Riley A. Pollom

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 851 citations indexed

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Riley A. Pollom is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Riley A. Pollom has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 851 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 8 papers in Aquatic Science and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Riley A. Pollom's work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (8 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (8 papers). Riley A. Pollom is often cited by papers focused on Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (8 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (8 papers). Riley A. Pollom collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Riley A. Pollom's co-authors include Nicholas K. Dulvy, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Peter M. Kyne, John K. Carlson, Nathan Pacoureau, Cassandra L. Rigby, Henning Winker, Rima W. Jabado, Holly K. Kindsvater and Sarah J. Foster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Riley A. Pollom

14 papers receiving 834 citations

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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.

Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays

2021 480 citations Nathan Pacoureau, Cassandra L. Rigby et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Riley A. Pollom Canada	10	634	322	304	302	118	16	851
Cassandra L. Rigby Australia	11	694 1.1×	362 1.1×	262 0.9×	293 1.0×	131 1.1×	22	839
Rodrigo Barreto Brazil	12	706 1.1×	361 1.1×	267 0.9×	294 1.0×	127 1.1×	22	871
Nathan Pacoureau Canada	9	533 0.8×	304 0.9×	161 0.5×	292 1.0×	88 0.7×	15	709
Sanja Matić‐Skoko Croatia	17	289 0.5×	573 1.8×	299 1.0×	408 1.4×	109 0.9×	79	868
Michael Godard United Kingdom	12	511 0.8×	151 0.5×	303 1.0×	413 1.4×	66 0.6×	21	680
Maurício Hostim‐Silva Brazil	18	555 0.9×	624 1.9×	288 0.9×	623 2.1×	108 0.9×	98	1.0k
Katelyn B. Herman United States	6	534 0.8×	267 0.8×	190 0.6×	242 0.8×	98 0.8×	7	651
Maria José Juan‐Jordá Spain	12	303 0.5×	401 1.2×	133 0.4×	316 1.0×	59 0.5×	19	635
Erdoğan Çiçek Türkiye	12	394 0.6×	230 0.7×	562 1.8×	154 0.5×	199 1.7×	99	769
Fábio Di Dario Brazil	14	745 1.2×	165 0.5×	488 1.6×	225 0.7×	116 1.0×	37	916

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Riley A. Pollom

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16 of 16 papers shown

Dulvy, Nicholas K., Nathan Pacoureau, Jay H. Matsushiba, et al.. (2024). Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays. Science. 386(6726). eadn1477–eadn1477. 15 indexed citations

Pollom, Riley A., Jessica Cheok, Nathan Pacoureau, et al.. (2024). Overfishing and climate change elevate extinction risk of endemic sharks and rays in the southwest Indian Ocean hotspot. PLoS ONE. 19(9). e0306813–e0306813. 8 indexed citations

Pacoureau, Nathan, John K. Carlson, Holly K. Kindsvater, et al.. (2023). Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(5). e2216891120–e2216891120. 41 indexed citations

Sigwart, Julia D., Riley A. Pollom, & Monika Böhm. (2023). The IUCN Species Survival Commission launches a new Red List Authority to assess marine invertebrates. Oryx. 57(4). 418–419. 3 indexed citations

Pacoureau, Nathan, Cassandra L. Rigby, Peter M. Kyne, et al.. (2021). Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays. Nature. 589(7843). 567–571. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

Böhm, Monika, Riley A. Pollom, Cátia Canteiro, et al.. (2021). New Global Center for Species Survival launches programme of work. Oryx. 55(6). 816–817.

Pollom, Riley A., Gina M. Ralph, Caroline M. Pollock, & Amanda C. J. Vincent. (2021). Global extinction risk for seahorses, pipefishes and their near relatives (Syngnathiformes). Oryx. 55(4). 497–506. 30 indexed citations

Shiffman, David S., Sarah Joy Bittick, Sheila R. Colla, et al.. (2020). Inaccurate and Biased Global Media Coverage Underlies Public Misunderstanding of Shark Conservation Threats and Solutions. iScience. 23(6). 101205–101205. 47 indexed citations

Pollom, Riley A., Rodrigo Barreto, Gustavo Enrique Chiaramonte, et al.. (2020). Pseudobatos horkelii, Brazilian Guitarfish. Conicet.

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Lawson, Julia M., Riley A. Pollom, Joanna Barker, et al.. (2019). Extinction risk and conservation of critically endangered angel sharks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 77(1). 12–29. 42 indexed citations

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Sherley, Richard B., Henning Winker, Cassandra L. Rigby, et al.. (2019). Estimating IUCN Red List population reduction: JARA—A decision‐support tool applied to pelagic sharks. Conservation Letters. 13(2). 35 indexed citations

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Jabado, Rima W., Peter M. Kyne, Riley A. Pollom, et al.. (2017). The conservation status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras in the Arabian Sea and adjacent waters. 29 indexed citations

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Lourie, Sara A., Riley A. Pollom, & Sarah J. Foster. (2016). A global revision of the Seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): Taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa. 4146(1). 1–66. 87 indexed citations

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Pollom, Riley A. & George A. Rose. (2016). A global review of the spatial, taxonomic, and temporal scope of freshwater fisheries hydroacoustics research. Environmental Reviews. 24(3). 333–347. 24 indexed citations

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Pollom, Riley A. & George A. Rose. (2015). Size-Based Hydroacoustic Measures of Within-Season Fish Abundance in a Boreal Freshwater Ecosystem. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124799–e0124799. 7 indexed citations

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Pollom, Riley A.. (2010). Expanding Biocultural Horizons: Integrating Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge Into a Global Framework for Sustainability. 1(1). 3 indexed citations

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