Whitlow W. L. Au

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
256 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Whitlow W. L. Au is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Whitlow W. L. Au has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 242 papers in Ecology, 213 papers in Oceanography and 56 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Whitlow W. L. Au's work include Marine animal studies overview (242 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (211 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (56 papers). Whitlow W. L. Au is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (242 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (211 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (56 papers). Whitlow W. L. Au collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Whitlow W. L. Au's co-authors include Kelly J. Benoit‐Bird, Marc O. Lammers, Paul E. Nachtigall, Ronald A. Kastelein, Mardi C. Hastings, Patrick W. Moore, Jeffrey L. Pawloski, Ralph H. Penner, Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Whitlow W. L. Au

244 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Sonar of Dolphins 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. The Sonar of Dolphins
    1993 493 citations Whitlow W. L. Au profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Whitlow W. L. Au United States 48 7.1k 5.4k 3.2k 1.5k 915 256 8.0k
Peter T. Madsen Denmark 62 9.5k 1.3× 6.3k 1.2× 3.8k 1.2× 2.8k 1.8× 957 1.0× 231 10.6k
Paul E. Nachtigall United States 34 4.4k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 788 0.5× 567 0.6× 143 4.8k
Mark Johnson United States 52 7.8k 1.1× 5.2k 1.0× 2.9k 0.9× 2.3k 1.5× 1.3k 1.4× 182 9.4k
James J. Finneran United States 37 4.2k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 649 0.4× 464 0.5× 197 4.7k
Peter L. Tyack United States 69 15.2k 2.1× 9.6k 1.8× 8.0k 2.5× 3.4k 2.2× 1.2k 1.3× 254 17.0k
Brandon L. Southall United States 38 4.5k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 987 0.6× 374 0.4× 141 4.9k
Sam H. Ridgway United States 44 4.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.3× 1.2k 0.4× 721 0.5× 289 0.3× 206 5.7k
Christopher W. Clark United States 44 5.5k 0.8× 3.8k 0.7× 3.1k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 338 0.4× 142 6.1k
Magnus Wahlberg Denmark 34 4.0k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 973 0.6× 433 0.5× 151 4.6k
Darlene R. Ketten United States 31 2.7k 0.4× 2.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 552 0.4× 257 0.3× 120 4.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Whitlow W. L. Au

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Au, Whitlow W. L., et al.. (2017). The dynamics of a dolphin’s biosonar signals while performing target discrimination tasks. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 141(5_Supplement). 3486–3486. 1 indexed citations
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Neuheimer, Anna B., et al.. (2016). Temporal and spatial variation of beaked and sperm whales foraging activity in Hawai'i, as determined with passive acoustics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 140(4). 2333–2343. 18 indexed citations
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Richlen, Michael, et al.. (2015). Underwater Sound Measurements of a High-Speed Jet-Propelled Marine Craft: Implications for Large Whales. Pacific Science. 69(2). 155–164. 1 indexed citations
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Richlen, Michael, et al.. (2015). Radiated Sound of a High-Speed Water-Jet-Propelled Transportation Vessel. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 875. 951–956. 1 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L. & Stephen W. Martin. (2012). Why dolphin biosonar performs so well in spite of mediocre ‘equipment’. IET Radar Sonar & Navigation. 6(6). 566–575. 24 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L., Michael Richlen, & Marc O. Lammers. (2011). Soundscape of a Nearshore Coral Reef Near an Urban Center. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 730. 345–351. 10 indexed citations
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Stimpert, Alison K., Whitlow W. L. Au, Susan E. Parks, Thomas P. Hurst, & David N. Wiley. (2011). Common humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sound types for passive acoustic monitoring. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 129(1). 476–482. 108 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L., et al.. (2010). Underwater ordnance classification using Time-Frequency signatures of backscattering signals. 1–8. 8 indexed citations
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DeLong, Caroline M., et al.. (2007). Human listeners provide insights into echo features used by dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to discriminate among objects.. Journal of comparative psychology. 121(3). 306–319. 15 indexed citations
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Andrews, Kimberly R., et al.. (2006). Patterns of genetic diversity of the Hawaiian spinner dolphin lStenella longirostrisr. Atoll research bulletin. 543. 65–73. 13 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L., Ronald A. Kastelein, Kelly J. Benoit‐Bird, Ted W. Cranford, & Megan F. McKenna. (2006). Acoustic radiation from the head of echolocating harbor porpoises. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209. 1 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L., et al.. (2006). Simulation Study of Wideband Interference Rejection using STAP. 1–7. 6 indexed citations
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Stimpert, Alison K., David N. Wiley, K. Alex Shorter, et al.. (2005). A Novel Sound Recorded in Association with Bottom Feeding in Humpback Whales. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester).
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Au, Whitlow W. L.. (2004). The Dolphin Sonar: Excellent Capabilities In Spite of Some Mediocre Properties. AIP conference proceedings. 728. 247–259. 9 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L. & Bernd Würsig. (2004). Echolocation signals of dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in Kaikoura, New Zealand. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 115(5). 2307–2313. 45 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L. & Kelly J. Benoit‐Bird. (2003). Acoustic backscattering by Hawaiian lutjanid snappers. II. Broadband temporal and spectral structure. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 114(5). 2767–2774. 24 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L., et al.. (2002). Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) hearing threshold for brief broadband signals.. Journal of comparative psychology. 116(2). 151–157. 21 indexed citations
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Kastelein, Ronald A., et al.. (2002). Audiogram of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) measured with narrow-band frequency-modulated signals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 112(1). 334–344. 155 indexed citations
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Au, Whitlow W. L., et al.. (1996). The acoustics of snapping shrimp in Kaneohe Bay.. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 99(4_Supplement). 2533–2574. 4 indexed citations

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