Jennifer L. Lavers

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
128 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Jennifer L. Lavers is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer L. Lavers has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Pollution, 65 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jennifer L. Lavers's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (63 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (35 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (33 papers). Jennifer L. Lavers is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (63 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (35 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (33 papers). Jennifer L. Lavers collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Canada. Jennifer L. Lavers's co-authors include Alexander L. Bond, Ian Hutton, Jack Rivers‐Auty, Bradley O. Clarke, Phoebe Lewis, Karla Pozo, Nicholas D. Crosbie, Sjúrður Hammer, Mark L. Mallory and Stephanie Avery‐Gomm and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer L. Lavers

118 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

‘Plasticosis’: Characterising macro- and microplastic-associated fibrosis in seabird tissues

2023 113 citations Alexander L. Bond, Jack Rivers‐Auty et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer L. Lavers Australia	34	3.1k	2.0k	1.3k	727	304	128	4.2k
Jennifer F. Provencher Canada	38	3.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	253 0.8×	176	4.7k
Jean‐Pierre Desforges Canada	22	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	769 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	258 0.8×	58	3.2k
Alexander L. Bond United Kingdom	40	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.8k 2.2×	1.2k 1.7×	260 0.9×	180	5.5k
Juan García‐de‐Lomas Spain	14	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	391 0.3×	316 0.4×	414 1.4×	38	3.3k
J.A. van Franeker Netherlands	31	5.6k 1.8×	3.7k 1.9×	1.4k 1.0×	922 1.3×	758 2.5×	85	6.6k
Tomofumi Kurobe United States	24	2.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	359 0.3×	517 0.7×	297 1.0×	55	3.6k
Ian O’Connor Ireland	31	4.2k 1.4×	3.3k 1.6×	705 0.5×	991 1.4×	485 1.6×	94	5.9k
Maíra Proietti Brazil	22	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	471 0.4×	205 0.3×	380 1.3×	48	2.6k
Sarah E. Dudas Canada	20	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	484 0.4×	341 0.5×	127 0.4×	46	3.1k
Jeremy Ringma Australia	8	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	356 0.3×	173 0.2×	107 0.4×	12	2.4k

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Lavers, Jennifer L., Nicholas Howell, Alexander L. Bond, et al.. (2025). Elemental analysis by neutron activation analysis and synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microscopy of ocean plastics ingested by pelagic seabirds. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138528–138528. 1 indexed citations

Nugegoda, Dayanthi, et al.. (2025). Exposure to mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls affects the thyroid function of an Australian seabird (Ardenna carneipes). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 302. 118501–118501.

Pollet, Ingrid L., Alexander L. Bond, & Jennifer L. Lavers. (2025). Who gets the spotlight? Disparities in seabird research attention at scientific conferences. Biological Conservation. 313. 111559–111559.

Bond, Alexander L., et al.. (2025). Strength in numbers: Combining small pockets of opportunistic sampling for Australian seabird plastic ingestion. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 214. 117757–117757.

Lavers, Jennifer L., et al.. (2025). Seabirds in crisis: Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration. Science Advances. 11(11). eads0834–eads0834. 5 indexed citations

Bond, Alexander L., et al.. (2024). The birds of Ducie Atoll, Pitcairn Islands, in February 2024. Notornis. 71(4). 180–180.

Lavers, Jennifer L. & Alexander L. Bond. (2024). Beyond the surface: Seabirds and plastics as indicators in a large, remote marine protected area. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 205. 116574–116574. 2 indexed citations

Lavers, Jennifer L. & Alexander L. Bond. (2023). Pumice ingestion in seabirds: interannual variation, and relationships with chick growth and plastic ingestion. Marine Biology. 170(5). 4 indexed citations

Hollis, Joseph Razzell, et al.. (2023). Quantitative photography for rapid, reliable measurement of marine macro‐plastic pollution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(1). 227–243. 4 indexed citations

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Lavers, Jennifer L., et al.. (2021). Seabird breeding islands as sinks for marine plastic debris. Environmental Pollution. 276. 116734–116734. 33 indexed citations

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Lavers, Jennifer L., et al.. (2021). Longevity records for the Brown Booby Sula leucogaster and Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes. Marine ornithology. 49. 167–170. 2 indexed citations

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Lavers, Jennifer L., Ian Hutton, & Alexander L. Bond. (2019). Clinical Pathology of Plastic Ingestion in Marine Birds and Relationships with Blood Chemistry. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(15). 9224–9231. 86 indexed citations

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Clay, Thomas A., Steffen Oppel, Jennifer L. Lavers, Richard A. Phillips, & M. de L. Brooke. (2018). Divergent foraging strategies during incubation of an unusually wide-ranging seabird, the Murphy’s petrel. Marine Biology. 166(1). 8–8. 28 indexed citations

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Lavers, Jennifer L., et al.. (2016). Henderson Island expedition report: May-November 2015. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 2 indexed citations

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Lavers, Jennifer L. & Alexander L. Bond. (2016). Ingested plastic as a route for trace metals in Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) and Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) from Midway Atoll. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 110(1). 493–500. 81 indexed citations

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Reid, Tim, Mark A. Hindell, Jennifer L. Lavers, & Chris Wilcox. (2013). Re-Examining Mortality Sources and Population Trends in a Declining Seabird: Using Bayesian Methods to Incorporate Existing Information and New Data. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e58230–e58230. 32 indexed citations

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Lavers, Jennifer L., et al.. (2009). Razorbill (<i>Alca torda</i>). eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 5 indexed citations

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Lavers, Jennifer L. & Ian L. Jones. (2008). Assessing the Type and Frequency of Band Resighting Errors for Razorbill Alca Torda with Implications for Other Wildlife Studies. Marine ornithology. 36(1). 5 indexed citations

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Jones, Ian L., et al.. (2008). Breeding Biology of Tristram's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma Tristrami at French Frigate Shoals and Laysan Island, Northwest Hawaiian Islands. Marine ornithology. 36(2). 5 indexed citations

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Lavers, Jennifer L., J. E. Thompson, Cynthia A. Paszkowski, & C. Davison Ankney. (2006). VARIATION IN SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF BUFFLEHEAD (BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA) AND BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA) EGGS. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 118(2). 173–177. 2 indexed citations

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