Alan Williams

6.2k total citations
97 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Alan Williams is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Williams has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Ecology, 48 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 46 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Alan Williams's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (49 papers), Marine and fisheries research (44 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (34 papers). Alan Williams is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (49 papers), Marine and fisheries research (44 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (34 papers). Alan Williams collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and United States. Alan Williams's co-authors include Franziska Althaus, Thomas A. Schlacher, Ashley A. Rowden, Rudy Kloser, Malcolm R. Clark, Timothy D. O’Hara, Nicholas J. Bax, JA Koslow, J. Anthony Koslow and David A. Bowden and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Alan Williams

94 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Williams Australia 33 2.7k 2.2k 1.9k 741 205 97 4.0k
Ashley Edwards Australia 18 1.6k 0.6× 909 0.4× 839 0.4× 197 0.3× 130 0.6× 47 2.2k
Nicholas R. Record United States 27 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 324 0.4× 98 0.5× 68 2.7k
Ana Sabatés Spain 34 1.7k 0.6× 2.5k 1.2× 902 0.5× 718 1.0× 71 0.3× 122 3.4k
Peter S. Petraitis United States 30 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 170 0.8× 68 4.0k
Jason D. Everett Australia 28 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 451 0.6× 57 0.3× 80 2.4k
Jorge Cortés Costa Rica 28 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 2.3k 1.2× 333 0.4× 261 1.3× 232 3.8k
Lauren A. Rogers United States 21 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 325 0.2× 1.5k 2.0× 81 0.4× 47 2.8k
L.E. Beckley Australia 36 2.2k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 1.4× 317 1.5× 143 4.0k
Jeffrey J. Polovina United States 47 5.6k 2.1× 5.3k 2.5× 3.5k 1.9× 2.4k 3.2× 391 1.9× 111 9.4k
Nicholas Murray Australia 35 3.7k 1.4× 1.9k 0.9× 785 0.4× 646 0.9× 668 3.3× 96 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Williams 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 Williams. Alan Williams 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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Rowden, Ashley A., Owen F. Anderson, David A. Bowden, et al.. (2024). The Use of Image‐Based Data and Abundance Modelling Approaches for Predicting the Location of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 32(1). 2 indexed citations
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Pethybridge, Heidi, Patti Virtue, Peter D. Nichols, et al.. (2023). Evaluating Alternative and Sustainable Food Resources: A Review of the Nutritional Composition of Myctophid Fishes. Sustainability. 15(15). 12039–12039. 2 indexed citations
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Althaus, Franziska, et al.. (2023). Seamount coral reefs are egg case nurseries for deep‐sea skates. Journal of Fish Biology. 102(6). 1455–1469. 8 indexed citations
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Althaus, Franziska, et al.. (2023). A benthic substrate classification method for seabed images using deep learning: Application to management of deep‐sea coral reefs. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(7). 1254–1273. 9 indexed citations
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Kamp, Jodie van de, Sharon E. Hook, Alan Williams, Jason E. Tanner, & Levente Bodrossy. (2019). Baseline characterization of aerobic hydrocarbon degrading microbial communities in deep‐sea sediments of the Great Australian Bight, Australia. Environmental Microbiology. 21(5). 1782–1797. 14 indexed citations
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Foster, Scott D., Geoffrey R. Hosack, Jacquomo Monk, et al.. (2019). Spatially balanced designs for transect‐based surveys. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11(1). 95–105. 20 indexed citations
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Tanner, Jason E., et al.. (2018). Predicting environmental suitability for key benthic species in an ecologically and economically important deep-sea environment. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 157-158. 121–133. 7 indexed citations
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Ross, Andrew, Alan Williams, Joanna Parr, et al.. (2017). Building the regional understanding of the deep-water geology and benthic ecology of the Great Australian Bight. The APPEA Journal. 57(2). 798–805. 8 indexed citations
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Hill, Nicole, Emma Lawrence, Jeffrey M. Dambacher, et al.. (2013). Developing long-term monitoring programs in offshore waters with little prior knowledge: Applying a novel sampling design to inventory biological assets. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Dunstan, Piers K., Nicholas J. Bax, Scott D. Foster, Alan Williams, & Franziska Althaus. (2011). Identifying hotspots for biodiversity management using rank abundance distributions. Diversity and Distributions. 18(1). 22–32. 21 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan, J. Dowdney, Anthony D. M. Smith, Alistair J. Hobday, & M. Fuller. (2011). Evaluating impacts of fishing on benthic habitats: A risk assessment framework applied to Australian fisheries. Fisheries Research. 112(3). 154–167. 65 indexed citations
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Miller, Karen J., Ashley A. Rowden, Alan Williams, & Verena Häussermann. (2011). Out of Their Depth? Isolated Deep Populations of the Cosmopolitan Coral Desmophyllum dianthus May Be Highly Vulnerable to Environmental Change. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19004–e19004. 53 indexed citations
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Dalzell, Jonathan R., et al.. (2007). Involving families who have deaf children using a Family Needs Survey: a multi‐agency perspective. Child Care Health and Development. 33(5). 576–585. 16 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan, et al.. (2001). Feeding ecology of five fishes from the mid-slope micronekton community off southern Tasmania, Australia. Marine Biology. 139(6). 1177–1192. 66 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan & J. Anthony Koslow. (1997). Species composition, biomass and vertical distribution of micronekton over the mid-slope region off southern Tasmania, Australia. Marine Biology. 130(2). 259–276. 72 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan, et al.. (1996). Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20-35°5). 18(2). 135–155. 23 indexed citations
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Crawford, Robert J. M., Peter G. Ryan, & Alan Williams. (1991). Seabird consumption and production in the Benguela and Western Agulhas ecosystems. South African Journal of Marine Science. 11(1). 357–375. 53 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan, et al.. (1978). Challenging Stereotypes of Creativity in School and Leisure. Psychological Reports. 42(1). 71–74. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan. (1963). The Caradocian brachiopod faunas of the Bala District, Merionethshire. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 50 indexed citations

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