WHH Sauer

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
155 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

WHH Sauer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, WHH Sauer has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 52 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 49 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in WHH Sauer's work include Marine and fisheries research (86 papers), Cephalopods and Marine Biology (50 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (35 papers). WHH Sauer is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (86 papers), Cephalopods and Marine Biology (50 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (35 papers). WHH Sauer collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Angola. WHH Sauer's co-authors include M. J. Smale, Shankar Aswani, Paul W. Shaw, Warren M. Potts, Anne Lemahieu, Michael J. Roberts, M. Lipiński, Sven Kerwath, A Götz and CG Attwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, PLoS ONE and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

WHH Sauer

150 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Global trends of local ecological knowledge and future im... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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. Global trends of local ecological knowledge and future implications
    2018 255 citations Shankar Aswani, Anne Lemahieu et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
WHH Sauer South Africa 34 1.8k 1.5k 1.1k 926 450 155 3.5k
Paul J. B. Hart United Kingdom 39 1.8k 1.0× 2.1k 1.4× 1.7k 1.5× 2.1k 2.3× 828 1.8× 93 4.8k
T. J. Pitcher United Kingdom 36 2.1k 1.2× 2.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 2.0k 2.2× 690 1.5× 63 4.4k
Josep Alós Spain 33 2.0k 1.1× 1.9k 1.2× 539 0.5× 1.9k 2.0× 437 1.0× 114 3.3k
Virginie Maris France 17 715 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 684 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 119 0.3× 36 3.5k
Natalie A. Moltschaniwskyj Australia 36 3.0k 1.6× 3.1k 2.1× 1.6k 1.5× 601 0.6× 346 0.8× 126 5.3k
Ivan Jarić Czechia 31 620 0.3× 1.6k 1.1× 535 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 386 0.9× 130 4.1k
Jayson M. Semmens Australia 41 2.0k 1.1× 3.0k 2.0× 1.2k 1.1× 2.4k 2.6× 554 1.2× 160 4.9k
Kristin Kaschner Germany 30 1.6k 0.9× 2.8k 1.8× 340 0.3× 795 0.9× 210 0.5× 57 3.9k
P. Dee Boersma United States 42 1.6k 0.9× 4.2k 2.8× 1.7k 1.6× 1.0k 1.1× 94 0.2× 142 5.5k
Joël M. Durant Norway 28 1.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.4× 646 0.6× 956 1.0× 128 0.3× 94 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by WHH Sauer

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Fields of papers citing papers by WHH Sauer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by WHH Sauer. 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 WHH Sauer. The network helps show where WHH Sauer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of WHH Sauer

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

All Works

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Gleadall, Ian G., Amos Barkai, Zdeněk Lajbner, et al.. (2024). Sustainable seafood: advances in traceability, assessment, monitoring and resource management. African Journal of Marine Science. 46(4). 239–245. 1 indexed citations
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Selim, Samiya Ahmed, Raquel de la Cruz Modino, Ingrid van Putten, et al.. (2023). Analysis across case-based global sustainability projects: an emerging challenge for ocean conflict research in the Anthropocene. MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies. 22(4). 1 indexed citations
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Morgera, Elisa, Kirsty McQuaid, Holly J. Niner, et al.. (2023). Addressing the Ocean-Climate Nexus in the BBNJ Agreement: Strategic Environmental Assessments, Human Rights and Equity in Ocean Science. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. 38(3). 447–479. 16 indexed citations
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Sauer, WHH, et al.. (2022). Estimating the economic income and social contributions derived from the South African west coast rock lobster fishery. African Journal of Marine Science. 44(3). 255–269. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Zoe, et al.. (2022). Projected climate change impacts on the ecosystems of the Agulhas Bank, South Africa. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 200. 105092–105092. 4 indexed citations
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Iwata, Yoko, Noriyosi Sato, Noritaka Hirohashi, et al.. (2021). Sperm competition risk affects ejaculate strategy in terms of sperm number but not sperm size in squid. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(9). 1352–1361. 5 indexed citations
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Moustahfid, Hassan, Lisa C. Hendrickson, Alexander I. Arkhipkin, et al.. (2021). Ecological-Fishery Forecasting of Squid Stock Dynamics under Climate Variability and Change: Review, Challenges, and Recommendations. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. 29(4). 682–705. 31 indexed citations
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Sailley, Sévrine, Zoe Jacobs, Joseph Nyingi Kamau, et al.. (2021). Large projected reductions in marine fish biomass for Kenya and Tanzania in the absence of climate mitigation. Ocean & Coastal Management. 215. 105921–105921. 14 indexed citations
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Downey‐Breedt, Nicola, et al.. (2019). Comparative study of skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis (Scombridae) fishery stocks from the South Atlantic and western Indian oceans. Scientia Marina. 83(1). 19–30. 3 indexed citations
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Aswani, Shankar, Anne Lemahieu, & WHH Sauer. (2018). Global trends of local ecological knowledge and future implications. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195440–e0195440. 255 indexed citations breakdown →
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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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Henriques, Romina, Warren M. Potts, WHH Sauer, & Paul W. Shaw. (2014). Incipient genetic isolation of a temperate migratory coastal sciaenid fish ( Argyrosomus inodorus ) within the Benguela Cold Current system. Marine Biology Research. 11(4). 423–429. 21 indexed citations
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Pecl, GT, AJ Hobday, SD Frusher, & WHH Sauer. (2010). Networking across global marine 'hotspots'. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Sauer, WHH, et al.. (2008). Establishing a basis for ecosystem management in the western Indian Ocean. South African Journal of Science. 104. 417–420. 8 indexed citations
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Hanlon, Roger T., M. J. Smale, & WHH Sauer. (2002). The mating system of the squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii (Cephalopoda, Mollusca) off South Africa: Fighting, guarding, sneaking, mating and egg laying behavior. Bulletin of Marine Science. 71(1). 331–345. 57 indexed citations
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Sauer, WHH, et al.. (1993). An Investigation of the Egg Distribution of the Chokka Squid, Loligo Vulgaris Reynaudii, in Krom Bay, South Africa. Bulletin of Marine Science. 53(3). 1066–1077. 17 indexed citations

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