Michelle LaRue

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Michelle LaRue is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle LaRue has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Ecological Modeling and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michelle LaRue's work include Marine animal studies overview (22 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (16 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (16 papers). Michelle LaRue is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (22 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (16 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (16 papers). Michelle LaRue collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Canada. Michelle LaRue's co-authors include Clayton K. Nielsen, Heather J. Lynch, David G. Ainley, Claire Porter, Peter T. Fretwell, Gerald L. Kooyman, Paul Morin, Seth Stapleton, Helena Ruffell and Laura E. Revell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michelle LaRue

49 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

First evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow

2022 256 citations Alex Aves, Laura E. Revell et al. The cryosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michelle LaRue United States	23	1.4k	353	342	257	243	52	1.9k
Norman Ratcliffe United Kingdom	33	2.4k 1.7×	318 0.9×	797 2.3×	193 0.8×	233 1.0×	95	2.9k
Robert A. Ronconi Canada	22	1.3k 0.9×	179 0.5×	425 1.2×	63 0.2×	187 0.8×	76	1.7k
Matthew S. Savoca United States	18	840 0.6×	93 0.3×	284 0.8×	223 0.9×	652 2.7×	38	1.7k
Teresa Catry Portugal	23	1.1k 0.8×	197 0.6×	367 1.1×	38 0.1×	243 1.0×	74	1.5k
Ana Cañadas Spain	25	1.8k 1.3×	98 0.3×	843 2.5×	148 0.6×	203 0.8×	53	2.2k
P J Nico de Bruyn South Africa	25	1.6k 1.2×	64 0.2×	552 1.6×	424 1.6×	129 0.5×	119	2.0k
Philipp Brun Switzerland	18	485 0.3×	352 1.0×	398 1.2×	113 0.4×	75 0.3×	32	1.2k
Patrick D. O’Hara Canada	22	985 0.7×	62 0.2×	364 1.1×	77 0.3×	445 1.8×	47	1.6k
Andrew Burger Canada	26	1.9k 1.4×	186 0.5×	669 2.0×	112 0.4×	189 0.8×	88	2.4k
Maite Louzao Spain	25	2.0k 1.4×	383 1.1×	1.1k 3.1×	82 0.3×	79 0.3×	77	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Michelle LaRue

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michelle LaRue

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle LaRue

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20 of 20 papers shown

Che‐Castaldo, Christian, Michelle LaRue, Kristen M. Krumhardt, et al.. (2025). Temporal and spatial equivalence in demographic responses of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) to environmental change. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(5). 932–942. 1 indexed citations

Garnier, Jimmy, Gemma V. Clucas, Jane L. Younger, et al.. (2025). Coupling Genetic and Demographic Data to Reveal Dispersal Processes in Emperor Penguins. Ecology and Evolution. 15(5). e71367–e71367.

Knutie, Sarah A., Johanna A. Harvey, Michelle LaRue, et al.. (2024). Urban living can rescue Darwin's finches from the lethal effects of invasive vampire flies. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17145–e17145.

Goetz, Kimberly T., Takashi Iwata, Rachel R. Holser, et al.. (2024). Prey targeted by lactating Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 47(11). 1187–1202. 1 indexed citations

Brooks, Cassandra M., Sharon Stammerjohn, Grant Ballard, et al.. (2024). Building a coordinated framework for research and monitoring in large‐scale international marine protected areas: The Ross Sea region as a model system. Conservation Letters. 17(6).

Ainley, David G., Virginia Morandini, Nadav Nur, et al.. (2024). Response of indicator species to changes in food web and ocean dynamics of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 36(5). 290–318. 1 indexed citations

Che‐Castaldo, Christian, et al.. (2024). Detecting stochasticity in population time series using a non‐parametric test of intrinsic predictability. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(10). 1834–1846. 3 indexed citations

Branch, Trevor A., Isabelle M. Côté, Solomon R. David, et al.. (2024). Controlled experiment finds no detectable citation bump from Twitter promotion. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0292201–e0292201. 4 indexed citations

Goetz, Kimberly T., Matthew H. Pinkerton, Takashi Iwata, et al.. (2023). First observations of Weddell seals foraging in sponges in Erebus Bay, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 46(7). 611–621. 5 indexed citations

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Khan, Christin Brangwynne, Kimberly T. Goetz, Caleb Robinson, et al.. (2023). A Biologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Very High-Resolution Satellite Imagery to Monitor Marine Mammals from Space. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(3). 595–595. 12 indexed citations

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Labrousse, Sara, David Nérini, Alexander Fraser, et al.. (2023). Where to live? Landfast sea ice shapes emperor penguin habitat around Antarctica. Science Advances. 9(39). eadg8340–eadg8340. 7 indexed citations

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LaRue, Michelle, et al.. (2022). High‐resolution satellite imagery meets the challenge of monitoring remote marine protected areas in the Antarctic and beyond. Conservation Letters. 15(4). 9 indexed citations

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Aves, Alex, Laura E. Revell, Sally Gaw, et al.. (2022). First evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow. The cryosphere. 16(6). 2127–2145. 256 indexed citations breakdown →

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LaRue, Michelle, et al.. (2021). Environmental DNA as a tool for monitoring Antarctic vertebrates. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 48(3-4). 245–262. 14 indexed citations

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Wege, Mia, et al.. (2021). Ice matters: Life‐history strategies of two Antarctic seals dictate climate change eventualities in the Weddell Sea. Global Change Biology. 27(23). 6252–6262. 13 indexed citations

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LaRue, Michelle, Nadav Nur, David G. Ainley, et al.. (2021). Insights from the first global population estimate of Weddell seals in Antarctica. Science Advances. 7(39). eabh3674–eabh3674. 26 indexed citations

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Jenouvrier, Stéphanie, Judy Che‐Castaldo, Shaye G. Wolf, et al.. (2021). The call of the emperor penguin: Legal responses to species threatened by climate change. Global Change Biology. 27(20). 5008–5029. 37 indexed citations

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Ainley, David G., Nadav Nur, Jay J. Rotella, et al.. (2020). Further evidence that Antarctic toothfish are important to Weddell seals. Antarctic Science. 33(1). 17–29. 16 indexed citations

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Jenouvrier, Stéphanie, Marika M. Holland, David T. Iles, et al.. (2019). The Paris Agreement objectives will likely halt future declines of emperor penguins. Global Change Biology. 26(3). 1170–1184. 33 indexed citations

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LaRue, Michelle, David G. Ainley, Katie M. Dugger, et al.. (2013). Climate Change Winners: Receding Ice Fields Facilitate Colony Expansion and Altered Dynamics in an Adélie Penguin Metapopulation. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e60568–e60568. 78 indexed citations

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