David B. Irons

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

David B. Irons is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Irons has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Ecology, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in David B. Irons's work include Avian ecology and behavior (55 papers), Marine animal studies overview (19 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (18 papers). David B. Irons is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (55 papers), Marine animal studies overview (19 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (18 papers). David B. Irons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. David B. Irons's co-authors include Brenda E. Ballachey, Jeffrey W. Short, Charles H. Peterson, James L. Bodkin, Daniel Esler, Stanley D. Rice, Gregory H. Golet, Robert M. Suryan, James A. Estes and Daniel D. Roby and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

David B. Irons

70 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David B. Irons United States	32	2.3k	1.1k	567	529	510	72	3.7k
Daniel Esler United States	27	1.7k 0.8×	677 0.6×	264 0.5×	546 1.0×	376 0.7×	84	3.0k
James L. Bodkin United States	25	1.4k 0.6×	728 0.6×	153 0.3×	507 1.0×	549 1.1×	80	2.7k
Peta L. Clode Australia	39	1.6k 0.7×	494 0.4×	322 0.6×	317 0.6×	758 1.5×	161	5.0k
Richard F. Ambrose United States	37	2.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	527 0.9×	312 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	122	4.9k
Kyle H. Elliott Canada	36	3.0k 1.3×	666 0.6×	1.2k 2.1×	190 0.4×	133 0.3×	172	4.3k
Celia M. Smith United States	34	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	231 0.4×	156 0.3×	2.4k 4.7×	109	3.9k
Kevin A. Hughes United Kingdom	43	3.8k 1.7×	480 0.4×	637 1.1×	1.3k 2.4×	886 1.7×	139	6.0k
Erik E. Cordes United States	36	2.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	111 0.2×	437 0.8×	2.3k 4.5×	98	4.0k
Brenda E. Ballachey United States	20	720 0.3×	453 0.4×	61 0.1×	554 1.0×	298 0.6×	61	2.6k
Agnès Bouchez France	45	3.8k 1.6×	244 0.2×	185 0.3×	877 1.7×	593 1.2×	124	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David B. Irons

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Tawn, Jonathan A., et al.. (2023). Modeling Intransitivity in Pairwise Comparisons with Application to Baseball Data. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 32(4). 1383–1392. 3 indexed citations

Whelan, Shannon, et al.. (2020). Increased summer food supply decreases non-breeding movement in black-legged kittiwakes. Biology Letters. 16(1). 20190725–20190725. 13 indexed citations

Blomberg, Erik J., et al.. (2019). Survival and recruitment dynamics of Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla at an Alaskan colony. Marine ornithology. 47(2). 3 indexed citations

Blomberg, Erik J., et al.. (2018). Experimental evidence of long‐term reproductive costs in a colonial nesting seabird. Journal of Avian Biology. 49(8). 5 indexed citations

Cushing, Daniel, Daniel D. Roby, & David B. Irons. (2017). Patterns of distribution, abundance, and change over time in a subarctic marine bird community. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 147. 148–163. 12 indexed citations

Irons, David B., et al.. (2016). Habitat Selection by Kittlitz's Brachyramphus Brevirostris and Marbled Murrelets B Marmoratus in Harriman Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine ornithology. 44(1). 1 indexed citations

Allyn, Andrew, et al.. (2015). Assessing a Paired Logistic Regression Model of Presence-only Data to Map Important Habitat Areas of the Rare Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus Brevirostris. Marine ornithology. 43(1). 1 indexed citations

Orben, Rachael A., Rosana Paredes, Daniel D. Roby, David B. Irons, & Scott A. Shaffer. (2015). Wintering North Pacific black-legged kittiwakes balance spatial flexibility and consistency. Movement Ecology. 3(1). 36–36. 16 indexed citations

Paredes, Rosana, Rachael A. Orben, Robert M. Suryan, et al.. (2014). Foraging Responses of Black-Legged Kittiwakes to Prolonged Food-Shortages around Colonies on the Bering Sea Shelf. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e92520–e92520. 43 indexed citations

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Duffy, David Cameron, et al.. (2013). Trans-andean Passage of Migrating Arctic Terns Over Patagonia. Marine ornithology. 41(2). 13 indexed citations

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Kuletz, Kathy J., et al.. (2011). Distribution, Abundance and Population Trends of the Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus Brevirostris in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine ornithology. 39(1). 23 indexed citations

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Ramey, Andrew M., John M. Pearce, Craig R. Ely, et al.. (2010). Transmission and reassortment of avian influenza viruses at the Asian–North American interface. Virology. 406(2). 352–359. 51 indexed citations

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Roby, Daniel D., et al.. (2009). The Influence of Diet and Ocean Conditions on Productivity of Auklets on St Lawrence Island, Alaska. Marine ornithology. 37(3). 227–236. 16 indexed citations

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Jodice, Patrick G. R., Daniel D. Roby, Robert M. Suryan, et al.. (2008). Growth of Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa Tridactyla Chicks in Relation to Delivery Rate, Size, and Energy Density of Meals. Marine ornithology. 36(2). 7 indexed citations

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Irons, David B., et al.. (2008). Habitat Quality and Metapopulation Dynamics of Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa Tridactyla. Marine ornithology. 36(1). 7 indexed citations

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Ip, Hon S., Paul L. Flint, J. Christian Franson, et al.. (2008). Prevalence of Influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: Patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways. Virology Journal. 5(1). 71–71. 115 indexed citations

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Burger, Joanna, et al.. (2007). Mercury, arsenic, cadmium, chromium lead, and selenium in feathers of pigeon guillemots (Cepphus columba) from Prince William Sound and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The Science of The Total Environment. 387(1-3). 175–184. 52 indexed citations

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Irons, David B., et al.. (2005). Formation and Growth of New Seabird Colonies: the Significance of Habitat Quality. Marine ornithology. 33(1). 56 indexed citations

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Jodice, Patrick G. R., Daniel D. Roby, Robert M. Suryan, et al.. (2003). Variation in Energy Expenditure among Black‐Legged Kittiwakes: Effects of Activity‐Specific Metabolic Rates and Activity Budgets. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 76(3). 375–388. 50 indexed citations

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Golet, Gregory H., Katherine J. Kuletz, Daniel D. Roby, & David B. Irons. (2000). ADULT PREY CHOICE AFFECTS CHICK GROWTH AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN PIGEON GUILLEMOTS. The Auk. 117(1). 82–82. 104 indexed citations

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