Michael Townsend

45 papers and 1.4k indexed citations
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About

Michael Townsend is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Townsend has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 20 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael Townsend’s work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (16 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (13 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (10 papers). Michael Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (16 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (13 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (10 papers). Michael Townsend collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom. Michael Townsend's co-authors include Andrew M. Lohrer, Melanie C. Austen, Nicola Beaumont, Judi E. Hewitt, Simon F. Thrush, Stephen C. Mangi, Nick Hanley, Carolyn J. Lundquist, Iván F. Rodil and Poul Holm and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Townsend

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

Michael Townsend

43 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Townsend

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Michael Townsend

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