Richard Sears

2.2k total citations
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Richard Sears is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Sears has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Oceanography and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Richard Sears's work include Marine animal studies overview (43 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (22 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (15 papers). Richard Sears is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (43 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (22 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (15 papers). Richard Sears collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Richard Sears's co-authors include Christian Ramp, Per J. Palsbøll, Martine Bérubé, Philip S. Hammond, Finn Larsen, Julie Gauthier, Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Chris D. Metcalfe, David K. Mattila and Phillip J. Clapham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Richard Sears

42 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Sears United States 22 1.4k 591 433 359 187 45 1.6k
Jorge Urbán R. Mexico 23 1.7k 1.3× 938 1.6× 516 1.2× 363 1.0× 363 1.9× 80 1.9k
Moira W. Brown United States 22 1.2k 0.9× 650 1.1× 450 1.0× 250 0.7× 152 0.8× 38 1.4k
Candice K. Emmons United States 18 976 0.7× 407 0.7× 274 0.6× 197 0.5× 319 1.7× 42 1.2k
P J Nico de Bruyn South Africa 25 1.6k 1.2× 311 0.5× 424 1.0× 552 1.5× 127 0.7× 119 2.0k
Nancy A. Black United States 9 787 0.6× 370 0.6× 183 0.4× 277 0.8× 117 0.6× 11 923
Alexandros Frantzis Greece 25 1.3k 1.0× 562 1.0× 143 0.3× 563 1.6× 222 1.2× 52 1.6k
Diane Gendron Mexico 21 1.4k 1.0× 520 0.9× 329 0.8× 491 1.4× 141 0.8× 60 1.6k
Keith D. Mullin United States 21 1.3k 0.9× 486 0.8× 266 0.6× 489 1.4× 186 1.0× 55 1.5k
Colin D. MacLeod United Kingdom 22 1.3k 0.9× 373 0.6× 186 0.4× 414 1.2× 231 1.2× 57 1.4k
William F. Perrin United States 21 1.7k 1.3× 391 0.7× 221 0.5× 401 1.1× 247 1.3× 43 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Sears

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Sears

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ramp, Christian, et al.. (2024). Migratory movements of fin whales from the Gulf of St. Lawrence challenge our understanding of the Northwest Atlantic stock structure. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11472–11472. 2 indexed citations
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Calambokidis, John, et al.. (2024). Changes in blue whale survival and abundance in the Gulf of California. Marine Mammal Science. 40(4). 1 indexed citations
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Kershaw, Joanna, Christian Ramp, Richard Sears, A. Hall, & Davina Derous. (2024). Proteome profiling reveals opportunities to investigate biomarkers of oxidative stress and immune responses in blubber biopsies from free-ranging baleen whales. Conservation Physiology. 12(1). coae059–coae059. 1 indexed citations
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Secchi, Eduardo R., Camilla Speller, Christian Ramp, et al.. (2024). Phylogenomics and Pervasive Genome-Wide Phylogenetic Discordance Among Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus). Systematic Biology. 73(6). 873–885.
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Bérubé, Martine, Lutz Bachmann, Peter B. Best, et al.. (2024). Baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and parentage assignment in Mysticeti. Global Ecology and Conservation. 51. e02947–e02947.
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Bérubé, Martine, Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen, Finn Larsen, et al.. (2023). Wild pedigrees inform mutation rates and historic abundance in baleen whales. Science. 381(6661). 990–995. 9 indexed citations
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Kershaw, Joanna, Christian Ramp, Richard Sears, et al.. (2020). Declining reproductive success in the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) reflects ecosystem shifts on their feeding grounds. Global Change Biology. 27(5). 1027–1041. 31 indexed citations
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Iorio, Lucia Di, Catherine L. Berchok, Luis Bedriñana‐Romano, et al.. (2019). Visual and passive acoustic observations of blue whale trios from two distinct populations. Marine Mammal Science. 36(1). 365–374. 27 indexed citations
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Ramp, Christian, Julien Delarue, Alain Carpentier, et al.. (2019). Decline in abundance and apparent survival rates of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Ecology and Evolution. 9(7). 4231–4244. 33 indexed citations
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Ramp, Christian, et al.. (2015). Adapting to a Warmer Ocean—Seasonal Shift of Baleen Whale Movements over Three Decades. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0121374–e0121374. 97 indexed citations
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Lesage, Véronique, Christian Ramp, Richard Sears, et al.. (2013). Trophic niche partitioning among sympatric baleen whale species following the collapse of groundfish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 497. 285–301. 75 indexed citations
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Ramp, Christian, Julien Delarue, Martine Bérubé, Philip S. Hammond, & Richard Sears. (2013). Fin whale survival and abundance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Endangered Species Research. 23(2). 125–132. 19 indexed citations
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Doniol‐Valcroze, Thomas, Dominique Berteaux, Pierre Larouche, & Richard Sears. (2007). Influence of thermal fronts on habitat selection by four rorqual whale species in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 335. 207–216. 94 indexed citations
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Bérubé, Martine, Hans J. Skaug, Hanne Jørgensen, et al.. (2005). Polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae and fin whale, balaenoptera physalus. Conservation Genetics. 6(4). 631–636. 15 indexed citations
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Metcalfe, Chris D., Brenda G. Koenig, Tracy L. Metcalfe, Gordon Paterson, & Richard Sears. (2003). Intra- and inter-species differences in persistent organic contaminants in the blubber of blue whales and humpback whales from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Marine Environmental Research. 57(4). 245–260. 51 indexed citations
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Palsbøll, Per J., Judith Allen, Martine Bérubé, et al.. (1997). Genetic tagging of humpback whales. Nature. 388(6644). 767–769. 262 indexed citations
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Gauthier, Julie, Chris D. Metcalfe, & Richard Sears. (1997). Validation of the blubber biopsy technique for monitoring of organochlorine contaminants in balaenopterid whales. Marine Environmental Research. 43(3). 157–179. 41 indexed citations
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Palsbøll, Per J., PJ Clapham, Finn Larsen, et al.. (1995). Distribution of mtDNA haplotypes in North Atlantic humpback whales: the influence of behaviour on population structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 116. 1–10. 117 indexed citations
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Steiger, Gretchen H., et al.. (1991). MOVEMENT OF HUMPBACK WHALES BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND COSTA RICA. Marine Mammal Science. 7(3). 306–310. 46 indexed citations
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Lien, Jon, Richard Sears, Peter W. Jones, & I‐Hsun Ni. (1989). Right Whale, Eublaena glacialis, sightings in waters off Newfoundland and Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence 1978-1987. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 103(1). 91–93. 5 indexed citations

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