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D-Index
40
Citations
7558
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6042
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639

David Righton 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 David Righton sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 109 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Righton 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 David Righton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Righton is affiliated with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a concentrated focus on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Physiology, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's work revolves around key topics including Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Marine animal studies overview, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Among recent publications authored by David Righton are:

  • Important questions to progress science and sustainable management of anguillid eels, 2021, Fish and Fisheries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David Righton include:

  • Kim Aarestrup
  • Håkan Westerberg
  • Thomas W. Horton
  • Lucy A. Hawkes
  • Matthew J. Witt

The scientist has published regularly in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Animal Biotelemetry

Best Publications

  • Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

    David W. Sims;Emily J. Southall;Nicolas E. Humphries;Graeme C. Hays

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

    Graeme C. Hays;Helen Bailey;Steven J. Bograd;W. Don Bowen

  • Oceanic spawning migration of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla).

    Kim Aarestrup;Finn Økland;Michael Møller Hansen;David Righton

  • Hunt warm, rest cool: bioenergetic strategy underlying diel vertical migration of a benthic shark

    David W. Sims;Victoria J. Wearmouth;Emily J. Southall;Jacqueline M. Hill

  • Thermal niche of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua: limits, tolerance and optima

    David A. Righton;Ken Haste Andersen;Francis Neat;Vilhjalmur Thorsteinsson

  • Climate change and fishing: a century of shifting distribution in North Sea cod

    Georg H. Engelhard;David A. Righton;John K. Pinnegar

  • FLEXIBLE FORAGING MOVEMENTS OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

    Graeme C. Hays;Victoria J. Hobson;Julian D. Metcalfe;David Righton

  • Empirical observations of the spawning migration of European eels: The long and dangerous road to the Sargasso Sea

    David Righton;Håkan Westerberg;Eric Feunteun;Finn Økland

  • Migratory behaviour of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua: natal homing is the prime stock-separating mechanism

    H. Svedäng;D. Righton;P. Jonsson

  • Minimizing errors in identifying Lévy flight behaviour of organisms

    David W. Sims;David Righton;Jonathan W. Pitchford

  • Residency and depth movements of a coastal group of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Francis C. Neat;Peter J. Wright;Alain F. Zuur;Iain M. Gibb

  • Geolocation of North Sea cod (Gadus morhua) using hidden Markov models and behavioural switching

    Martin Wæver Pedersen;David Righton;David Righton;Uffe Høgsbro Thygesen;Ken Haste Andersen

  • Disentangling structural genomic and behavioural barriers in a sea of connectivity.

    Julia Maria Isis Barth;Julia Maria Isis Barth;David Villegas-Ríos;Carla Freitas;Even Moland

  • Warm water occupancy by North Sea cod

    Francis Neat;David Righton

  • Important questions to progress science and sustainable management of anguillid eels

    David Righton;David Righton;Adam Piper;Kim Aarestrup;Elsa Amilhat

  • Movements and distribution of cod (Gadus morhua) in the southern North Sea and English Channel : results from conventional and electronic tagging experiments

    David Righton;Victoria Anne Quayle;Stuart Hetherington;Gary Burt

  • Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology

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  • Fisheries. Different behaviour of North and Irish Sea cod.

    David Righton;Julian Metcalfe;Paul Connolly

  • First direct evidence of adult European eels migrating to their breeding place in the Sargasso Sea

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  • Conservation physiology for applied management of marine fish: an overview with perspectives on the role and value of telemetry

    J. D. Metcalfe;W. J. F. Le Quesne;W. W. L. Cheung;D. A. Righton

  • Movement of Atlantic cod around the British Isles: implications for finer scale stock management

    Francis C. Neat;Victoria Bendall;Barbara Berx;Peter John Wright

  • The Anguilla spp. migration problem: 40 million years of evolution and two millennia of speculation

    D. Righton;K. Aarestrup;D. Jellyman;P. Sébert

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian D. Metcalfe
Julian D. Metcalfe Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Kim Aarestrup
Kim Aarestrup Technical University of Denmark
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
John K. Pinnegar
John K. Pinnegar Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Peter J. Wright
Peter J. Wright Marine Scotland
Georg H. Engelhard
Georg H. Engelhard Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Michelle R. Heupel
Michelle R. Heupel University of Tasmania
Eric Feunteun
Eric Feunteun French National Museum of Natural History
Eva B. Thorstad
Eva B. Thorstad Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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