Chih‐hao Hsieh

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
142 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Chih‐hao Hsieh is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Chih‐hao Hsieh has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Ecology, 66 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 55 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Chih‐hao Hsieh's work include Marine and fisheries research (50 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (49 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (32 papers). Chih‐hao Hsieh is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (50 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (49 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (32 papers). Chih‐hao Hsieh collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, Japan and United States. Chih‐hao Hsieh's co-authors include George Sugihara, Robert M. May, Hao Ye, Ethan R. Deyle, Michael J. Fogarty, Stephan B. Munch, J. R. Beddington, Wenxue Wu, Sarah M. Glaser and Christian S. Reiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chih‐hao Hsieh

132 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems

2012 1.5k citations George Sugihara, Robert M. May et al. Science profile →
Why fishing magnifies fluctuations in fish abundance

2008 541 citations Chih‐hao Hsieh, Robert M. May et al. profile →
Contrasting the relative importance of species sorting and dispersal limitation in shaping marine bacterial versus protist communities

2017 388 citations Wenxue Wu, Hsiao‐Pei Lu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chih‐hao Hsieh Taiwan	37	3.1k	3.1k	1.6k	1.4k	893	142	7.2k
Eric J. Ward United States	43	3.5k 1.1×	5.1k 1.7×	2.5k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	563 0.6×	157	9.3k
Ricardo S. Santos Portugal	48	3.3k 1.1×	4.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	570 0.6×	242	7.2k
S.A.L.M. Kooijman Netherlands	54	3.5k 1.1×	4.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	612 0.7×	219	10.9k
Andrew R. Solow United States	50	2.9k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	334 0.4×	243	8.4k
Mark J. Costello New Zealand	54	3.9k 1.3×	6.9k 2.3×	2.4k 1.4×	2.8k 2.0×	1.1k 1.3×	232	11.6k
Michael J. Fogarty United States	44	6.1k 2.0×	4.4k 1.4×	2.4k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	334 0.4×	101	9.6k
Stephan B. Munch United States	36	3.1k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	479 0.3×	423 0.5×	102	6.5k
Wolf M. Mooij Netherlands	50	2.0k 0.6×	3.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	2.3k 1.6×	480 0.5×	143	8.9k
Andrew S. Brierley United Kingdom	42	3.2k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.8×	639 0.7×	161	6.8k
Vasilis Dakos France	40	8.7k 2.8×	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	854 0.6×	528 0.6×	100	13.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Chih‐hao Hsieh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chih‐hao Hsieh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chih‐hao Hsieh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chih‐hao Hsieh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chih‐hao Hsieh 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 Chih‐hao Hsieh. Chih‐hao Hsieh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hsieh, Chih‐hao, et al.. (2025). Dramatic effect of extreme rainfall event and storm on microbial community dynamics in a subtropical coastal region. The Science of The Total Environment. 964. 178560–178560.

Miki, Takeshi, Chun‐Wei Chang, Po‐Ju Ke, et al.. (2025). How to quantify interaction strengths? A critical rethinking of the interaction Jacobian and evaluation methods for non-parametric inference in time series analysis. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 476. 134613–134613.

Lu, Hsiao‐Pei, et al.. (2025). Bioenergetically constrained dynamical microbial interactions govern the performance and stability of methane-producing bioreactors. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 11(1). 31–31. 4 indexed citations

Anneville, Orlane, Benjamin Alric, Chun‐Wei Chang, et al.. (2025). Are we heading towards a global decrease in coregonine catches?. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 61. 6–6.

Wu, Wenxue, Chih‐hao Hsieh, Ramiro Logares, Jay T. Lennon, & Hongbin Liu. (2024). Ecological processes shaping highly connected bacterial communities along strong environmental gradients. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 100(12). 1 indexed citations

Tao, Hsiao‐Hang, Chun‐Wei Chang, & Chih‐hao Hsieh. (2023). Exploring mechanisms of spatial segregation between body size groups within fish populations under environmental change. Ecography. 2024(3).

Chang, Yi‐Jay, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal variations and influential factors affecting reproductive dynamics of Pacific saury in the Northwest Pacific during fishing season. Journal of Fish Biology. 103(6). 1335–1346.

Chang, Chun‐Wei, Vasilis Dakos, Egbert H. van Nes, et al.. (2023). Anticipating the occurrence and type of critical transitions. Science Advances. 9(1). eabq4558–eabq4558. 30 indexed citations

Saito, Hiroaki, et al.. (2022). Free-living marine bacterioplankton composition and diversity along the Kuroshio region. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 183. 103741–103741. 6 indexed citations

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Chang, Chun‐Wei, Takeshi Miki, Masayuki Ushio, et al.. (2021). Reconstructing large interaction networks from empirical time series data. Ecology Letters. 24(12). 2763–2774. 36 indexed citations

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Sato, M., et al.. (2021). Using metatranscriptomics to estimate the diversity and composition of zooplankton communities. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(2). 638–652. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Chung‐Chi, Gwo-Ching Gong, Wen‐Chen Chou, et al.. (2017). The influence of episodic flooding on a pelagic ecosystem in the East China Sea. Biogeosciences. 14(10). 2597–2609. 8 indexed citations

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Dakos, Vasilis, Sarah M. Glaser, Chih‐hao Hsieh, & George Sugihara. (2017). Elevated nonlinearity as an indicator of shifts in the dynamics of populations under stress. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 14(128). 20160845–20160845. 31 indexed citations

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Marquis, Elise, et al.. (2013). Scaling of growth rate and mortality with size and its consequence on size spectra of natural microphytoplankton assemblages in the East China Sea. Biogeosciences. 10(8). 5267–5280. 10 indexed citations

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Lin, Ke, Akash R. Sastri, Guangcai Gong, & Chih‐hao Hsieh. (2013). Copepod community growth rates in relation to body size, temperature, and food availability in the East China Sea: a test of metabolic theory of ecology. Biogeosciences. 10(3). 1877–1892. 27 indexed citations

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Sugihara, George, Robert M. May, Hao Ye, et al.. (2012). Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems. Science. 338(6106). 496–500. 1536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hsieh, Chih‐hao, Yuka Sakai, Syuhei Ban, et al.. (2011). Eutrophication and warming effects on long-term variation of zooplankton in Lake Biwa. Biogeosciences. 8(5). 1383–1399. 53 indexed citations

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Ko, Chia‐Ying, Ruey‐Shing Lin, Tzung‐Su Ding, Chih‐hao Hsieh, & Pei-Fen Lee. (2009). Identifying biodiversity hotspots by predictive models: a case study using Taiwan's endemic bird species.. Zoological studies. 48(3). 418–431. 29 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Chih‐hao, Tai‐Sheng Chiu, & Chang-tai Shih. (2004). Copepod Diversity and Composition as Indicators of Intrusion of the Kuroshio Branch Current into the Northern Taiwan Strait in Spring 2000. Zoological studies. 43(2). 393–403. 68 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Chih‐hao & Tai‐Sheng Chiu. (2002). Summer Spatial Distribution of Copepods and Fish Larvae in Relation to Hydrography in the Northern Taiwan Strait. Zoological studies. 41(1). 85–98. 56 indexed citations

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