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Jennifer F. Provencher

Jennifer F. Provencher

Government of Canada
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
8187
World Ranking
3697
National Ranking
254

Jennifer F. Provencher 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 Jennifer F. Provencher sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 173 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jennifer F. Provencher 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 Jennifer F. Provencher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

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

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

Overview

Jennifer F. Provencher is affiliated with the Government of Canada and specializes in environmental science with a focus on pollution and its ecological impacts. Their research work explores various dimensions of pollution, including microplastics, plastic pollution, and their effects on wildlife and ecosystems.

The main fields of study that define Provencher's research include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad category, their subfields encompass:

  • Pollution
  • Ecology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Epidemiology

Provencher's work centers on several specific research topics, which include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Some of the frequent co-authors collaborating with Provencher are:

  • Mark L. Mallory
  • Julia E. Baak
  • Jolene A. Giacinti
  • Bonnie M. Hamilton
  • Jesse C. Vermaire

Provencher publishes regularly in several journals, with most contributions appearing in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Arctic Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Environmental Reviews
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Provencher include:

  • Plastic pollution in the Arctic, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Current levels of microplastic pollution impact wild seabird gut microbiomes, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Breeding seabirds as vectors of microplastics from sea to land: Evidence from colonies in Arctic Canada, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Characterization of neurotropic HPAI H5N1 viruses with novel genome constellations and mammalian adaptive mutations in free-living mesocarnivores in Canada, 2023, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Proceed with caution: The need to raise the publication bar for microplastics research, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Jennifer F. Provencher;Alexander L. Bond;Stephanie Avery-Gomm;Stephanie B. Borrelle

  • Opinion: Why we need an international agreement on marine plastic pollution

    Stephanie B. Borrelle;Chelsea M. Rochman;Max Liboiron;Alexander L. Bond

  • Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

    Rune Dietz;Robert J. Letcher;Jean Pierre Desforges;Igor Eulaers

  • Garbage in guano? Microplastic debris found in faecal precursors of seabirds known to ingest plastics

    J. F. Provencher;Jesse Vermaire;S. Avery-Gomm;Birgit M. Braune

  • Assessing plastic debris in aquatic food webs: what we know and don’t know about uptake and trophic transfer

    Jennifer F Provencher;Jennifer F Provencher;Justine Ammendolia;Chelsea M Rochman;Mark L. Mallory

  • Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters

    Airam Rodríguez;José M. Arcos;Vincent Bretagnolle;Maria P. Dias

  • Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic.

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Alexander L. Bond;April Hedd;William A. Montevecchi

  • Marine birds and plastic debris in Canada: a national synthesis and a way forward

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Alexander L. Bond;Mark L. Mallory

  • Plastic debris in great skua (Stercorarius skua) pellets corresponds to seabird prey species.

    S. Hammer;R.G. Nager;P.C.D. Johnson;R.W. Furness

  • Ingested plastic in a diving seabird, the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), in the eastern Canadian Arctic

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Anthony J. Gaston;Mark L. Mallory;Patrick D. O’hara

  • Recommended best practices for plastic and litter ingestion studies in marine birds: Collection, processing, and reporting

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Jennifer F. Provencher;Stephanie B. Borrelle;Alexander L. Bond;Jennifer L. Lavers

  • Seabird diet indicates changing Arctic marine communities in eastern Canada

    J. F. Provencher;A. J. Gaston;P. D. OHara;H. G. Gilchrist

  • Proceed with caution: The need to raise the publication bar for microplastics research

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Garth A. Covernton;Rhiannon C. Moore;Dorothy A. Horn

  • Plastic ingestion in marine-associated bird species from the eastern North Pacific.

    S. Avery-Gomm;J.F. Provencher;K.H. Morgan;D.F. Bertram

  • Breeding seabirds as vectors of microplastics from sea to land: Evidence from colonies in Arctic Canada.

    Madelaine P.T. Bourdages;Jennifer F. Provencher;Julia E. Baak;Mark L. Mallory

  • Plastic pollution in the Labrador Sea: An assessment using the seabird northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis as a biological monitoring species.

    Stephanie Avery-Gomm;Jennifer F. Provencher;Max Liboiron;Florence E. Poon

  • Evidence for increased ingestion of plastics by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in the Canadian Arctic.

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Anthony J. Gaston;Mark L. Mallory

  • Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds.

    Unknown

  • Plastic ingestion by fulmars and shearwaters at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Alexander L. Bond;Jennifer F. Provencher;Pierre-Yves Daoust;Zoe N. Lucas

  • Levels of ingested debris vary across species in Canadian Arctic seabirds.

    Florence E. Poon;Jennifer F. Provencher;Mark L. Mallory;Birgit M. Braune

  • Financial costs of conducting science in the Arctic: examples from seabird research

    Mark L. Mallory;Mark L. Mallory;H. Grant Gilchrist;Michael Janssen;Heather L. Major

  • Ingestion of plastic marine debris by Common and Thick-billed Murres in the northwestern Atlantic from 1985 to 2012.

    Alexander L. Bond;Jennifer F. Provencher;Richard D. Elliot;Pierre C. Ryan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University
Birgit M. Braune
Birgit M. Braune Carleton University
Alexander L. Bond
Alexander L. Bond Natural History Museum
H. Grant Gilchrist
H. Grant Gilchrist Carleton University
Anthony J. Gaston
Anthony J. Gaston Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mark R. Forbes
Mark R. Forbes Carleton University
Gregory J. Robertson
Gregory J. Robertson Environment and Climate Change Canada
Chelsea M. Rochman
Chelsea M. Rochman University of Toronto
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Steven J. Cooke
Steven J. Cooke Carleton University

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