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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
92
Citations
60197
World Ranking
405
National Ranking
36

Reg Watson 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 Reg Watson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 195 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Reg Watson 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 Reg Watson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Reg Watson is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and specializes in environmental science. Their research predominantly explores marine and fisheries issues, with a particular focus on marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, coral and marine ecosystems, coastal and marine management, conservation and biodiversity, as well as sustainability and climate change governance.

Their work covers several interconnected subfields, including global and planetary change, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, nature and landscape conservation, and sociology and political science. This multidisciplinary approach underpins their research agenda and publication record.

Reg Watson has contributed extensively to marine science through articles published in various peer-reviewed venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include Frontiers in Marine Science, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Environmental Research Letters, Research Square, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Selected recent papers by Reg Watson include:

  • Energy Flow Through Marine Ecosystems: Confronting Transfer Efficiency, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications, 2020, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • To Achieve a Sustainable Blue Future, Progress Assessments Must Include Interdependencies between the Sustainable Development Goals, 2020, One Earth
  • Mapping the planet's critical natural assets, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems, 2021, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Throughout their career, Reg Watson has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Julia L. Blanchard, Yannick Rousseau, Carissa J. Klein, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, and Rachel Neugarten. These collaborations have contributed to a significant number of joint publications.

Best Publications

  • A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

    Benjamin S. Halpern;Shaun Walbridge;Kimberly A. Selkoe;Kimberly A. Selkoe;Carrie V. Kappel

  • Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services.

    Boris Worm;Edward B. Barbier;Nicola Beaumont;J. Emmett Duffy

  • Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Matt Walpole;Ben Collen;Arco Van Strien

  • Towards sustainability in world fisheries

    Daniel Pauly;Villy Christensen;Sylvie Guénette;Tony J. Pitcher

  • Rebuilding Global Fisheries

    Boris Worm;Ray Hilborn;Julia K. Baum;Trevor A. Branch

  • Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios

    William W.L. Cheung;Vicky W.Y. Lam;Jorge Louis Sarmiento;Kelly Kearney

  • Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change

    William W L Cheung;William W L Cheung;Vicky W Y Lam;Jorge L. Sarmiento;Kelly Kearney

  • Estimating the worldwide extent of illegal fishing.

    David J. Agnew;John Pearce;Ganapathiraju Pramod;Tom Peatman

  • Systematic distortions in world fisheries catch trends

    Reg Watson;Daniel Pauly

  • Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

    William W. L. Cheung;Reg Watson;Daniel Pauly

  • Global trends in world fisheries: impacts on marine ecosystems and food security

    Daniel Pauly;Reg Watson;Jackie Alder

  • Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems

    William W. L. Cheung;Jorge L. Sarmiento;John Dunne;Thomas L. Frölicher

  • The future for fisheries.

    Daniel Pauly;Jackie Alder;Elena Bennett;Villy Christensen

  • The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Camille Albouy;Camille Albouy;Frida Ben Rais Lasram

  • Hundred‐year decline of North Atlantic predatory fishes

    Villy Christensen;Sylvie Guénette;Johanna J Heymans;Carl J Walters

  • Fishing down the deep

    Telmo Morato;Telmo Morato;Reg Watson;Tony J. Pitcher;Daniel Pauly

  • Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries

    Camilo Mora;Ransom A. Myers;Marta Coll;Simone Libralato

  • Background and interpretation of the ‘Marine Trophic Index’ as a measure of biodiversity

    Daniel Pauly;Reg Watson

  • Global marine primary production constrains fisheries catches

    Emmanuel Chassot;Sylvain Bonhommeau;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Frédéric Mélin

  • The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems

    Ellen K Pikitch;Konstantine J Rountos;Timothy E Essington;Christine Santora

  • Response to Comments on "Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services"

    Boris Worm;Edward B. Barbier;Nicola Beaumont;J. Emmett Duffy

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Pauly
Daniel Pauly University of British Columbia
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
William W. L. Cheung
William W. L. Cheung University of British Columbia
Julia L. Blanchard
Julia L. Blanchard University of Tasmania
Dirk Zeller
Dirk Zeller University of Western Australia
U. Rashid Sumaila
U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia
Villy Christensen
Villy Christensen University of British Columbia
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Marta Coll
Marta Coll Spanish National Research Council
Kirsty L. Nash
Kirsty L. Nash University of Tasmania

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