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D-Index
47
Citations
7524
World Ranking
4475
National Ranking
354

Fran Sheldon publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fran Sheldon sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 135 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fran Sheldon 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 Fran Sheldon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fran Sheldon is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science. The main fields of their research emphasize Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Ocean Engineering. Sheldon's work notably addresses topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Water resources management and optimization, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior.

The scientist has authored multiple papers published in various research venues, with a strong presence in Marine and Freshwater Research, which accounts for five publications, followed by contributions to Ecological Indicators and Frontiers in Environmental Science, each with two papers. They also have publications in Nature Communications and Science Advances.

Some of the recent scientific publications involving Sheldon include:

  • "Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "Effects and significance of groundwater for vegetation: A systematic review" (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Assessment of the causes and solutions to the significant 2018-19 fish deaths in the Lower Darling River, New South Wales, Australia" (2021), published in Marine and Freshwater Research
  • "Exploring the relationship between the soundscape and the environment: A systematic review" (2024), published in Ecological Indicators

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, with the most frequent being Samantha J. Capon, Simon Linke, Luz Boyero, Naiara López-Rojo, and Alan M. Tonin. These collaborations reflect a consistent network working within related areas of environmental and ecological science.

Best Publications

  • Flow variability and the ecology of large rivers

    J. T. Puckridge;F. Sheldon;K. F. Walker;A. J. Boulton

  • A perspective on dryland river ecosystems

    K. F. Walker;F. Sheldon;J. T. Puckridge

  • Mechanistic effects of low-flow hydrology on riverine ecosystems: ecological principles and consequences of alteration

    Rob Jeremy Rolls;Catherine Leigh;Fran Sheldon

  • Integration of science and monitoring of river ecosystem health to guide investments in catchment protection and rehabilitation

    Stuart Bunn;E. G. Abal;M. J. Smith;S. C. Choy

  • The importance of high-quality algal food sources in stream food webs - current status and future perspectives

    Fen Guo;Martin J. Kainz;Fran Sheldon;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Water resource development and hydrological change in a large dryland river: the Barwon–Darling River, Australia

    M.C Thoms;F Sheldon;F Sheldon

  • Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment

    Noé Ferreira-Rodríguez;Yoshihiro B. Akiyama;Olga V. Aksenova;Rafael Araujo

  • Conservation value of variable connectivity: aquatic invertebrate assemblages of channel and floodplain habitats of a central Australian arid-zone river, Cooper Creek

    Fran Sheldon;Andrew J. Boulton;James Terence Puckridge

  • Ecological roles and threats to aquatic refugia in arid landscapes: dryland river waterholes

    Fran Sheldon;Stuart Bunn;Jane Hughes;Angela Arthington

  • An ecosystem approach for determining environmental water allocations in Australian dryland river systems: the role of geomorphology

    Martin Thoms;Fran Sheldon

  • A comparison of spatially explicit landscape representation methods and their relationship to stream condition

    Erin E. Peterson;Fran Sheldon;Ross Darnell;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Changes in biofilms induced by flow regulation could explain extinctions of aquatic snails in the lower River Murray, Australia

    Fran Sheldon;Keith F. Walker

  • Sequential floods drive 'booms' and wetland persistence in dryland rivers: a synthesis

    Catherine Leigh;Fran Sheldon;Richard T. Kingsford;Angela H. Arthington

  • Lowland rivers: an Australian introduction

    Martin C. Thoms;Fran Sheldon;Fran Sheldon

  • Identifying the spatial scale of land use that most strongly influences overall river ecosystem health score

    Fran Sheldon;Erin E. Peterson;Ed L. Boone;Suzanne Sippel

  • High-quality algae attached to leaf litter boost invertebrate shredder growth

    Fen Guo;Martin J. Kainz;Dominic Valdez;Fran Sheldon

  • Hydrological connectivity drives patterns of macroinvertebrate biodiversity in floodplain rivers of the Australian wet /dry tropics

    Catherine Leigh;Fran Sheldon

  • Spatial distribution of littoral invertebrates in the lower Murray-Darling River system, Australia

    Fran Sheldon;Keith F. Walker

  • Cryptic species and morphological plasticity in long‐lived bivalves (Unionoida: Hyriidae) from inland Australia

    Andrew Michaael Baker;Christopher john Bartlett;Stuart Bunn;Katrina Goudkamp

  • The macroinvertebrate fauna of an Australian dryland river: spatial and temporal patterns and environmental relationships

    Jonathan C. Marshall;Jonathan C. Marshall;Fran Sheldon;Fran Sheldon;Martin Thoms;Martin Thoms;Satish Choy;Satish Choy

  • Urbanization: Hydrology, Water Quality, and Influences on Ecosystem Health

    Fran Sheldon;Catherine Leigh;Wendy Neilan;Michael Newham

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart E. Bunn
Stuart E. Bunn Griffith University
Martin C. Thoms
Martin C. Thoms University of New England
Keith F. Walker
Keith F. Walker University of Adelaide
Nick Bond
Nick Bond La Trobe University
Simon M. Mitrovic
Simon M. Mitrovic University of Technology Sydney
Andrew J. Boulton
Andrew J. Boulton University of New England
Mark J. Kennard
Mark J. Kennard Griffith University
Jon Olley
Jon Olley Griffith University
Jane M. Hughes
Jane M. Hughes Griffith University
Simon Linke
Simon Linke CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

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