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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
8838
World Ranking
5248
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6

Janine B. Adams publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Janine B. Adams sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 256 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Janine B. Adams D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Janine B. Adams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Janine B. Adams is affiliated with Nelson Mandela University in South Africa and conducts research primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, focusing notably on Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics centered around coastal and marine environments. These include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Coastal and Marine Management, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and coastal ecosystems, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Recent publications by Janine B. Adams highlight an emphasis on estuarine and coastal ecosystem health and responses to environmental change. Selected papers include:

  • "Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now" (2020) published in Current Biology
  • "Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise" (2022) published in Science
  • "An Estuary Ecosystem Classification that encompasses biogeography and a high diversity of types in support of protection and management" (2020) published in African Journal of Aquatic Science
  • "Nutrient enrichment as a threat to the ecological resilience and health of South African microtidal estuaries" (2020) published in African Journal of Aquatic Science
  • "Salt marsh at the tip of Africa: Patterns, processes and changes in response to climate change" (2020) published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Janine B. Adams frequently collaborates with other researchers, with prominent coauthors including Daniel A. Lemley, Lara Van Niekerk, Taryn Riddin, Jacqueline L. Raw, and Gavin M. Rishworth.

Key publication venues for this scientist's work are:

  • African Journal of Aquatic Science
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series

Best Publications

  • Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise

    Kerrylee Rogers;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;J. Patrick Megonigal

  • Assessment of the conservation priority status of South African estuaries for use in management and water allocation

    J. K. Turpie;J. B. Adams;A. Joubert;T. D. Harrison

  • Eutrophication

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  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now

    Daniel A. Friess;Daniel A. Friess;Erik S. Yando;Guilherme M.O. Abuchahla;Janine B. Adams

  • Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise

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  • A multidisciplinary study of a small, temporarily open/closed South African estuary, with particular emphasis on the influence of mouth state on the ecology of the system

    AK Whitfield;JB Adams;GC Bate;K Bezuidenhout

  • Mangrove forests under climate change in a 2°C world

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  • Wetland plants as indicators of heavy metal contamination.

    D.P. Phillips;L.R.D. Human;J.B. Adams

  • The state of persistent organic pollutants in South African estuaries: A review of environmental exposure and sources.

    Chijioke Olisah;Janine B. Adams;Gletwyn Rubidge

  • The response of the red mangrove Rhizophora mucronata Lam. to salinity and inundation in South Africa

    Sabine C.L. Hoppe-Speer;Janine B. Adams;Anusha Rajkaran;Dylan Bailey

  • The importance of the river-estuary interface (REI) zone in estuaries

    GC Bate;AK Whitfield;JB Adams;P Huizinga

  • Effect of River Flow on Estuarine Microalgal Biomass and Distribution

    G.C. Snow;J.B. Adams;G.C. Bate

  • An Estuary Ecosystem Classification that encompasses biogeography and a high diversity of types in support of protection and management

    L van Niekerk;L van Niekerk;JB Adams;NC James;NC James;SJ Lamberth;SJ Lamberth

  • Country-wide assessment of estuary health: An approach for integrating pressures and ecosystem response in a data limited environment

    L Van Niekerk;L Van Niekerk;JB Adams;GC Bate;AT Forbes

  • A review of the ecology and management of temporarily open/closed estuaries in South Africa, with particular emphasis on river flow and mouth state as primary drivers of these systems

    AK Whitfield;GC Bate;JB Adams;PD Cowley

  • The Distribution of Estuarine Macrophytes in Relation to Freshwater

    J. B. Adams;W. T. Knoop;G. C. Bate

  • Growth and photosynthetic performance of Phragmites australis in estuarine waters: a field and experimental evaluation

    J.B. Adams;G.C. Bate

  • Nutrient enrichment as a threat to the ecological resilience and health of South African microtidal estuaries

    JB Adams;S Taljaard;L van Niekerk;DA Lemley

  • A water quality index for use with diatoms in the assessment of rivers

    Guy Bate;Pat Smailes;Janine Adams

  • Towards the classification of eutrophic condition in estuaries

    Daniel A. Lemley;Janine B. Adams;Susan Taljaard;Susan Taljaard;Nadine A. Strydom

  • Ecological implications of tolerance of salinity and inundation by Spartina maritima

    J.B. Adams;G.C. Bate

  • Human-mediated drivers of change — impacts on coastal ecosystems and marine biota of South Africa

    A Mead;C L Griffiths;G M Branch;C D McQuaid

  • The seed banks of two temporarily open/closed estuaries in South Africa

    T. Riddin;J.B. Adams

  • The Ecological Implications of Tolerance to Salinity by Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande and Zostera capensis Setchell

    J. B. Adams;G. C. Bate

  • The distribution and state of mangroves along the coast of Transkei, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

    J. B. Adams;B. M. Colloty;G. C. Bate

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan K. Whitfield
Alan K. Whitfield South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Tatenda Dalu
Tatenda Dalu University of Mpumalanga
Kerrylee Rogers
Kerrylee Rogers University of Wollongong
Daniel A. Friess
Daniel A. Friess Tulane University
Stefano Cannicci
Stefano Cannicci University of Hong Kong
Shing Yip Lee
Shing Yip Lee Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bernardo Duarte
Bernardo Duarte University of Lisbon
Isabel Caçador
Isabel Caçador University of Lisbon
Ilka C. Feller
Ilka C. Feller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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