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D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
10987
World Ranking
3284
National Ranking
257

Nicholas J. Bax publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 121 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas J. Bax 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 Nicholas J. Bax 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

Nicholas J. Bax is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with particular contributions in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work covers various topics related to marine environments and ecological systems, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • International Maritime Law Issues
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Nicholas J. Bax has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • One Earth
  • Marine Policy
  • Nature Communications
  • Earth System Governance

Recent notable papers include:

  • Monitoring and modelling marine zooplankton in a changing climate, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions, 2022, One Earth
  • Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth, 2021, Marine Policy
  • Capacity development in the Ocean Decade and beyond: Key questions about meanings, motivations, pathways, and measurements, 2022, Earth System Governance
  • The Fate of Deep-Sea Coral Reefs on Seamounts in a Fishery-Seascape: What Are the Impacts, What Remains, and What Is Protected?, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include:

  • Gabrielle Canonico
  • Lauren V. Weatherdon
  • Ward Appeltans
  • Enrique Montes
  • Frank Müller-Karger

Best Publications

  • Marine invasive alien species: a threat to global biodiversity

    Nicholas Bax;Angela Williamson;Max Aguero;Exequiel Gonzalez

  • Impacts of bottom trawling on deep-coral ecosystems of seamounts are long-lasting

    F. Althaus;A. Williams;T. A. Schlacher;R. J. Kloser

  • Are multispecies models an improvement on single-species models for measuring fishing impacts on marine ecosystems?

    Anne B. Hollowed;Nicholas Bax;Richard Beamish;Jeremy Collie

  • Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes

    Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas J. Bax;Nicholas J. Bax;Samantha E. Simmons;Eduardo Klein

  • A trophic study of a marine ecosystem off southeastern Australia using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen

    Stephanie R Davenport;Nicholas J Bax

  • Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems

    F. Lombard;F. Lombard;E. Boss;A.M. Waite;J. Uitz

  • The Control of Biological Invasions in the World's Oceans

    N. Bax;J. T. Carlton;A. Mathews-Amos;R. L. Haedrich

  • The significance and prediction of predation in marine fisheries

    N. J. Bax

  • Specific Detection of Pacific Oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) Larvae in Plankton Samples Using Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Jawahar G. Patil;Rasanthi M. Gunasekera;Bruce E. Deagle;Nicholas J. Bax

  • Seamount megabenthic assemblages fail to recover from trawling impacts.

    Alan Williams;Thomas A. Schlacher;Ashley A. Rowden;Franziska Althaus

  • Monitoring and modelling marine zooplankton in a changing climate

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  • Advancing marine biological observations and data requirements of the complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks

    Frank E. Muller-Karger;Patricia Miloslavich;Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas Bax;Nicholas Bax;Samantha E. Simmons

  • The Convention on Biological Diversity's Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas: Origins, development, and current status

    Daniel C. Dunn;Jeff Ardron;Nicholas Bax;Nicholas Bax;Patricio Bernal

  • Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, and Ecosystem-Based Management

    David O. Obura;Greta Aeby;Natchanon Amornthammarong;Ward Appeltans

  • Systematic Conservation Planning: A Better Recipe for Managing the High Seas for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

    Natalie C. Ban;Natalie C. Ban;Nicholas J. Bax;Kristina M. Gjerde;Rodolphe Devillers;Rodolphe Devillers

  • Man-made marinas as sheltered islands for alien marine organisms: Establishment and eradication of an alien invasive marine species

    N. Bax;K. Hayes;A. Marshall;David L. Parry

  • Engineered underdominance allows efficient and economical introgression of traits into pest populations.

    Stephen Davis;Nicholas Bax;Peter Grewe

  • Genetic control of invasive fish: technological options and its role in integrated pest management

    Ronald E. Thresher;Keith Hayes;Nicholas J. Bax;John Teem

  • Diets and trophic guilds of demersal fishes of the south-eastern Australian shelf

    CM Bulman;F Althaus;X He;NJ Bax

  • Delineating fish-habitat associations for spatially based management: an example from the south-eastern Australian continental shelf

    Alan Williams;Nicholas J. Bax

  • Early Marine Mortality of Marked Juvenile Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Released into Hood Canal, Puget Sound, Washington, in 1980

    Nicholas J. Bax

  • Invasion dynamics of the European shore crab, Carcinus maenas, in Australia

    R. Thresher;C. Proctor;Gregory M. Ruiz;R. Gurney

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Miloslavich
Patricia Miloslavich University of Tasmania
Alan Williams
Alan Williams University of Leeds
Piers K. Dunstan
Piers K. Dunstan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Daniel C. Dunn
Daniel C. Dunn University of Queensland
David Obura
David Obura Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean
Patrick N. Halpin
Patrick N. Halpin Duke University
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
J. Emmett Duffy
J. Emmett Duffy Smithsonian Institution
Sonia D. Batten
Sonia D. Batten North Pacific Marine Science Organization
Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz

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Alistair J. Hobday

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Elizabeth A. Fulton

Elizabeth A. Fulton

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Malcolm R. Clark

Malcolm R. Clark

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Jason S. Link

Jason S. Link

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Ashley A. Rowden

Ashley A. Rowden

Victoria University of Wellington

Publications: 34

Neville S. Barrett

Neville S. Barrett

University of Tasmania

Publications: 33

Graham J. Edgar

Graham J. Edgar

University of Tasmania

Publications: 26

Scott L. Nichol

Scott L. Nichol

Geoscience Australia

Publications: 22

Kristina M. Gjerde

Kristina M. Gjerde

Middlebury College

Publications: 21

Fred Gould

Fred Gould

North Carolina State University

Publications: 20

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Patricia Miloslavich

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Publications: 20

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Roberto Danovaro

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