2026 Ratana Chuenpagdee: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	45	6302	6050	275	261	165	9943

Overview

Ratana Chuenpagdee is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and focuses their research in the field of Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Their work spans various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, and General Health Professions.

Their contributions cover several main topics, with significant attention to Coastal and Marine Management, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and fisheries research, International Maritime Law Issues, Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Chuenpagdee has published extensively in a number of reputable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Marine Policy
MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies
Ocean Yearbook Online
npj Ocean Sustainability
Environmental Science & Policy

Frequent co-authors of Ratana Chuenpagdee are:

Svein Jentoft (12 collaborations)
Julia Nakamura (5 collaborations)
Moenieba Isaacs (4 collaborations)
Mostafa El Halimi (3 collaborations)
Suvaluck Satumanatpan (3 collaborations)

Chuenpagdee's recent papers include:

"Blue Justice and the co-production of hermeneutical resources for small-scale fisheries" (2022, Marine Policy)
"Storytelling for sustainable development in rural communities: An alternative approach" (2020, Sustainable Development)
"Marine ecosystem-based management: challenges remain, yet solutions exist, and progress is occurring" (2024, npj Ocean Sustainability)
"Unpacking legal and policy frameworks: A step ahead for implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines" (2021, Marine Policy)
"Who's who in the value chain for the Mexican octopus fishery: Mapping the production chain" (2020, Marine Policy)

In addition to journal publications, Ratana Chuenpagdee has authored a book titled Blue Justice published by Springer International Publishing in 2022.

Best Publications

Where are Cultural and Social in Ecosystem Services? A Framework for Constructive Engagement

Kai M. A. Chan;Anne D. Guerry;Patricia Balvanera;Sarah Klain

1275
Citations
Fisheries and coastal governance as a wicked problem

Svein Jentoft;Ratana Chuenpagdee

845
Citations
Challenges in the assessment and management of small-scale fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean

Silvia Salas;Ratana Chuenpagdee;Juan Carlos Seijo;Anthony Charles

616
Citations
Interactive governance and governability: an introduction

J. Kooiman;M. Bavinck;R. Chuenpagdee;R. Mahon

544
Citations
Shifting gears: assessing collateral impacts of fishing methods in US waters

Ratana Chuenpagdee;Lance E. Morgan;Sara M. Maxwell;Elliott A. Norse

414
Citations
Bottom-up, global estimates of small-scale marine fisheries catches.

Ratana Chuenpagdee;Lisa Liguori;Maria L.D. Palomares;Daniel Pauly

336
Citations
Step zero for fisheries co-management: What precedes implementation

Ratana Chuenpagdee;Svein Jentoft

332
Citations
Toward developing a complete understanding: A social science research agenda for marine protected areas

Patrick Christie;Bonnie J. McCay;Marc L. Miller;Celia Lowe

318
Citations
Addressing ecosystem effects of fishing using marine protected areas

Ussif Rashid Sumaila;Sylvie Guénette;Jackie Alder;Ratana Chuenpagdee

261
Citations
Marine protected areas: Re-thinking their inception

Ratana Chuenpagdee;Jose J. Pascual-Fernández;Emese Szeliánszky;Juan Luis Alegret

242
Citations
Coastal fisheries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

S. Salas;R. Chuenpagdee;A. Charles;J. C. Seijo

211
Citations
What Stakeholders Think About Marine Protected Areas: Case Studies from Spain

Svein Jentoft;Jose J. Pascual-Fernandez;Raquel De la Cruz Modino;Manuel Gonzalez-Ramallal

196
Citations
Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries

Svein Jentoft;Ratana Chuenpagdee

191
Citations
Governability Assessment for Fisheries and Coastal Systems: A Reality Check

Ratana Chuenpagdee;Svein Jentoft

187
Citations
How subsidies affect the economic viability of small-scale fisheries

Anna Schuhbauer;Ratana Chuenpagdee;William W.L. Cheung;Krista Greer

151
Citations
Values, images, and principles: What they represent and how they may improve fisheries governance

Andrew M. Song;Ratana Chuenpagdee;Svein Jentoft

148
Citations
Governability of fisheries and aquaculture: theory and applications

Maarten Bavinck;Ratana Chuenpagdee;Svein Jentoft;Jan Kooiman

134
Citations
What are MPAs for: On goal formation and displacement

Svein Jentoft;Ratana Chuenpagdee;Jose J. Pascual-Fernandez

125
Citations
Pyramids and roses: Alternative images for the governance of fisheries systems

Svein Jentoft;Ratana Chuenpagdee;Alida Bundy;Robin Mahon

119
Citations
Progressing Toward Comanagement Through Participatory Research

Ratana Chuenpagdee;Julia Fraga;Jorge I. Euán-Avila

113
Citations
Perceived Self-Efficacy and Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Cambodia

Mengieng Ung;Isaac Luginaah;Ratana Chuenpagdee;Gwyn Campbell

112
Citations
If science is not the answer, what is? An alternative governance model for the world's fisheries

Alida Bundy;Ratana Chuenpagdee;Svein Jentoft;Robin Mahon

92
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Svein Jentoft University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Isaac Luginaah University of Western Ontario

Alida Bundy Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Daniel Pauly University of British Columbia

Anthony Charles Saint Mary's University

U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia

Marta Coll Spanish National Research Council

Graham J. Pierce Spanish National Research Council

Tony J. Pitcher University of British Columbia

Philip R. Berke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External Links

Personal website of Ratana Chuenpagdee

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