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D-Index
57
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15527
World Ranking
2659
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202

Johann D. Bell 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 Johann D. Bell 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.

Johann D. Bell 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 Johann D. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Johann D. Bell is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and related subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, General Health Professions, and Sociology and Political Science. Their scholarly work integrates aspects of coral and marine ecosystems, fisheries research, aquaculture, coastal and marine management, as well as climate change adaptation and governance.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent publications, with notable papers including:

  • Pathways to sustaining tuna-dependent Pacific Island economies during climate change, 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • Climate change, tropical fisheries and prospects for sustainable development, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Risks to future atoll habitability from climate-driven environmental changes, 2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Defining the stock structures of key commercial tunas in the Pacific Ocean I: Current knowledge and main uncertainties, 2020, Fisheries Research
  • Lessons from bright-spots for advancing knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management

Johann D. Bell's frequent co-authors include:

  • Simon Nicol
  • Graham M. Pilling
  • John Hampton
  • Inna Senina
  • Quentin Hanich

Publications often appear in journals such as:

  • Nature Sustainability
  • Fisheries Research
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Journal of Environmental Management

The main fields of study explored by Bell include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields of their research entail:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science

Topics addressed within their research corpus cover areas such as:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

    Gretta T. Pecl;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia Blanchard

  • When can marine reserves improve fisheries management

    Ray Hilborn;Kevin Stokes;Jean Jacques Maguire;Tony Smith

  • Influence of live coral cover on coral-reef fish communities

    J. D. Bell;R. Galzin

  • Planning the use of fish for food security in the Pacific

    Johann D. Bell;Mecki Kronen;Aliti Vunisea;Warwick J. Nash

  • Abundance of macrofauna in dense seagrass is due to habitat preference, not predation.

    Johann D. Bell;Mark Westoby

  • A New Era for Restocking, Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching of Coastal Fisheries Resources

    Johann D. Bell;Kenneth M. Leber;H. Lee Blankenship;Neil R. Loneragan

  • EFFECTS OF DEPTH AND MARINE RESERVE FISHING RESTRICTIONS ON THE STRUCTURE OF A ROCKY REEF FISH ASSEMBLAGE IN THE NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

    Johann D. Bell

  • Mixed responses of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change

    Johann D. Bell;Alexandre Ganachaud;Peter C. Gehrke;Shane P. Griffiths

  • Variation in seagrass height and density over a wide spatial scale: Effects on common fish and decapods

    Johann D. Bell;Mark Westoby

  • Restocking and stock enhancement of marine invertebrate fisheries.

    Johann D Bell;John L Munro;Warwick J Nash;Peter C Rothlisberg

  • Fish fauna of French Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. II: feeding habits

    J. D Bell;M. L Harmelin-Vivien

  • Climate change, tropical fisheries and prospects for sustainable development

    Vicky W. Y. Lam;Edward H. Allison;Edward H. Allison;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Jessica Blythe

  • Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change

    Johann Bell;Joanna Johnson;Alistair Hobday

  • Restocking and stock enhancement of coastal fisheries: Potential, problems and progress

    Johann D. Bell;Devin M. Bartley;Kai Lorenzen;Neil R. Loneragan

  • Estimating length frequency distributions of large reef fish underwater

    J. D. Bell;G. J. S. Craik;D. A. Pollard;B. C. Russell

  • Differences among assemblages of fish associated with Zostera capricorni and bare sand over a large spatial scale

    DJ Ferrell;JD Bell

  • Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science

    Timothy C. Bonebrake;Christopher J. Brown;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia L. Blanchard

  • Importance of local changes in leaf height and density to fish and decapods associated with seagrasses

    Johann D. Bell;Mark Westoby

  • Structure of a fish community in a temperate tidal mangrove creek in Botany Bay, New South Wales

    JD Bell;DA Pollard;JJ Burchmore;BC Pease

  • Transforming management of tropical coastal seas to cope with challenges of the 21st century

    Peter F Sale;Tundi Agardy;Cameron H Ainsworth;Blake E Feist

  • Enhancement of marine fisheries resources

    J. L. Munro;J. D. Bell

  • Advances in Marine Biology V49: Restocking and stock enhancement of marine invertebrate fisheries

    J.D. Bell;J.L. Munro;W.J. Nash;P.C. Rothlisberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Neil L. Andrew
Neil L. Andrew University of Wollongong
Mark Westoby
Mark Westoby Macquarie University
Neil R. Loneragan
Neil R. Loneragan Murdoch University
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Janice M. Lough
Janice M. Lough Australian Institute of Marine Science
Morgan S. Pratchett
Morgan S. Pratchett James Cook University
Michelle Waycott
Michelle Waycott University of Adelaide
Robert D. Ward
Robert D. Ward CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

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