K. C. Bierlich

975 total citations
32 papers, 637 citations indexed

About

K. C. Bierlich is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. C. Bierlich has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 637 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. C. Bierlich's work include Marine animal studies overview (28 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (14 papers) and Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (10 papers). K. C. Bierlich is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (28 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (14 papers) and Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (10 papers). K. C. Bierlich collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. K. C. Bierlich's co-authors include David W. Johnston, Ari S. Friedlaender, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, John Calambokidis, Shirel R. Kahane‐Rapport, Leigh G. Torres, Joshua Hewitt, William T. Gough, Matthew S. Savoca and Julian Dale and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

K. C. Bierlich

29 papers receiving 622 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. C. Bierlich United States 15 531 205 169 92 92 32 637
Kate R. Sprogis Australia 15 854 1.6× 266 1.3× 239 1.4× 82 0.9× 178 1.9× 38 911
Laia Rojano‐Doñate Denmark 9 544 1.0× 190 0.9× 247 1.5× 45 0.5× 96 1.0× 16 597
Lisa K. Schwarz United States 14 622 1.2× 208 1.0× 231 1.4× 32 0.3× 215 2.3× 29 696
Glenn Gailey United States 14 606 1.1× 204 1.0× 317 1.9× 25 0.3× 115 1.3× 29 656
Tomoko Narazaki Japan 18 551 1.0× 132 0.6× 166 1.0× 62 0.7× 217 2.4× 26 786
Vanessa Pirotta Australia 12 405 0.8× 61 0.3× 105 0.6× 32 0.3× 105 1.1× 18 513
Ursula K. Verfuß Germany 10 425 0.8× 137 0.7× 276 1.6× 27 0.3× 63 0.7× 11 522
DAS Rosen Canada 9 392 0.7× 110 0.5× 78 0.5× 40 0.4× 112 1.2× 10 421
Janet L. Neilson United States 11 358 0.7× 163 0.8× 180 1.1× 24 0.3× 107 1.2× 18 441
Cormac Booth United Kingdom 13 564 1.1× 161 0.8× 232 1.4× 23 0.3× 177 1.9× 26 618

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. C. Bierlich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. C. Bierlich

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nash, Susan Bengtson, K. C. Bierlich, Ari S. Friedlaender, et al.. (2025). Drone‐Based Photogrammetry Provides Estimates of the Energetic Cost of Migration for Humpback Whales Between Antarctica and Colombia. Marine Mammal Science. 41(4).
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Pirotta, Enrico, Leslie New, David E. Cade, et al.. (2024). Using accelerometry tags to quantify gray whale foraging behavior. Marine Mammal Science. 41(2). 2 indexed citations
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Pirotta, Enrico, et al.. (2024). Bubble blasts! An adaptation for buoyancy regulation in shallow foraging gray whales. Ecology and Evolution. 14(8). e70093–e70093. 3 indexed citations
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Pirotta, Enrico, et al.. (2024). Growing into it: evidence of an ontogenetic shift in grey whale use of foraging tactics. Animal Behaviour. 214. 121–135. 6 indexed citations
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Pirotta, Enrico, et al.. (2024). Modeling individual growth reveals decreasing gray whale body length and correlations with ocean climate indices at multiple scales. Global Change Biology. 30(6). e17366–e17366. 6 indexed citations
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Bierlich, K. C., William K. Oestreich, Gustavo Chiang, et al.. (2023). Shaped by Their Environment: Variation in Blue Whale Morphology across Three Productive Coastal Ecosystems. Integrative Organismal Biology. 5(1). obad039–obad039. 7 indexed citations
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Bierlich, K. C., et al.. (2023). Downsized: gray whales using an alternative foraging ground have smaller morphology. Biology Letters. 19(8). 20230043–20230043. 17 indexed citations
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Cade, David E., Shirel R. Kahane‐Rapport, William T. Gough, et al.. (2023). Minke whale feeding rate limitations suggest constraints on the minimum body size for engulfment filtration feeding. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(4). 535–546. 15 indexed citations
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Pirotta, Enrico, K. C. Bierlich, Kathleen E. Hunt, et al.. (2023). Assessment of a non-invasive approach to pregnancy diagnosis in gray whales through drone-based photogrammetry and faecal hormone analysis. Royal Society Open Science. 10(7). 230452–230452. 9 indexed citations
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Pirotta, Enrico, K. C. Bierlich, C. Loren Buck, et al.. (2023). Assessing variation in faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in gray whales exposed to anthropogenic stressors. Conservation Physiology. 11(1). 12 indexed citations
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Pallin, Logan J., K. C. Bierlich, John W. Durban, et al.. (2022). Demography of an ice-obligate mysticete in a region of rapid environmental change. Royal Society Open Science. 9(11). 220724–220724. 11 indexed citations
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Cade, David E., K. C. Bierlich, Max F. Czapanskiy, et al.. (2022). Baleen whale inhalation variability revealed using animal-borne video tags. PeerJ. 10. e13724–e13724. 5 indexed citations
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Gough, William T., Matthew S. Savoca, Max F. Czapanskiy, et al.. (2021). Scaling of oscillatory kinematics and Froude efficiency in baleen whales. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(13). 21 indexed citations
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Savoca, Matthew S., Max F. Czapanskiy, Shirel R. Kahane‐Rapport, et al.. (2021). Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements. Nature. 599(7883). 85–90. 122 indexed citations
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Bierlich, K. C., Joshua Hewitt, Robert S. Schick, et al.. (2021). Comparing Uncertainty Associated With 1-, 2-, and 3D Aerial Photogrammetry-Based Body Condition Measurements of Baleen Whales. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 26 indexed citations
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Kahane‐Rapport, Shirel R., Matthew S. Savoca, Paolo S. Segre, et al.. (2020). Lunge filter feeding biomechanics constrain rorqual foraging ecology across scale. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 20). 32 indexed citations
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Segre, Paolo S., J Potvin, David E. Cade, et al.. (2020). Energetic and physical limitations on the breaching performance of large whales. eLife. 9. 20 indexed citations
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Gray, Patrick, et al.. (2019). Drones and convolutional neural networks facilitate automated and accurate cetacean species identification and photogrammetry. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(9). 1490–1500. 73 indexed citations
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Bierlich, K. C., Carolyn A. Miller, Emelia DeForce, et al.. (2018). Temporal and Regional Variability in the Skin Microbiome of Humpback Whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(5). 40 indexed citations

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