Kenneth L. Heck

157 total papers · 21.8k total citations
124 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Kenneth L. Heck is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth L. Heck has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Oceanography, 84 papers in Ecology and 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kenneth L. Heck's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (83 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (45 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (43 papers). Kenneth L. Heck is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (83 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (45 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (43 papers). Kenneth L. Heck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Australia. Kenneth L. Heck's co-authors include Robert J. Orth, John F. Valentine, Carlos M. Duarte, A. Randall Hughes, Michelle Waycott, Susan L. Williams, Gary A. Kendrick, James W. Fourqurean, Tim J. B. Carruthers and W. J. Kenworthy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth L. Heck

123 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kenneth L. Heck 11.6k 10.4k 6.3k 2.1k 1.1k 124 16.0k
Robert J. Orth 16.0k 1.4× 15.8k 1.5× 6.8k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 177 21.4k
Thomas Wernberg 11.6k 1.0× 14.5k 1.4× 8.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 865 0.8× 231 19.2k
Stephen J. Hawkins 9.1k 0.8× 9.9k 1.0× 6.2k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 684 0.6× 265 15.7k
Pippa J. Moore 9.0k 0.8× 10.2k 1.0× 7.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.7× 561 0.5× 115 15.8k
A. Randall Hughes 8.5k 0.7× 7.7k 0.7× 3.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 615 0.5× 102 12.5k
James W. Fourqurean 14.2k 1.2× 13.4k 1.3× 4.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 659 0.6× 156 18.4k
Bruce A. Menge 10.6k 0.9× 12.1k 1.2× 8.3k 1.3× 3.1k 1.5× 539 0.5× 152 19.1k
Ivan Nagelkerken 10.2k 0.9× 4.5k 0.4× 7.4k 1.2× 2.3k 1.1× 928 0.8× 188 12.4k
Richard M. Warwick 10.8k 0.9× 9.8k 0.9× 7.4k 1.2× 3.8k 1.8× 910 0.8× 129 18.6k
Sean D. Connell 8.2k 0.7× 9.3k 0.9× 5.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 465 0.4× 256 13.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kenneth L. Heck

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenneth L. Heck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth L. Heck

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

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