Simon Foale

4.2k citations

82 papers · 3.2k · 2 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 1%
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Ecology top 1%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine animal studies overview

Papers in

Ecology 49
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 43
- Marine animal studies overview 12
Global and Planetary Change 38
- Marine and fisheries research 26
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management 9

Co-authors: Martha Macintyre (12 shared papers)Michael Fabinyi (6 shared papers)Philippa J. Cohen (7 shared papers)Louisa Evans (5 shared papers)Matthew A. Young (4 shared papers)David R. Bellwood (4 shared papers)Thane A. Militz (4 shared papers)Omar Defeo (1 shared paper)
Journals: Marine Policy (7 papers)Fisheries Research (3 papers)Fish and Fisheries (3 papers)Conservation Letters (3 papers)Environmental Conservation (3 papers)
Partner nations: Australia Papua New Guinea United States

In The Last Decade

Simon Foale

77 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Simon Foale's Hit Papers

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Social-ecological systems, social diversity, and power: insights from anthropology and political ecology 2014 · 290 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Ecology and Society
2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stefan Gelcich, Terry P. Hughes, Per Olsson, Carl Folke, Omar Defeo, Miriam Fernández, Simon Foale, Lance Gunderson, Carlos Rodríguez‐Sickert, Marten Scheffer, Robert S. Steneck, Juan Carlos Castilla Hit paper breakdown →	2010	477
2	Social-ecological systems, social diversity, and power: insights from anthropology and political ecology Ecology and Society ·Michael Fabinyi, Louisa Evans, Simon Foale Hit paper breakdown →	2014	290
3	Tenure and taboos: origins and implications for fisheries in the Pacific Fish and Fisheries ·Simon Foale, Philippa J. Cohen, Stephanie Januchowski‐Hartley, Amelia Wenger, Martha Macintyre	2010	149
4	Food security and the Coral Triangle Initiative Marine Policy ·Simon Foale, Dedi Supriadi Adhuri, P.M. Aliño, Edward H. Allison, Neil Andrew, Philippa J. Cohen, Louisa Evans, Michael Fabinyi, Pedro Fidelman, Christopher A. Gregory, Natasha Stacey, John Tanzer, Nireka Weeratunge	2012	149
5	Sustaining small-scale fisheries with periodically harvested marine reserves Marine Policy ·Philippa J. Cohen, Simon Foale	2012	133
6	Social and political barriers to the use of Marine Protected Areas for conservation and fishery management in Melanesia Asia Pacific Viewpoint ·Simon Foale, Bruno Manele, Bruno Manele	2004	119
7	A mismatch of scales: challenges in planning for implementation of marine protected areas in the Coral Triangle Conservation Letters ·Morena Mills, Robert L. Pressey, Rebecca Weeks, Simon Foale, Natalie C. Ban	2010	96
8	Managing inequality or managing stocks? An ethnographic perspective on the governance of small‐scale fisheries Fish and Fisheries ·Michael Fabinyi, Simon Foale, Martha Macintyre	2013	91
9	Why do fishers fish? A cross-cultural examination of the motivations for fishing Marine Policy ·Matthew A. Young, Simon Foale, David R. Bellwood	2016	91
10	The “Nemo Effect”: Perception and reality of Finding Nemo's impact on marine aquarium fisheries Fish and Fisheries ·Thane A. Militz, Simon Foale	2017	79
11	Governing large-scale marine commons: Contextual challenges in the Coral Triangle Marine Policy ·Pedro Fidelman, Louisa Evans, Michael Fabinyi, Simon Foale, Joshua E. Cinner, Franciska Rosen	2011	76
12	‘Where's our development?’ The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology ·Simon Foale	2001	73
13	An evaluation of the potential of gastropod imposex as a bioindicator of tributyltin pollution in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Simon Foale	1993	65
14	Fishing dynamics associated with periodically harvested marine closures Global Environmental Change ·Philippa J. Cohen, Joshua E. Cinner, Simon Foale	2013	61
15	Indigenous environmental values as human values Cogent Social Sciences ·Monica Gratani, Stephen G. Sutton, James Butler, Erin Bohensky, Simon Foale	2016	61
16	Dynamic and Flexible Aspects of Land and Marine Tenure at West Nggela: Implications for Marine Resource Management Oceania ·Simon Foale, Martha Macintyre	2000	52
17	Qualitative Modelling of Gold Mine Impacts on Lihir Island's Socioeconomic System and Reef-Edge Fish Community Environmental Science & Technology ·Jeffrey M. Dambacher, D.T. Brewer, Darren Dennis, Martha Macintyre, Simon Foale	2006	48
18	Assessment and management of the trochus fishery at West Nggela, Solomon Islands Ocean & Coastal Management ·Simon Foale	1998	48
19	Linking Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being ANU Open Research (Australian National University) ·Anthony J. McMichael, Robert J. Scholes, Manal Hefny, Elvira Pereira, Cheryl Palm, Simon Foale	2005	45
20	When ‘fishing down the food chain’ results in improved food security: Evidence from a small pelagic fishery in Solomon Islands Fisheries Research ·Jessica Roeger, Simon Foale, Marcus Sheaves	2015	44

About Simon Foale

Simon Foale is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Demography, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 82 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (43 papers), Marine and fisheries research (26 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (21 papers), Marine animal studies overview (12 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (10 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 papers), Echinoderm biology and ecology (8 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (1.5k citations), Ecology (1.6k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (674 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (248 citations) and Demography (412 citations). Simon Foale has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, Papua New Guinea and United States. Frequent co-authors include Martha Macintyre, Michael Fabinyi, Philippa J. Cohen, Louisa Evans, Matthew A. Young, David R. Bellwood, Thane A. Militz, Omar Defeo, Terry P. Hughes and Stefan Gelcich. Their work appears in journals such as Marine Policy, Fisheries Research, Fish and Fisheries, Conservation Letters and Environmental Conservation.

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