2026 Jane E. Williamson: 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	40	6172	5952	487	476	167	5618

Overview

Jane E. Williamson is a researcher affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Aquatic Science, and Oceanography.

Their research covers several main topics, including Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine animal studies overview, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Recent scholarly contributions include:

The Drone Revolution of Shark Science: A Review (2021), Drones
Virome composition in marine fish revealed by meta-transcriptomics (2021), Virus Evolution
Going Batty: The Challenges and Opportunities of Using Drones to Monitor the Behaviour and Habitat Use of Rays (2021), Drones
Metagenomic sequencing reveals a lack of virus exchange between native and invasive freshwater fish across the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia (2021), Virus Evolution
Putting sea cucumbers on the map: projected holothurian bioturbation rates on a coral reef scale (2021), Coral Reefs

Frequent co-authors working alongside Jane E. Williamson include Vincent Raoult, Troy F. Gaston, Jemma L. Geoghegan, Edward C. Holmes, and Louise Tosetto.

Publications have appeared repeatedly in specific academic venues, highlighting a pattern of contribution over time. These venues include:

Journal of Fish Biology (6 publications)
Coral Reefs (4 publications)
Marine and Freshwater Research (4 publications)
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries (4 publications)
Drones (3 publications)

Best Publications

ENCORE: the effect of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs. Synthesis of results and conclusions.

K. Koop;D. Booth;A. Broadbent;J. Brodie

641
Citations
Near-future levels of ocean acidification reduce fertilization success in a sea urchin.

Jon N. Havenhand;Fenina Raphaela Buttler;Michael C. Thorndyke;Jane E. Williamson

373
Citations
Larval settlement of the common Australian sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma in response to bacteria from the surface of coralline algae

Megan J. Huggett;Megan J. Huggett;Jane E. Williamson;Jane E. Williamson;Rocky de Nys;Rocky de Nys;Staffan Kjelleberg

302
Citations
OCEANIC VARIABILITY AND COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY SHAPE GENETIC STRUCTURE IN A LONG-DISPERSING SEA URCHIN

Sam C Banks;Maxine P Piggott;Jane E. Williamson;Ulysse Bove

233
Citations
Trophic transfer of microplastics does not affect fish personality

Louise Tosetto;Jane E. Williamson;Culum Brown

147
Citations
It pays to cheat: tactical deception in a cephalopod social signalling system

Culum Brown;Martin P. Garwood;Jane E. Williamson

140
Citations
Microplastics on beaches: ingestion and behavioural consequences for beachhoppers

Louise Tosetto;Culum Brown;Jane E. Williamson

133
Citations
The drone revolution of shark science: a review

Paul A. Butcher;Andrew P. Colefax;Robert A. Gorkin;Stephen M. Kajiura

131
Citations
Induction of Settlement of Larvae of the Sea Urchin Holopneustes purpurascens by Histamine From a Host Alga

Rebecca L. Swanson;Jane E. Williamson;Rocky De Nys;Rocky De Nys;Naresh Kumar

126
Citations
Individual Variability in Reproductive Success Determines Winners and Losers under Ocean Acidification: A Case Study with Sea Urchins

Peter Schlegel;Jon N. Havenhand;Michael R. Gillings;Jane E. Williamson

126
Citations
Density-dependent sea urchin grazing: differential removal of species, changes in community composition and alternative community states

Jeffrey T Wright;Jeffrey T Wright;Symon A Dworjanyn;Cary N Rogers;Peter D Steinberg

119
Citations
Genetic structure of a recent climate change-driven range extension.

Sam C Banks;Scott Ling;Craig Johnson;Maxine Piggott;Maxine Piggott

111
Citations
Virome composition in marine fish revealed by meta-transcriptomics.

Jemma L Geoghegan;Jemma L Geoghegan;Jemma L Geoghegan;Francesca Di Giallonardo;Michelle Wille;Ayda Susana Ortiz-Baez

109
Citations
Maternal provisioning for larvae and larval provisioning for juveniles in the toxopneustid sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla

M. Byrne;T. A. A. Prowse;M. A. Sewell;S. Dworjanyn

104
Citations
Induction of metamorphosis in the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens by a metabolite complex from the algal host Delisea pulchra.

Jane E. Williamson;Rocky De Nys;Naresh Kumar;David G. Carson

94
Citations
Availability of two forms of dissolved nitrogen to the coral Pocillopora damicornis and its symbiotic zooxanthellae

O. Hoegh-Guldberg;J. Williamson

90
Citations
Hidden diversity and evolution of viruses in market fish.

Jemma L Geoghegan;Francesca Di Giallonardo;Francesca Di Giallonardo;Kate Cousins;Mang Shi

82
Citations
The potential impact of ocean acidification upon eggs and larvae of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Don Bromhead;Vernon Scholey;Simon Nicol;Daniel Margulies

79
Citations
Ocean acidification has lethal and sub-lethal effects on larval development of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares

Andrea Y. Frommel;Daniel Margulies;Jeanne B. Wexler;Maria S. Stein

74
Citations
Demographic consequences of an ontogenetic shift by a sea urchin in response to host plant chemistry

Jane E. Williamson;David G. Carson;Rocky de Nys;Peter D. Steinberg

67
Citations
Drone-Based High-Resolution Tracking of Aquatic Vertebrates

Vincent Raoult;Louise Tosetto;Jane E. Williamson

66
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Culum Brown Macquarie University

Michael R. Gillings Macquarie University

Peter D. Steinberg University of New South Wales

Edward C. Holmes University of Sydney

Victor M. Peddemors New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

Rocky de Nys James Cook University

Luciano B. Beheregaray Flinders University

Mang Shi Sun Yat-sen University

Sam C. Banks Charles Darwin University

David R. Bellwood James Cook University

External Links

Personal website of Jane E. Williamson

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