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D-Index
84
Citations
26241
World Ranking
670
National Ranking
58

Stuart R. Phinn 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 Stuart R. Phinn sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 625 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stuart R. Phinn 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 Stuart R. Phinn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stuart R. Phinn is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Media Technology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. The scientist has contributed to a broad range of topics such as Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Marine and Fisheries Research, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, and Remote-Sensing Image Classification.

Phinn's publication record includes a significant number of papers in notable venues, reflecting a focus on remote sensing and ecological monitoring. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Scientific Data
  • Coral Reefs
  • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

The scientist has co-authored extensively with a number of researchers, collaborating most often with Chris Roelfsema, Éva Kovács, Mitchell Lyons, Nicholas Murray, and Emma Kennedy. These collaborations extend across their diverse research interests and contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of their work.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Stuart R. Phinn are the following:

  • Mapping the world's coral reefs using a global multiscale earth observation framework, 2020, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Reef Cover, a coral reef classification for global habitat mapping from remote sensing, 2021, Scientific Data
  • Automated Global Shallow Water Bathymetry Mapping Using Google Earth Engine, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Effective ecosystem monitoring requires a multi-scaled approach, 2020, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability, 2020, Nature Communications

The scientist's work frequently centers on remote sensing technologies applied to ecological and environmental challenges. This includes specialized research into coral and marine ecosystems, integration of big data for conservation purposes, and development of classification systems for habitat mapping.

Best Publications

  • Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

    Oscar Serrano;Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Peter I. Macreadie

  • The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats

    Nicholas J. Murray;Nicholas J. Murray;Stuart R. Phinn;Michael F DeWitt;Renata Ferrari

  • Regional patterns of agricultural land use and deforestation in Colombia

    Andrés Etter;Andrés Etter;Clive McAlpine;Kerrie Wilson;Stuart Phinn

  • A review of ocean color remote sensing methods and statistical techniques for the detection, mapping and analysis of phytoplankton blooms in coastal and open oceans

    David Blondeau-Patissier;James F.R. Gower;Arnold G. Dekker;Arnold G. Dekker;Stuart R. Phinn

  • Value of long-term ecological studies

    David B. Lindenmayer;Gene E. Likens;Gene E. Likens;Alan Andersen;David Bowman

  • Tracking the rapid loss of tidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea

    Nicholas J Murray;Nicholas J Murray;Robert S Clemens;Stuart R Phinn;Hugh P Possingham;Hugh P Possingham

  • Multi-site evaluation of IKONOS data for classification of tropical coral reef environments

    Serge Andréfouët;Philip Kramer;Damaris Torres-Pulliza;Karen E. Joyce

  • Monitoring the composition of urban environments based on the vegetation-impervious surface-soil (VIS) model by subpixel analysis techniques

    S. Phinn;M. Stanford;P. Scarth;A. T. Murray

  • Detecting sugarcane ‘orange rust’ disease using EO-1 Hyperion hyperspectral imagery

    Armando Apan;Alex Held;Stuart Phinn;John Markley

  • Bringing an ecological view of change to Landsat‐based remote sensing

    Robert E Kennedy;Serge Andréfouët;Warren B Cohen;Cristina Gómez

  • Mapping seagrass species, cover and biomass in shallow waters : An assessment of satellite multi-spectral and airborne hyper-spectral imaging systems in Moreton Bay (Australia)

    Stuart Phinn;Chris Roelfsema;Arnold Dekker;Vittoro Brando

  • Monitoring growth in rapidly urbanizing areas using remotely sensed data

    Douglas Ward;Stuart R. Phinn;Alan T. Murray

  • A stochastically constrained cellular model of urban growth

    D.P. Ward;A.T. Murray;S.R. Phinn

  • AN EVALUATION OF THE EVIDENCE FOR LINKAGES BETWEEN MANGROVES AND FISHERIES: A SYNTHESIS OF THE LITERATURE AND IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

    F. J. Manson;N. R. Loneragan;G. A. Skilleter;S. R. Phinn

  • Intercomparison of shallow water bathymetry, hydro‐optics, and benthos mapping techniques in Australian and Caribbean coastal environments

    Arnold G. Dekker;Arnold G. Dekker;Stuart R. Phinn;Janet Anstee;Paul Bissett

  • A physics based retrieval and quality assessment of bathymetry from suboptimal hyperspectral data

    Vittorio E. Brando;Janet M. Anstee;Magnus Wettle;Arnold G. Dekker

  • Modelling urban development with cellular automata incorporating fuzzy-set approaches

    Yan Liu;Stuart R. Phinn

  • Coral reef applications of Sentinel-2: Coverage, characteristics, bathymetry and benthic mapping with comparison to Landsat 8

    John D. Hedley;Chris Roelfsema;Vittorio Brando;Claudia Giardino

  • Multi-scale, object-based image analysis for mapping geomorphic and ecological zones on coral reefs

    Stuart R. Phinn;Chris M. Roelfsema;Peter J. Mumby

  • A comparison of resampling methods for remote sensing classification and accuracy assessment

    Mitchell B. Lyons;David A. Keith;David A. Keith;Stuart R. Phinn;Tanya J. Mason

  • Measuring coral reef terrain roughness using 'Structure-from-Motion' close-range photogrammetry

    Javier X Leon;Chris M Roelfsema;Megan I Saunders;Stuart R Phinn

  • An evaluation of the evidence for linkages between mangroves and fisheries

    F. Manson;N. Loneragan;G. Skilleter;S. Phinn

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Roelfsema
Chris Roelfsema University of Queensland
Kasper Johansen
Kasper Johansen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Clive McAlpine
Clive McAlpine University of Queensland
Arnold G. Dekker
Arnold G. Dekker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Vittorio E. Brando
Vittorio E. Brando National Research Council (CNR)
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
Hamish A. McGowan
Hamish A. McGowan University of Queensland
John Armston
John Armston University of Maryland, College Park
Stacy D. Jupiter
Stacy D. Jupiter Wildlife Conservation Society
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland

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