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D-Index
43
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8517
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5255
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574

Alan Williams publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Williams sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 139 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Alan Williams D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Williams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan Williams is a researcher affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on Environmental Science with particular emphasis on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics related to marine and aquatic environments, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Williams has contributed to a number of recent papers, mainly exploring the impacts on deep-sea coral reefs and marine biodiversity assessment. These include:

  • "The Fate of Deep-Sea Coral Reefs on Seamounts in a Fishery-Seascape: What Are the Impacts, What Remains, and What Is Protected?" (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "True Size Matters for Conservation: A Robust Method to Determine the Size of Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Shows They Are Typically Small on Seamounts in the Southwest Pacific Ocean" (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science

Other papers within their network of co-authors address topics such as deep seafloor fauna of eastern Australia, regional-scale biodiversity patterns for conservation, and seabed image classification using deep learning for reef management. These are published in outlets like Marine Biodiversity Records, Diversity and Distributions, and Journal of Applied Ecology.

Frequent co-authors working with Alan Williams include:

  • Franziska Althaus
  • Malcolm R. Clark
  • Kylie Maguire
  • Candice Untiedt
  • Nicholas J. Bax

Williams's publications are often found in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Marine Biodiversity Records
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Best Publications

  • Ecological risk assessment for the effects of fishing

    A.J. Hobday;A.D.M. Smith;I.C. Stobutzki;C. Bulman

  • The ecology of seamounts: structure, function, and human impacts.

    Malcolm R. Clark;Ashley A. Rowden;Thomas Schlacher;Alan Williams

  • Seamount benthic macrofauna off southern tasmania: community structure and impacts of trawling

    J. A. Koslow;K. Gowlett-Holmes;J. K. Lowry;T. O¹Hara

  • The impacts of deep-sea fisheries on benthic communities: a review

    Malcolm R. Clark;Franziska Althaus;Thomas A. Schlacher;Alan Williams

  • Impacts of bottom trawling on deep-coral ecosystems of seamounts are long-lasting

    F. Althaus;A. Williams;T. A. Schlacher;R. J. Kloser

  • Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments from the Great Australian Bight

    Justine Barrett;Zanna Chase;Jing Zhang;Mark M. Banaszak Holl

  • Seamount megabenthic assemblages fail to recover from trawling impacts.

    Alan Williams;Thomas A. Schlacher;Ashley A. Rowden;Franziska Althaus

  • Species identification in deep water using multiple acoustic frequencies

    R J Kloser;T Ryan;P Sakov;A Williams

  • Ecological Risk Assessment for the Effects of Fishing: Methodology. Report R04/1072 for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority

    A. J. Hobday;A. D. M. Smith;H. Webb;R. Daley

  • A test of the seamount oasis hypothesis: seamounts support higher epibenthic megafaunal biomass than adjacent slopes

    Ashley A. Rowden;Thomas A. Schlacher;Alan Williams;Malcolm R. Clark

  • Diets and trophic guilds of demersal fishes of the south-eastern Australian shelf

    CM Bulman;F Althaus;X He;NJ Bax

  • Delineating fish-habitat associations for spatially based management: an example from the south-eastern Australian continental shelf

    Alan Williams;Nicholas J. Bax

  • Richness and distribution of sponge megabenthos in continental margin canyons off southeastern Australia

    Thomas A. Schlacher;Monika A. Schlacher-Hoenlinger;Alan Williams;Franziska Althaus

  • Commonness and rarity in the marine biosphere

    Sean R. Connolly;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Julian Caley;Nancy Knowlton

  • Pelagic biomass and community structure over the mid-continental slope off southeastern Australia based upon acoustic and midwater trawl sampling

    Koslow Ja;Kloser Rj;Williams A

  • Seabed habitat on the south-eastern Australian continental shelf: context, vulnerability and monitoring

    Nicholas J. Bax;Alan Williams

  • Scales of habitat heterogeneity and megabenthos biodiversity on an extensive Australian continental margin (100–1100 m depths)

    Alan Williams;Franziska Althaus;Piers K. Dunstan;Gary C.B. Poore

  • Effectiveness of Biological Surrogates for Predicting Patterns of Marine Biodiversity: A Global Meta-Analysis

    Camille Mellin;Steve Delean;Julian Caley;Graham Edgar

  • A hierarchical framework for classifying seabed biodiversity with application to planning and managing Australia’s marine biological resources

    Vincent D. Lyne;Alan Williams;Campbell R. Davies

  • Diversity, density and community structure of the demersal fish fauna of the continental slope off western Australia (20 to 35° S)

    Alan Williams;J. Anthony Koslow

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Bax
Nicholas J. Bax Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Thomas A. Schlacher
Thomas A. Schlacher University of the Sunshine Coast
Malcolm R. Clark
Malcolm R. Clark National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Ashley A. Rowden
Ashley A. Rowden Victoria University of Wellington
Neville S. Barrett
Neville S. Barrett University of Tasmania
Piers K. Dunstan
Piers K. Dunstan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Scott L. Nichol
Scott L. Nichol Geoscience Australia
Gary C. B. Poore
Gary C. B. Poore Museums Victoria
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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