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D-Index
52
Citations
8772
World Ranking
3497
National Ranking
1227

Paul R. Wade 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 Paul R. Wade sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 106 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul R. Wade 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 Paul R. Wade sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Paul R. Wade is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology and global and planetary change. Subfields of study also include molecular biology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and oceanography.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including marine animal studies overview, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, mercury impact and mitigation studies, underwater acoustics research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and coral and marine ecosystems studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul R. Wade include:

  • A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation (2021) - Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Estimating the Abundance of Marine Mammal Populations (2021) - Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories (2021) - Molecular Ecology
  • A Bayesian stock assessment of the eastern Pacific gray whale using abundance and harvest data from 1967-1996 (2023) - The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Population status of the eastern North Pacific stock of gray whales in 2009 (2023) - The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including André E. Punt, Alexandre N. Zerbini, Philip S. Hammond, Tessa B. Francis, and Dennis Heinemann.

Paul R. Wade's publications are commonly found in venues such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library, Frontiers in Marine Science, The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Best Publications

  • CALCULATING LIMITS TO THE ALLOWABLE HUMAN‐CAUSED MORTALITY OF CETACEANS AND PINNIPEDS

    Paul R. Wade

  • Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species

    Phillip A. Morin;Frederick I. Archer;Andrew D. Foote;Julia Vilstrup

  • Bayesian Methods in Conservation Biology

    Paul R. Wade

  • Estimates of Cetacean Abundance and Distribution in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

    Paul R. Wade;Tim Genodette

  • Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes

    Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;Nagarjun Vijay;María C. Ávila-Arcos;Robin W. Baird

  • Feeding ecology of eastern North Pacific killer whales Orcinus orca from fatty acid, stable isotope, and organochlorine analyses of blubber biopsies

    D. P. Herman;D. G. Burrows;P. R. Wade;J. W. Durban

  • Animal cultures matter for conservation.

    Philippa Brakes;Sasha R. X. Dall;Lucy M. Aplin;Stuart Bearhop

  • Strong maternal fidelity and natal philopatry shape genetic structure in North Pacific humpback whales

    C. Scott Baker;Debbie Steel;John Calambokidis;Erin Falcone

  • Design and field methods for sighting surveys of cetaceans in coastal and riverine habitats

    Steve Dawson;Paul Wade;Elisabeth Slooten;Jay Barlow

  • Incorporating Uncertainty into Management Models for Marine Mammals

    Barbara L. Taylor;Paul R. Wade;Douglas P. De Master;Jay Barlow

  • Use of chemical tracers in assessing the diet and foraging regions of eastern North Pacific killer whales

    Margaret M. Krahn;David P. Herman;Craig O. Matkin;John W. Durban

  • Humpback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies

    Jay Barlow;John Calambokidis;Erin A. Falcone;C. Scott Baker

  • Status Review of Southern Resident Killer Whales, Orcinus Orca, Under the Endangered Species Act

    M. M. Krahn;M. J. Ford;W. F. Perrin;P. R. Wade

  • Worldwide Distribution and Abundance of Killer Whales

    Karin A. Forney;Paul R. Wade

  • A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation.

    Philippa Brakes;Emma L. Carroll;Emma L. Carroll;Sasha R. X. Dall;Sally A. Keith

  • Positive selection on the killer whale mitogenome.

    Andrew D. Foote;Phillip A. Morin;John W. Durban;Robert L. Pitman

  • Assessing plausible rates of population growth in humpback whales from life-history data

    Alexandre N. Zerbini;Phillip J. Clapham;Paul R. Wade

  • ARE GRAY WHALES HITTING “K” HARD?

    Sue E. Moore;R Jorge Urbán;Wayne L. Perryman;Frances Gulland

  • Abundance, trends and distribution of baleen whales off Western Alaska and the central Aleutian Islands

    Alexandre N. Zerbini;Alexandre N. Zerbini;Janice M. Waite;Jeffrey L. Laake;Paul R. Wade

  • The sequential megafaunal collapse hypothesis: Testing with existing data

    Douglas P. DeMaster;Andrew W. Trites;Phillip Clapham;Sally Mizroch

  • Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA

    Sarah L. Mesnick;Sarah L. Mesnick;Barbara L. Taylor;Frederick I. Archer;Karen K. Martien

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Durban
John W. Durban New England Aquarium
Alexandre N. Zerbini
Alexandre N. Zerbini National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Andrew D. Foote
Andrew D. Foote Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Phillip A. Morin
Phillip A. Morin National Marine Fisheries Service
Jay Barlow
Jay Barlow National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
André E. Punt
André E. Punt University of Washington
Jochen B. W. Wolf
Jochen B. W. Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robin W. Baird
Robin W. Baird Cascadia Research Collective
Robert L. Pitman
Robert L. Pitman Oregon State University

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