Scott R. Benson

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Scott R. Benson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott R. Benson has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 23 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Scott R. Benson's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (22 papers), Marine animal studies overview (14 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (11 papers). Scott R. Benson is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (22 papers), Marine animal studies overview (14 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (11 papers). Scott R. Benson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Indonesia and Australia. Scott R. Benson's co-authors include Peter H. Dutton, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Tomoharu Eguchi, Daniel P. Costa, Heidi Dewar, Creusa Hitipeuw, Elliott L. Hazen, Francisco P. Chávez and Dana K. Briscoe and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott R. Benson

36 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamic ocean management: Defining and conceptualizing re... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Dynamic ocean management: Defining and conceptualizing real-time management of the ocean
    2015 337 citations Sara M. Maxwell, Elliott L. Hazen et al. profile →
  2. A dynamic ocean management tool to reduce bycatch and support sustainable fisheries
    2018 286 citations Elliott L. Hazen, Kylie L. Scales et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers

Scott R. Benson
Janet Coetzee South Africa
David A. Milton Australia
Timothy B. Werner United States
Tomoharu Eguchi United States
Michelle Paleczny Canada
Rowan Trebilco Australia
Mette Skern‐Mauritzen Norway
Cathy Bulman Australia
Jeffrey C. Mangel United Kingdom
Jaime Jahncke United States
Janet Coetzee South Africa
Scott R. Benson
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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott R. Benson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott R. Benson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott R. Benson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott R. Benson 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 Scott R. Benson. Scott R. Benson 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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Lezama‐Ochoa, Nerea, Heather Welch, Jennifer Brown, et al.. (2025). Identifying climate refugia and bright spots for highly mobile species. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1).
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Lezama‐Ochoa, Nerea, Stephanie Brodie, Heather Welch, et al.. (2023). Divergent responses of highly migratory species to climate change in the California Current. Diversity and Distributions. 30(2). 18 indexed citations
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Forney, Karin A., Jeffrey E. Moore, Jay Barlow, James V. Carretta, & Scott R. Benson. (2020). A multidecadal Bayesian trend analysis of harbor porpoise(Phocoena phocoena) populations off California relative to past fishery bycatch. Marine Mammal Science. 37(2). 546–560. 17 indexed citations
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Benson, Scott R., Karin A. Forney, Jeffrey E. Moore, et al.. (2020). A long-term decline in the abundance of endangered leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at a foraging ground in the California Current Ecosystem. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24. e01371–e01371. 10 indexed citations
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Avens, Larisa, Lisa R. Goshe, George R. Zug, et al.. (2019). Regional comparison of leatherback sea turtle maturation attributes and reproductive longevity. Marine Biology. 167(1). 17 indexed citations
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Harrison, Autumn‐Lynn, Daniel P. Costa, Arliss J. Winship, et al.. (2018). The political biogeography of migratory marine predators. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(10). 1571–1578. 97 indexed citations
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Eguchi, Tomoharu, Sam McClatchie, Cara Wilson, et al.. (2018). Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the California Current: Abundance, Distribution, and Anomalous Warming of the North Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. 8 indexed citations
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Hazen, Elliott L., Kylie L. Scales, Sara M. Maxwell, et al.. (2018). A dynamic ocean management tool to reduce bycatch and support sustainable fisheries. Science Advances. 4(5). eaar3001–eaar3001. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eguchi, Tomoharu, Scott R. Benson, David G. Foley, & Karin A. Forney. (2016). Predicting overlap between drift gillnet fishing and leatherback turtle habitat in the California Current Ecosystem. Fisheries Oceanography. 26(1). 17–33. 31 indexed citations
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Curtis, K. Alexandra, Jeffrey E. Moore, & Scott R. Benson. (2015). Estimating Limit Reference Points for Western Pacific Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the U.S. West Coast EEZ. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0136452–e0136452. 16 indexed citations
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Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Scott R. Benson, Karen E. Arthur, et al.. (2012). Stable Isotope Tracking of Endangered Sea Turtles: Validation with Satellite Telemetry and δ15N Analysis of Amino Acids. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37403–e37403. 121 indexed citations
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Bailey, Helen, Scott R. Benson, George L. Shillinger, et al.. (2012). Identification of distinct movement patterns in Pacific leatherback turtle populations influenced by ocean conditions. Ecological Applications. 22(3). 735–747. 62 indexed citations
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Benson, Scott R., Tomoharu Eguchi, Dave Foley, et al.. (2011). Large-scale movements and high-use areas of western Pacific leatherback turtles,Dermochelys coriacea. Ecosphere. 2(7). art84–art84. 112 indexed citations
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Epperly, Sheryan P., Larisa Avens, Scott R. Benson, et al.. (2008). Sea turtle research techniques manual. 35 indexed citations
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Benson, Scott R., et al.. (2007). Post-Nesting Migrations of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Jamursba-Medi, Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 6(1). 150–154. 66 indexed citations
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DeVogelaere, Andrew, et al.. (2005). Exploring the Davidson Seamount; Combining Science, Public Outreach, and Resource Management. 371–376. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, Scott R., Donald A. Croll, Baldo Marinovic, Francisco P. Chávez, & James T. Harvey. (2002). Changes in the cetacean assemblage of a coastal upwelling ecosystem during El Niño 1997–98 and La Niña 1999. Progress In Oceanography. 54(1-4). 279–291. 106 indexed citations
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Perrin, William F., Wesley A. Armstrong, Alan N. Baker, et al.. (1995). AN ANOMALOUSLY PIGMENTED FORM OF THE SHORT‐BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN (DELPHINUS DELPHIS) FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC, EASTERN PACIFIC, AND EASTERN ATLANTIC. Marine Mammal Science. 11(2). 241–247. 5 indexed citations

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