Moira Galbraith

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Moira Galbraith is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moira Galbraith has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Oceanography and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Moira Galbraith's work include Marine and fisheries research (26 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (18 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (13 papers). Moira Galbraith is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (26 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (18 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (13 papers). Moira Galbraith collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Moira Galbraith's co-authors include Peter S. Ross, Jean‐Pierre Desforges, Neil Dangerfield, David L. Mackas, Richard E. Thomson, Maia Tsurumi, J. Mark Hipfner, R. Ian Perry, Akash R. Sastri and Evgeny A. Pakhomov and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Moira Galbraith

44 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean

2014 805 citations Jean‐Pierre Desforges, Moira Galbraith et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
Ingestion of Microplastics by Zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

2015 783 citations Jean‐Pierre Desforges, Moira Galbraith et al. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moira Galbraith Canada	22	1.7k	1.2k	716	686	541	45	2.8k
Mark Lenz Germany	24	1.3k 0.8×	814 0.7×	529 0.7×	658 1.0×	481 0.9×	64	2.3k
M.L. Fernández-de-Puelles Spain	28	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	958 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	61	4.0k
Álvaro T. Palma Chile	15	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	442 0.6×	358 0.5×	568 1.0×	35	3.0k
Ahmet E. Kıdeyş Türkiye	31	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.5×	1.5k 2.2×	654 1.2×	114	3.7k
João Canning‐Clode Portugal	26	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	620 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	97	3.2k
Jan Mees Belgium	29	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	994 1.4×	1.1k 2.0×	142	3.9k
Cristina Munari Italy	26	1.1k 0.7×	727 0.6×	675 0.9×	817 1.2×	635 1.2×	90	2.3k
Yoann Thomas France	23	1.4k 0.8×	742 0.6×	730 1.0×	481 0.7×	535 1.0×	44	2.4k
Valentina Tirelli Italy	20	901 0.5×	665 0.5×	535 0.7×	570 0.8×	507 0.9×	35	2.0k
William Sanderson United Kingdom	21	842 0.5×	694 0.6×	949 1.3×	566 0.8×	616 1.1×	72	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Moira Galbraith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Moira Galbraith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moira Galbraith

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

All Works

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Rodrigues, Clara F., Rute B. G. Clemente‐Carvalho, Evan Morien, et al.. (2025). DNA metabarcoding captures temporal and vertical dynamics of mesozooplankton communities. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82(2). 2 indexed citations

Galbraith, Moira, et al.. (2024). Data-driven determination of zooplankton bioregions and robustness analysis. MethodsX. 12. 102676–102676. 1 indexed citations

Cronin, Meghan F., Robert P. Dziak, David K. Mellinger, et al.. (2024). The 2019 Marine Heatwave at Ocean Station Papa: A Multi‐Disciplinary Assessment of Ocean Conditions and Impacts on Marine Ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(6). 4 indexed citations

Olson, Elise M., Susan E. Allen, Moira Galbraith, et al.. (2023). Seasonal and regional variability of model-based zooplankton biomass in the Salish Sea and evaluation against observations. Progress In Oceanography. 219. 103171–103171.

Lüskow, Florian, et al.. (2022). Biology and distribution of salps in the subarctic Northeast Pacific. Marine Biology. 169(6). 7 indexed citations

Steinberg, Deborah K., Karen Stamieszkin, Amy E. Maas, et al.. (2022). The Outsized Role of Salps in Carbon Export in the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(1). e2022GB007523–e2022GB007523. 28 indexed citations

Lüskow, Florian, Moira Galbraith, Brian P. V. Hunt, et al.. (2021). Gelatinous and soft-bodied zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: Phosphorus content and potential resilience to phosphorus limitation. Hydrobiologia. 849(7). 1543–1557. 9 indexed citations

Galbraith, Moira, et al.. (2021). Acartia arbruta (previously A. tonsa) in British Columbia: a bioindicator of climate-driven ecosystem variability in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Journal of Plankton Research. 43(4). 546–564. 1 indexed citations

Perry, R. Ian, et al.. (2021). Zooplankton variability in the Strait of Georgia, Canada, and relationships with the marine survivals of Chinook and Coho salmon. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0245941–e0245941. 22 indexed citations

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Tessler, Michael, Jean P. Gaffney, Anderson G. Oliveira, et al.. (2020). A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17724–17724. 16 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Jens M., Lauren A. Rogers, Richard D. Brodeur, et al.. (2020). Responses of ichthyoplankton assemblages to the recent marine heatwave and previous climate fluctuations in several Northeast Pacific marine ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 27(3). 506–520. 38 indexed citations

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Hipfner, J. Mark, Moira Galbraith, Strahan Tucker, et al.. (2018). Two forage fishes as potential conduits for the vertical transfer of microfibres in Northeastern Pacific Ocean food webs. Environmental Pollution. 239. 215–222. 74 indexed citations

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Hipfner, J. Mark, et al.. (2017). Low incidence of plastics in food loads delivered to nestlings by a zooplanktivorous seabird over a 21-year period. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 121(1-2). 320–322. 6 indexed citations

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Bertram, Douglas F., et al.. (2017). Plastic ingestion by Pacific Sand Lance (Ammodytes personatus) in the Salish Sea.. Western CEDAR (Western Washington University). 1 indexed citations

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Desforges, Jean‐Pierre, Moira Galbraith, & Peter S. Ross. (2015). Ingestion of Microplastics by Zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 69(3). 320–330. 783 indexed citations breakdown →

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Desforges, Jean‐Pierre, Moira Galbraith, Neil Dangerfield, & Peter S. Ross. (2014). Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 79(1-2). 94–99. 805 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hipfner, J. Mark & Moira Galbraith. (2014). Diet of the Pacific Sand Lance (<em>Ammodytes hexapterus</em>) in the Salish Sea, British Columbia, in the 1960s. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 128(1). 57–57. 5 indexed citations

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Hipfner, J. Mark & Moira Galbraith. (2013). Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of the Pacific sand lance Ammodytes hexapterus in waters off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Fish Biology. 83(5). 1094–1111. 7 indexed citations

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Frouin‐Mouy, Héloïse, Neil Dangerfield, Robie W. Macdonald, et al.. (2013). Partitioning and bioaccumulation of PCBs and PBDEs in marine plankton from the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Progress In Oceanography. 115. 65–75. 47 indexed citations

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Mackas, David L. & Moira Galbraith. (2002). Zooplankton Distribution and Dynamics in a North Pacific Eddy of Coastal Origin: I. Transport and Loss of Continental Margin Species. Journal of Oceanography. 58(5). 725–738. 92 indexed citations

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