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62
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11341
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2105
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757

Robin W. Baird 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 Robin W. Baird sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 198 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robin W. Baird 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 Robin W. Baird sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robin W. Baird is affiliated with the Cascadia Research Collective in the United States and has an extensive body of research primarily focused on marine animals and their environments. Their research contributions span the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Ecology, Oceanography, Developmental Biology, Atmospheric Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of main topics, including marine animal studies, coral and marine ecosystems, animal vocal communication and behavior, underwater acoustics, marine and coastal plant biology, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and ichthyology and marine biology.

Robin W. Baird has contributed to several journals with repeated publications, notably in Marine Mammal Science, Aquatic Mammals, Endangered Species Research, The journal of cetacean research and management Special issue, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sabre D. Mahaffy, Erin M. Oleson, Jens J. Currie, Stephanie H. Stack, and Michaela A. Kratofil, indicating a networked approach to marine research spanning multiple experts in related disciplines.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales (2023), The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Endangered predators and endangered prey: Seasonal diet of Southern Resident killer whales (2021), PLoS ONE
  • Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories (2021), Molecular Ecology
  • Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu (2021), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Population structure in a continuously distributed coastal marine species, the harbor porpoise, based on microhaplotypes derived from poor-quality samples (2021), Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Understanding the Impacts of Anthropogenic Sound on Beaked Whales

    T M Cox;T J Ragen;A J Read;E Vos

  • A review of Killer Whale interactions with other marine mammals: predation to co-existence

    Thomas A. Jefferson;Pam J. Stacey;Robin W. Baird

  • Ecological and social determinants of group size in transient killer whales

    Robin W. Baird;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Social organization of mammal-eating killer whales: group stability and dispersal patterns

    Robin W Baird;Hal Whitehead

  • Occurrence and behaviour of transient killer whales: seasonal and pod-specific variability, foraging behaviour, and prey handling

    R. W. Baird;L. M. Dill

  • 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

  • Deep–diving behaviour of the northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus (Cetacea: Ziphiidae)

    Sascha K. Hooker;Robin W. Baird

  • Species and stock identification of prey consumed by endangered southern resident killer whales in their summer range

    M. Bradley Hanson;Robin W. Baird;John K. B. Ford;Jennifer Hempelmann-Halos

  • False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the main Hawaiian Islands: Long-term site fidelity, inter-island movements, and association patterns

    Robin W. Baird;Antoinette M. Gorgone;Daniel J. McSweeney;Daniel L. Webster

  • Diving behaviour of Cuvier’s (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville’s (Mesoplodon densirostris) beaked whales in Hawai‘i

    Robin W. BairdR.W. Baird;Daniel L. WebsterD.L. Webster;Daniel J. McSweeneyD.J. McSweeney;Allan D. LigonA.D. Ligon

  • Persistent organic pollutants and stable isotopes in biopsy samples (2004/2006) from Southern Resident killer whales.

    Margaret M. Krahn;M. Bradley Hanson;Robin W. Baird;Richard H. Boyer

  • Possible indirect interactions between transient and resident killer whales: implications for the evolution of foraging specializations in the genus Orcinus.

    Robin W. Baird;Peter A. Abrams;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Low worldwide genetic diversity in the killer whale (Orcinus orca): implications for demographic history

    A. Rus Hoelzel;Ada Natoli;Marilyn E. Dahlheim;Carlos Olavarria

  • Distinguishing the Impacts of Inadequate Prey and Vessel Traffic on an Endangered Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population

    Katherine L. Ayres;Rebecca K. Booth;Jennifer A. Hempelmann;Kari L. Koski

  • Diel variation in beaked whale diving behavior

    Robin W. Baird;Daniel L. Webster;Gregory S. Schorr;Daniel J. McSweeney

  • Factors influencing the diving behaviour of fish-eating killer whales: sex differences and diel and interannual variation in diving rates

    Robin W Baird;M Bradley Hanson;Lawrence M Dill

  • Diving and night-time behavior of long-finned pilot whales in the Ligurian Sea

    Robin W. Baird;J. Fabrizio Borsani;M. Bradley Hanson;Peter L. Tyack

  • A Worldwide Perspective on the Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in New Zealand

    Gabriela Tezanos-Pinto;Charles Scott Baker;Kirsty Russell;Karen Martien

  • Estimation of a Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Population's Diet Using Sequencing Analysis of DNA from Feces.

    Michael J. Ford;Jennifer Hempelmann;M. Bradley Hanson;Katherine L. Ayres

  • SITE FIDELITY, ASSOCIATIONS, AND MOVEMENTS OF CUVIER'S (ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS) AND BLAINVILLE'S (MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS) BEAKED WHALES OFF THE ISLAND OF HAWAI‘I

    Daniel J. McSweeney;Robin W. Baird;Sabre D. Mahaffy

  • Variation in saddle patch pigmentation in populations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) from British Columbia, Alaska, and Washington State

    Robin William Baird;Pam Joyce Stacey

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip A. Morin
Phillip A. Morin National Marine Fisheries Service
Jay Barlow
Jay Barlow National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Andrew D. Foote
Andrew D. Foote Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Andrew J. Read
Andrew J. Read Duke University
Jochen B. W. Wolf
Jochen B. W. Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lawrence M. Dill
Lawrence M. Dill Simon Fraser University
John W. Durban
John W. Durban New England Aquarium
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Peter L. Tyack
Peter L. Tyack University of St Andrews
Brandon L. Southall
Brandon L. Southall University of California, Santa Cruz

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