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Sarah A. Bekessy

Sarah A. Bekessy

RMIT University
Australia

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
8836
World Ranking
3874
National Ranking
292

Sarah A. Bekessy publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 169 publications — 62nd percentile

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

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

Sarah A. Bekessy 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 Sarah A. Bekessy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sarah A. Bekessy is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science. Their scholarly work covers areas including Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions, and Ecology.

Their research topics span a variety of key environmental and urban issues such as Urban Green Space and Health, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Animal and Plant Science Education, Climate Change Communication and Perception, and Environmental Conservation and Management.

Bekessy has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed papers, with selected recent publications including:

  • The role of 'nativeness' in urban greening to support animal biodiversity (2020, Landscape and Urban Planning)
  • Five lessons to guide more effective biodiversity conservation message framing (2020, Conservation Biology)
  • What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy (2022, The Lancet Global Health)
  • Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis (2021, npj Urban Sustainability)
  • Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges (2021, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Georgia E. Garrard
  • Matthew J. Selinske
  • Alexander M. Kusmanoff
  • Ascelin Gordon
  • Thami Croeser

Bekessy often publishes in venues such as:

  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library)
  • Conservation Biology
  • Landscape and Urban Planning
  • npj Urban Sustainability

Best Publications

  • Cities are hotspots for threatened species

    Christopher D. Ives;Pia E. Lentini;Caragh G. Threlfall;Karen Ikin

  • Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity

    Brendan A. Wintle;Heini Kujala;Amy Whitehead;Amy Whitehead;Alison Cameron

  • Taming a Wicked Problem: Resolving Controversies in Biodiversity Offsetting

    Martine Maron;Christopher D. Ives;Christopher D. Ives;Heini Kujala;Joseph W. Bull

  • Integrating conservation planning and landuse planning in urban landscapes

    Ascelin Gordon;David Simondson;Matt White;Atte Moilanen

  • The biodiversity bank cannot be a lending bank

    Sarah A. Bekessy;Brendan A. Wintle;David B. Lindenmayer;Michael A. Mccarthy

  • Capturing residents' values for urban green space: mapping, analysis and guidance for practice.

    Christopher D. Ives;Christopher D. Ives;Cathy Oke;Cathy Oke;Ailish Hehir;Ascelin Gordon

  • Messaging matters: A systematic review of the conservation messaging literature

    Lindall R. Kidd;Lindall R. Kidd;Georgia E. Garrard;Georgia E. Garrard;Sarah A. Bekessy;Sarah A. Bekessy;Sarah A. Bekessy;Morena Mills

  • Allocating monitoring effort in the face of unknown unknowns

    Brendan A. Wintle;Michael C. Runge;Sarah A. Bekessy

  • Some practical suggestions for improving engagement between researchers and policy‐makers in natural resource management

    Philip G Gibbons;Charlie A Zammit;Kara Nicole Youngentob;Hugh P Possingham

  • Biodiversity sensitive urban design

    Georgia E. Garrard;Nicholas S. G. Williams;Luis Mata;Jordan Thomas

  • The failure of non‐binding declarations to achieve university sustainability

    S.A. Bekessy;K. Samson;R.E. Clarkson

  • The role of ‘nativeness’ in urban greening to support animal biodiversity

    Katherine Berthon;Freya Thomas;Sarah Bekessy

  • When have we looked hard enough? A novel method for setting minimum survey effort protocols for flora surveys

    Georgia E. Garrard;Sarah A. Bekessy;Michael A. McCARTHY;Brendan A. Wintle

  • Genetic variation in the vulnerable and endemic Monkey Puzzle tree, detected using RAPDs

    Sarah A Bekessy;Sarah A Bekessy;T R Allnutt;T R Allnutt;A C Premoli;A Lara

  • Professional development for education for sustainability: How advanced are Australian universities?

    Sarah Holdsworth;Carina Wyborn;Sarah Bekessy;Ian Thomas

  • Five lessons to guide more effective biodiversity conservation message framing

    Alexander M Kusmanoff;Alexander M Kusmanoff;Fiona Fidler;Ascelin Gordon;Georgia E Garrard;Georgia E Garrard

  • Neutral DNA markers fail to detect genetic divergence in an ecologically important trait

    Sarah Adine Bekessy;Sarah Adine Bekessy;Richard A Ennos;Mark A Burgman;Adrian C Newton

  • The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

    Kirsten M. Parris;Marco Amati;Sarah A. Bekessy;Danielle Dagenais

  • Using Carbon Investment to Grow the Biodiversity Bank

    Sarah A. Bekessy;Brendan A. Wintle

  • The anatomy of a failed offset

    David B. Lindenmayer;Mason Crane;Megan C. Evans;Martine Maron

  • Ecological-economic optimization of biodiversity conservation under climate change

    Brendan A. Wintle;Sarah A. Bekessy;David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Brian W. van Wilgen

  • Assessing the impacts of biodiversity offset policies

    Ascelin Gordon;William T. Langford;James A. Todd;Matt D. White

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan A. Wintle
Brendan A. Wintle University of Melbourne
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Melbourne
Alex M. Lechner
Alex M. Lechner Monash University
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
David A. Keith
David A. Keith University of New South Wales
Mark A. Burgman
Mark A. Burgman Imperial College London
Kirsten M. Parris
Kirsten M. Parris University of Melbourne
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Richard J. Hobbs
Richard J. Hobbs University of Western Australia

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Best Scientists Citing Sarah A. Bekessy

David B. Lindenmayer

David B. Lindenmayer

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Publications: 49

Hugh P. Possingham

Hugh P. Possingham

University of Queensland

Publications: 47

Brendan A. Wintle

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Joseph W. Bull

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James E. M. Watson

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Martine Maron

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Alex M. Lechner

Alex M. Lechner

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Publications: 28

Michael A. McCarthy

Michael A. McCarthy

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Publications: 23

Atte Moilanen

Atte Moilanen

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Publications: 22

E. J. Milner-Gulland

E. J. Milner-Gulland

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Christopher M. Raymond

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Kerrie A. Wilson

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