Robert H. Day

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Robert H. Day is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert H. Day has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert H. Day's work include Avian ecology and behavior (24 papers), Marine and fisheries research (20 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (13 papers). Robert H. Day is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (24 papers), Marine and fisheries research (20 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (13 papers). Robert H. Day collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Chile. Robert H. Day's co-authors include David G. Shaw, B. E. McKenzie, John A. Wiens, Stephen M. Murphy, Brian A. Cooper, G. Vernon Byrd, Edward R. Strelow, Katherine J. Kuletz, Gregory D. Hayward and Scott Coffin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert H. Day

88 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required

2023 215 citations Marcus Eriksen, Win Cowger et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert H. Day United States	27	886	619	493	378	345	89	2.3k
Sophie Brasseur Netherlands	20	927 1.0×	168 0.3×	363 0.7×	110 0.3×	198 0.6×	84	1.8k
Charles W. Martin United States	23	772 0.9×	339 0.5×	443 0.9×	17 0.0×	307 0.9×	102	1.7k
Bridie J. M. Allan Australia	26	1.0k 1.1×	217 0.4×	679 1.4×	100 0.3×	620 1.8×	56	1.7k
Maria Correa-Cano United Kingdom	8	592 0.7×	67 0.1×	432 0.9×	37 0.1×	78 0.2×	10	1.8k
Yutaka Watanuki Japan	43	4.1k 4.6×	978 1.6×	1.4k 2.9×	628 1.7×	364 1.1×	219	6.0k
Andrew J. Nelson Canada	20	276 0.3×	121 0.2×	48 0.1×	28 0.1×	122 0.4×	84	1.9k
Matthew S. Savoca United States	18	840 0.9×	652 1.1×	284 0.6×	426 1.1×	243 0.7×	38	1.7k
Shiro Kohshima Japan	28	1.6k 1.8×	153 0.2×	137 0.3×	5 0.0×	128 0.4×	92	2.8k
David N. Wiley United States	21	1.4k 1.5×	42 0.1×	365 0.7×	28 0.1×	694 2.0×	70	1.8k
Alberto Ugolini Italy	24	618 0.7×	456 0.7×	287 0.6×	244 0.6×	343 1.0×	119	1.8k

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Eriksen, Marcus, Win Cowger, Scott Coffin, et al.. (2023). A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0281596–e0281596. 215 indexed citations breakdown →

Grebmeier, Jacqueline M., Bodil A. Bluhm, Lee W. Cooper, et al.. (2015). Ecosystem characteristics and processes facilitating persistent macrobenthic biomass hotspots and associated benthivory in the Pacific Arctic. Progress In Oceanography. 136. 92–114. 213 indexed citations

Hopcroft, Russell R. & Robert H. Day. (2013). Introduction to the special issue on the ecology of the northeastern Chukchi Sea. Continental Shelf Research. 67. 1–4. 10 indexed citations

Harwell, Mark A., John H. Gentile, Keith R. Parker, et al.. (2012). Quantitative Assessment of Current Risks to Harlequin Ducks in Prince William Sound, Alaska, from theExxon ValdezOil Spill. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 18(2). 261–328. 7 indexed citations

Day, Robert H., et al.. (2011). The Status and Distribution of Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus Brevirostris in Northern Alaska. Marine ornithology. 39(1). 6 indexed citations

Day, Robert H., et al.. (2004). Environmental Effects on the Fall Migration of Eiders Somateria Spp at Barrow, Alaska. Marine ornithology. 32(1). 11 indexed citations

Day, Robert H., Stephen M. Murphy, John A. Wiens, & Keith R. Parker. (2003). Changing Habitat Use by Birds after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings. 2003(1). 531–537. 1 indexed citations

Wiens, John A., Thomas O. Crist, Robert H. Day, Stephen M. Murphy, & Gregory D. Hayward. (2001). A Canonical Correspondence Analysis of the Effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Marine Birds. Ecological Applications. 11(3). 828–828. 1 indexed citations

Wiens, John A., Robert H. Day, Stephen M. Murphy, & Keith R. Parker. (2001). On Drawing Conclusions Nine Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Ornithological Applications. 103(4). 886–892. 1 indexed citations

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Day, Robert H., et al.. (2000). At-sea Habitat Use by the Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphusbrevirostris in Nearshore Waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine ornithology. 28(2). 11 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Michelle H., Brian A. Cooper, & Robert H. Day. (2000). 10.1016/s0967-0653(97)85776-6. Pacific Science. 51(1). 97–106. 8 indexed citations

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Murphy, Edward C., et al.. (1992). Intracolony Variability during Periods of Poor Reproductive Performance at a Glaucous-Winged Gull Colony. Ornithological Applications. 94(3). 598–607. 10 indexed citations

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Day, Robert H.. (1991). The teaching of psychology. Australian Psychologist. 26(2). 107–111. 2 indexed citations

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Niebauer, H. J. & Robert H. Day. (1989). Causes of interannual variability in the sea ice cover of the Eastern Bering Sea. GeoJournal. 18(1). 45–59. 32 indexed citations

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McKenzie, B. E., et al.. (1986). Spatial Localization in Infancy: Position Constancy in a Square and Circular Room with and without a Landmark. Child Development. 57(1). 115–115. 25 indexed citations

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Day, Robert H., et al.. (1981). Effects of the similarity and dissimilarity between familiarization and test objects on recognition memory in infants following unimodal and bimodal familiarization.. PubMed. 52(4). 1308–12. 5 indexed citations

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Burnham, Denis & Robert H. Day. (1979). Detection of color in rotating objects by infants and its generalization over changes in velocity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 28(2). 191–204. 12 indexed citations

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Day, Robert H., et al.. (1974). Perceptual processes in early infancy. Australian Psychologist. 9(1). 15–34. 2 indexed citations

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Day, Robert H.. (1973). Apparent contraction and disappearance of moving objects in the peripheral visual field. Vision Research. 13(5). 959–975. 5 indexed citations

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Day, Robert H., et al.. (1972). Uprightness constancy with head inversion in young children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 14(1). 43–52. 1 indexed citations

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