Ralph J. Larson

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ralph J. Larson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph J. Larson has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ralph J. Larson's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (12 papers), Marine and fisheries research (9 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (4 papers). Ralph J. Larson is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (12 papers), Marine and fisheries research (9 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (4 papers). Ralph J. Larson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ralph J. Larson's co-authors include Milton S. Love, Mark A. Hixon, Steven A. Berkeley, Stephen Ralston, Michael Josselyn, Mark S. Fonseca, Martha O. Burford Reiskind, Alfred W. Ebeling, John Carlos Garza and William H. Lenarz and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecological Monographs, Molecular Ecology and Marine Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ralph J. Larson

19 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Fisheries Sustainability via Protection of Age Structure ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Fisheries Sustainability via Protection of Age Structure and Spatial Distribution of Fish Populations
    2004 565 citations Steven A. Berkeley, Mark A. Hixon et al. Fisheries profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralph J. Larson United States 15 866 677 666 210 198 19 1.2k
Kathrine Michalsen Norway 19 952 1.1× 635 0.9× 521 0.8× 178 0.8× 203 1.0× 36 1.2k
Mikael van Deurs Denmark 21 801 0.9× 561 0.8× 639 1.0× 190 0.9× 165 0.8× 58 1.2k
Joe Wroblewski Canada 12 710 0.8× 627 0.9× 342 0.5× 175 0.8× 104 0.5× 21 936
R. Grant Gilmore United States 14 539 0.6× 579 0.9× 634 1.0× 226 1.1× 164 0.8× 28 1.1k
Eduardo F. Balart Mexico 18 550 0.6× 429 0.6× 711 1.1× 182 0.9× 326 1.6× 95 1.1k
Steven A. Berkeley United States 9 1.1k 1.2× 865 1.3× 615 0.9× 360 1.7× 64 0.3× 13 1.4k
Ofer Gon South Africa 13 467 0.5× 531 0.8× 588 0.9× 271 1.3× 123 0.6× 57 1.1k
Travis D. Shepherd Canada 8 855 1.0× 993 1.5× 803 1.2× 242 1.2× 133 0.7× 9 1.5k
Mark Belchier United Kingdom 22 760 0.9× 349 0.5× 846 1.3× 168 0.8× 269 1.4× 58 1.2k
Kristina Raab United Kingdom 9 836 1.0× 637 0.9× 460 0.7× 159 0.8× 88 0.4× 12 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralph J. Larson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph J. Larson

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Diercks, Arne R., Jeffrey P. Chanton, Samantha Bosman, et al.. (2020). Resuspension and Redistribution of Sediments In the Deep Gulf of Mexico: A Laboratory Sed-Flume Study. Aquila Digital Community (University of Southern Mississippi). 1 indexed citations
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Knope, Matthew L. & Ralph J. Larson. (2014). Autotomy in porcelain crabs is an effective escape mechanism from rockfish predation. Marine Ecology. 35(4). 471–477. 12 indexed citations
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Iwamoto, Tomio, et al.. (2011). Margaret G. Bradbury (1927–2010). Copeia. 2011(4). 599–605. 4 indexed citations
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Larson, Ralph J., et al.. (2006). Temporal recruitment patterns and gene flow in kelp rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens). Molecular Ecology. 15(12). 3801–3815. 30 indexed citations
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Reiskind, Martha O. Burford & Ralph J. Larson. (2006). Genetic heterogeneity in a single year-class from a panmictic population of adult blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus). Marine Biology. 151(2). 451–465. 23 indexed citations
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Berkeley, Steven A., Mark A. Hixon, Ralph J. Larson, & Milton S. Love. (2004). Fisheries Sustainability via Protection of Age Structure and Spatial Distribution of Fish Populations. Fisheries. 29(8). 23–32. 565 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ross, John Robert & Ralph J. Larson. (2003). INFLUENCE OF WATER COLUMN STRATIFICATION ON THE DEPTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF PELAGIC JUVENILE ROCKFISHES OFF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 16 indexed citations
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Parker, Steven J., James T. Golden, Donald R. Gunderson, et al.. (2000). Management of Pacific Rockfish. Fisheries. 25(3). 22–30. 98 indexed citations
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Larson, Ralph J.. (1991). Seasonal cycles of reserves in relation to reproduction inSebastes. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 30(1-2). 57–70. 28 indexed citations
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Lenarz, William H., Ralph J. Larson, & Stephen Ralston. (1991). DEPTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF LATE LARVAE AND PELAGIC JUVENILES OF SOME FISHES OF THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT. 27 indexed citations
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Larson, Ralph J., et al.. (1990). Gastric evacuation of three food types in the black and yellow rockfish Sebastes chrysomelas (Jordan and Gilbert). Journal of Fish Biology. 36(5). 673–681. 32 indexed citations
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Josselyn, Michael, et al.. (1986). Biomass, production and decomposition of a deep water seagrass, Halophila decipiens ostenf.. Aquatic Botany. 25. 47–61. 51 indexed citations
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Larson, Ralph J., et al.. (1985). SEASONAL CYCLES OF FAT AND GONAD VOLUME IN FIVE SPECIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ROCKFISH (SCORPAENIDAE: SEBASTES). 16 indexed citations
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Turner, Jefferson T., et al.. (1983). Seasonality of Plankton Assemblages in a Temperate Estuary. Marine Ecology. 4(1). 81–99. 30 indexed citations
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Larson, Ralph J.. (1980). Competition, Habitat Selection, and the Bathymetric Segregation of Two Rockfish (Sebastes) Species. Ecological Monographs. 50(2). 221–239. 144 indexed citations
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Larson, Ralph J.. (1980). Influence of territoriality on adult density in two rockfishes of the genus Sebastes. Marine Biology. 58(2). 123–132. 32 indexed citations
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Larson, Ralph J.. (1980). Territorial behavior of the black and yellow rockfish and gopher rockfish (Scorpaenidae, Sebastes). Marine Biology. 58(2). 111–122. 51 indexed citations
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Ebeling, Alfred W., et al.. (1980). Habitat Groups and Island-Mainland Distribution of Kelp-bed Fishes off Santa Barbara, CA. CSUN ScholarWorks (California State University, Northridge). 31 indexed citations
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Love, Milton S. & Ralph J. Larson. (1978). Geographic Variation in the Occurrence of Tympanic Spines and Possible Genetic Differentiation in the Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens). Copeia. 1978(1). 53–53. 11 indexed citations

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