2026 Emily Nicholson: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	47	4464	4307	352	343	106	7821

Overview

Emily Nicholson is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and has a research focus primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecological Modeling, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research spans a variety of main topics, including:

Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Environmental Conservation and Management

Emily Nicholson has contributed to several recent papers, illustrating the scope and focus of their research. These include:

A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems (2022) published in Nature
Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic (2021) published in Global Change Biology
Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (2021) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions (2022) published in One Earth
Set a global target for ecosystems (2020) published in Nature

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Conservation Biology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Ecology & Evolution, UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland), and One Ecosystem.

Collaboration is an integral part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

David A. Keith
José R. Ferrer-Paris
Jessica A. Rowland
Nicholas Murray
Kate E. Watermeyer

Emily Nicholson has also contributed to book publications, notably with IUCN eBooks, including the title IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0 published in 2020.

Best Publications

Scientific foundations for an IUCN Red List of ecosystems.

David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Jon Paul Rodríguez;Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark;Emily Nicholson

637
Citations
New horizons for managing the environment: A review of coupled social-ecological systems modeling

M Schlüter;Rrj McAllister;R Arlinghaus;N Bunnefeld

434
Citations
A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems

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367
Citations
Satellite remote sensing of ecosystem functions: opportunities, challenges and way forward

Nathalie Pettorelli;Henrike Schulte to Bühne;Ayesha Tulloch;Grégoire Dubois

319
Citations
Priority research areas for ecosystem services in a changing world

Emily Nicholson;Georgina M. Mace;Paul R. Armsworth;Giles Atkinson

273
Citations
The IUCN red list of ecosystems: Motivations, challenges, and applications

David A. Keith;Jon Paul Rodríguez;Thomas M. Brooks;Mark A. Burgman

256
Citations
Establishing IUCN Red List Criteria for Threatened Ecosystems

Jon Paul Rodríguez;Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark;Jonathan E. M. Baillie;Neville Ash

253
Citations
Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

Dana M. Bergstrom;Dana M. Bergstrom;Barbara C. Wienecke;John van den Hoff;Lesley Hughes

235
Citations
Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination

Laetitia M. Navarro;Néstor Fernández;Carlos Guerra;Rob Guralnick

228
Citations
The why, what, and how of global biodiversity indicators beyond the 2010 target

Julia P. G. Jones;Ben Collen;Giles Atkinson;Peter W. J. Baxter

201
Citations
A new method for conservation planning for the persistence of multiple species

Emily Nicholson;Michael I. Westphal;Karin Frank;Wayne A. Rochester

190
Citations
Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Emily Nicholson;Emily Nicholson;Kate E. Watermeyer;Jessica A. Rowland;Chloe F. Sato

190
Citations
Objectives for multiple-species conservation planning.

Emily Nicholson;Hugh P. Possingham

183
Citations
Navigating uncertainty in environmental composite indicators

Michael J. Burgass;Michael J. Burgass;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern;Emily Nicholson;E.J. Milner-Gulland

167
Citations
A practical guide to the application of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems criteria.

Jon Paul Rodriguez;David A Keith;Kathryn M Rodriguez-Clark;Nicholas J Murray

163
Citations
Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions

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160
Citations
Integrating biological and social values when prioritizing places for biodiversity conservation

Amy L. Whitehead;Heini Kujala;Christopher D. Ives;Ascelin Gordon

149
Citations
Assessing the threat status of ecological communities.

Emily Nicholson;Emily Nicholson;David A. Keith;David S. Wilcove

149
Citations
The role of satellite remote sensing in structured ecosystem risk assessments.

Nicholas J. Murray;Nicholas J. Murray;David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Lucie M. Bland;Renata Ferrari

128
Citations
Making robust policy decisions using global biodiversity indicators.

Emily Nicholson;Emily Nicholson;Ben Collen;Alberto Barausse;Julia L. Blanchard;Julia L. Blanchard

126
Citations
Community data--where does the value lie? Assessing confidence limits of community collected water quality data.

Emily Nicholson;J Ryan;D Hodgkins

103
Citations
Extinction risk in cloud forest fragments under climate change and habitat loss

R. Ponce-Reyes;E. Nicholson;P. W. J. Baxter;R. A. Fuller

103
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Keith University of New South Wales

E. J. Milner-Gulland University of Oxford

Tracey J. Regan Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland

Ben Collen University College London

Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne

Jon Paul Rodríguez Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas

Nils Bunnefeld University of Stirling

Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University

Daniel Ierodiaconou Deakin University

External Links

Personal website of Emily Nicholson

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