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Matt K. Broadhurst

Matt K. Broadhurst

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
6770
World Ranking
8565
National Ranking
317

Matt K. Broadhurst 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 Matt K. Broadhurst sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 254 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matt K. Broadhurst 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 Matt K. Broadhurst sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Matt K. Broadhurst is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple aspects of environmental science, with a focus on marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management, and related aquatic biological studies.

The main fields of study for Broadhurst include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, their work is further categorized into several subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Molecular Biology

The principal topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Broadhurst has contributed extensively to the scientific literature with a particular focus on fisheries. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Fisheries Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Aquaculture and Fisheries
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Frontiers in Fish Science

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Broadhurst are:

  • Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for assessing fish biomass: A review of approaches and future considerations for resource surveys, 2021, Environmental DNA
  • A review of bycatch reduction in demersal fish trawls, 2021, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Selectivity of marine-debris ingestion by juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a South American World Heritage Listed area, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Poor utility of environmental DNA for estimating the biomass of a threatened freshwater teleost; but clear direction for future candidate assessments, 2022, Fisheries Research
  • Incorrect inference from size-selectivity studies due to widespread misuse of bootstrap confidence bands, 2024, Fisheries Research

These works have garnered citations ranging from 17 to over 360, indicating their visibility within the research community.

Broadhurst frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Russell B. Millar
  • Joseph D. DiBattista
  • Meaghan L. Rourke
  • Camila Domit
  • Ashley M. Fowler

Best Publications

  • Modifications to reduce bycatch in prawn trawls: A review and framework for development

    Matt K. Broadhurst

  • Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for assessing fish biomass: A review of approaches and future considerations for resource surveys

    Meaghan L. Rourke;Meaghan L. Rourke;Ashley M. Fowler;Julian M. Hughes;Matt K. Broadhurst;Matt K. Broadhurst

  • Estimating Collateral Mortality from Towed Fishing Gear

    Matt K. Broadhurst;Petri Suuronen;Alex Hulme

  • By‐catch begone: changes in the philosophy of fishing technology

    Steven J Kennelly;Matt K Broadhurst

  • Mitigating unaccounted fishing mortality from gillnets and traps

    Sebastian S Uhlmann;Matt K Broadhurst

  • Modelling between-haul variability in the size selectivity of trawls

    Russell B. Millar;Matt K. Broadhurst;William G. Macbeth

  • Aspects of reproductive biology of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, off northeastern Brazil

    Fabio Hazin;Alessandra Fischer;Matt Broadhurst

  • A review of bycatch reduction in demersal fish trawls

    Steven J. Kennelly;Matt K. Broadhurst;Matt K. Broadhurst

  • Selectivity of conventional diamond- and novel square-mesh codends in an Australian estuarine penaeid-trawl fishery

    Matt K Broadhurst;Russell B Millar;Steven J Kennelly;William G Macbeth

  • Retained and discarded by-catch from oceanic prawn trawling in New South Wales, Australia

    S.J Kennelly;G.W Liggins;M.K Broadhurst

  • Mortality of key fish species released by recreational anglers in an Australian estuary

    Matt K. Broadhurst;Charles A. Gray;Dennis D. Reid;Michael E.L. Wooden

  • Effects of the circumference of codends and a new design of square-mesh panel in reducing unwanted by-catch in the New South Wales oceanic prawn-trawl fishery, Australia

    M.K. Broadhurst;S.J. Kennelly

  • Review of a small-scale pelagic longline fishery off northeastern Brazil

    F. H. V. Hazin;J. R. Zagaglia;M. K. Broadhurst;P. E. P. Travassos

  • Rigid and flexible separator panels in trawls that reduce the by-catch of small fish in the Clarence River prawn-trawl fishery, Australia

    MK Broadhurst;SJ Kennelly

  • Reducing the by-catch of juvenile fish (mulloway Argyrosomus hololepidotus) using square-mesh panels in codends in the Hawkesbury River prawn-trawl fishery, Australia

    M.K. Broadhurst;S.J. Kennelly

  • Use and success of composite square-mesh codends in reducing bycatch and in improving size-selectivity of prawns in Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia

    Matt K. Broadhurst;Roger B. Larsen;Steven J. Kennelly;Paul E. McShane

  • Observer-based survey of by-catch from prawn trawling in Botany Bay and Port Jackson, New South Wales

    GW Liggins;SJ Kennelly;MK Broadhurst

  • Assessments of modified codends that reduce the by-catch of fish in two estuarine prawn-trawl fisheries in New South Wales, Australia

    M.K. Broadhurst;S.J. Kennelly;B. Isaksen

  • Resolving environmental issues in the southern Brazilian artisanal penaeid-trawl fishery through adaptive co-management

    Catarina N.S. Silva;Matt K. Broadhurst;Rodrigo P. Medeiros;José H. Dias

  • Influences of type and orientation of bait on catches of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and other species in an artisanal sub-surface longline fishery off northeastern Brazil

    Matt K Broadhurst;Fabio H.V Hazin

  • Reproductive biology of the Caribbean sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon porosus, from northern Brazil

    Sergio M. G. Mattos;Matt K. Broadhurst;Fabio H. V. Hazin;Danillo M. Jonnes

  • An overview of the shallow-water calcified hydroids from Brazil (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria), including the description of a new species

    Fernanda M. D. Amaral;Andrea Q. Steiner;Matt K. Broadhurst;Stephen D. Cairns

  • Using composite square-mesh panels and the Nordmøre-grid to reduce bycatch in the Shark Bay prawn-trawl fishery, Western Australia

    Matt K. Broadhurst;Mervi I. Kangas;Cristiana Damiano;Scott A. Bickford

  • Marine debris in a World Heritage Listed Brazilian estuary

    Fernanda E. Possatto;Henry L. Spach;André P. Cattani;Marcelo R. Lamour

  • Resource use of great hammerhead sharks Sphyrna mokarran off eastern Australia

    Vincent Raoult;Matt K. Broadhurst;Vic M. Peddemors;Jane E. Williamson

  • Utility of morphological data for key fish species in southeastern Australian beach‐seine and otter‐trawl fisheries: Predicting mesh size and configuration

    Matt K. Broadhurst;Koenraad K. P. Dijkstra;Dennis D. Reid;Charles A. Gray

  • Seasonal, spatial and gear-related influences on relationships between retained and discarded catches in a multi-species gillnet fishery

    Charles A. Gray;Daniel D. Johnson;Matt K. Broadhurst;Damian J. Young

  • Assessing Disease and Mortality among Small Cetaceans Stranded at a World Heritage Site in Southern Brazil

    Isabela G. Domiciano;Isabela G. Domiciano;Camila Domit;Matt K. Broadhurst;Mariana S. Koch;Mariana S. Koch

  • Bycatch Assessment of the Estuarine Commercial Gill Net Fishery in NSW

    C. A. Gray;M. K. Broadhurst

  • Strategies for Improving the Selectivity of Fishing Gears

    Matt K. Broadhurst;Steven J. Kennelly;Charles Gray

Frequent Co-Authors

Melinda A. Coleman
Melinda A. Coleman Southern Cross University
Joseph D. DiBattista
Joseph D. DiBattista Griffith University
Victor M. Peddemors
Victor M. Peddemors New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Michael B. Bennett
Michael B. Bennett University of Queensland
Stephen J. Newman
Stephen J. Newman Government of Western Australia
Stephen D. Cairns
Stephen D. Cairns National Museum of Natural History
Shane Raidal
Shane Raidal University of Melbourne
Jane E. Williamson
Jane E. Williamson Macquarie University
Ivan Nagelkerken
Ivan Nagelkerken University of Adelaide
Jayson M. Semmens
Jayson M. Semmens University of Tasmania

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