William W. L. Cheung

19.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
126 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

William W. L. Cheung is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, William W. L. Cheung has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 78 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in William W. L. Cheung's work include Marine and fisheries research (100 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (68 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (61 papers). William W. L. Cheung is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (100 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (68 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (61 papers). William W. L. Cheung collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. William W. L. Cheung's co-authors include Daniel Pauly, Reg Watson, Vicky W. Y. Lam, U. Rashid Sumaila, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Kelly Kearney, Dirk Zeller, Thomas L. Frölicher, Tony J. Pitcher and Miranda C. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William W. L. Cheung

121 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under clima... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2009 2013 2012 2011 250 500 750 1000
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. Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios
    2009 1.1k citations William W. L. Cheung, Vicky W. Y. Lam et al. Fish and Fisheries profile →
  2. Large‐scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change
    2009 845 citations William W. L. Cheung, Vicky W. Y. Lam et al. profile →
  3. Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch
    2013 641 citations William W. L. Cheung, Reg Watson et al. profile →
  4. Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems
    2012 519 citations William W. L. Cheung, Jorge L. Sarmiento et al. profile →
  5. The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves
    2011 485 citations William W. L. Cheung, David Mouillot et al. profile →
  6. Climate change impacts on the biophysics and economics of world fisheries
    2011 473 citations U. Rashid Sumaila, William W. L. Cheung et al. 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 W. L. Cheung Canada 49 7.6k 6.1k 2.3k 1.9k 1.4k 126 11.0k
Marta Coll Spain 64 9.8k 1.3× 8.5k 1.4× 2.2k 0.9× 3.1k 1.7× 1.4k 1.0× 295 14.3k
Helen Fox United States 24 4.9k 0.6× 6.2k 1.0× 3.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 2.0k 1.4× 55 9.6k
John K. Pinnegar United Kingdom 48 5.3k 0.7× 5.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 599 0.4× 121 8.2k
Rod M. Connolly Australia 62 5.9k 0.8× 10.4k 1.7× 4.8k 2.1× 1.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 300 13.4k
Heike K. Lotze Canada 54 7.9k 1.0× 10.0k 1.6× 5.6k 2.4× 3.7k 1.9× 1.9k 1.4× 114 16.6k
Stelios Katsanevakis Greece 51 5.0k 0.7× 4.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 200 8.1k
Michael W. Beck United States 44 5.6k 0.7× 7.1k 1.2× 3.1k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.3× 106 11.4k
Juan Carlos Castilla Chile 53 4.9k 0.6× 5.7k 0.9× 3.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 146 9.7k
Christopher J. Brown Australia 46 5.2k 0.7× 7.0k 1.2× 3.3k 1.4× 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 164 10.8k
Magnus Nyström Sweden 41 7.3k 1.0× 9.3k 1.5× 4.3k 1.9× 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 71 13.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William W. L. Cheung

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Oyinlola, Muhammed A. & William W. L. Cheung. (2025). Opportunities and challenges for Canada’s mariculture under climate change: a regional and sectoral outlook. FACETS. 10. 1–17.
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Zhu, Yugui, Daomin Peng, Bin Kang, et al.. (2025). Southward Migration: How Climate Change Alters the Prey Dynamics of Spotted Seal in Western Pacific Ocean. Diversity and Distributions. 31(1). 1 indexed citations
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Tigchelaar, Michelle, Bethany Jackson, Elizabeth R. Selig, et al.. (2025). Decent work in fishing in a changing climate. Marine Policy. 181. 106846–106846.
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Palacios‐Abrantes, Juliano, et al.. (2024). Climate change undermines seafood micronutrient supply from wild-capture fisheries in Southeast Asia and Pacific Island countries. The Science of The Total Environment. 955. 177024–177024.
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Kaczan, David, William W. L. Cheung, Thomas L. Frölicher, et al.. (2023). Hot Water Rising: The Impact of Climate Change on Indonesia's Fisheries and Coastal Communities. World Bank eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Cheung, William W. L., Thomas L. Frölicher, Vicky W. Y. Lam, et al.. (2021). Marine high temperature extremes amplify the impacts of climate change on fish and fisheries. Science Advances. 7(40). eabh0895–eabh0895. 129 indexed citations
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Rounsevell, Mark, Almut Arneth, Calum Brown, et al.. (2021). Identifying uncertainties in scenarios and models of socio-ecological systems in support of decision-making. One Earth. 4(7). 967–985. 54 indexed citations
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Cheung, William W. L. & Muhammed A. Oyinlola. (2020). Dynamic Integrated Marine Climate, Biodiversity, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Seafood Market Model (DIVERSE). Open Collections. 3 indexed citations
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Thiault, Lauric, Camilo Mora, Joshua E. Cinner, et al.. (2019). Escaping the perfect storm of simultaneous climate change impacts on agriculture and marine fisheries. Science Advances. 5(11). eaaw9976–eaaw9976. 72 indexed citations
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Crespo, Guillermo Ortuño, Daniel C. Dunn, Gabriel Reygondeau, et al.. (2018). The environmental niche of the global high seas pelagic longline fleet. Science Advances. 4(8). eaat3681–eaat3681. 46 indexed citations
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Eddy, Tyler D., William W. L. Cheung, & John F. Bruno. (2018). Historical baselines of coral cover on tropical reefs as estimated by expert opinion. PeerJ. 6. e4308–e4308. 26 indexed citations
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Maury, Olivier, Liam Campling, Haritz Arrizabalaga, et al.. (2017). From shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs) to oceanic system pathways (OSPs): Building policy-relevant scenarios for global oceanic ecosystems and fisheries. Global Environmental Change. 45. 203–216. 50 indexed citations
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Bell, Johann D., William W. L. Cheung, Maria A. Gasalla, et al.. (2016). Chapter 4.5: Impacts and effects of ocean warming on the contributions of fisheries and aquaculture to food security. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Daw, Tim M., Christina C. Hicks, Katrina Brown, et al.. (2016). Elasticity in ecosystem services: exploring the variable relationship between ecosystems and human well-being. Ecology and Society. 21(2). 171 indexed citations
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Du, Jianguo, et al.. (2015). Comparing trophic structure of a subtropical bay as estimated from mass-balance food web model and stable isotope analysis. Ecological Modelling. 312. 175–181. 23 indexed citations
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Poloczanska, Elvira S., Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, William W. L. Cheung, Hans‐Otto Pörtner, & Michael T. Burrows. (2014). Observed global responses of marine biogeography, abundance and phenology to climate change. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 90(6). 123–127. 2 indexed citations
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Pitcher, Tony J. & William W. L. Cheung. (2013). Fisheries: Hope or despair?. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 74(2). 506–516. 88 indexed citations
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Jones, Miranda C., Stephen Dye, José A. Fernandes, et al.. (2013). Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Threatened Species in UK Waters. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54216–e54216. 94 indexed citations
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Cheung, William W. L., Vicky W. Y. Lam, Jorge L. Sarmiento, et al.. (2009). Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios. Fish and Fisheries. 10(3). 235–251. 1118 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sadovy, YJ, et al.. (2007). Stock assessment approach for the Napoleon fish, Cheilinus undulatus, in Indonesia: A tool for quota-setting for data-poor fisheries under CITES Appendix II. Non-detriment finding requirements. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 24 indexed citations

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