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D-Index
44
Citations
8059
World Ranking
5043
National Ranking
1729

Bruce R. Mate 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 Bruce R. Mate sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 136 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce R. Mate 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 Bruce R. Mate sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Bruce R. Mate is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work intersects several subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass Marine animal studies overview, Marine and fisheries research, Underwater Acoustics Research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Marine and coastal plant biology, Turtle Biology and Conservation, and Cephalopods and Marine Biology.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Bruce R. Mate are:

  • Defining priority areas for blue whale conservation and investigating overlap with vessel traffic in Chilean Patagonia, using a fast-fitting movement model (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • Cetacean strandings in Oregon and Washington between 1930 and 2002 (2023), published in The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas (2022), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Combining Regional Habitat Selection Models for Large-Scale Prediction: Circumpolar Habitat Selection of Southern Ocean Humpback Whales (2021), published in Remote Sensing
  • An at-sea assessment of Argos location accuracy for three species of large whales, and the effect of deep-diving behavior on location error (2020), published in Animal Biotelemetry

Frequent co-authors with whom Bruce R. Mate has collaborated include:

  • Daniel M. Palacios
  • Ladd M. Irvine
  • Barbara A. Lagerquist
  • Martha H. Winsor
  • Tomas M. Follett

Bruce R. Mate has published multiple articles in journals that are central to marine and cetacean research. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Animal Biotelemetry
  • Movebank
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports

This composition of research fields, topical focus, and collaboration networks highlights the scientist's involvement in the study of marine megafauna and associated environmental sciences, with a focus on habitat modeling, animal movement, and conservation challenges related to marine ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

    Barbara A. Block;I D Jonsen;S J Jorgensen;A J Winship

  • Cumulative human impacts on marine predators

    Sara M. Maxwell;Elliott L. Hazen;Elliott L. Hazen;Elliott L. Hazen;Steven J. Bograd;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern

  • Behavioural estimation of blue whale movements in the Northeast Pacific from state-space model analysis of satellite tracks

    Helen Bailey;Bruce R. Mate;Daniel M. Palacios;Ladd Irvine

  • Blue whale habitat and prey in the California Channel Islands

    Paul C. Fiedler;Stephen B. Reilly;Roger P. Hewitt;David Demer

  • Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations.

    Briana Abrahms;Elliott L Hazen;Ellen O Aikens;Matthew S Savoca

  • MOVEMENTS OF NORTH PACIFIC BLUE WHALES DURING THE FEEDING SEASON OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THEIR SOUTHERN FALL MIGRATION1

    Bruce R. Mate;Barbara A. Lagerquist;John Calambokidis

  • Summertime foraging ecology of North Atlantic right whales

    Mark F. Baumgartner;Bruce R. Mate

  • WhaleWatch: a dynamic management tool for predicting blue whale density in the California Current

    Elliott L. Hazen;Elliott L. Hazen;Daniel M. Palacios;Karin A. Forney;Evan A. Howell

  • The evolution of satellite-monitored radio tags for large whales: One laboratory's experience

    Bruce Mate;Roderick Mesecar;Barbara Lagerquist

  • Sea-surface temperature gradients across blue whale and sea turtle foraging trajectories off the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

    Peter Etnoyer;David Canny;Bruce R. Mate;Lance E. Morgan

  • Satellite-monitored movements of the northern right whale

    Bruce R. Mate;Sharon L. Nieukirk;Scott D. Kraus

  • SATELLITE-MONITORED MOVEMENTS AND DIVE BEHAVIOR OF A BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA

    Bruce R. Mate;Kelly A. Rossbach;Sharon L. Nieukirk;Randall S. Wells

  • Natural history of Oregon coast mammals

    Chris Maser;Bruce R. Mate;Jerry F. Franklin;C.T. Dyrness

  • Local and migratory movements of Hawaiian humpback whales tracked by satellite telemetry

    Bruce R Mate;Robert Gisiner;Joseph Mobley

  • Abundance, movements, and feeding habits of harbor seals, Phoca vitulina, at Netarts and Tillamook Bays, Oregon

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  • Dynamic ensemble models to predict distributions and anthropogenic risk exposure for highly mobile species

    Briana Abrahms;Heather Welch;Heather Welch;Stephanie Brodie;Stephanie Brodie;Michael G. Jacox;Michael G. Jacox

  • Scale‐dependent interactions of Mediterranean whales with marine dynamics

    Cèdric Cotte;Francesco d'Ovidio;Alexis Chaigneau;Marina Lèvy

  • The political biogeography of migratory marine predators.

    Autumn-Lynn Harrison;Autumn-Lynn Harrison;Daniel P. Costa;Arliss J. Winship;Scott R. Benson;Scott R. Benson

  • Persistent Pelagic Habitats in the Baja California to Bering Sea (B2B) Ecoregion

    Peter Etnoyer;David Canny;Bruce Mate;Lance Morgan

  • A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Spill Model

    Charles H. Peterson;Sean S. Anderson;Gary N. Cherr;Richard F. Ambrose

  • Association Between Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Mortality and Ship Strikes Along the California Coast

    Michelle Berman-Kowalewski;Frances M. D. Gulland;Sarah Wilkin;John Calambokidis

  • North Atlantic right whale habitat in the lower Bay of Fundy and on the SW Scotian Shelf during 1999–2001

    Mark F. Baumgartner;Tim V. N. Cole;Phillip J. Clapham;Bruce R. Mate

  • A change in sperm whale (Physeter macroephalus) distribution correlated to seismic surveys in the Gulf of Mexico

    Bruce R. Mate;Kathleen M. Stafford;Donald K. Ljungblad

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel M. Palacios
Daniel M. Palacios Oregon State University
Elliott L. Hazen
Elliott L. Hazen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John Calambokidis
John Calambokidis Washington University in St. Louis
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Steven J. Bograd
Steven J. Bograd National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Alexandre N. Zerbini
Alexandre N. Zerbini National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Helen Bailey
Helen Bailey University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Michael G. Jacox
Michael G. Jacox National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Kathleen M. Stafford
Kathleen M. Stafford Oregon State University

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