Rob Williams

6.3k total citations
113 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Rob Williams is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Williams has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Ecology, 41 papers in Oceanography and 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Rob Williams's work include Marine animal studies overview (97 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (30 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (29 papers). Rob Williams is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (97 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (30 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (29 papers). Rob Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Rob Williams's co-authors include David Lusseau, Erin Ashe, Philip S. Hammond, Christine Erbe, David E. Bain, Andrew W. Trites, Dawn P. Noren, Len Thomas, Christopher W. Clark and James C. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rob Williams

108 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rob Williams 3.7k 1.4k 1.0k 1.0k 770 113 4.4k
Scott D. Kraus 4.6k 1.2× 2.1k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 647 0.6× 1.9k 2.4× 114 5.2k
Robin W. Baird 5.3k 1.4× 2.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 183 6.1k
Ding Wang 2.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 409 0.4× 785 0.8× 689 0.9× 177 3.7k
Jonas Teilmann 3.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 889 0.9× 622 0.6× 1.3k 1.7× 158 4.4k
Thomas A. Jefferson 3.6k 1.0× 891 0.6× 930 0.9× 961 0.9× 479 0.6× 123 4.3k
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara 4.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.9k 1.9× 750 0.7× 362 0.5× 120 5.7k
Robert L. Brownell 3.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 933 0.9× 431 0.4× 826 1.1× 168 4.2k
Sascha K. Hooker 2.4k 0.6× 811 0.6× 700 0.7× 358 0.3× 493 0.6× 53 2.7k
Randall R. Reeves 5.1k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 1.5k 1.4× 819 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 157 5.8k
Vincent Ridoux 5.2k 1.4× 844 0.6× 2.7k 2.6× 340 0.3× 561 0.7× 139 5.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rob Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rob Williams 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 Rob Williams. Rob Williams 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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Williams, Rob, et al.. (2024). Density dependence only affects increase rates in baleen whale populations at high abundance levels. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(9). 2258–2269. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, Robert C. Lacy, Erin Ashe, et al.. (2024). Warning sign of an accelerating decline in critically endangered killer whales (Orcinus orca). Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 10 indexed citations
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Linden, Daniel W., Jeffrey A. Hostetler, Richard M. Pace, et al.. (2024). Quantifying uncertainty in anthropogenic causes of injury and mortality for an endangered baleen whale. Ecosphere. 15(12). 2 indexed citations
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Best, Benjamin D., Caroline H. Fox, Rob Williams, Patrick N. Halpin, & Paul C. Paquet. (2023). Updated marine mammal distribution and abundance estimates in British Columbia. ˜The œjournal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 15(1). 9–26. 6 indexed citations
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Siple, Margaret C., André E. Punt, Tessa B. Francis, et al.. (2022). mmrefpoints: Projecting long-term marine mammalabundance with bycatch. The Journal of Open Source Software. 7(71). 3888–3888. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, et al.. (2021). Destroying and Restoring Critical Habitats of Endangered Killer Whales. BioScience. 71(11). 1117–1120. 5 indexed citations
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Reichmuth, Colleen, et al.. (2020). Behavioral assessment of in-air hearing range for the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). Polar Biology. 43(6). 767–772. 4 indexed citations
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Kuehne, Lauren M., et al.. (2020). Above and below: Military Aircraft Noise in Air and under Water at Whidbey Island, Washington. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(11). 923–923. 5 indexed citations
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Punt, André E., Margaret C. Siple, Tessa B. Francis, et al.. (2020). Can we manage marine mammal bycatch effectively in low‐data environments?. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(3). 596–607. 16 indexed citations
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Punt, André E., Margaret C. Siple, Tessa B. Francis, et al.. (2020). Robustness of potential biological removal to monitoring, environmental, and management uncertainties. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 77(7-8). 2491–2507. 19 indexed citations
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Herr, Helena, Natalie Kelly, Boris Dorschel, et al.. (2019). Aerial surveys for Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) reveal sea ice dependent distribution patterns. Ecology and Evolution. 9(10). 5664–5682. 22 indexed citations
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Veirs, Scott, Val Veirs, Rob Williams, Michael Jasny, & Jason Wood. (2018). A key to quieter seas: half of ship noise comes from 15% of the fleet. 11 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, et al.. (2018). Approaches to reduce noise from ships operating in important killer whale habitats. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 139. 459–469. 34 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, Len Thomas, Erin Ashe, Christopher W. Clark, & Philip S. Hammond. (2016). Gauging allowable harm limits to cumulative, sub-lethal effects of human activities on wildlife: A case-study approach using two whale populations. Marine Policy. 70. 58–64. 28 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, Christine Erbe, Erin Ashe, & Christopher W. Clark. (2015). Quiet(er) marine protected areas. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 100(1). 154–161. 74 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, Andrew Wright, Erin Ashe, et al.. (2015). Impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life: Publication patterns, new discoveries, and future directions in research and management. Ocean & Coastal Management. 115. 17–24. 246 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, et al.. (2014). Marine mammals and ocean noise: Future directions and information needs with respect to science, policy and law in Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 86(1-2). 29–38. 32 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, et al.. (2013). Severity of killer whale behavioral responses to ship noise: A dose–response study. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 79(1-2). 254–260. 64 indexed citations
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Williams, Rob, et al.. (1980). Gastroenterological Society of Australia, Annual Scientific Meeting, May 1980. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine. 10(5). 583–595. 1 indexed citations

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