Chester J. Sands

2.1k total citations
57 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Chester J. Sands is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Chester J. Sands has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Oceanography, 32 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Chester J. Sands's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (30 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (18 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (14 papers). Chester J. Sands is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (30 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (18 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (14 papers). Chester J. Sands collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Chile. Chester J. Sands's co-authors include David K. A. Barnes, Sandra J. McInnes, Katrin Linse, Nigel J. Marley, Paul Sunnucks, Ryan C. Garrick, Peter Convey, David Rowell, Noel Tait and Anne‐Nina Lörz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Chester J. Sands

52 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chester J. Sands United Kingdom 22 762 580 431 265 160 57 1.3k
Filipe Alves Portugal 20 855 1.1× 387 0.7× 147 0.3× 349 1.3× 64 0.4× 72 1.1k
António M. de Frias Martins Portugal 18 531 0.7× 318 0.5× 180 0.4× 177 0.7× 108 0.7× 50 967
Leszek Karczmarski Hong Kong 25 1.9k 2.5× 267 0.5× 224 0.5× 513 1.9× 149 0.9× 76 2.1k
Rui Prieto Portugal 24 1.4k 1.9× 479 0.8× 195 0.5× 554 2.1× 48 0.3× 62 1.6k
Graziella Mura Italy 22 846 1.1× 462 0.8× 138 0.3× 150 0.6× 277 1.7× 81 1.3k
Andrey I. Azovsky Russia 20 716 0.9× 738 1.3× 113 0.3× 224 0.8× 64 0.4× 65 1.2k
Carlos Olavarría Chile 17 974 1.3× 432 0.7× 139 0.3× 185 0.7× 124 0.8× 58 1.1k
Zhonge Hou China 15 654 0.9× 254 0.4× 104 0.2× 127 0.5× 189 1.2× 58 903
John R. Holsinger United States 17 689 0.9× 374 0.6× 137 0.3× 257 1.0× 130 0.8× 63 1.1k
Sarah K. Berke United States 14 496 0.7× 413 0.7× 129 0.3× 279 1.1× 78 0.5× 22 828

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chester J. Sands

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All Works

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O’Hara, Timothy D., Andrew F. Hugall, Alexandra Anh‐Thu Weber, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal faunal connectivity across global sea floors. Nature. 645(8080). 423–428.
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Sands, Chester J., William P. Goodall‐Copestake, Sabine Stöhr, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, & Peter Convey. (2024). Comparative phylogeography, a tool to increase assessment efficiency of polar assemblage resilience and vulnerability. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12.
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Sands, Chester J., et al.. (2024). The diverse and widespread Southern Ocean ophiuroid Amphiura belgicae should be considered a species complex. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12.
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Barnes, David K. A., et al.. (2023). Use of emerging technologies to help measure fjordic biodiversity and blue carbon: mini-manned submarines and autonomous underwater vehicle swarms. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 2(2). 10–10.
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Strugnell, Jan M., et al.. (2023). Genomic insights of evolutionary divergence and life history innovations in Antarctic brittle stars. Molecular Ecology. 32(13). 3382–3402. 3 indexed citations
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Strugnell, Jan M., et al.. (2021). Evolutionary innovations in Antarctic brittle stars linked to glacial refugia. Ecology and Evolution. 11(23). 17428–17446. 7 indexed citations
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Muñoz-Ramírez, Carlos P., David K. A. Barnes, Leyla Cárdenas, et al.. (2020). Gene flow in the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839) suggests a role for the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current in larval dispersal. Royal Society Open Science. 7(9). 200603–200603. 15 indexed citations
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Newsham, Kevin K., Filipa Cox, Chester J. Sands, et al.. (2020). A Previously Undescribed Helotialean Fungus That Is Superabundant in Soil Under Maritime Antarctic Higher Plants. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 615608–615608. 4 indexed citations
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Bax, Narissa, Chester J. Sands, Rachel Downey, et al.. (2020). Perspective: Increasing blue carbon around Antarctica is an ecosystem service of considerable societal and economic value worth protecting. Global Change Biology. 27(1). 5–12. 44 indexed citations
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Moreau, Camille, Bruno Danis, Marc Eléaume, et al.. (2019). Is reproductive strategy a key factor in understanding the evolutionary history of Southern Ocean Asteroidea (Echinodermata)?. Ecology and Evolution. 9(15). 8465–8478. 18 indexed citations
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Barnes, David K. A., et al.. (2015). Why is the South Orkney Island shelf (the world's first high seas marine protected area) a carbon immobilization hotspot?. Global Change Biology. 22(3). 1110–1120. 25 indexed citations
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Sands, Chester J., Ryan C. Garrick, M. Gardner, et al.. (2013). Environmental Complexity and Biodiversity: The Multi-Layered Evolutionary History of a Log-Dwelling Velvet Worm in Montane Temperate Australia. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e84559–e84559. 29 indexed citations
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Czechowski, Paul, Chester J. Sands, Byron J. Adams, et al.. (2012). Antarctic Tardigrada: a first step in understanding molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) and biogeography of cryptic meiofauna. Invertebrate Systematics. 26(6). 526–538. 35 indexed citations
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Barnes, David K. A., Martin A. Collins, Paul Brickle, et al.. (2011). The need to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity at the high latitude site, South Georgia. Antarctic Science. 23(4). 323–331. 10 indexed citations
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Hodgson, Dominic A., Peter Convey, Elie Verleyen, et al.. (2010). The limnology and biology of the Dufek Massif, Transantarctic Mountains 82° South. Polar Science. 4(2). 197–214. 44 indexed citations
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Sands, Chester J., Sandra J. McInnes, Nigel J. Marley, et al.. (2008). Phylum Tardigrada: an “individual” approach. Cladistics. 24(6). 861–871. 109 indexed citations
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Sands, Chester J., Peter Convey, Katrin Linse, & Sandra J. McInnes. (2008). Assessing meiofaunal variation among individuals utilising morphological and molecular approaches: an example using the Tardigrada. BMC Ecology. 8(1). 7–7. 43 indexed citations
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Garrick, Ryan C., Chester J. Sands, David Rowell, David M. Hillis, & Paul Sunnucks. (2007). Catchments catch all: long‐term population history of a giant springtail from the southeast Australian highlands — a multigene approach. Molecular Ecology. 16(9). 1865–1882. 48 indexed citations

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