Robert C. Francis

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Robert C. Francis is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Francis has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Francis's work include Marine and fisheries research (28 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (14 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (11 papers). Robert C. Francis is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (28 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (14 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (11 papers). Robert C. Francis collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Canada. Robert C. Francis's co-authors include Steven R. Hare, Nathan J. Mantua, John M. Wallace, Yuan Zhang, Anne B. Hollowed, Warren S. Wooster, Sarah Gaichas, Kerim Aydin, Mark A. Hixon and M. Elizabeth Clarke and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Ecological Applications and Chemical Engineering Science.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Francis

36 papers receiving 7.4k citations

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A Pacific Interdecadal Climate Oscillation with Impacts on Salmon Production

1997 5.8k citations Nathan J. Mantua, Steven R. Hare et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

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Steven R. Hare United States

Ants Leetmaa United States

Naomi Naik United States

Emanuele Di Lorenzo United States

Jian Lu United States

Mingfang Ting United States

Rosanne D’Arrigo United States

Julia E. Cole United States

James D. Scott United States

David B. Enfield United States

Steven R. Hare United States

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Sharma, Rishi, Luis A. Vélez‐Espino, Alex C. Wertheimer, Nathan J. Mantua, & Robert C. Francis. (2012). Relating spatial and temporal scales of climate and ocean variability to survival of Pacific Northwest Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Fisheries Oceanography. 22(1). 14–31. 51 indexed citations

Gaichas, Sarah & Robert C. Francis. (2008). Network models for ecosystem-based fishery analysis: a review of concepts and application to the Gulf of Alaska marine food web. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 65(9). 1965–1982. 31 indexed citations

Field, John C. & Robert C. Francis. (2005). Considering ecosystem-based fisheries management in the California Current. Marine Policy. 30(5). 552–569. 54 indexed citations

Francis, Robert C., et al.. (2005). Preserving low-frequency climate signals in growth records of geoduck clams (Panopea abrupta). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 228(1-2). 167–178. 25 indexed citations

Watters, George M., Robert Olson, Robert C. Francis, et al.. (2003). Physical forcing and the dynamics of the pelagic ecosystem in the eastern tropical Pacific: simulations with ENSO-scale and global-warming climate drivers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 60(9). 1161–1175. 72 indexed citations

Hare, Steven R., Nathan J. Mantua, & Robert C. Francis. (1999). Inverse Production Regimes: Alaska and West Coast Pacific Salmon. Fisheries. 24(1). 6–14. 314 indexed citations

Francis, Robert C., Steven R. Hare, Anne B. Hollowed, & Warren S. Wooster. (1998). Effects of interdecadal climate variability on the oceanic ecosystems of the NE Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography. 7(1). 1–21. 351 indexed citations

Mantua, Nathan J., Steven R. Hare, Yuan Zhang, John M. Wallace, & Robert C. Francis. (1997). A Pacific Interdecadal Climate Oscillation with Impacts on Salmon Production. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 78(6). 1069–1079. 5846 indexed citations breakdown →

Hilborn, Ray, Ellen K. Pikitch, & Robert C. Francis. (1993). Current Trends in Including Risk and Uncertainty in Stock Assessment and Harvest Decisions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 50(4). 874–880. 63 indexed citations

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Brodeur, Richard D., Robert C. Francis, & William G. Pearcy. (1992). Food Consumption of Juvenile Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha) on the Continental Shelf off Washington and Oregon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 49(8). 1670–1685. 62 indexed citations

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Adlerstein, Sara A. & Robert C. Francis. (1991). Offshore Pacific whiting: A parasite study. ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington). 1 indexed citations

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Francis, Robert C.. (1990). Climate Change and Marine Fisheries. Fisheries. 15(6). 7–9. 5 indexed citations

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Swartzman, Gordon L., Wayne M. Getz, & Robert C. Francis. (1987). Binational Management of Pacific Hake (Merluccius productus): A Stochastic Modeling Approach. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 44(5). 1053–1063. 12 indexed citations

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Getz, Wayne M., Robert C. Francis, & Gordon L. Swartzman. (1987). On Managing Variable Marine Fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 44(7). 1370–1375. 33 indexed citations

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Francis, Robert C.. (1986). Fish stock assessment, a manual of basic methods. Fisheries Research. 4(1). 76–78. 7 indexed citations

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Rose, Kenneth A., et al.. (1983). An age structured stochastic recruitment and management model for the Pacific Whiting Fishery : establishment of model stability and robustness via sensitivity analysis. 1 indexed citations

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Swartzman, Gordon L., et al.. (1983). A Management Analysis of the Pacific Whiting (Merluccius productus) Fishery Using an Age-Structured Stochastic Recruitment Model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 40(4). 524–539. 30 indexed citations

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Francis, Robert C.. (1983). Population and Trophic Dynamics of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 40(11). 1925–1943. 28 indexed citations

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Francis, Robert C.. (1980). Fisheries science now and in the future: A personal view. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 14(1). 95–100. 5 indexed citations

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Francis, Robert C. & John C. Berg. (1967). The effect of surfactants on a packed distillation column. Chemical Engineering Science. 22(4). 685–692. 12 indexed citations

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