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Hilary Kennedy publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hilary Kennedy sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 141 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Hilary Kennedy D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hilary Kennedy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hilary Kennedy is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom, where their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans a broad spectrum within these fields, incorporating ecological, oceanographic, and management aspects of coastal and marine environments.

Their research topics include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal and marine management
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Coastal and marine dynamics
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Land use and ecosystem services

Kennedy has made significant contributions to the understanding of blue carbon and coastal ecosystem carbon storage through multiple publications. Their recent papers include:

  • "Species Traits and Geomorphic Setting as Drivers of Global Soil Carbon Stocks in Seagrass Meadows" (2022) published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Future Mangrove Carbon Storage Under Climate Change and Deforestation" (2022) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Losses of Soil Organic Carbon with Deforestation in Mangroves of Madagascar" (2020) published in Ecosystems

Besides their own publications, Kennedy frequently collaborates with other researchers active in marine and coastal ecosystem science. Their most frequent coauthors include:

  • Catherine E. Lovelock
  • Peter I. Macreadie
  • Daniel A. Friess
  • Óscar Serrano
  • Carlos M. Duarte

The main publication venues where Kennedy's research has appeared multiple times are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Marine Policy
  • Global Change Biology

Within the broader context of environmental science and earth sciences, Kennedy's subfield focus aligns with ecology, oceanography, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as earth-surface processes and global and planetary change. This interdisciplinary approach reflects the complexity of coastal and marine systems addressed in their work.

Best Publications

  • Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock

    James W. Fourqurean;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Hilary Kennedy;Núria Marbà

  • The future of Blue Carbon science

    Peter I. Macreadie;Andrea Anton;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Nicola Beaumont

  • Seagrass sediments as a global carbon sink: Isotopic constraints

    Hilary Kennedy;Jeff Beggins;Carlos M. Duarte;James W. Fourqurean

  • Blue carbon as a natural climate solution

    Peter I. Macreadie;Micheli D. P. Costa;Trisha B. Atwood;Daniel A. Friess

  • Assessing the capacity of seagrass meadows for carbon burial: Current limitations and future strategies

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Hilary Kennedy;Núria Marbà;Iris E. Hendriks;Iris E. Hendriks

  • Calcium carbonate as ikaite crystals in Antarctic sea ice

    Gerhard S. Dieckmann;Gernot Nehrke;Gernot Nehrke;Stathys Papadimitriou;Jörg Göttlicher

  • The effect of acidification on the determination of organic carbon, total nitrogen and their stable isotopic composition in algae and marine sediment.

    Paul Kennedy;Hilary Kennedy;Stathis Papadimitriou

  • Sea ice contribution to the air-sea CO2 exchange in the Arctic and Southern oceans

    Søren Rysgaard;Jørgen Bendtsen;Bruno Delille;Gerhard S. Dieckmann

  • Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation.

    Maria Potouroglou;James C. Bull;Ken W. Krauss;Hilary A. Kennedy

  • Age, growth rate and season of recruitment of Pinna nobilis (L) in the Croatian Adriatic determined from Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca shell profiles

    Chris Richardson;Melita Peharda;Hilary Kennedy;Paul Kennedy

  • Individual variability in diel vertical migration of a marine copepod: Why some individuals remain at depth when others migrate

    G.C. Hays;H.A. Kennedy;B.W. Frost

  • Sediment deposition and production in SE-Asia seagrass meadows

    Esperança Gacia;Carlos M. Duarte;Núria Marbà;Jorge Terrados

  • Age and growth of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis from south-east Spanish Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows

    C. A. Richardson;H. Kennedy;C. M. Duarte;D. P. Kennedy

  • Environmental and biological controls on elemental (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mn/Ca) ratios in shells of the king scallop Pecten maximus

    Pedro S. Freitas;Leon J. Clarke;Hilary Kennedy;Christopher A. Richardson

  • Organic carbon sources to SE Asian coastal sediments

    Hilary Kennedy;Esperança Gacia;D. P. Kennedy;S. Papadimitriou

  • Role of carbonate burial in Blue Carbon budgets

    Vincent Saderne;Nathan R. Geraldi;Peter I. Macreadie;D. T. Maher

  • Seagrass meadows as a globally significant carbonate reservoir

    Inés Mazarrasa;Núria Marbà;Catherine E. Lovelock;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano

  • Iodine diagenesis in non-pelagic deep-sea sediments

    H.A Kennedy;H Elderfield

  • Experimental evidence for carbonate precipitation and CO2 degassing during sea ice formation

    S. Papadimitriou;H. Kennedy;Gerhard Kattner;Gerhard Dieckmann

  • The Mediterranean climate as a template for Mediterranean marine ecosystems: the example of the northeast Spanish littoral

    Carlos M Duarte;Susana Agustı́;Hilary Kennedy;Dolors Vaqué

  • Metal accumulation rates in northwest Atlantic pelagic sediments

    J Thomson;M.S.N Carpenter;S Colley;T.R.S Wilson

  • Seagrass sediments as a global carbon sink: Isotopic constraints

    Hilary Kennedy;Jeff Beggins;Carlos M. Duarte;James W. Fourqurean

Frequent Co-Authors

David N. Thomas
David N. Thomas University of Helsinki
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Gerhard Dieckmann
Gerhard Dieckmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Gerhard Kattner
Gerhard Kattner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christopher A. Richardson
Christopher A. Richardson Bangor University
Núria Marbà
Núria Marbà Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
James W. Fourqurean
James W. Fourqurean Florida International University
Oscar Serrano
Oscar Serrano Edith Cowan University
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University

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