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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
78
Citations
21384
World Ranking
917
National Ranking
76

Sean D. Connell publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 290 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Sean D. Connell 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 Sean D. Connell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Sean D. Connell is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has contributed extensively to environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, sociology, and political science.

Their work covers a range of topics centered on marine and aquatic environments. The principal themes include:

  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Connell's publications have appeared frequently in several scientific journals. The venues with the highest number of publications include:

  • Restoration Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Biological Conservation
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Sean D. Connell are:

  • "Ocean Acidification and Human Health" (2020), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Is Ocean Acidification Really a Threat to Marine Calcifiers? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 980+ Studies Spanning Two Decades" (2022), published in Small
  • "Trophic pyramids reorganize when food web architecture fails to adjust to ocean change" (2020), published in Science
  • "Linking energy budget to physiological adaptation: How a calcifying gastropod adjusts or succumbs to ocean acidification and warming" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Turning a lost reef ecosystem into a national restoration program" (2022), published in Conservation Biology

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors in their field. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Dominic McAfee
  • Ivan Nagelkerken
  • Jonathan Y.S. Leung
  • Camilo M. Ferreira
  • Brittany R. Williams

Best Publications

  • Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

    Kira A. Krumhansl;Daniel K. Okamoto;Andrew Rassweiler;Mark Novak

  • Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing

    S. D. Ling;R. E. Scheibling;A. Rassweiler;C. R. Johnson

  • Nonindigenous biota on artificial structures: could habitat creation facilitate biological invasions?

    Tim M. Glasby;Tim M. Glasby;Sean D. Connell;Sean D. Connell;Michael G. Holloway;Chad L. Hewitt

  • Observations in ecology: you can't make progress on processes without understanding the patterns.

    A.J Underwood;M.G Chapman;S.D Connell

  • Impacts of climate change in a global hotspot for temperate marine biodiversity and ocean warming

    Thomas Wernberg;Bayden D. Russell;Pippa J. Moore;Pippa J. Moore;Scott D. Ling

  • The 'Great Southern Reef': social, ecological and economic value of Australia's neglected kelp forests

    Scott Bennett;Scott Bennett;Thomas Wernberg;Sean D. Connell;Alistair J. Hobday

  • The direct effects of increasing CO2 and temperature on non-calcifying organisms: increasing the potential for phase shifts in kelp forests

    Sean D. Connell;Bayden D. Russell

  • Seaweed communities in retreat from ocean warming.

    Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Bayden D. Russell;Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;C. Frederico D. Gurgel;C. Frederico D. Gurgel

  • Recovering a lost baseline: missing kelp forests from a metropolitan coast

    Sean D. Connell;Bayden D. Russell;David J. Turner;Scoresby A. Shepherd

  • Do urban structures influence local abundance and diversity of subtidal epibiota? A case study from Sydney Harbour, Australia

    S.D Connell;T.M Glasby

  • The influence of habitat complexity on postrecruitment processes in a temperate reef fish population

    S.D. Connell;G.P. Jones

  • Synergistic effects of climate change and local stressors: CO2 and nutrient-driven change in subtidal rocky habitats

    Bayden D. Russell;Jo Anne I Thompson;Laura J. Falkenberg;Sean D. Connell

  • What are algal turfs? Towards a better description of turfs

    S.D. Connell;Foster;L. Airoldi

  • Ocean Acidification and Human Health

    Laura J. Falkenberg;Richard G.J. Bellerby;Richard G.J. Bellerby;Sean D. Connell;Lora E. Fleming

  • Global alteration of ocean ecosystem functioning due to increasing human CO2 emissions

    Ivan Nagelkerken;Sean D. Connell

  • Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory

    Brian Gaylord;Kristy J Kroeker;Jennifer M Sunday;Kathryn M Anderson

  • Is Ocean Acidification Really a Threat to Marine Calcifiers? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 980+ Studies Spanning Two Decades.

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  • The other ocean acidification problem: CO2 as a resource among competitors for ecosystem dominance.

    Sean D. Connell;Kristy J. Kroeker;Katharina E. Fabricius;David I. Kline

  • Orientation and position of substrata have large effects on epibiotic assemblages

    TM Glasby;SD Connell

  • Urban structures as marine habitats: an experimental comparison of the composition and abundance of subtidal epibiota among pilings, pontoons and rocky reefs.

    S.D. Connell

  • Expansive covers of turf-forming algae on human-dominated coast: the relative effects of increasing nutrient and sediment loads

    Sonia K. Gorgula;Sean D. Connell

  • organisms: increasing the potential for phase-shifts in kelp forests

    Sean D. Connell;Bayden D. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Bayden D. Russell
Bayden D. Russell University of Hong Kong
Ivan Nagelkerken
Ivan Nagelkerken University of Adelaide
Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Bronwyn M. Gillanders University of Adelaide
Melinda A. Coleman
Melinda A. Coleman Southern Cross University
Mads S. Thomsen
Mads S. Thomsen University of Canterbury
Craig R. Johnson
Craig R. Johnson University of Tasmania
Camille Mellin
Camille Mellin University of Adelaide
Christopher D. G. Harley
Christopher D. G. Harley University of British Columbia
Brendan P. Kelaher
Brendan P. Kelaher Southern Cross University

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