William Sanderson

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

William Sanderson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, William Sanderson has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in William Sanderson's work include Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (35 papers), Marine and fisheries research (29 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (15 papers). William Sanderson is often cited by papers focused on Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (35 papers), Marine and fisheries research (29 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (15 papers). William Sanderson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. William Sanderson's co-authors include Theodore B. Henry, Ana I. Catarino, Richard C. Thompson, N. Clare Eno, Robin A. Clark, Joanne S. Porter, E.I.S. Rees, Boze Hancock, Bernadette Pogoda and José M. Fariñas‐Franco and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

William Sanderson

68 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400 500
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. Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal
    2018 591 citations Ana I. Catarino, William Sanderson et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Sanderson United Kingdom 21 949 842 694 616 566 72 2.1k
Ivàn A. Hinojosa Chile 26 515 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 645 0.9× 817 1.3× 583 1.0× 51 2.3k
Pierpaolo Consoli Italy 28 863 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 679 1.0× 815 1.3× 261 0.5× 87 2.3k
Yoann Thomas France 23 730 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 742 1.1× 535 0.9× 481 0.8× 44 2.4k
Gianna Fabi Italy 25 922 1.0× 574 0.7× 287 0.4× 795 1.3× 351 0.6× 86 1.9k
Pauline Kamermans Netherlands 29 1.2k 1.3× 464 0.6× 266 0.4× 871 1.4× 964 1.7× 91 2.4k
Michele Thums Australia 26 634 0.7× 688 0.8× 447 0.6× 1.2k 1.9× 191 0.3× 64 2.3k
Mark Lenz Germany 24 529 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 814 1.2× 481 0.8× 658 1.2× 64 2.3k
Christopher K. Pham Portugal 25 464 0.5× 813 1.0× 461 0.7× 596 1.0× 259 0.5× 73 1.6k
Moira Galbraith Canada 22 716 0.8× 1.7k 2.0× 1.2k 1.8× 541 0.9× 686 1.2× 45 2.8k
Pietro Battaglia Italy 24 789 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 775 1.1× 649 1.1× 118 0.2× 95 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Sanderson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Sanderson

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

All Works

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Fusi, Marco, Jenny Marie Booth, Daniele Daffonchio, et al.. (2024). The predictability of fluctuating environments shapes the thermal tolerance of marine ectotherms and compensates narrow safety margins. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 26174–26174. 1 indexed citations
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Ermgassen, Philine S. E. zu, José M. Fariñas‐Franco, Chris L. Gillies, et al.. (2024). European Native Oyster Reef Ecosystems Are Universally Collapsed. Conservation Letters. 18(1). 8 indexed citations
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Davies, Ian, et al.. (2023). A blue carbon model for the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) and its application in environmental restoration. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 34(1). 11 indexed citations
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Sanderson, William, et al.. (2023). Rotational fishing enables biodiversity recovery and provides a model for oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat restoration. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0283345–e0283345. 5 indexed citations
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Fariñas‐Franco, José M., Fiona Gell, Natalie A. Hirst, et al.. (2022). Are we there yet? Management baselines and biodiversity indicators for the protection and restoration of subtidal bivalve shellfish habitats. The Science of The Total Environment. 863. 161001–161001. 10 indexed citations
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Sanderson, William, et al.. (2021). The right place at the right time: Improving the odds of biogenic reef restoration. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 164. 112022–112022. 7 indexed citations
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James, Mark, et al.. (2021). A small step or a giant leap: Accounting for settlement delay and dispersal in restoration planning. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0256369–e0256369. 4 indexed citations
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Pogoda, Bernadette, Pierre Boudry, Tom C. Cameron, et al.. (2020). NORA moving forward: Developing an oyster restoration network in Europe to support the Berlin Oyster Recommendation. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30(11). 2031–2037. 29 indexed citations
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Ermgassen, Philine S. E. zu, Ruth H. Thurstan, Heidi K. Alleway, et al.. (2020). The benefits of bivalve reef restoration: A global synthesis of underrepresented species. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30(11). 2050–2065. 59 indexed citations
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Pogoda, Bernadette, Janet Brown, Boze Hancock, et al.. (2019). The Native Oyster Restoration Alliance (NORA) and the Berlin Oyster Recommendation: bringing back a key ecosystem engineer by developing and supporting best practice in Europe. Aquatic Living Resources. 32. 13–13. 101 indexed citations
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Catarino, Ana I., et al.. (2018). Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal. Environmental Pollution. 237. 675–684. 591 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harries, Daniel, et al.. (2018). The establishment of site condition monitoring of the sea caves of the St Kilda and North Rona Special Areas of Conservation with supplementary data from Loch Eriboll. 1 indexed citations
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James, Mark, et al.. (2018). Conservation and restoration of a keystone species: Understanding the settlement preferences of the European oyster (Ostrea edulis). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 138. 312–321. 51 indexed citations
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Somerfield, Paul J., et al.. (2014). Analyses of sublittoral macrobenthic community change in a marine nature reserve using similarity profiles (SIMPROF). Marine Environmental Research. 102. 51–58. 6 indexed citations
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Fariñas‐Franco, José M., et al.. (2013). The Substantial First Impact of Bottom Fishing on Rare Biodiversity Hotspots: A Dilemma for Evidence-Based Conservation. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e69904–e69904. 71 indexed citations
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Sanderson, William, et al.. (2008). The Sea Empress oil spill (Wales, UK): Effects on Common Scoter Melanitta nigra in Carmarthen Bay and status ten years later. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 56(5). 895–902. 14 indexed citations
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Sanderson, William, et al.. (2008). Small-scale variation within a Modiolus modiolus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) reef in the Irish Sea. II. Epifauna recorded by divers and cameras. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(1). 143–149. 37 indexed citations

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