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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,352
Country Rank
53
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Daniel Pauly](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/85/641075.jpg)
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,922
53,663
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,804
Country Rank
2,299
Institution Rank : 31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11240.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Hans W Paerl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/16/1449045.jpg)
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,992
33,303
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,852
Country Rank
233
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1225.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Steven J Cooke](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ae/605974.jpg)
Fisheries
Fish Ecology
Conservation Science
Conservation Physiology
Freshwater Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,293
41,615
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,828
Country Rank
260
Institution Rank : 31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Carl Walters](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f2/641335.jpg)
Fisheries
conservation
population dynamics
ecosystem modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,126
13,668
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,062
Country Rank
3,865
Institution Rank : 45
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4631.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Peter Agre](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/1393160.jpg)
Aquaporins
Malaria
Human Rights
Science Diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,013
8,814
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,723
Country Rank
4,182
Institution Rank : 38
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11551.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![James R Karr](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4a/1684442.jpg)
fisheries
ornithology
ecology
conservation biology
water quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,478
8,886
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,966
Country Rank
509
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8155.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Nicholas Dulvy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7a/641546.jpg)
Conservation Biology
Marine Conservation
Fisheries
Extinction
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,661
21,404
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,032
Country Rank
7,584
Institution Rank : 62
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10889.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Peter B Moyle](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
fish
fisheries
conservation
aquatic ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,469
8,970
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,219
Country Rank
654
Institution Rank : 76
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Tony J Pitcher](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0c/641554.jpg)
Fisheries
Fish behaviour
Ecosystems
Governance
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,187
9,504
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,287
Country Rank
718
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1840.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Heike K Lotze](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6b/642498.jpg)
marine ecology
historical ecology
coastal ecosystems
human impacts...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,741
15,941
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
18,627
Country Rank
8,732
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![JM Scott](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Conservation Biology
Wildlife Biology
Endangered Species
Hawaii
Conservation Reliant Species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,075
7,997
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
18,991
Country Rank
8,905
Institution Rank : 66
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10898.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Hunter S Lenihan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4a/1832387.jpg)
Applied Marine Ecology and Fisheries Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,651
11,752
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
20,107
Country Rank
826
Institution Rank : 21
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1840.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Julie Laroche](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Marine biogeochemistry and microbial genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,506
12,217
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,335
Country Rank
881
Institution Rank : 102
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Curtis Suttle](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/db/641610.jpg)
Marine Virology
Marine Microbiology
Microbial Diversity
Biological Oceanography
Virus Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,327
10,759
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,427
Country Rank
9,957
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Ronald W Hardy](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Fish Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,242
11,333
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,432
Country Rank
928
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16243.png)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Eddy Carmack](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
oceanography
limnology
hydrology
climate
arctic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,414
9,155
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
26,856
Country Rank
1,106
Institution Rank : 163
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11508.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Chelsea M Rochman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4c/646357.jpg)
marine ecology
ecotoxicology
environmental chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,113
23,352
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
30,157
Country Rank
13,780
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11180.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Edward D Houde](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
fisheries science
fish ecology
oceanography
marine science
fisheries management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,156
5,736
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
31,755
Country Rank
14,428
Institution Rank : 21
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7277.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Rick Relyea](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9e/1449018.jpg)
Aquatic ecology
evolution
toxicology
behavior
environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,322
8,706
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
36,927
Country Rank
16,565
Institution Rank : 39
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15818.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jason Link](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/72/4397555.jpg)
fish feeding food marine ecosystem lake ocean ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,963
8,559
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
39,473
Country Rank
17,590
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15732.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Melanie Stiassny](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3d/4387286.jpg)
Fish systematics
African Freshwater Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,990
9,335
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
40,249
Country Rank
17,925
Institution Rank : 48
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11254.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Gary A Lamberti](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/1449038.jpg)
aquatic ecology
stream ecology
wetland ecology
ecosystem restoration
emerging contaminants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,711
5,627
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
42,818
Country Rank
18,922
Institution Rank : 58
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1726.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Kevin Crooks](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Wildlife Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,838
9,231
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
43,079
Country Rank
1,889
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7132.png)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![George Iwama](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/61/642104.jpg)
fish physiology
environmental stressors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,741
4,241
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
43,717
Country Rank
19,265
Institution Rank : 242
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11571.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Emily Stanley](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Aquatic ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,537
7,608
0.410
Daniel Pauly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,922
53,663
0.356
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
Hans W Paerl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,992
33,303
0.433
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
Steven J Cooke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,293
41,615
0.609
Fisheries
Fish Ecology
Conservation Science
Conservation Physiology
Freshwater Ecology
Carl Walters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,126
13,668
0.220
Fisheries
conservation
population dynamics
ecosystem modelling
Peter Agre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,013
8,814
0.157
Aquaporins
Malaria
Human Rights
Science Diplomacy
James R Karr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,478
8,886
0.166
fisheries
ornithology
ecology
conservation biology
water quality
Nicholas Dulvy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,661
21,404
0.514
Conservation Biology
Marine Conservation
Fisheries
Extinction
Biodiversity
Peter B Moyle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,469
8,970
0.246
fish
fisheries
conservation
aquatic ecosystems
Tony J Pitcher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,187
9,504
0.263
Fisheries
Fish behaviour
Ecosystems
Governance
Ethics
Heike K Lotze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,741
15,941
0.459
marine ecology
historical ecology
coastal ecosystems
human impacts...
JM Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,075
7,997
0.242
Conservation Biology
Wildlife Biology
Endangered Species
Hawaii
Conservation Reliant Species
Hunter S Lenihan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,651
11,752
0.360
Applied Marine Ecology and Fisheries Management
Julie Laroche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,506
12,217
0.388
Marine biogeochemistry and microbial genomics
Curtis Suttle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,327
10,759
0.355
Marine Virology
Marine Microbiology
Microbial Diversity
Biological Oceanography
Virus Ecology
Ronald W Hardy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,242
11,333
0.375
Eddy Carmack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,414
9,155
0.311
oceanography
limnology
hydrology
climate
arctic
Chelsea M Rochman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,113
23,352
0.894
marine ecology
ecotoxicology
environmental chemistry
Edward D Houde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,156
5,736
0.237
fisheries science
fish ecology
oceanography
marine science
fisheries management
Rick Relyea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,322
8,706
0.373
Aquatic ecology
evolution
toxicology
behavior
environmental science
Jason Link
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,963
8,559
0.408
fish feeding food marine ecosystem lake ocean ecology
Melanie Stiassny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,990
9,335
0.467
Fish systematics
African Freshwater Biodiversity
Gary A Lamberti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,711
5,627
0.285
aquatic ecology
stream ecology
wetland ecology
ecosystem restoration
emerging contaminants
Kevin Crooks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,838
9,231
0.490
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Wildlife Biology
George Iwama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,741
4,241
0.226
fish physiology
environmental stressors
Emily Stanley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,537
7,608
0.410
Aquatic ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry