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Jeffrey A. Seminoff 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 Jeffrey A. Seminoff sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 184 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey A. Seminoff 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 Jeffrey A. Seminoff sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jeffrey A. Seminoff is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and global and planetary change. These areas shape much of their scholarly output and contribute to understanding the interconnections within ecological systems.

The main topics covered by Seminoff's work include turtle biology and conservation, marine animal studies, amphibian and reptile biology, and wildlife ecology and conservation. Their expertise also extends to ichthyology and marine biology, isotope analysis in ecology, as well as avian ecology and behavior. These topics illustrate a broad interdisciplinary approach to the study of marine and terrestrial fauna and their ecosystems.

Seminoff has been involved in frequent collaborations, working with several researchers multiple times. Notable coauthors include George H. Balazs, Garrett E. Lemons, Calandra N. Turner Tomaszewicz, Michelle María Early-Capistrán, and T. Todd Jones, each having coauthored six or five papers with Seminoff, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

The publication venues where Seminoff's research appears most often include Marine Biology, Frontiers in Marine Science, Chelonian Conservation and Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. These journals reflect the scientist's focus on marine and conservation biology disciplines.

Among recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Seminoff are:

  • Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble, 2020, Current Biology
  • Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Population Viability of Sea Turtles in the Context of Global Warming, 2021, BioScience
  • Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization, 2022, Diversity and Distributions
  • Quantifying local ecological knowledge to model historical abundance of long-lived, heavily-exploited fauna, 2020, PeerJ

Best Publications

  • Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century

    M. Hamann;M.H. Godfrey;J.A. Seminoff;K. Arthur

  • Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales

    Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Brendan J. Hurley;Brendan J. Hurley;Elena M. Finkbeiner;Elena M. Finkbeiner

  • Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles

    Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Alan B. Bolten;Alan B. Bolten;Milani Y. Chaloupka;Milani Y. Chaloupka

  • Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

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

  • Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble

    Craig B. Stanford;Craig B. Stanford;John B. Iverson;Anders G.J. Rhodin;Peter Paul van Dijk

  • Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles

    A.F. Rees;J. Alfaro-Shigueto;P.C.R. Barata;K.A. Bjorndal

  • Home range of green turtles Chelonia mydas at a coastal foraging area in the Gulf of California, Mexico

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Antonio Resendiz;Wallace J. Nichols

  • Where small can have a large impact: Structure and characterization of small-scale fisheries in Peru

    Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto;Jeffrey C. Mangel;Mariela Pajuelo;Peter H. Dutton

  • Diet of east pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the central Gulf of California, México

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Antonio Resendiz;Wallace J. Nichols

  • Post-nesting migrations of Galápagos green turtles Chelonia mydas in relation to oceanographic conditions: integrating satellite telemetry with remotely sensed ocean data

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Patricia Zárate;Michael Coyne;David G. Foley

  • Home range and habitat use of juvenile Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas L.) on shallow reef habitats in Palm Beach, Florida, USA

    Christopher Makowski;Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Michael Salmon

  • Monitoring green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a coastal foraging area in Baja California, Mexico: multiple indices to describe population status

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;T. Todd Jones;Antonio Resendiz;Wallace J. Nichols

  • Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures.

    Michael J Osland;Philip W Stevens;Margaret M Lamont;Richard C Brusca

  • Small-scale fisheries of Peru: a major sink for marine turtles in the Pacific

    Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto;Jeffrey C. Mangel;Francisco Bernedo;Peter H. Dutton

  • Stable Isotope Tracking of Endangered Sea Turtles: Validation with Satellite Telemetry and δ15N Analysis of Amino Acids

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Scott R. Benson;Karen E. Arthur;Tomoharu Eguchi

  • TRANSPACIFIC MIGRATION OF A LOGGERHEAD TURTLE MONITORED BY SATELLITE TELEMETRY

    Wallace J. Nichols;Antonio Resendiz;Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Beatrice Resendiz

  • Marine turtles and IUCN Red Listing: A review of the process, the pitfalls, and novel assessment approaches

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Kartik Shanker

  • Identifying critical foraging habitats of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) along the Pacific coast of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico

    Milagros López-Mendilaharsu;Susan C. Gardner;Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

    Amanda E. Bates;Richard B. Primack;Brandy S. Biggar;Tomas J. Bird

  • Stable isotope discrimination (δ13C and δ15N) between soft tissues of the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas and its diet

    Jeffrey A. Seminoff;T. Todd Jones;Tomoharu Eguchi;David R. Jones

  • Pollutants and the health of green sea turtles resident to an urbanized estuary in San Diego, CA.

    Lisa M. Komoroske;Rebecca L. Lewison;Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Dimitri D. Deheyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Dutton
Peter H. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bryan P. Wallace
Bryan P. Wallace Duke University
Rebecca L. Lewison
Rebecca L. Lewison San Diego State University
Karen A. Bjorndal
Karen A. Bjorndal University of Florida
Wallace J. Nichols
Wallace J. Nichols California Academy of Sciences
Alan B. Bolten
Alan B. Bolten University of Florida
Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto
Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto Scientific University of the South
Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Mark T. Hamann
Mark T. Hamann Medical University of South Carolina
Milani Chaloupka
Milani Chaloupka University of Queensland

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