W. John Richardson

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

W. John Richardson is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, W. John Richardson has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Oceanography and 24 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in W. John Richardson's work include Marine animal studies overview (36 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (23 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (22 papers). W. John Richardson is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (36 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (23 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (22 papers). W. John Richardson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. W. John Richardson's co-authors include Charles R. Greene, Bernd Würsig, David Kastak, Brandon L. Southall, Peter L. Tyack, Roger L. Gentry, James J. Finneran, James H. Miller, Jeànette A. Thomas and Paul E. Nachtigall and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

W. John Richardson

54 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

MARINE MAMMAL NOISE-EXPOSURE CRITERIA: INITIAL SCIENTIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS

2008 481 citations William T. Ellison, James J. Finneran et al. profile →
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2007 463 citations William T. Ellison, James J. Finneran et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. John Richardson United States	26	2.5k	1.3k	763	569	377	60	2.8k
Sofie M. Van Parijs United States	33	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.9×	521 0.9×	412 1.1×	104	2.9k
Jonathan Gordon United Kingdom	30	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	873 1.1×	323 0.6×	413 1.1×	70	2.4k
Sascha K. Hooker United Kingdom	28	2.4k 0.9×	811 0.6×	358 0.5×	493 0.9×	700 1.9×	53	2.7k
Bruce R. Mate United States	35	3.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	342 0.4×	945 1.7×	1.0k 2.7×	94	3.4k
Rob Williams United States	36	3.7k 1.5×	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	770 1.4×	1.0k 2.7×	113	4.4k
John W. Durban United States	31	3.2k 1.3×	945 0.7×	783 1.0×	727 1.3×	709 1.9×	79	3.6k
Jonas Teilmann Denmark	37	3.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	622 0.8×	1.3k 2.3×	889 2.4×	158	4.4k
Gregory S. Schorr United States	28	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	574 0.8×	597 1.0×	516 1.4×	62	2.5k
Fredrik Christiansen Australia	29	2.5k 1.0×	709 0.5×	527 0.7×	799 1.4×	494 1.3×	104	2.8k
David Moretti United States	29	2.8k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	712 1.3×	459 1.2×	67	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. John Richardson

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Lala, R., et al.. (2025). Investigating the Reliability of Shore Hardness in the Design of Procedural Task Trainers. Bioengineering. 12(1). 41–41. 1 indexed citations

Richardson, W. John, Trent L. McDonald, Charles R. Greene, Susanna B. Blackwell, & Bill Streever. (2011). Distribution of Bowhead Whale Calls Near an Oil Production Island With Fluctuating Underwater Sound. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 730. 303–306. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Simon R., W. John Richardson, Sergei B. Yazvenko, et al.. (2007). A western gray whale mitigation and monitoring program for a 3-D seismic survey, Sakhalin Island, Russia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 134(1-3). 1–19. 35 indexed citations

Holst, Meike, et al.. (2006). Effects of Large and Small-Source Seismic Surveys on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles. AGUSM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

Ayoub, Ashraf, W. John Richardson, & J.C. Barbenel. (2005). Mandibular elongation by automatic distraction osteogenesis: The first application in humans. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 43(4). 324–328. 25 indexed citations

Miller, James H., Roger L. Gentry, William T. Ellison, et al.. (2005). Strategies for weighting exposure in the development of acoustic criteria for marine mammals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 118(3_Supplement). 2019–2019. 5 indexed citations

Hunt, Christopher L., et al.. (2004). FIELD PERSISTENCE OF ANTI-ICING SODIUM CHLORIDE RESIDUALS. Transportation research circular. 1 indexed citations

Patenaude, Nathalie J., W. John Richardson, Mari A. Smultea, et al.. (2002). AIRCRAFT SOUND AND DISTURBANCE TO BOWHEAD AND BELUGA WHALES DURING SPRING MIGRATION IN THE ALASKAN BEAUFORT SEA. Marine Mammal Science. 18(2). 309–335. 39 indexed citations

Ayoub, Ashraf & W. John Richardson. (2001). A new device for microincremental automatic distraction osteogenesis. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 39(5). 353–355. 24 indexed citations

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Ayoub, Ashraf, W. John Richardson, David Koppel, et al.. (2001). Segmental mandibular reconstruction by microincremental automaticdistraction osteogenesis: an animal study. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 39(5). 356–364. 32 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John & Charles R. Greene. (1993). Variability in behavioral reaction thresholds of bowhead whales to man-made underwater sounds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 94(3_Supplement). 1848–1848. 4 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John. (1991). Wind and Orientation of Migrating Birds: A Review. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions. 60. 226–249. 91 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John, et al.. (1989). Factors affecting surfacing, respiration, and dive behaviour of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, summering in the Beaufort Sea. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 67(7). 1801–1815. 21 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John, Bernd Würsig, & Charles R. Greene. (1987). Reactions of bowhead whales to drilling and dredging noise in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 82(S1). S98–S98. 2 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John. (1982). Northeastward reverse migration of birds over Nova Scotia, Canada, in autumn. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 10(3). 193–206. 41 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John, et al.. (1982). Behavior, disturbance responses, and feeding of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus in the Beaufort Sea, 1980-1981. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 11 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John. (1979). Southeastward shorebird migration over Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in autumn: a radar study. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 57(1). 107–124. 71 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John. (1978). Timing and Amount of Bird Migration in Relation to Weather: A Review. Oikos. 30(2). 224–224. 375 indexed citations

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Richardson, W. John. (1976). AUTUMN MIGRATION OVER PUERTO RICO AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC: A RADAR STUDY. Ibis. 118(3). 309–332. 54 indexed citations

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Letey, J., et al.. (1963). Wind erosion control with chemical sprays. California Agriculture. 17(10). 4–6. 1 indexed citations

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