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David W. Sims

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
83
Citations
23914
World Ranking
716
National Ranking
105

David W. Sims publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 219 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David W. Sims 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 W. Sims sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

David W. Sims is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily addresses issues related to environmental science, with a strong emphasis on ichthyology, marine biology, and marine and fisheries research.

Their body of work spans several subfields, including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, aquatic science, and ecological modeling. These areas represent the foundation of their scientific investigations and publications.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Ichthyology and marine biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Fish biology and ecology studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies

Some of the most recent papers authored or co-authored by David W. Sims include:

  • Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark (2021), published in eLife
  • A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation (2021), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Meta-Fish-Lib: A generalised, dynamic DNA reference library pipeline for metabarcoding of fishes (2021), published in Journal of Fish Biology
  • Global tracking of shark movements, behaviour and ecology: A review of the renaissance years of satellite tagging studies, 2010-2020 (2023), published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Frequent publication venues for Sims's work include:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of their career, working repeatedly with several co-authors, such as:

  • Nuno Queiroz
  • Nicolas E. Humphries
  • Freya C. Womersley
  • Gonzalo Mucientes
  • Pedro Afonso

David W. Sims was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2016, an acknowledgment within their professional field.

Best Publications

  • Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

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

  • Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators

    Nicolas E. Humphries;Nicolas E. Humphries;Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Jennifer R. M. Dyer;Nicolas G. Pade;Nicolas G. Pade

  • Messing About in Problems: An Informal Structured Approach to Their Identification and Management

    Colin Eden;Sue Jones;David Sims

  • Repeated, Long-Distance Migrations by a Philopatric Predator Targeting Highly Contrasting Ecosystems

    James S.E. Lea;Bradley M. Wetherbee;Nuno Queiroz;Neil Burnie

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

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

  • Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species.

    Robert A. Robinson;Humphrey Q. P. Crick;Jennifer A. Learmonth;Ilya M. D. Maclean

  • Using continuous plankton recorder data

    AJ Richardson;AJ Richardson;AW Walne;Awg John;TD Jonas

  • Sexual segregation in marine fish, reptiles, birds and mammals behaviour patterns, mechanisms and conservation implications.

    Victoria J Wearmouth;David W Sims;David W Sims

  • Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems.

    Rupert A. Collins;Owen S. Wangensteen;Eoin J. O’Gorman;Stefano Mariani

  • Foraging success of biological Levy flights recorded in situ.

    Nicolas E. Humphries;Henri Weimerskirch;Nuno Queiroz;Emily J. Southall

  • Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

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

  • Selective foraging behaviour of basking sharks on zooplankton in a small-scale front

    David W. Sims;Victoria A. Quayle

  • Long-term oceanographic and ecological research in the western English Channel

    Alan J. Southward;Olivia Langmead;Nicholas J. Hardman-Mountford;James Aiken

  • Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

    Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Ana Couto;Marisa Vedor

  • 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

  • Non-specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI

    Rupert A. Collins;Judith Bakker;Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Ana Z. Soto

  • Regional climatic warming drives long–term community changes of British marine fish

    Martin J. Genner;David W. Sims;Victoria J. Wearmouth;Emily J. Southall

  • Continental Shelf-Wide Response of a Fish Assemblage to Rapid Warming of the Sea

    Stephen D. Simpson;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;Mark P. Johnson;Julia L. Blanchard;Julia L. Blanchard

  • Low-temperature-driven early spawning migration of a temperate marine fish

    David W. Sims;Victoria J. Wearmouth;Martin J. Genner;Alan J. Southward

  • Movements and activity of male and female dogfish in a tidal sea lough: alternative behavioural strategies and apparent sexual segregation

    D. W. Sims;J. P. Nash;D. Morritt

  • Seasonal movements and behaviour of basking sharks from archival tagging: no evidence of winter hibernation

    David W. Sims;Emily J. Southall;Anthony J. Richardson;Philip C. Reid

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    Frederick S. Russell;C. M. Yonge;J. H. S. Blaxter;A. J. Southward

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuno Queiroz
Nuno Queiroz University of Porto
Martin J. Genner
Martin J. Genner University of Bristol
Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
Alan J. Southward
Alan J. Southward Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Julian D. Metcalfe
Julian D. Metcalfe Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
David Righton
David Righton Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Nova Mieszkowska
Nova Mieszkowska University of Liverpool
Matthew J. Witt
Matthew J. Witt University of Exeter
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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