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D-Index
53
Citations
11986
World Ranking
3264
National Ranking
255

Neil Saintilan 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 Neil Saintilan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 227 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Neil Saintilan 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 Neil Saintilan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Neil Saintilan is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 104 and 41 publications respectively. Their work primarily intersects with the subfields of Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Research topics pursued by Saintilan include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Their recent notable publications comprise:

  • "Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise", 2020, Science
  • "Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise", 2022, Science
  • "Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °C", 2023, Nature

Saintilan also appears as co-author on papers led by others, including "Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change" (2023, Nature Communications) and "A national approach to greenhouse gas abatement through blue carbon management" (2020, Global Environmental Change).

The scientist regularly publishes in a range of venues that include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Remote Sensing
  • Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Saintilan are:

  • Kerrylee Rogers
  • Li Wen
  • Jeffrey J. Kelleway
  • José F. Rodríguez
  • Yuyu Wang

Best Publications

  • The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Donald R. Cahoon;Daniel A. Friess;Glenn R. Guntenspergen

  • How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level

    Ken W. Krauss;Karen L. McKee;Catherine E. Lovelock;Donald R. Cahoon

  • Mangrove expansion and salt marsh decline at mangrove poleward limits

    Neil Saintilan;Nicholas C. Wilson;Kerrylee Rogers;Anusha Rajkaran

  • Mangrove sedimentation and response to relative sea-level rise

    Colin D Woodroffe;Kerrylee Rogers;Karen Mckee;Catherine E Lovelock

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

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

  • Coastal Wetland Vulnerability to Relative Sea-Level Rise: Wetland Elevation Trends and Process Controls

    Donald R. Cahoon;Philippe F. Hensel;Tom Spencer;Denise J. Reed

  • Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise

    N Saintilan;Nicole S Khan;Erica Ashe;J J Kelleway

  • Allochthonous and autochthonous contributions to carbon accumulation and carbon store in southeastern Australian coastal wetlands

    N. Saintilan;K. Rogers;D. Mazumder;C. Woodroffe

  • Mangrove transgression into saltmarsh environments in south‐east Australia

    Neil Saintilan;Robert J. Williams

  • Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes.

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Kyle Cavanaugh;Kerrylee Rogers;Ilka C. Feller

  • Vegetation change and surface elevation dynamics in estuarine wetlands of southeast Australia

    K. Rogers;K.M. Wilton;N. Saintilan

  • Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change

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  • Seventy years of continuous encroachment substantially increases 'blue carbon' capacity as mangroves replace intertidal salt marshes.

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Charles G. Skilbeck

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

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  • Mangrove Encroachment of Salt Marsh in Western Port Bay, Victoria: The Role of Sedimentation, Subsidence, and Sea Level Rise

    K. Rogers;Neil Saintilan;H. Heijnis

  • Potential increase in coastal wetland vulnerability to sea-level rise suggested by considering hydrodynamic attenuation effects

    Jose F. Rodriguez;Patricia M. Saco;Steven Sandi;Neil Saintilan

  • Woody plant encroachment of grasslands: a comparison of terrestrial and wetland settings.

    Neil Saintilan;Neil Saintilan;Kerrylee Rogers

  • Sedimentary Factors are Key Predictors of Carbon Storage in SE Australian Saltmarshes

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Peter J. Ralph

  • Response of salt marsh and mangrove wetlands to changes in atmospheric CO2, climate, and sea-level

    Karen L. Mckee;Kerrylee Rogers;Neil Saintilan

  • The state of legislation and policy protecting Australia's mangrove and salt marsh and their ecosystem services

    Kerrylee Rogers;Paul I. Boon;Simon Branigan;Norman C. Duke

  • Above- and below-ground biomasses of two species of mangrove on the Hawkesbury River estuary, New South Wales

    Neil Saintilan

  • Surface elevation dynamics in a regenerating mangrove forest at Homebush Bay, Australia

    K. Rogers;Neil Saintilan;D. Cahoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerrylee Rogers
Kerrylee Rogers University of Wollongong
Jeffrey J. Kelleway
Jeffrey J. Kelleway University of Wollongong
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Peter I. Macreadie
Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University
George Kuczera
George Kuczera University of Newcastle Australia
Karen L. McKee
Karen L. McKee United States Geological Survey
Peter J. Ralph
Peter J. Ralph University of Technology Sydney
Matthew J. Colloff
Matthew J. Colloff Australian National University
Donald R. Cahoon
Donald R. Cahoon United States Geological Survey
Jeff Baldock
Jeff Baldock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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