Sven Kerwath

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Sven Kerwath is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sven Kerwath has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 40 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sven Kerwath's work include Marine and fisheries research (43 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (39 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (29 papers). Sven Kerwath is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (43 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (39 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (29 papers). Sven Kerwath collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Norway and United States. Sven Kerwath's co-authors include CG Attwood, Adina C. Bosch, Louwrens C. Hoffman, Gunnar O. Sigge, Bernadette O’Neill, A Götz, Henning Winker, WHH Sauer, Paul D. Cowley and Finn Økland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sven Kerwath

78 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Heavy metals in marine fish meat and consumer health: a review

2015 491 citations Adina C. Bosch, Bernadette O’Neill et al. profile →

Peers

Sven Kerwath

ECOLO

GPC

NLC

HTM

Nathalie Bodin France

Rita P. Vasconcelos Portugal

Luciano Neves dos Santos Brazil

Kjell Harald Nedreaas Norway

András Specziàr Hungary

Ron A. Heintz United States

Momír Paunović Serbia

Krzysztof Skóra Poland

Steven M. Bartell United States

Alejandra V. Volpedo Argentina

Nathalie Bodin France

Sven Kerwath

1.0k ×1.1

ECOLO

968 ×1.1

GPC

407 ×0.5

NLC

708 ×1.4

HTM

473 ×1.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Sven Kerwath

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sven Kerwath

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sven Kerwath. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sven Kerwath. The network helps show where Sven Kerwath may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sven Kerwath

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sven Kerwath. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sven Kerwath 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 Sven Kerwath. Sven Kerwath is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Samaai, Toufiek, et al.. (2023). First mesophotic Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales) records within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park marine-protected area, east coast, South Africa. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 103. 2 indexed citations

Samaai, Toufiek, et al.. (2022). Confirmation of the southern African distribution of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814) in the context of its global dispersal. PeerJ. 10. e14388–e14388. 6 indexed citations

Silva, Charlene da, Sven Kerwath, Henning Winker, et al.. (2021). Testing the waters to find the ‘goldilocks’ zone: fine-scale movement of Mustelus mustelus in relation to environmental cues. Marine and Freshwater Research. 73(1). 110–124. 4 indexed citations

Silva, Charlene da, CG Attwood, Sabine P. Wintner, et al.. (2021). Life history of Mustelus mustelus in the Langebaan Lagoon marine protected area. Marine and Freshwater Research. 72(8). 1142–1159. 1 indexed citations

Teske, Peter R., et al.. (2021). Hundreds of new DNA barcodes for South African sponges. Systematics and Biodiversity. 19(7). 747–769. 5 indexed citations

Parker, D. Stott, et al.. (2021). ROV assessment of mesophotic fish and associated habitats across the continental shelf of the Amathole region. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 18171–18171. 10 indexed citations

Kerwath, Sven, Rouvay Roodt‐Wilding, Toufiek Samaai, et al.. (2021). Shallow seamounts represent speciation islands for circumglobal yellowtail Seriola lalandi. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3559–3559. 5 indexed citations

Samaai, Toufiek, Michelle Kelly, Peter R. Teske, et al.. (2020). New Latrunculiidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the Agulhas ecoregion of temperate southern Africa. Zootaxa. 4896(3). zootaxa.4896.3.4–zootaxa.4896.3.4. 4 indexed citations

Nikolic, Natacha, Iratxe Montes, Nathalie Bodin, et al.. (2020). Connectivity and population structure of albacore tuna across southeast Atlantic and southwest Indian Oceans inferred from multidisciplinary methodology. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 15657–15657. 16 indexed citations

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Winker, Henning, Felipe Carvalho, James T. Thorson, et al.. (2019). JABBA-Select: Incorporating life history and fisheries’ selectivity into surplus production models. Fisheries Research. 222. 105355–105355. 27 indexed citations

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Winkler, Alexander C., et al.. (2018). The age and growth of hottentot seabream Pachymetopon blochii before and after the South African linefish state of emergency in 2000. African Journal of Marine Science. 40(2). 187–196. 6 indexed citations

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Maes, Gregory E., Madeline Green, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, et al.. (2018). Strong trans-Pacific break and local conservation units in the Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) revealed by genome-wide cytonuclear markers. Heredity. 120(5). 407–421. 37 indexed citations

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Wintner, Sabine P. & Sven Kerwath. (2017). Cold fins, murky waters and the moon: what affects shark catches in the bather-protection program of KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa?. Marine and Freshwater Research. 69(1). 167–177. 18 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Bernadette, Adina C. Bosch, Sven Kerwath, Gunnar O. Sigge, & Louwrens C. Hoffman. (2017). Presence, concentration and trends of metals: A baseline study of blacktail (Diplodus sargus capensis) and hottentot (Pachymetopon blochii) along the South African coastline. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 121(1-2). 352–356. 1 indexed citations

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Bosch, Adina C., Bernadette O’Neill, Sven Kerwath, Gunnar O. Sigge, & Louwrens C. Hoffman. (2017). Metal concentrations and toxicity in South African snoek (Thyrsites atun) and yellowtail (Seriola lalandi). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 122(1-2). 360–365. 3 indexed citations

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Booth, Anthony J., et al.. (2015). The current status and management of South Africa's chondrichthyan fisheries. African Journal of Marine Science. 37(2). 233–248. 53 indexed citations

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Bosch, Adina C., Bernadette O’Neill, Gunnar O. Sigge, Sven Kerwath, & Louwrens C. Hoffman. (2015). Heavy metal accumulation and toxicity in smoothhound ( Mustelus mustelus ) shark from Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa. Food Chemistry. 190. 871–878. 56 indexed citations

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Kerwath, Sven, Eva B. Thorstad, Tor F. Næsje, et al.. (2008). Crossing Invisible Boundaries: the Effectiveness of the Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area as a Harvest Refuge for a Migratory Fish Species in South Africa. Conservation Biology. 23(3). 653–661. 44 indexed citations

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Bjørn, Pål Arne, Ingebrigt Uglem, Bjørn‐Steinar Sæther, et al.. (2007). Videreføring av prosjektet "Behavioural responses in wild coastal cod exposed to salmon farms: possible effects of salmon holding water - a field and experimental study”. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 2 indexed citations

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Sink, Kerry, et al.. (2006). Observations of the habitats and biodiversity of the submarine canyons at Sodwana Bay. South African Journal of Science. 102. 466–474. 26 indexed citations

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