Barbara A. Block

23.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
229 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Barbara A. Block is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara A. Block has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 128 papers in Ecology and 115 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Barbara A. Block's work include Marine and fisheries research (104 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (97 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (73 papers). Barbara A. Block is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (104 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (97 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (73 papers). Barbara A. Block collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Barbara A. Block's co-authors include André M. Boustany, Charles Farwell, Heidi Dewar, Steven L. H. Teo, Kevin C. Weng, C Franzini-Armstrong, Toshiaki Imagawa, Kevin P. Campbell, Salvador J. Jorgensen and Scot D. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Barbara A. Block

223 papers receiving 14.6k citations

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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.

Tracking the global footprint of fisheries

2018 705 citations David A. Kroodsma, Juan Mayorga et al. Science profile →
Structural evidence for direct interaction between the molecular components of the transverse tubule/sarcoplasmic reticulum junction in skeletal muscle.

1988 655 citations Barbara A. Block et al. profile →
Electronic tagging and population structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna

2005 614 citations Barbara A. Block, Michael J. W. Stokesbury et al. profile →
Migratory Movements, Depth Preferences, and Thermal Biology of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

2001 540 citations Barbara A. Block, Charles Farwell et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara A. Block United States	65	8.2k	6.9k	6.7k	2.8k	1.4k	229	15.4k
Craig E. Franklin Australia	46	6.0k 0.7×	3.4k 0.5×	2.7k 0.4×	655 0.2×	1.3k 0.9×	343	9.8k
I. C. Potter Australia	55	5.5k 0.7×	7.1k 1.0×	6.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	4.3k 3.0×	395	12.4k
Patricia M. Schulte Canada	54	6.8k 0.8×	3.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.2×	1.5k 0.5×	3.3k 2.3×	174	10.0k
Warren W. Burggren United States	54	5.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.3×	1.4k 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	262	9.7k
Christian Lévêque France	35	5.1k 0.6×	4.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.2×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	181	10.5k
James F. Gillooly United States	37	9.1k 1.1×	4.5k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	670 0.5×	66	15.4k
Kenneth H. Pollock United States	69	14.0k 1.7×	7.4k 1.1×	4.6k 0.7×	818 0.3×	819 0.6×	256	19.1k
Ian A. Johnston United Kingdom	68	8.4k 1.0×	3.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.2×	3.7k 1.3×	5.8k 4.0×	327	15.8k
Anthony P. Farrell Canada	83	18.1k 2.2×	13.7k 2.0×	5.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	8.5k 5.8×	463	26.0k
Andrew P. Allen United States	44	8.0k 1.0×	4.5k 0.7×	3.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	415 0.3×	110	15.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Birch, Samantha, Barbara A. Block, David Righton, et al.. (2025). Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 293–293. 2 indexed citations

Block, Barbara A., et al.. (2024). Numerical modelling of radionuclide uptake by bluefin tuna along its migration routes in the Mediterranean Sea after a nuclear accident. Marine Environmental Research. 202. 106757–106757.

Jackson, Andrew L., Stephanie Brodie, J. J. Cooney, et al.. (2024). Seasonal variability of high‐latitude foraging grounds for Atlantic bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ). Diversity and Distributions. 30(8).

Birch, Samantha, Barbara A. Block, Lucy A. Hawkes, et al.. (2024). Maximising the value of transmitted data from PSATs tracking marine fish: a case study on Atlantic bluefin tuna. Animal Biotelemetry. 12(1). 7 indexed citations

Birch, Samantha, Barbara A. Block, Martin A. Collins, et al.. (2024). High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29352–29352. 2 indexed citations

Dunn, Nicholas, Taylor K. Chapple, Austin J. Gallagher, et al.. (2023). Detecting Mediterranean White Sharks with Environmental DNA. Oceanography. 12 indexed citations

Andrzejaczek, Samantha, et al.. (2023). Seasonal and diel habitat use of blue marlin Makaira nigricans in the North Atlantic Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 80(4). 1002–1015. 5 indexed citations

Dunn, Nicholas, David J. Curnick, Chris Carbone, et al.. (2023). Environmental DNA helps reveal reef shark distribution across a remote archipelago. Ecological Indicators. 154. 110718–110718. 12 indexed citations

Dedman, Simon, et al.. (2023). Evidence of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) spawning in the Slope Sea region of the Northwest Atlantic from electronic tags. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 80(4). 861–877. 9 indexed citations

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Wright, Serena, David Righton, Robert J. Schallert, et al.. (2021). Fidelity of yellowfin tuna to seamount and island foraging grounds in the central South Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 172. 103513–103513. 15 indexed citations

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Ferretti, Francesco, David Jacoby, Timothy D. White, et al.. (2020). Shark fin trade bans and sustainable shark fisheries. Conservation Letters. 13(3). 28 indexed citations

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Kroodsma, David A., Juan Mayorga, Timothy Hochberg, et al.. (2018). Tracking the global footprint of fisheries. Science. 359(6378). 904–908. 705 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carlisle, Aaron B., Sora L. Kim, Brice X. Semmens, et al.. (2012). Using Stable Isotope Analysis to Understand the Migration and Trophic Ecology of Northeastern Pacific White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). PLoS ONE. 7(2). e30492–e30492. 144 indexed citations

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Costa, Danielly C. Ferraz da, et al.. (2011). Temperature dependence of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Journal of Fish Biology. 79(3). 789–800. 3 indexed citations

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Young, Hillary S., Scott A. Shaffer, Douglas J. McCauley, et al.. (2010). Resource partitioning by sympatric boobies in the Central Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 403. 2 indexed citations

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Stoffel, Wilhelm, Britta Jenke, Barbara A. Block, Markus Zumbansen, & J. Koebke. (2005). Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 ( smpd3 ) in the control of postnatal growth and development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(12). 4554–4559. 133 indexed citations

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Block, Barbara A. & Charles Farwell. (2005). MIGRATORY MOVEMENTS OF PACIFIC BLUEFIN TUNA OFF CALIFORNIA. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Block, Barbara A., et al.. (2001). Tuna : physiology, ecology, and evolution. Academic Press eBooks. 236 indexed citations

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Londraville, Richard L., et al.. (2000). Cloning of a neonatal calcium atpase isoform (SERCA 1B) from extraocular muscle of adult blue marlin (Makaira nigricans). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 127(2). 223–233. 12 indexed citations

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Tullis, Alexa & Barbara A. Block. (1996). Expression of SR Ca2+ ATPase isoforms in marlin and swordfish skeletal, extraocular, and thermogenic muscle cells. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 1 indexed citations

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