Colin A. Simpfendorfer

26.0k citations
325 papers · 15.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 69
Topics
Ichthyology and Marine Biology (263 papers)Fish Ecology and Management Studies (179 papers)Marine and fisheries research (129 papers)

In The Last Decade

Colin A. Simpfendorfer

324 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterizati...200720262013201920072021201720182018100200300400500

Peers

Colin A. Simpfendorfer
Comparison fields: 5 of 182
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 12.9k
  • Global and Planetary Change 7.1k
  • Ecology 7.1k
  • Aquatic Science 3.9k
  • Molecular Biology 1.2k
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About Colin A. Simpfendorfer

Colin A. Simpfendorfer is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 325 papers that have together received 15.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (263 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (179 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (129 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (12.9k citations), Aquatic Science (3.9k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (7.1k citations). Colin A. Simpfendorfer has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Michelle R. Heupel, Andrew J. Tobin, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Robert E. Hueter, Andrew Chin, Tonya R. Wiley, Rory B. McAuley, Peter M. Kyne, John K. Carlson and Sonja V. Fordham. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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