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D-Index
38
Citations
5771
World Ranking
8621
National Ranking
3080

James R. Bence 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 James R. Bence sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 124 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

James R. Bence 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 James R. Bence sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

James R. Bence is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in environmental science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, aquatic science, and ecological modeling.

Their research topics focus mainly on fish ecology and management studies, marine and fisheries research, wildlife ecology and conservation, fish biology and ecology, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics, as well as genetic diversity and population structure.

They have authored several papers in various academic journals. Recent publications include:

  • An assessment of statistical methods for nonindependent data in ecological meta-analyses, 2020, Ecology
  • Comparing traditional and Bayesian approaches to ecological meta-analysis, 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • An assessment of statistical methods for non-independent data in ecological meta-analyses: Reply, 2021, Ecology
  • Using simulation to understand annual sea lamprey marking rates on lake trout, 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Dynamics of lake trout production in the main basin of Lake Huron, 2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science

Frequent coauthors in Bence's research include Craig W. Osenberg, Ji X. He, Chao Song, Scott D. Peacor, and Elizabeth Hamman.

James R. Bence regularly publishes in the following venues:

  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Fisheries Research
  • Ecology
  • North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Best Publications

  • TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

    Allan Stewart-Oaten;James R. Bence

  • Assessing Effects of Unreplicated Perturbations: No Simple Solutions

    Allan Stewart-Oaten;James R. Bence;Craig W. Osenberg

  • Dynamics of the Lake Michigan food web, 1970-2000

    Charles P. Madenjian;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Thomas H. Johengen;Thomas F. Nalepa

  • Analysis of Short Time Series: Correcting for Autocorrelation

    James R. Bence

  • A review of harvest policies: Understanding relative performance of control rules

    Jonathan J. Deroba;James R. Bence

  • PREY SIZE SELECTION BY THE MOSQUITOFISH: RELATION TO OPTIMAL DIET THEORY'

    James R. Bence;W. W. Murdoch

  • Space-limited recruitment in open systems: the importance of time delays

    J. R. Bence;R. M. Nisbet

  • Ecology of the Lake Huron fish community, 1970-1999

    Norine E. Dobiesz;David A. McLeish;Randy L. Eshenroder;James R. Bence

  • Detecting the ecological effects of environmental impacts: A case study of kelp forest invertebrates

    Stephen C. Schroeter;John D. Dixon;Jon Kastendiek;Richard O. Smith

  • Prey Selection by Freshwater Predators with Different Foraging Strategies

    Scott D. Cooper;Daniel W. Smith;James R. Bence

  • Recruitment Variability of Alewives in Lake Michigan

    Charles P. Madenjian;Tomas O. Höök;Edward S. Rutherford;Doran M. Mason

  • INDIRECT EFFECTS AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MOSQUITOES BY MOSQUITOFISH

    J. R. Bence

  • Lake Trout Mortality and Abundance in Southern Lake Huron

    Shawn P. Sitar;James R. Bence;James E. Johnson;Mark P. Ebener

  • Coupling age-structured stock assessment and fish bioenergetics models: a system of time-varying models for quantifying piscivory patterns during the rapid trophic shift in the main basin of Lake Huron

    Ji X. He;James R. Bence;Charles P. Madenjian;Steven A. Pothoven

  • Yellow Perch Dynamics in Southwestern Lake Michigan during 1986-2002

    Michael J. Wilberg;James R. Bence;Bradley T. Eggold;Daniel Makauskas

  • Performance of time-varying catchability estimators in statistical catch-at-age analysis

    Michael J Wilberg;James R Bence

  • Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Parasite-host Interactions in the Great Lakes

    James R. Bence;Roger A. Bergstedt;Gavin C. Christie;Phillip A. Cochran

  • Applying structured decision making to recreational fisheries management

    Brian J. Irwin;Michael J. Wilberg;Michael L. Jones;James R. Bence

  • An approach to estimating rockfish biomass based on larval production, with application to Sebastes jordani*

    Stephen Ralston;James R. Bence;Maxwell B. Eldridge;William H. Lenarz

  • Modeling Annual Growth Variation using a Hierarchical Bayesian Approach and the von Bertalanffy Growth Function, with Application to Lake Trout in Southern Lake Huron

    J. X. He;J. R. Bence

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Jones
Michael L. Jones Michigan State University
Charles P. Madenjian
Charles P. Madenjian United States Geological Survey
Kim T. Scribner
Kim T. Scribner Michigan State University
William F. Porter
William F. Porter Michigan State University
Scott D. Peacor
Scott D. Peacor Michigan State University
Craig W. Osenberg
Craig W. Osenberg University of Georgia
Tyler Wagner
Tyler Wagner United States Geological Survey
Steven A. Pothoven
Steven A. Pothoven National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thomas F. Nalepa
Thomas F. Nalepa University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Charles R. Bronte
Charles R. Bronte United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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