Erik W. Born

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Erik W. Born is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik W. Born has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Ecology, 72 papers in Atmospheric Science and 49 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Erik W. Born's work include Marine animal studies overview (112 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (65 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (37 papers). Erik W. Born is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (112 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (65 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (37 papers). Erik W. Born collaborates with scholars based in Greenland, Canada and Denmark. Erik W. Born's co-authors include Runé Dietz, Christian Sonne, Frank F. Rigét, Robert J. Letcher, Derek C. G. Muir, Øystein Wiig, Maja Kirkegaard, Aqqalu Rosing‐Asvid, Ian Stirling and Mario Acquarone and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Erik W. Born

158 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century

2015 294 citations Kristin L. Laidre, Harry L. Stern et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik W. Born Greenland	47	4.0k	2.9k	2.3k	1.1k	515	158	7.0k
Andrew E. Derocher Canada	56	6.6k 1.6×	1.9k 0.7×	3.8k 1.7×	862 0.8×	793 1.5×	226	9.0k
Øystein Wiig Norway	46	4.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	2.6k 1.2×	528 0.5×	534 1.0×	186	6.8k
Jon Aars Norway	38	2.9k 0.7×	864 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	365 0.3×	305 0.6×	113	4.3k
Christian Lydersen Norway	54	6.5k 1.6×	1.5k 0.5×	3.8k 1.7×	601 0.5×	338 0.7×	278	9.2k
Kit M. Kovacs Norway	58	8.2k 2.1×	1.2k 0.4×	4.2k 1.9×	615 0.5×	391 0.8×	301	11.9k
Todd M. O’Hara United States	41	2.6k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	486 0.2×	294 0.3×	243 0.5×	161	4.9k
Ian Stirling Canada	67	11.6k 2.9×	1.6k 0.6×	7.3k 3.2×	900 0.8×	1.4k 2.8×	229	14.6k
Randall S. Wells United States	61	9.0k 2.3×	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	848 0.7×	112 0.2×	286	11.6k
James D. Reist Canada	41	2.7k 0.7×	439 0.2×	1.3k 0.6×	278 0.2×	283 0.5×	136	5.5k
Steven H. Ferguson Canada	41	5.8k 1.4×	702 0.2×	2.6k 1.1×	140 0.1×	586 1.1×	252	6.8k

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Laidre, Kristin L., et al.. (2024). Space‐use strategies drive diet composition of Baffin Bay polar bears. Ecosphere. 15(4). 2 indexed citations

Miller, Joshua M., René M. Malenfant, L. Ruth Rivkin, et al.. (2024). Development of an 8K SNP chip to assess adaptive diversity and hybridization in polar bears. Conservation Genetics Resources. 16(3). 237–249. 2 indexed citations

Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte, Bastiaan Star, Sanne Boessenkool, et al.. (2023). Holocene deglaciation drove rapid genetic diversification of Atlantic walrus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(2007). 20231349–20231349. 4 indexed citations

Laidre, Kristin L., Megan A. Supple, Erik W. Born, et al.. (2022). Glacial ice supports a distinct and undocumented polar bear subpopulation persisting in late 21st-century sea-ice conditions. Science. 376(6599). 1333–1338. 35 indexed citations

Stirling, Ian, Kristin L. Laidre, & Erik W. Born. (2021). Do Wild Polar Bears (<i>Ursus maritimus</i>) Use Tools When Hunting Walruses (<i>Odobenus rosmarus</i>)?. ARCTIC. 74(2). 175–187. 3 indexed citations

Wiig, Øystein, Stephen N. Atkinson, Erik W. Born, et al.. (2021). An on-ice aerial survey of the Kane Basin polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation. Polar Biology. 45(1). 89–100. 6 indexed citations

Laidre, Kristin L., Stephen N. Atkinson, Eric V. Regehr, et al.. (2020). Transient benefits of climate change for a high‐Arctic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation. Global Change Biology. 26(11). 6251–6265. 30 indexed citations

Laidre, Kristin L., Stephen N. Atkinson, Eric V. Regehr, et al.. (2020). Interrelated ecological impacts of climate change on an apex predator. Ecological Applications. 30(4). e02071–e02071. 59 indexed citations

Laidre, Kristin L., Erik W. Born, Stephen N. Atkinson, et al.. (2018). Range contraction and increasing isolation of a polar bear subpopulation in an era of sea‐ice loss. Ecology and Evolution. 8(4). 2062–2075. 36 indexed citations

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Dietz, Runé, Frank F. Rigét, Christian Sonne, et al.. (2012). Three decades (1983–2010) of contaminant trends in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Part 2: Brominated flame retardants. Environment International. 59. 494–500. 59 indexed citations

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Simonsen, Vibeke, et al.. (2008). Electrophoretic variation in large mammals. Hereditas. 97(1). 91–94. 2 indexed citations

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Gebbink, Wouter A., Christian Sonne, Runé Dietz, et al.. (2007). Tissue-specific congener composition of organohalogen and metabolite contaminants in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Environmental Pollution. 152(3). 621–629. 122 indexed citations

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Sonne, Christian, Runé Dietz, Erik W. Born, Páll S. Leifsson, & Steen Andersen. (2007). Is there a link between hypospadias and organochlorine exposure in East Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris)?. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 69(3). 391–395. 14 indexed citations

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Rush, Scott A., Katrine Borgå, Runé Dietz, et al.. (2007). Geographic distribution of selected elements in the livers of polar bears from Greenland, Canada and the United States. Environmental Pollution. 153(3). 618–626. 34 indexed citations

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Schliebe, Scott, et al.. (2002). Polar bears : proceedings of the 13th Working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 23-28 June 2001, Nuuk, Greenland. IUCN eBooks. 15 indexed citations

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Born, Erik W., Liselotte Wesley Andersen, Ian Gjertz, & Øystein Wiig. (2001). A review of the genetic relationships of Atlantic walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus ) east and west of Greenland. Polar Biology. 24(10). 713–718. 33 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Steven H., Mitchell K. Taylor, Erik W. Born, & François Messier. (1998). Fractals, sea-ice landscape and spatial patterns of polar bears. Journal of Biogeography. 25(6). 1081–1092. 41 indexed citations

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Born, Erik W., Gerald W. Garner, & Øystein Wiig. (1995). Polar bears : proceedings of the eleventh Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 25-27 January 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark. IUCN eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Born, Erik W., Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen, Finn Larsen, & Anthony R. Martin. (1994). Abundance and stock composition of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in lnglefield Bredning (NW Greenland). 39. 51–68. 9 indexed citations

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Heide‐Jørgensen, Mads Peter, et al.. (1994). Line-transect estimation of abundance of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) in Scoresby Sund and adjacent waters. 39. 87–91. 7 indexed citations

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