Stephen Ralston

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen Ralston is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Ralston has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Ralston's work include Marine and fisheries research (40 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (21 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (18 papers). Stephen Ralston is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (40 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (21 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (18 papers). Stephen Ralston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Stephen Ralston's co-authors include Jeffrey J. Polovina, John C. Field, Vidar G. Wespestad, Keith M. Sakuma, Michael R. O’Farrell, Beatriz Morales-Nín, Richard D. Brodeur, William J. Sydeman, Erik H. Williams and Daniel R. Brumbaugh and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Limnology and Oceanography and Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Ralston

47 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Tropical snappers and groupers: biology and fisheries management

1987 411 citations Jeffrey J. Polovina, Stephen Ralston profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Ralston United States	25	1.7k	1.1k	1.0k	347	317	48	2.0k
Joseph E. Serafy United States	28	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	872 0.9×	302 0.9×	327 1.0×	66	1.8k
Donald R. Gunderson United States	21	1.2k 0.7×	692 0.6×	816 0.8×	324 0.9×	223 0.7×	43	1.5k
Karl‐Hermann Kock Germany	26	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	794 0.8×	177 0.5×	289 0.9×	53	1.8k
George R. Sedberry United States	23	1.3k 0.8×	994 0.9×	980 1.0×	369 1.1×	238 0.8×	54	1.9k
Jon Brodziak United States	25	1.8k 1.1×	862 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	294 0.8×	243 0.8×	90	2.1k
Axel Temming Germany	29	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	949 0.9×	462 1.3×	398 1.3×	115	2.3k
Brett W. Molony Australia	22	952 0.6×	830 0.8×	769 0.8×	400 1.2×	126 0.4×	59	1.4k
Aril Slotte Norway	27	1.8k 1.1×	834 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	352 1.0×	460 1.5×	98	2.2k
Larry G. Allen United States	19	886 0.5×	723 0.7×	680 0.7×	214 0.6×	225 0.7×	54	1.3k
Athanassios Machias Greece	26	1.4k 0.8×	758 0.7×	564 0.6×	473 1.4×	192 0.6×	56	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Ralston

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Ralston, Stephen, James R. Bence, Maxwell B. Eldridge, & William H. Lenarz. (2021). An approach to estimating rockfish biomass based on larval production, with application to Sebastes jordani. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 4 indexed citations

Dick, E. J., et al.. (2016). A meta-analysis of fecundity in rockfishes (genus Sebastes). Fisheries Research. 187. 73–85. 37 indexed citations

Ralston, Stephen, John C. Field, & Keith M. Sakuma. (2014). Long-term variation in a central California pelagic forage assemblage. Journal of Marine Systems. 146. 26–37. 57 indexed citations

Ralston, Stephen, et al.. (2013). Differential Discouting: Capturing the Value of Living Longer and Better. Value in Health. 16(7). A467–A467. 2 indexed citations

Sakuma, Keith M., Eric P. Bjorkstedt, & Stephen Ralston. (2013). DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC JUVENILE ROCKFISH (SEBASTES SPP.) IN RELATION TO TEMPERATURE AND FRONTS OFF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 4 indexed citations

Santora, Jarrod A., Stephen Ralston, & William J. Sydeman. (2011). Spatial organization of krill and seabirds in the central California Current. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 68(7). 1391–1402. 55 indexed citations

Botsford, Louis W., Daniel R. Brumbaugh, Churchill B. Grimes, et al.. (2008). Connectivity, sustainability, and yield: bridging the gap between conventional fisheries management and marine protected areas. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 19(1). 69–95. 220 indexed citations

Sakuma, Keith M., et al.. (2007). High‐frequency patterns in abundance of larval Pacific hake, Merluccius productus, and rockfish, Sebastes spp., at a single fixed station off central California. Fisheries Oceanography. 16(4). 383–394. 7 indexed citations

Phillips, A. Jason, Stephen Ralston, Richard D. Brodeur, et al.. (2007). RECENT PRE-RECRUIT PACIFIC HAKE (MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS) OCCURRENCES IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENT SUGGEST A NORTHWARD EXPANSION OF THEIR SPAWNING AREA. 27 indexed citations

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Sakuma, Keith M., Stephen Ralston, & Vidar G. Wespestad. (2006). INTERANNUAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF YOUNG-OF-THE-YEAR ROCKFISH (SEBASTES SPP.): EXPANDING AND COORDINATING A SURVEY SAMPLING FRAME. 47 indexed citations

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Starr, Richard M., Victoria O’Connell, Stephen Ralston, & Laurence C. Breaker. (2005). Use of Acoustic Tags to Estimate Natural Mortality, Spillover, and Movements of Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) in a Marine Reserve. Marine Technology Society Journal. 39(1). 19–30. 21 indexed citations

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Williams, Erik H. & Stephen Ralston. (2002). Distribution and co-occurrence of rockfishes (family: Sebastidae) over trawlable shelf and slope habitats of California and southern Oregon. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 49 indexed citations

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Adams, P. B., Stephen Ralston, & Thomas E. Laidig. (1993). Occurrence of an exceptional catch of pelagic juvenile lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) off Point Reyes, California. Fisheries Oceanography. 2(2). 97–100.

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Ralston, Stephen, et al.. (1990). Trends in landings, species composition, length-frequency distributions, and sex rations of 11 Rockfish species (Genus Sebastes) from central and northern California ports (1978-88). 5 indexed citations

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Ralston, Stephen. (1988). Depth distributions, growth, and mortality of deep slope fishes from the Mariana Archipelago. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 21 indexed citations

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Polovina, Jeffrey J. & Stephen Ralston. (1987). Tropical snappers and groupers: biology and fisheries management. 411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ralston, Stephen, et al.. (1986). AN ECOWGICAL SURVEY AND COMPARISON OF BotTOM FISH RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS (SUBMERSIBLE VERSUS HANDLINE FISHING) AT JOHNSTON ATOLL. Fishery Bulletin. 84(1). 141–155. 34 indexed citations

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Ralston, Stephen. (1984). Aging long lived tropical fish using daily growth increments. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2(3). 11–12. 1 indexed citations

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Ralston, Stephen. (1981). A New Record of the Pomacanthid Fish Centropyge interruptus from the Hawaiian Islands. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 27(4). 327–329. 1 indexed citations

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Ralston, Stephen. (1981). Aspects of the reproductive biology and feeding ecology ofChaetodon miliaris, a Hawaiian endemic butterflyfish. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 6(2). 167–176. 44 indexed citations

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