Ben Sullivan

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ben Sullivan is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Sullivan has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ben Sullivan's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (8 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (5 papers). Ben Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (8 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (5 papers). Ben Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Ben Sullivan's co-authors include John P. Croxall, Andy Symes, Ben Lascelles, Alison J. Stattersfield, Phil Taylor, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Tim Reid, Allan Lisle, Oliver Yates and Ross M. Wanless and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ben Sullivan

19 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 250 500 750
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. Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: a global assessment
    2012 843 citations John P. Croxall, Stuart H. M. Butchart et al. Bird Conservation International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Sullivan United Kingdom 15 1.1k 364 321 188 98 20 1.3k
Phil Taylor United Kingdom 6 967 0.9× 324 0.9× 204 0.6× 119 0.6× 100 1.0× 13 1.1k
Rachael Alderman Australia 19 883 0.8× 304 0.8× 257 0.8× 120 0.6× 122 1.2× 39 1.1k
Robert W. Martin United Kingdom 10 718 0.6× 234 0.6× 226 0.7× 192 1.0× 94 1.0× 20 948
Harry R. Carter United States 19 837 0.7× 245 0.7× 191 0.6× 82 0.4× 152 1.6× 81 943
A. C. Wolfaardt South Africa 15 630 0.6× 286 0.8× 183 0.6× 139 0.7× 153 1.6× 21 796
Leif Nilsson Sweden 17 806 0.7× 307 0.8× 278 0.9× 287 1.5× 95 1.0× 51 996
José Manuel Igual Spain 22 1.0k 0.9× 363 1.0× 224 0.7× 172 0.9× 210 2.1× 54 1.2k
Tamar Lok Netherlands 17 1.1k 0.9× 284 0.8× 243 0.8× 268 1.4× 294 3.0× 34 1.2k
Ross M. Wanless South Africa 17 1.0k 0.9× 262 0.7× 197 0.6× 116 0.6× 97 1.0× 39 1.2k
Leshia Upfold South Africa 20 977 0.9× 559 1.5× 190 0.6× 54 0.3× 170 1.7× 41 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Sullivan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Sullivan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ben Sullivan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ben Sullivan. The network helps show where Ben Sullivan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Sullivan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Sullivan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Sullivan 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 Ben Sullivan. Ben Sullivan 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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Doherty, Philip D., Robert Enever, Lucy C. M. Omeyer, et al.. (2022). Efficacy of a novel shark bycatch mitigation device in a tuna longline fishery. Current Biology. 32(22). R1260–R1261. 10 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ben, et al.. (2022). Modeling and Design of Low Threshold Voltage D-mode GaN HEMT. 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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Jiménez, Sebastián, Andrés Domingo, Rodrigo Forselledo, Ben Sullivan, & Oliver Yates. (2018). Mitigating bycatch of threatened seabirds: the effectiveness of branch line weighting in pelagic longline fisheries. Animal Conservation. 22(4). 376–385. 16 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ben, Oliver Yates, Andrés Domingo, et al.. (2017). At‐sea trialling of the Hookpod: a ‘one‐stop’ mitigation solution for seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries. Animal Conservation. 21(2). 159–167. 25 indexed citations
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Wanless, Ross M., et al.. (2014). Significant reductions in mortality of threatened seabirds in a South African trawl fishery. Animal Conservation. 17(6). 520–529. 56 indexed citations
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Croxall, John P., Stuart H. M. Butchart, Ben Lascelles, et al.. (2012). Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: a global assessment. Bird Conservation International. 22(1). 1–34. 843 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sullivan, Ben, et al.. (2012). Safe Leads for safe heads: safer line weights for pelagic longline fisheries. Fisheries Research. 134-136. 125–132. 15 indexed citations
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Finkelstein, Myra E., Victoria J. Bakker, Daniel F. Doak, et al.. (2008). Evaluating the Potential Effectiveness of Compensatory Mitigation Strategies for Marine Bycatch. PLoS ONE. 3(6). e2480–e2480. 42 indexed citations
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Dunn, Euan, Ben Sullivan, & Cleo Small. (2007). Albatross conservation: from identifying problems to implementing policy. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 17(S1). S165–S170. 3 indexed citations
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Doak, Daniel F., Victoria J. Bakker, Myra E. Finkelstein, et al.. (2007). Compensatory mitigation for marine bycatch will do harm, not good. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 5(7). 350–351. 8 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ben, Paul Brickle, Tim Reid, D. G. Bone, & David A.J. Middleton. (2006). Mitigation of seabird mortality on factory trawlers: trials of three devices to reduce warp cable strikes. Polar Biology. 29(9). 745–753. 48 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ben & Tim Reid. (2004). Longliners, black-browed albatross mortality and bait scavenging in Falkland Island waters: what is the relationship?. Polar Biology. 27(3). 131–139. 26 indexed citations
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Reid, Tim, et al.. (2004). Seabird mortality associated with Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) longliners in Falkland Islands waters. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 104(4). 317–325. 28 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ben, et al.. (2003). Low-density koala ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) populations in the mulgalands of south-west Queensland. II. Distribution and diet. Wildlife Research. 30(4). 331–338. 23 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ben, et al.. (2002). Low-density koala ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) populations in the mulgalands of south-west Queensland. I. Faecal pellet sampling protocol. Wildlife Research. 29(5). 455–462. 29 indexed citations
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Ellis, William, Ben Sullivan, Allan Lisle, & Frank Carrick. (1999). The spatial and temporal distribution of koala faecal pellets. Wildlife Research. 25(6). 663–668. 19 indexed citations
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Musacchia, X. J., Ben Sullivan, & Charles G. Wilber. (1957). A Comparison of Liver and Muscle Lipids in Arctic Fishes. Copeia. 1957(1). 10–10.

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