Les Watling

9.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
141 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Les Watling is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Les Watling has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Oceanography, 86 papers in Ecology and 79 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Les Watling's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (68 papers), Marine and fisheries research (59 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (53 papers). Les Watling is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (68 papers), Marine and fisheries research (59 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (53 papers). Les Watling collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and United Kingdom. Les Watling's co-authors include Elliott A. Norse, Robert S. Steneck, Robert H. Findlay, Craig R. Smith, Gary M. King, Malcolm R. Clark, John Guinotte, Peter J. Auster, Lawrence M. Mayer and Exequiel R. González and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Les Watling

133 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Disturbance of the Seabed by Mobile Fishing Gear: A Comparison to Forest Clearcutting

1998 600 citations Les Watling et al. profile →
Feeding capabilities and limitation of herbivorous molluscs: A functional group approach

1982 495 citations Les Watling et al. profile →
Hydrothermal Vents and Methane Seeps: Rethinking the Sphere of Influence

2016 301 citations Les Watling et al. Frontiers in Marine Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Les Watling United States	37	3.2k	3.0k	2.5k	579	379	141	5.5k
Erik Bonsdorff Finland	46	3.7k 1.2×	5.0k 1.7×	3.3k 1.3×	725 1.3×	569 1.5×	151	7.2k
Jonne Kotta Estonia	36	2.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	495 0.9×	350 0.9×	218	4.6k
Paul V. R. Snelgrove Canada	42	3.4k 1.1×	2.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	245 0.6×	127	5.9k
Eva Ramírez-Llodra Spain	30	2.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	348 0.6×	312 0.8×	75	4.3k
Anna Meta×as Canada	36	2.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	337 0.6×	252 0.7×	159	4.2k
Francis Chan United States	34	3.1k 1.0×	4.3k 1.5×	2.9k 1.1×	474 0.8×	648 1.7×	73	6.7k
Just Cebrián United States	41	4.5k 1.4×	4.1k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	790 1.4×	562 1.5×	148	6.9k
John W. Fleeger United States	37	3.3k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	518 0.9×	422 1.1×	132	5.9k
Elva Escobar‐Briones Mexico	30	2.5k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	352 0.6×	686 1.8×	130	4.7k
Malcolm R. Clark New Zealand	46	4.6k 1.5×	3.7k 1.3×	3.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.7×	334 0.9×	147	7.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Les Watling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Les Watling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Les Watling

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

All Works

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Lu, Bo, et al.. (2024). Studies on western Pacific gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Part 3: towards a revision of the bamboo corals (Keratoisididae) with descriptions of three new genera and four new species. Zootaxa. 5555(2). 151–181.

Bribiesca‐Contreras, Guadalupe, Thomas G. Dahlgren, Diva J. Amon, et al.. (2022). Benthic megafauna of the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys. 1113. 1–110. 14 indexed citations

Watling, Les & Peter J. Auster. (2021). Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, Communities, and Indicator Species: Confusing Concepts for Conservation of Seamounts. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 18 indexed citations

Calder, Dale R. & Les Watling. (2021). Report on hydrozoans (Cnidaria), excluding Stylasteridae, from the Emperor Seamounts, western North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 4950(2). zootaxa.4950.2.1–zootaxa.4950.2.1. 5 indexed citations

Watling, Les, et al.. (2020). Megabenthic assemblages in the lower bathyal (700–3000 m) on the New England and Corner Rise Seamounts, Northwest Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 165. 103366–103366. 16 indexed citations

Watling, Les. (2020). Toward a revision of the bamboo corals: Part 1, species in the Muricellisidinae (Octocorallia: Isididae). Zootaxa. 4881(2). zootaxa.4881.2.9–zootaxa.4881.2.9. 2 indexed citations

Dahlgren, Thomas G., Helena Wiklund, Muriel Rabone, et al.. (2016). Abyssal fauna of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration area, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Cnidaria. Biodiversity Data Journal. 4. 39 indexed citations

Rowley, Sonia J., Xavier Pochon, & Les Watling. (2015). Environmental influences on the Indo–Pacific octocoral Isis hippuris Linnaeus 1758 (Alcyonacea: Isididae): genetic fixation or phenotypic plasticity?. PeerJ. 3. e1128–e1128. 11 indexed citations

Auster, Peter J., et al.. (2013). Supplementary comment: conservation of deep-sea corals off the northeast United States. Biodiversity. 14(4). 195–195. 1 indexed citations

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Devine, Jennifer A., Les Watling, Gregor M. Cailliet, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of potential sustainability of deep-sea fisheries for grenadiers (Macrouridae). Journal of Ichthyology. 52(10). 709–721. 19 indexed citations

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Pante, Eric, Scott C. France, Arnaud Couloux, et al.. (2012). Deep-Sea Origin and In-Situ Diversification of Chrysogorgiid Octocorals. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38357–e38357. 58 indexed citations

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Dunstan, Piers K., Malcolm R. Clark, Ashley A. Rowden, et al.. (2011). Identifying ecologically and biologically significant areas on seamounts. USC Research Bank (University of the Sunshine Coast). 12 indexed citations

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Lehnert, Helmut, Les Watling, & Robert P. Stone. (2005). Cladorhiza corona sp. nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85(6). 1359–1366. 16 indexed citations

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González, Exequiel R. & Les Watling. (2003). A new species of Hyalella from Brazil (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae), with redescriptions of three other species in the genus. Journal of Natural History. 37(17). 2045–2076. 28 indexed citations

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Haye, Pilar A., Irv Kornfield, & Les Watling. (2003). Molecular insights into Cumacean family relationships (Crustacea, Cumacea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30(3). 798–809. 28 indexed citations

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Gerken, Sarah, Anders Rendtorff Klitgaard, & Les Watling. (2000). Contumacious Beasts: A Story of Two Diastylidae (Cumacea) from Arctic Waters. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 20(1). 31–43.

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Watling, Les & Sarah Gerken. (1999). Two new cumacean (Crustacea) species from the deep South Atlantic. Zoosystema. 21(4). 661–669. 3 indexed citations

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Watling, Les & Sarah Gerken. (1999). Two new cumacean (Crustacea) species from the deep South Atlantic : Brazilian deep water fauna : Results of the oceanographic cruise TAAF MD55. Zoosystema. 21(4). 661–669. 3 indexed citations

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Watling, Les, et al.. (1980). New Amphipoda From The Southern Ocean With Partial Revisions Of The Acanthonotozomatidae And Paramphithoidae. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 17 indexed citations

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Watling, Les, et al.. (1974). The Distribution of Isopoda in the Delaware Bay Region. Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie. 59(3). 343–351. 8 indexed citations

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