Michael A. Litzow

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Litzow is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Litzow has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Oceanography and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Litzow's work include Marine and fisheries research (39 papers), Climate variability and models (14 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (11 papers). Michael A. Litzow is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (39 papers), Climate variability and models (14 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (11 papers). Michael A. Litzow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Michael A. Litzow's co-authors include Franz J. Mueter, Lorenzo Ciannelli, John F. Piatt, Mary E. Hunsicker, Daniel D. Roby, Patricia Puerta, Eric J. Ward, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Benjamin J. Laurel and Curry J. Cunningham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Litzow

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The collapse of eastern Bering Sea snow crab

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael A. Litzow United States	23	1.2k	822	521	435	282	50	1.7k
R. John Nelson Canada	24	652 0.5×	704 0.9×	518 1.0×	734 1.7×	320 1.1×	45	1.9k
Kirstin K. Holsman United States	27	1.6k 1.3×	966 1.2×	450 0.9×	617 1.4×	176 0.6×	61	2.1k
Benjamin J. Laurel United States	26	1.3k 1.1×	757 0.9×	401 0.8×	712 1.6×	208 0.7×	64	1.9k
Mette Skern‐Mauritzen Norway	23	1.0k 0.8×	955 1.2×	376 0.7×	331 0.8×	292 1.0×	50	1.5k
Simeon L. Hill United Kingdom	29	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.9×	698 1.3×	477 1.1×	314 1.1×	65	2.5k
Georgs Kornilovs Germany	21	2.1k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	970 1.9×	856 2.0×	97 0.3×	28	2.6k
Christian S. Reiss United States	27	1.9k 1.6×	1.8k 2.2×	817 1.6×	869 2.0×	414 1.5×	75	3.0k
Stephani G. Zador United States	19	749 0.6×	554 0.7×	223 0.4×	280 0.6×	107 0.4×	37	1.0k
Barbara Muhling United States	29	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	784 1.5×	682 1.6×	150 0.5×	76	2.1k
Michaela Aschan Norway	20	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	950 1.8×	410 0.9×	402 1.4×	45	2.4k

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Copeman, Louise A., et al.. (2025). Energetic limitations and mass mortality of Bering Sea snow crab: Interacting effects of warming and density on collapse and recovery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 82. 1–14.

Small, Hamish J., et al.. (2025). Bitter crab disease dynamics in eastern Bering Sea Tanner and snow crab: An underestimated and emergent stressor. Fisheries Research. 283. 107307–107307.

Ferriss, Bridget E., Mary E. Hunsicker, Eric J. Ward, et al.. (2025). Identifying common trends and ecosystem states to inform Gulf of Alaska ecosystem-based fisheries management. PLoS ONE. 20(6). e0324154–e0324154.

Ward, Eric J., Michael A. Litzow, Mary E. Hunsicker, et al.. (2025). Quantifying Time‐Dependent Climate and Ecosystem Relationships in the California Current System. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(10).

Litzow, Michael A., et al.. (2024). Predicting the distribution of red king crab bycatch in Bering Sea flatfish trawl fisheries. Fisheries Research. 279. 107158–107158.

Litzow, Michael A., Michael J. Malick, Brendan Connors, et al.. (2024). Human-induced borealization leads to the collapse of Bering Sea snow crab. Nature Climate Change. 14(9). 932–935. 6 indexed citations

Abookire, Alisa A., Louise A. Copeman, Michael A. Litzow, & Benjamin J. Laurel. (2024). Seasonal shift in energy allocation from somatic growth to lipid storage and the link between pre-winter condition and overwintering potential in juvenile Pacific cod. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 81(4). 710–723. 3 indexed citations

Kotwicki, Stan, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the impacts of reduced sampling density in a systematic fisheries-independent survey design. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 2 indexed citations

Litzow, Michael A., Michael J. Malick, Trond Kristiansen, Brendan Connors, & Gregory T. Ruggerone. (2023). Climate attribution time series track the evolution of human influence on North Pacific sea surface temperature. Environmental Research Letters. 19(1). 14014–14014. 8 indexed citations

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Laurel, Benjamin J., Alisa A. Abookire, Steven J. Barbeaux, et al.. (2023). Pacific cod in the Anthropocene: An early life history perspective under changing thermal habitats. Fish and Fisheries. 24(6). 959–978. 14 indexed citations

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Hunsicker, Mary E., Eric J. Ward, Michael A. Litzow, et al.. (2022). Tracking and forecasting community responses to climate perturbations in the California Current Ecosystem. PLOS Climate. 1(3). e0000014–e0000014. 10 indexed citations

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Ward, Eric J., Sean C. Anderson, Mary E. Hunsicker, & Michael A. Litzow. (2021). Smoothed dynamic factor analysis for identifying trends in multivariate time series. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(4). 908–918. 8 indexed citations

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Ohlberger, Jan, Eric J. Ward, Richard E. Brenner, et al.. (2021). Non‐stationary and interactive effects of climate and competition on pink salmon productivity. Global Change Biology. 28(6). 2026–2040. 16 indexed citations

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Litzow, Michael A., Michael J. Malick, Alisa A. Abookire, et al.. (2021). Using a climate attribution statistic to inform judgments about changing fisheries sustainability. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23924–23924. 16 indexed citations

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Litzow, Michael A., et al.. (2018). Non-stationary climate–salmon relationships in the Gulf of Alaska. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1890). 20181855–20181855. 90 indexed citations

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Ward, Eric J., et al.. (2017). Evaluating signals of oil spill impacts, climate, and species interactions in Pacific herring and Pacific salmon populations in Prince William Sound and Copper River, Alaska. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0172898–e0172898. 29 indexed citations

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Litzow, Michael A., et al.. (2008). INCREASED SPATIAL VARIANCE ACCOMPANIES REORGANIZATION OF TWO CONTINENTAL SHELF ECOSYSTEMS. Ecological Applications. 18(6). 1331–1337. 47 indexed citations

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Mueter, Franz J. & Michael A. Litzow. (2008). SEA ICE RETREAT ALTERS THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE BERING SEA CONTINENTAL SHELF. Ecological Applications. 18(2). 309–320. 396 indexed citations

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Litzow, Michael A. & Lorenzo Ciannelli. (2007). Oscillating trophic control induces community reorganization in a marine ecosystem. Ecology Letters. 10(12). 1124–1134. 99 indexed citations

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Johnson, James A., et al.. (2004). Additions to the avifauna of St Matthew Island, Bering Sea. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 35(1). 50–52. 1 indexed citations

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