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Andrew J. Pershing

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
10544
World Ranking
4371
National Ranking
1524

Andrew J. Pershing 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 Andrew J. Pershing sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 116 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew J. Pershing 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 Andrew J. Pershing sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Andrew J. Pershing is affiliated with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work focuses on understanding changes in marine and coastal ecosystems, with particular attention to oceanography, global and planetary change, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's research spans several subfields including global and planetary change, oceanography, ecology, atmospheric science, and ecological modeling. They are involved in studying topics such as marine and fisheries research, ocean acidification effects and responses, coral and marine ecosystems, species distribution and climate change, marine animal studies, climate variability and models, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Andrew J. Pershing include Katherine E. Mills, Michael A. Alexander, Nicholas R. Record, James D. Scott, and Joe Roman.

Andrew J. Pershing has published in various venues, most notably Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, UNC Libraries, The Lancet, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, and ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms (2023), published in The Lancet
  • Climate impacts on the Gulf of Maine ecosystem (2021), published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide? (2022), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Projecting ocean acidification impacts for the Gulf of Maine to 2050 (2021), published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Best Publications

  • Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States

    Sarah R. Weiskopf;Madeleine A. Rubenstein;Lisa G. Crozier;Sarah Gaichas

  • Slow adaptation in the face of rapid warming leads to collapse of the Gulf of Maine cod fishery.

    Andrew J. Pershing;Michael A. Alexander;Christina M. Hernandez;Lisa A. Kerr

  • Fisheries Management in a Changing Climate Lessons from the 2012 Ocean Heat Wave in the Northwest Atlantic

    Katherine E. Mills;Andrew J. Pershing;Curtis J. Brown;Yong Chen

  • Techniques for cetacean-habitat modeling

    J. V. Redfern;M. C. Ferguson;E. A. Becker;K. D. Hyrenbach

  • Whales as marine ecosystem engineers.

    Joe Roman;James A Estes;Lyne Morissette;Craig Smith

  • The biogeography of marine plankton traits.

    Andrew D. Barton;Andrew D. Barton;Andrew J. Pershing;Elena Litchman;Elena Litchman;Nicholas R. Record;Nicholas R. Record

  • Climate Drives Sea Change

    Charles H. Greene;Andrew J. Pershing

  • Projected sea surface temperatures over the 21st century: Changes in the mean, variability and extremes for large marine ecosystem regions of Northern Oceans

    Michael A. Alexander;James D. Scott;Kevin D. Friedland;Katherine E. Mills

  • Managing living marine resources in a dynamic environment: The role of seasonal to decadal climate forecasts

    Desiree Tommasi;Charles A. Stock;Alistair J. Hobday;Rick Methot

  • The Response of Marine Ecosystems to Climate Variability Associated With the North Atlantic Oscillation

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  • Climate and ecosystem linkages explain widespread declines in North American Atlantic salmon populations

    Katherine E. Mills;Katherine E. Mills;Andrew J. Pershing;Andrew J. Pershing;Timothy F. Sheehan;David Mountain

  • Climate vulnerability and resilience in the most valuable North American fishery.

    Arnault Le Bris;Katherine E. Mills;Richard A. Wahle;Yong Chen

  • A holistic view of marine regime shifts

    Alessandra Conversi;Alessandra Conversi;Vasilis Dakos;Anna Gårdmark;Scott Ling

  • Interdecadal variability in the Gulf of Maine zooplankton community, with potential impacts on fish recruitment

    Andrew J. Pershing;Charles H. Greene;Jack W. Jossi;Loretta O'Brien

  • Frequency of marine heatwaves in the North Atlantic and North Pacific since 1950

    Hillary A. Scannell;Hillary A. Scannell;Andrew J. Pershing;Michael A. Alexander;Andrew C. Thomas

  • The Impact of Whaling on the Ocean Carbon Cycle: Why Bigger Was Better

    Andrew J. Pershing;Andrew J. Pershing;Line B. Christensen;Nicholas R. Record;Nicholas R. Record;Graham D. Sherwood

  • ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE ECOLOGY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC

    Charles H. Greene;Andrew J. Pershing;Andrew J. Pershing;Thomas M. Cronin;Nicole Ceci

  • The response of Calanus finmarchicus populations to climate variability in the Northwest Atlantic: basin-scale forcing associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation

    C. H. Greene;A. J. Pershing

  • Rapid Climate-Driven Circulation Changes Threaten Conservation of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales

    Nicholas Record;Jeffrey Runge;Daniel Pendleton

  • Climate and the conservation biology of North Atlantic right whales: the right whale at the wrong time?

    Charles H. Greene;Andrew J. Pershing

  • Seasonal trends and phenology shifts in sea surface temperature on the North American northeastern continental shelf

    Andrew C. Thomas;Andrew J. Pershing;Kevin D. Friedland;Janet A. Nye

  • Trans-Atlantic responses of Calanus finmarchicus populations to basin-scale forcing associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation☆

    C.H Greene;A.J Pershing;A Conversi;B Planque

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles H. Greene
Charles H. Greene Cornell University
James D. Scott
James D. Scott National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael A. Alexander
Michael A. Alexander National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Andrew C. Thomas
Andrew C. Thomas University of Maine
Jeffrey A. Runge
Jeffrey A. Runge University of Maine
Erica J. H. Head
Erica J. H. Head Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Philip C. Reid
Philip C. Reid Plymouth University
Changsheng Chen
Changsheng Chen University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Richard A. Wahle
Richard A. Wahle University of Maine
Rubao Ji
Rubao Ji Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Thomas L. Frölicher

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Steven J. Bograd

Steven J. Bograd

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Publications: 23

Jeffrey A. Runge

Jeffrey A. Runge

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Publications: 22

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Eric C. J. Oliver

Dalhousie University

Publications: 21

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Kevin D. Friedland

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Publications: 21

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Michael G. Jacox

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Vincent S. Saba

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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