Sean M. Wiggins

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Sean M. Wiggins is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean M. Wiggins has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Ecology, 108 papers in Oceanography and 37 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Sean M. Wiggins's work include Marine animal studies overview (113 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (106 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (37 papers). Sean M. Wiggins is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (113 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (106 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (37 papers). Sean M. Wiggins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Sean M. Wiggins's co-authors include John A. Hildebrand, Mark A. McDonald, Ana Širović, Donald Ross, Megan F. McKenna, Simone Baumann‐Pickering, Marie A. Roch, Erin M. Oleson, Melissa S. Soldevilla and Sue E. Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sean M. Wiggins

113 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Underwater radiated noise from modern commercial ships

2012 337 citations Megan F. McKenna, Donald Ross et al. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America profile →

Peers

Sean M. Wiggins

ECOLO

OCEAN

GPC

David K. Mellinger United States

Kathleen M. Stafford United States

Christopher W. Clark United States

Brandon L. Southall United States

Christine Erbe Australia

Douglas P. Nowacek United States

Jakob Tougaard Denmark

Erin M. Oleson United States

David Moretti United States

Nathan D. Merchant United Kingdom

David K. Mellinger United States

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460 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Sean M. Wiggins

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean M. Wiggins

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wiggins, Sean M., et al.. (2025). Climatic and economic fluctuations revealed by decadal ocean soundscapes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 157(6). 4233–4251. 1 indexed citations

Frasier, Kaitlin E., Alba Solsona‐Berga, John A. Hildebrand, et al.. (2024). A decade of declines in toothed whale densities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Meyer, Florian, et al.. (2023). Bayesian detection and tracking of odontocetes in 3-D from their echolocation clicks. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153(5). 2690–2690. 14 indexed citations

Frasier, Kaitlin E., Megan F. McKenna, Lindsey E. Peavey Reeves, et al.. (2023). SoundScape learning: An automatic method for separating fish chorus in marine soundscapes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153(3). 1710–1722. 10 indexed citations

Westdal, Kristin H., et al.. (2023). Impact of ship noise on the underwater soundscape of Eclipse Sound in the northeastern Canadian Arctic. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 195. 115534–115534. 5 indexed citations

Meyer, Florian, et al.. (2023). Bayesian detection and tracking of odontocetes in 3D from their echolocation clicks. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153(3_supplement). A176–A176. 1 indexed citations

Hildebrand, John A., et al.. (2023). Odontocete spatial patterns and temporal drivers of detection at sites in the Hawaiian islands. Ecology and Evolution. 13(1). e9688–e9688. 4 indexed citations

Frasier, Kaitlin E., et al.. (2022). Identification of western North Atlantic odontocete echolocation click types using machine learning and spatiotemporal correlates. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0264988–e0264988. 15 indexed citations

Frasier, Kaitlin E., et al.. (2021). Underwater noise mitigation in the Santa Barbara Channel through incentive-based vessel speed reduction. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 18391–18391. 21 indexed citations

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Wiggins, Sean M., et al.. (2021). Seal bomb explosion sound source characterization. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 150(3). 1821–1829. 4 indexed citations

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Frasier, Kaitlin E., Lance Garrison, Melissa S. Soldevilla, Sean M. Wiggins, & John A. Hildebrand. (2021). Cetacean distribution models based on visual and passive acoustic data. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 8240–8240. 22 indexed citations

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Wiggins, Sean M. & John A. Hildebrand. (2020). Fin whale 40‐Hz calling behavior studied with an acoustic tracking array. Marine Mammal Science. 36(3). 964–971. 14 indexed citations

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Solsona‐Berga, Alba, Kaitlin E. Frasier, Simone Baumann‐Pickering, Sean M. Wiggins, & John A. Hildebrand. (2020). DetEdit: A graphical user interface for annotating and editing events detected in long-term acoustic monitoring data. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(1). e1007598–e1007598. 35 indexed citations

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Baumann‐Pickering, Simone, Marie A. Roch, Sean M. Wiggins, Hans‐Ulrich Schnitzler, & John A. Hildebrand. (2015). Acoustic behavior of melon-headed whales varies on a diel cycle. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 69(9). 1553–1563. 29 indexed citations

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Hildebrand, John A., Simone Baumann‐Pickering, Kaitlin E. Frasier, et al.. (2015). Passive acoustic monitoring of beaked whale densities in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16343–16343. 75 indexed citations

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McKenna, Megan F., Donald Ross, Sean M. Wiggins, & John A. Hildebrand. (2012). Underwater radiated noise from modern commercial ships. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 131(1). 92–103. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

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Melcón, Mariana L., et al.. (2012). Blue Whales Respond to Anthropogenic Noise. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e32681–e32681. 86 indexed citations

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Roch, Marie A., et al.. (2008). Comparison of machine learning techniques for the classification of echolocation clicks from three species of odontocetes. Canadian acoustics. 36(1). 41–47. 45 indexed citations

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Munger, Lisa M., David K. Mellinger, Sean M. Wiggins, Sue E. Moore, & John A. Hildebrand. (2005). PERFORMANCE OF SPECTROGRAM CROSS-CORRELATION IN DETECTING RIGHT WHALE CALLS IN LONG-TERM RECORDINGS FROM THE BERING SEA. Canadian acoustics. 33(2). 25–34. 29 indexed citations

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Wiggins, Sean M., LeRoy M. Dorman, & Bruce D. Cornuelle. (1997). Topography can affect linearization in tomographic inversions. Geophysics. 62(6). 1797–1803. 1 indexed citations

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