Alan B. Bolten

13.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Alan B. Bolten is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan B. Bolten has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 92 papers in Ecology and 63 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alan B. Bolten's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (141 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (58 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (43 papers). Alan B. Bolten is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (141 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (58 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (43 papers). Alan B. Bolten collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Brazil. Alan B. Bolten's co-authors include Karen A. Bjorndal, Blair E. Witherington, Helen R. Martins, Milani Chaloupka, Kimberly J. Reich, Brian W. Bowen, Hannah B. Vander Zanden, Archie Carr, Peter Feinsinger and Sandra E. Encalada and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Alan B. Bolten

170 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Loggerhead sea turtles
    2003 529 citations Alan B. Bolten, Blair E. Witherington profile →

Peers

Alan B. Bolten
David K. Skelly United States
Per‐Arne Amundsen Norway
Justin D. Congdon United States
David Mouillot France
Sarah Wanless United Kingdom
Jaimie T. A. Dick United Kingdom
Anthony J. Gaston Canada
James E. Byers United States
John C. Maerz United States
William A. Montevecchi Canada
David K. Skelly United States
Alan B. Bolten
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan B. Bolten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan B. Bolten

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan B. Bolten. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan B. Bolten based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan B. Bolten. Alan B. Bolten is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lagueux, Cynthia J., et al.. (2025). Female reproductive dynamics in Caribbean green turtles Chelonia mydas. Endangered Species Research. 59. 1–18.
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Bolten, Alan B., et al.. (2025). Provisioning of vitellogenic follicles continues after green turtles arrive at the nesting beach. Conservation Physiology. 13(1). coaf012–coaf012. 2 indexed citations
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Chaloupka, Milani, et al.. (2022). Tracking green turtle nesting trends at a remote oceanic rookery. Marine Biology. 169(5). 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, R. A., et al.. (2019). Seagrass ecosystem metabolic carbon capture in response to green turtle grazing across Caribbean meadows. Journal of Ecology. 108(3). 1101–1114. 18 indexed citations
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Christianen, Marjolijn J. A., Ximena Vélez‐Zuazo, Martine Bérubé, et al.. (2019). Population recovery changes population composition at a major southern Caribbean juvenile developmental habitat for the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14392–14392. 16 indexed citations
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Vandeperre, Frédèric, Christopher K. Pham, Miguel Machete, et al.. (2019). Relative abundance of oceanic juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in relation to nest production at source rookeries: implications for recruitment dynamics. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13019–13019. 15 indexed citations
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Stacy, Brian A., P. A. Chapman, Allen M. Foley, et al.. (2017). Evidence of Diversity, Site, and Host Specificity of Sea Turtle Blood Flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea: “Spirorchiidae”): A Molecular Prospecting Study. Journal of Parasitology. 103(6). 756–767. 15 indexed citations
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Pajuelo, Mónica J., Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, et al.. (2014). Mother-egg stable isotope conversions and effects of lipid extraction and ethanol preservation on loggerhead eggs. Conservation Physiology. 2(1). cou049–cou049. 14 indexed citations
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López‐Castro, Melania C., Karen A. Bjorndal, George D. Kamenov, Rosana Zenil‐Ferguson, & Alan B. Bolten. (2013). Sea turtle population structure and connections between oceanic and neritic foraging areas in the Atlantic revealed through trace elements. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 490. 233–246. 16 indexed citations
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Zanden, Hannah B. Vander, et al.. (2012). Inherent Variation in Stable Isotope Values and Discrimination Factors in Two Life Stages of Green Turtles. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 85(5). 431–441. 53 indexed citations
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Martins, Agnaldo Silva, et al.. (2011). Green turtle nesting on Trindade Island, Brazil: abundance, trends, and biometrics. Endangered Species Research. 14(3). 193–201. 65 indexed citations
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Bjorndal, Karen A. & Alan B. Bolten. (2008). Annual variation in source contributions to a mixed stock: implications for quantifying connectivity. Molecular Ecology. 17(9). 2185–2193. 54 indexed citations
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Tiwari, Manjula, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, & Benjamin M. Bolker. (2005). Intraspecific application of the mid‐domain effect model: spatial and temporal nest distributions of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Ecology Letters. 8(9). 918–924. 22 indexed citations
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Bolten, Alan B. & Blair E. Witherington. (2003). Loggerhead sea turtles. 529 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmid, J., Alan B. Bolten, Karen A. Bjorndal, & William J. Lindberg. (2002). Activity patterns of Kemp's ridley turtles, Lepidochelys kempii , in the coastal waters of the Cedar Keys, Florida. Marine Biology. 140(2). 215–228. 18 indexed citations
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Bouchard, Sarah S., et al.. (1998). Effects of Exposed Pilings on Sea Turtle Nesting Activity at Melbourne Beach, Florida. Journal of Coastal Research. 14(4). 1343–1347. 18 indexed citations
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Gross, Timothy S., D. Andrew Crain, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, & Raymond R. Carthy. (1995). Identification of Sex in Hatchling Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) by Analysis of Steroid Concentrations in Chorioallantoic/Amniotic Fluid. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 99(2). 204–210. 53 indexed citations
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Bolten, Alan B., Peter Feinsinger, Herbert G. Baker, & Irene Baker. (1979). On the calculation of sugar concentration in flower nectar. Oecologia. 41(3). 301–304. 267 indexed citations

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