Richard H. Backus

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Richard H. Backus is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard H. Backus has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Oceanography and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Richard H. Backus's work include Marine and fisheries research (17 papers), Marine animal studies overview (8 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (8 papers). Richard H. Backus is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (17 papers), Marine animal studies overview (8 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (8 papers). Richard H. Backus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kazakhstan and Canada. Richard H. Backus's co-authors include Donald B. Olson, James E. Craddock, Peter H. Wiebe, Timothy J. Cowles, A. M. Bradley, Valerie Barber, Glenn R. Flierl, John M. Teal, George L. Clarke and Michael H. Horn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Richard H. Backus

51 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

New development in the MOCNESS, an apparatus for sampling zooplankton and micronekton

1985 413 citations Peter H. Wiebe, Richard H. Backus et al. profile →

Peers

Richard H. Backus

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OCEAN

ECOLO

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Edward Brinton United States

J. J. Torres United States

Rudolf S. Scheltema United States

H.S.J. Roe United Kingdom

G. M. Wellington United States

Gordon Gunter United States

Carl Schlieper Germany

Austin B. Williams United States

D. D. Sameoto Canada

A. R. Longhurst Canada

Edward Brinton United States

Richard H. Backus

1.1k ×1.4

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942 ×1.3

OCEAN

848 ×1.4

ECOLO

301 ×0.7

NLC

108 ×0.7

AS

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Countries citing papers authored by Richard H. Backus

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard H. Backus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard H. Backus

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Backus, Richard H., et al.. (2018). Order Iniomi (Myctophiformes). Yale University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H., et al.. (2002). The flora of Penikese Island, Massachusetts: The fifth survey (1998-1999), with emphasis on the woody vegetation. e-Publications@Marquette (Marquette University). 10 indexed citations

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Boyd, Steven H., Peter H. Wiebe, Richard H. Backus, James E. Craddock, & Mary Ann Daher. (1986). Biomass of the micronekton in Gulf Stream ring 82-B and environs: changes with time. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 33(11-12). 1885–1905. 23 indexed citations

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Joyce, Terrence M., Richard H. Backus, Karen S. Baker, et al.. (1984). Rapid evolution of a Gulf Stream warm-core ring. Nature. 308(5962). 837–840. 79 indexed citations

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Hays, Earl E., et al.. (1982). Mortality of fish subjected to explosive shock as applied to oil well severance on Georges Bank. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Jahn, Andrew E. & Richard H. Backus. (1976). On the mesopelagic fish faunas of slope water, Gulf Stream, and northern Sargasso Sea. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 23(3). 223–234. 26 indexed citations

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Harbison, G. R., K.L. Smith, & Richard H. Backus. (1973). Stygiomedusa fabulosa from the North Atlantic: its Taxonomy, with a note on its Natural History. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 53(3). 615–617. 15 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H., et al.. (1968). Ceratoscopelus maderensis : Peculiar Sound-Scattering Layer Identified with This Myctophid Fish. Science. 160(3831). 991–993. 47 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H. & L. V. Worthington. (1965). On the Existence of the Seamount Known as "American Scout". Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H., et al.. (1965). Behaviour of Certain Marine Organisms During the Solar Eclipse of July 20, 1963. Nature. 205(4975). 989–991. 35 indexed citations

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Yentsch, C. S., et al.. (1964). FACTORS AFFECTING THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE EUPHOTIC ZONE1. Limnology and Oceanography. 9(4). 519–524. 30 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H.. (1961). Stranded Killer Whale in the Bahamas. Journal of Mammalogy. 42(3). 418–418. 6 indexed citations

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Schevill, William E. & Richard H. Backus. (1960). Daily Patrol of a Megaptera. Journal of Mammalogy. 41(2). 279–279. 10 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H.. (1960). Notes on Western North Atlantic Sharks, No. 2. Copeia. 1960(3). 243–243. 3 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H., et al.. (1956). A contribution to the natural history of the white-tip shark, Pterolamiops longimanus (Poey). Deep Sea Research (1953). 3(3). 178–188. 54 indexed citations

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Suttkus, Royal D., Richard H. Backus, Reeve M. Bailey, et al.. (1955). Notropis euryzonus, a new cyprinid fish from the Chattahoochee River system of Georgia and Alabama. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 3. 85–100. 4 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H.. (1954). Notes on the Frogs and Toads of Labrador. Copeia. 1954(3). 226–226. 6 indexed citations

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Raney, Edward C., et al.. (1953). Reproductive behavior in Cyprinodon variegatus Lacépède, in Florida. Zoologica scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society. 38(6). 97–104. 32 indexed citations

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Robins, C. Richard & Richard H. Backus. (1952). Tri-Sodium Phosphate as a Storage Medium for Otoliths. Copeia. 1952(3). 207–207. 1 indexed citations

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Backus, Richard H.. (1951). New and Rare Records of Fishes from Labrador. Copeia. 1951(4). 288–288. 19 indexed citations

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