alison J. King;Alison J. King;Paul Humphries;Paul Humphries

  • Short-term effects of a prolonged blackwater event on aquatic fauna in the Murray River, Australia: considerations for future events

    Alison Jane King;Alison Jane King;Zeb Tonkin;J Lieshcke

  • Ontogenetic patterns of habitat use by fishes within the main channel of an Australian floodplain river

    Alison King

  • Dry season habitat use of fishes in an Australian tropical river

    K. Keller;Q. Allsop;J. Brim Box;D. Buckle

  • Experimental manipulations of the biomass of introduced carp (Cyprinus carpio) in billabongs. I. Impacts on water-column properties

    A. J. King;A. I. Robertson;M. R. Healey

  • Using abiotic drivers of fish spawning to inform environmental flow management

    Alison Jane King;Alison Jane King;Daniel Gwinn;Zeb Tonkin;John Mahoney

  • Confronting the risks of large-scale invasive species control.

    R. Keller Kopf;Dale G. Nimmo;Paul Humphries;Lee J. Baumgartner

  • Potential ecological effects of water extraction in small, unregulated streams

    S. F. McKay;A. J. King

  • Impacts of drought and predicted effects of climate change on fish growth in temperate Australian lakes

    John R. Morrongiello;John R. Morrongiello;David A. Crook;Alison J. King;David S. L. Ramsey

  • Ecological risks and opportunities from engineered artificial flooding as a means of achieving environmental flow objectives

    Nick Bond;Justin Costelloe;Alison King;Danielle Warfe

  • Improving Ecological Response Monitoring of Environmental Flows

    Alison J. King;Alison J. King;Ben Gawne;Leah Beesley;Leah Beesley;John D. Koehn

  • Ontogenetic dietary shifts of fishes in an Australian floodplain river

    Alison Jane King;Alison Jane King

  • Experimental manipulations of the biomass of introduced carp (Cyprinus carpio) in billabongs. II. Impacts on benthic properties and processes.

    A. I. Robertson;M. R. Healey;A. J. King

  • Density and distribution of potential prey for larval fish in the main channel of a floodplain river: pelagic versus epibenthic meiofauna

    Alison King

  • Flows for native fish in the Murray‐Darling Basin: lessons and considerations for future management

    John D. Koehn;Alison J. King;Leah Beesley;Craig Copeland

  • Riverscape recruitment: A conceptual synthesis of drivers of fish recruitment in rivers

    Paul Humphries;Alison J King;Nicole McCasker;R. Keller Kopf

  • Legacies, lags and long-term trends: Effective flow restoration in a changed and changing world

    Ross M. Thompson;Alison J. King;Richard M. Kingsford;Ralph Mac Nally;Ralph Mac Nally

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Crook
David A. Crook Charles Darwin University
Michael M. Douglas
Michael M. Douglas University of Western Australia
Paul Humphries
Paul Humphries Charles Sturt University
Ross M. Thompson
Ross M. Thompson University of Canberra
Nick Bond
Nick Bond La Trobe University
Julian D. Olden
Julian D. Olden University of Washington
Lorenzo Vilizzi
Lorenzo Vilizzi University of Łódź
Mark J. Kennard
Mark J. Kennard Griffith University
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
Alistar Robertson
Alistar Robertson University of Western Australia

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