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Ian M. Davies publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian M. Davies sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 177 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ian M. Davies D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian M. Davies sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ian M. Davies is affiliated with Marine Scotland in the United Kingdom, focusing their research on social sciences and marine-related topics. Their work spans multiple intersecting fields, including education, sociology and political science, global and planetary change, oceanography, and aspects of management, monitoring, policy, and law within marine contexts.

Their scholarly output includes contributions to topics such as educator training and historical pedagogy, global education and multiculturalism, coastal and marine management, ocean acidification effects and responses, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, and marine biology and ecology research.

Davies has published multiple papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Fishing within offshore wind farms in the North Sea: Stakeholder perspectives for multi-use from Scotland and Germany, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Missing the full story: First estimates of carbon deposition rates for the European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis, 2020, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Counterintuitive active directional swimming behaviour by Atlantic salmon during seaward migration in the coastal zone, 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Youth activism and education across contexts: towards a framework of critical engagements, 2020, Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education
  • A blue carbon model for the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) and its application in environmental restoration, 2023, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

The venues where Davies frequently publishes demonstrate a breadth across both educational and marine science domains. These include:

  • Citizenship Teaching and Learning
  • Optician
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Davies's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Beth E. Scott
  • Ana Couto
  • Benjamin J. Williamson
  • James D. Chapman
  • Eric King-man Chong

This range of topics and interdisciplinary collaboration reflects Davies's engagement with complex issues at the intersection of social sciences and marine environmental studies.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of biodeposits from suspended mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) culture on the surrounding surficial sediments

    Jon Chamberlain;Teresa F Fernandes;Paul Read;Thom Nickell

  • Bivalve aquaculture and exotic species: a review of ecological considerations and management issues

    Christopher W. Mckindsey;Thomas Landry;Francis X. O'beirn;Ian M. Davies

  • Localised remobilization of metals in a marine sediment

    Hao Zhang;William Davison;Robert J.G. Mortimer;Michael D. Krom

  • Implications from a field study regarding the relationship between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and glutathione S-transferase activity in mussels.

    B.T.G. Gowland;A.D. McIntosh;I.M. Davies;C.F. Moffat

  • Using biological effects tools to define Good Environmental Status under the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

    B.P. Lyons;J.E. Thain;G.D. Stentiford;K. Hylland;K. Hylland

  • Effects of sewage effluent and ethynyl oestradiol upon molecular markers of oestrogenic exposure, maturation and reproductive success in the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus, Pallas)

    Craig D Robinson;Elaine Brown;John A Craft;Ian M Davies

  • Trace metal concentrations in deep sea fish from the North Atlantic

    M. Cronin;Ian M. Davies;Andrew Newton;John M. Pirie

  • Environmental risk of ivermectin to sediment dwelling organisms

    I.M Davies;P.A Gillibrand;J.G McHenery;G.H Rae

  • Integrated indicator framework and methodology for monitoring and assessment of hazardous substances and their effects in the marine environment

    A. Dick Vethaak;Ian M. Davies;John E. Thain;Matthew J. Gubbins

  • A guide to toxicity assessment and monitoring effects at lower levels of biological organization following marine oil spills in European waters

    C. Martínez-Gómez;A. D. Vethaak;K. Hylland;T. Burgeot

  • Contaminated marine sediments—Assessment and remediation

    Ian M. Davies

  • Anoxic nitrification in marine sediments

    Robert J. G. Mortimer;Sansha J. Harris;Michael D. Krom;Thomas E. Freitag

  • Seabird conservation and tidal stream and wave power generation: Information needs for predicting and managing potential impacts

    R. Langton;I.M. Davies;B.E. Scott

  • Endocrine disruption in a marine amphipod? Field observations of intersexuality and de-masculinisation.

    Alex T. Ford;Teresa F. Fernandes;Sebastien A. Rider;Paul A. Read

  • Cypermethrin induces glutathione S-transferase activity in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas

    Ben T.G Gowland;Ben T.G Gowland;Colin F Moffat;Ron M Stagg;Dominic F Houlihan

  • Passive sampling: partition coefficients for a silicone rubber reference phase

    Kyari Yates;Ian Davies;Lynda Webster;Pat Pollard

  • The use of an unsupervised learning approach for characterizing latent behaviors in accelerometer data

    Marianna Chimienti;Marianna Chimienti;Thomas Cornulier;Ellie Owen;Mark Bolton

  • Marine and coastal ecosystem-based risk management handbook.

    Roland Cormier;Andreas Kannen;Michael Elliott;Paulette Hall

  • Trace metals in the common porpoise, Phocoena phocoena

    C.R Falconer;I.M Davies;G Topping

  • Vitellogenin in the blood plasma of male cod (Gadus morhua): a sign of oestrogenic endocrine disruption in the open sea?

    Alexander P. Scott;Ioanna Katsiadaki;Peter R. Witthames;Ketil Hylland

  • Tributyltin in scottish sea lochs, as indicated by degree of imposex in the dogwhelk, Nucella lapillus (L.)

    I.M. Davies;S.K. Bailey;D.C. Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

Beth E. Scott
Beth E. Scott University of Aberdeen
Teresa F. Fernandes
Teresa F. Fernandes Heriot-Watt University
Ketil Hylland
Ketil Hylland University of Oslo
Stuart B. Piertney
Stuart B. Piertney University of Aberdeen
Robert J.G. Mortimer
Robert J.G. Mortimer York St John University
Michael D. Krom
Michael D. Krom University of Haifa
William Davison
William Davison Lancaster University
Michael R. Heath
Michael R. Heath University of Strathclyde
Hao Zhang
Hao Zhang Lancaster University
Justin M. J. Travis
Justin M. J. Travis University of Aberdeen

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