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Samuel K. Wasser

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14252
World Ranking
10224
National Ranking
4462

Samuel K. Wasser publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 148 publications — 26th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Samuel K. Wasser D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Samuel K. Wasser sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Samuel K. Wasser is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science. Within these broader disciplines, Wasser's work frequently touches on Ecology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with contributions also in General Health Professions and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's main research topics include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic diversity and population structure, Identification and Quantification in Food, Forensic and Genetic Research, Marine animal studies overview, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and Gut microbiota and health.

Samuel K. Wasser has published research in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Global Ecology and Conservation, Current Microbiology, The journal of cetacean research and management (Special issue), and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Coauthors who have worked regularly with Wasser are Yves Hoareau, Mary K. Kuhner, Yue Shi, John E. Brown, and Ryan J. Horwitz.

Some of the recent published papers authored or coauthored by Wasser include:

  • Faecal sampling using detection dogs to study reproduction and health in North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), 2023, The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Age and sex influence social interactions, but not associations, within a killer whale pod, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • State-space models reveal a continuing elephant poaching problem in most of Africa, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Prey partitioning between sympatric wild carnivores revealed by DNA metabarcoding: a case study on wolf (Canis lupus) and coyote (Canis latrans) in northeastern Washington, 2021, Conservation Genetics
  • Shift of Maternal Gut Microbiota of Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) During the Periparturition Period, 2021, Current Microbiology

Best Publications

  • A generalized fecal glucocorticoid assay for use in a diverse array of nondomestic mammalian and avian species.

    Samuel K. Wasser;Kathleen E. Hunt;Janine L. Brown;Kathy Cooper

  • Evidence that ship noise increases stress in right whales

    Rosalind M. Rolland;Susan E. Parks;Kathleen E. Hunt;Manuel Castellote

  • Reproductive Suppression Among Female Mammals: Implications for Biomedicine and Sexual Selection Theory

    Samuel K. Wasser;David P. Barash

  • Noninvasive Physiological Measures of Disturbance in the Northern Spotted Owl

    Samuel K. Wasser;Kenneth Bevis;Gina King;Eric Hanson

  • Comparative aspects of steroid hormone metabolism and ovarian activity in felids measured noninvasively in feces

    Janine L. Brown;Samuel K. Wasser;Samuel K. Wasser;David E. Wildt;Laura H. Graham;Laura H. Graham

  • Scat detection dogs in wildlife research and management: application to grizzly and black bears in the Yellowhead ecosystem, Alberta, Canada

    Samuel K Wasser;Barbara Davenport;Elizabeth R Ramage;Kathleen E Hunt

  • Techniques for application of faecal DNA methods to field studies of Ursids

    S. K. Wasser;C. S. Houston;G. M. Koehler;G. G. Cadd

  • Noninvasive Stress and Reproductive Measures of Social and Ecological Pressures in Free-Ranging African Elephants

    C A H Foley;S Papageorge;Samuel K Wasser

  • Excretion rates and metabolites of oestradiol and progesterone in baboon (Papio cynocephalus cynocephalus) faeces

    S. K. Wasser;S. L. Monfort;J. Southers;D. E. Wildt

  • Assigning African elephant DNA to geographic region of origin: Applications to the ivory trade

    Samuel K. Wasser;Andrew M. Shedlock;Kenine Comstock;Elaine A. Ostrander

  • 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

  • Effects of dietary fibre on faecal steroid measurements in baboons (Papio cynocephalus cynocephalus)

    S. K. Wasser;R. Thomas;P. P. Nair;C. Guidry

  • Excreted steroids in primate feces over the menstrual cycle and pregnancy.

    Samuel K. Wasser;Linda Risler;Robert A. Steiner

  • Using DNA to track the origin of the largest ivory seizure since the 1989 trade ban

    Samuel K. Wasser;Celia Mailand;Rebecca Booth;Benezeth Mutayoba

  • Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa’s major poaching hotspots

    S. K. Wasser;L. Brown;C. Mailand;S. Mondol

  • Long-term impacts of poaching on relatedness, stress physiology, and reproductive output of adult female african elephants.

    K. S. Gobush;B. M. Mutayoba;S. K. Wasser

  • Combating the Illegal Trade in African Elephant Ivory with DNA Forensics

    Samuel K. Wasser;William Joseph Clark;Ofir Drori;Emily Stephen Kisamo

  • Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates

    Samuel K. Wasser

  • The influences of wolf predation, habitat loss, and human activity on caribou and moose in the Alberta oil sands

    Samuel K Wasser;Jonah L Keim;Mark L Taper;Subhash R Lele

  • Assessing reproductive status of right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) using fecal hormone metabolites.

    Rosalind M. Rolland;Kathleen E. Hunt;Scott D. Kraus;Samuel K. Wasser

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven L. Monfort
Steven L. Monfort Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Gina M. Ylitalo
Gina M. Ylitalo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matthew Stephens
Matthew Stephens University of Chicago
Elaine A. Ostrander
Elaine A. Ostrander National Institutes of Health
Keith Lindsay
Keith Lindsay National Center for Atmospheric Research
Robin W. Baird
Robin W. Baird Cascadia Research Collective
Scott D. Kraus
Scott D. Kraus New England Aquarium
Daniel E. Crocker
Daniel E. Crocker Sonoma State University
David E. Wildt
David E. Wildt Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Iain Douglas-Hamilton Save the Elephants

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