David W. Townsend

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

David W. Townsend is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. Townsend has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Oceanography, 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David W. Townsend's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (49 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (28 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (23 papers). David W. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (49 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (28 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (23 papers). David W. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. David W. Townsend's co-authors include Neal R. Pettigrew, Andrew C. Thomas, Donald M. Anderson, Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Ferenc Gyulai, Stuart Derbyshire, Leonard L. Firestone, Anthony Jones, Maura A. Thomas and Maureen Keller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

David W. Townsend

85 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Examining linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States

2008 511 citations Donald M. Anderson, David W. Townsend et al. Harmful Algae profile →
Pain processing during three levels of noxious stimulation produces differential patterns of central activity

1997 508 citations Stuart Derbyshire, Anthony Jones et al. Pain profile →

Peers

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Christian Bock Germany

W. Rowland Taylor United States

Thomas Wagner Germany

Alison M. Macdonald United States

Robin J. Smith Japan

Xiao Yang United States

Rüdiger Schulz Germany

Sabine Schmidt France

Robert D. Ballard United States

Christian Bock Germany

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1.9k ×1.6

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2.4k ×2.1

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60 ×0.1

443 ×0.7

RNMI

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Countries citing papers authored by David W. Townsend

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Fields of papers citing papers by David W. Townsend

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David W. Townsend

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Friedland, Kevin D., Paula Fratantoni, Damian C. Brady, et al.. (2024). Changing source waters on the Northeast US Continental Shelf: Variation in nutrient supply and phytoplankton biomass. Continental Shelf Research. 281. 105319–105319.

Friedland, Kevin D., Hubert du Pontavice, Jaime B. Palter, et al.. (2024). Regime change in northwest Atlantic sea surface temperatures revealed using a quantile approach. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 71. 103398–103398. 1 indexed citations

Townsend, David W., et al.. (2022). A Rare Case of HHV-6 Encephalitis in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus. 14(3). e23007–e23007. 5 indexed citations

Hubbard, Katherine A., et al.. (2019). Pseudo-nitzschia bloom dynamics in the Gulf of Maine: 2012–2016. Harmful Algae. 88. 101656–101656. 41 indexed citations

Stocks, Susan Jill, Ailsa Donnelly, Aneez Esmail, et al.. (2018). Frequency and nature of potentially harmful preventable problems in primary care from the patient’s perspective with clinician review: a population-level survey in Great Britain. BMJ Open. 8(6). e020952–e020952. 15 indexed citations

Stocks, Susan Jill, Ailsa Donnelly, Aneez Esmail, et al.. (2018). Development and piloting of a survey to estimate the frequency and nature of potentially harmful preventable problems in primary care from a UK patient’s perspective. BMJ Open. 8(2). e017786–e017786. 4 indexed citations

Schaefferkoetter, Joshua, Jianhua Yan, David W. Townsend, et al.. (2016). Quantitative Accuracy and Lesion Detectability of Low-Dose¹⁸F-FDG PET for Lung Cancer Screening. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 58(3). 399–405. 35 indexed citations

Schaefferkoetter, Joshua, Jianhua Yan, David W. Townsend, & Maurizio Conti. (2015). Initial assessment of image quality for low-dose PET: evaluation of lesion detectability. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 60(14). 5543–5556. 22 indexed citations

Townsend, David W., et al.. (2015). Water masses and nutrient sources to the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Marine Research. 73(3). 93–122. 93 indexed citations

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Townsend, David W., et al.. (2013). Nutrients and water masses in the Gulf of Maine–Georges Bank region: Variability and importance to blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 103. 238–263. 27 indexed citations

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McGillicuddy, Dennis J., Michael L. Brosnahan, Ruoying He, et al.. (2013). A red tide of Alexandrium fundyense in the Gulf of Maine. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 103. 174–184. 42 indexed citations

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McGillicuddy, Dennis J., David W. Townsend, Bruce A. Keafer, Maura A. Thomas, & Donald M. Anderson. (2012). Georges Bank: A leaky incubator of Alexandrium fundyense blooms. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 103. 163–173. 23 indexed citations

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McGillicuddy, Dennis J., David W. Townsend, Ruoying He, et al.. (2011). Suppression of the 2010 Alexandrium fundyense bloom by changes in physical, biological, and chemical properties of the Gulf of Maine. Limnology and Oceanography. 56(6). 2411–2426. 70 indexed citations

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Kadrmas, D.J., Michael Casey, Maurizio Conti, et al.. (2009). Impact of Time-of-Flight on PET Tumor Detection. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 50(8). 1315–1323. 219 indexed citations

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Townsend, David W.. (2007). Optimization of Signal in Positron Emission Tomography Scans: Present and Future Developments. Novartis Foundation symposium. 163. 57–75. 1 indexed citations

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Comtat, Claude, et al.. (2005). Use of the 3D FaVoR algorithm with large aperture PET scanners. 34. 1677–1681.

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Derbyshire, Stuart, et al.. (1997). Pain processing during three levels of noxious stimulation produces differential patterns of central activity. Pain. 73(3). 431–445. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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Defrise, Michel, David W. Townsend, & Antoine Geissbühler. (1990). Implementation of three-dimensional image reconstruction for multi-ring positron tomographs. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 35(10). 1361–1372. 52 indexed citations

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Townsend, David W., et al.. (1988). Near-bottom chlorophyll maxima in southeastern Mediterranean shelf waters: Upwelling and sediments as possible nutrient sources. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 2 indexed citations

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Berman, T., et al.. (1986). Extent, transparency, and phytoplankton distribution of the neritic waters overlying the israeli coastal shelf. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 41 indexed citations

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