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49
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6522
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4099
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1428

Scott A. Hatch 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 Scott A. Hatch sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 145 publications — 49th percentile

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

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

Scott A. Hatch 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 Scott A. Hatch sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Scott A. Hatch is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with notable contributions in agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's work covers several interconnected subfields, including ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, global and planetary change, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis.

Main research topics encompass avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, wildlife ecology and conservation, marine animal studies overview, marine and fisheries research, isotope analysis in ecology, and mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Recent publications by Scott A. Hatch include:

  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Heatwave-induced synchrony within forage fish portfolio disrupts energy flow to top pelagic predators (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: A pan-Arctic assessment (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Microbiota composition and diversity of multiple body sites vary according to reproductive performance in a seabird (2022, Molecular Ecology)

Frequent co-authors in their published work include:

  • Shannon Whelan
  • Kyle H. Elliott
  • Sarah Leclaire
  • Pierrick Blanchard
  • Maxime Pineaux

Scott A. Hatch has consistently published in several key scientific venues, with multiple articles appearing in the Journal of Experimental Biology and the USGS DOI Tool Production Environment. Other frequent publication venues are The Science of The Total Environment, Molecular Ecology, and the Journal of Avian Biology.

Best Publications

  • High flight costs, but low dive costs, in auks support the biomechanical hypothesis for flightlessness in penguins

    Kyle H. Elliott;Robert E. Ricklefs;Anthony J. Gaston;Scott A. Hatch

  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave.

    Robert M. Suryan;Mayumi L. Arimitsu;Heather A. Coletti;Russell R. Hopcroft

  • Food availability and population processes: severity of nutritional stress during reproduction predicts survival of long‐lived seabirds

    Alexander S. Kitaysky;John F. Piatt;Scott A. Hatch;Evgenia V. Kitaiskaia

  • Northern Fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis )

    Mark L. Mallory;Scott A. Hatch;David N. Nettleship

  • Age-related differences in the cloacal microbiota of a wild bird species

    Wouter F. D. van Dongen;Joël White;Joël White;Hanja B. Brandl;Yoshan Moodley

  • Puffins as samplers of juvenile pollock and other forage fish in the Gulf of Alaska

    Scott Hatch;Gerald A. Sanger

  • Components of productivity in black‐legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla: response to supplemental feeding

    Verena A. Gill;Scott A. Hatch

  • Disentangling effects of growth and nutritional status on seabird stable isotope ratios

    Justine Sears;Scott A. Hatch;Diane M. O’Brien

  • Heatwave-induced synchrony within forage fish portfolio disrupts energy flow to top pelagic predators.

    Mayumi L. Arimitsu;John F. Piatt;Scott Hatch;Robert M. Suryan

  • Sensitivity of breeding parameters to food supply in Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla

    Verena A. Gill;Scott A. Hatch;Richard B. Lanctot

  • Effects of Human Disturbance on Breeding Least and Crested Auklets at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

    John F. Piatt;Bay D. Roberts;Wayne W. Lidster;John L. Wells

  • Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird

    Joël White;Pascal Mirleau;Pascal Mirleau;Etienne Danchin;Etienne Danchin;Hervé Mulard;Hervé Mulard

  • Status Review of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Alaska and British Columbia

    John F. Piatt;K.J. Kuletz;A.E. Burger;Scott A. Hatch

  • Sexing adult black-legged kittiwakes by DNA behavior, and morphology

    P.G.R. Jodice;Richard B. Lanctot;V.A. Gill;D.D. Roby

  • Are corticosterone levels a good indicator of food availability and reproductive performance in a kittiwake colony

    Richard B. Lanctot;Scott A. Hatch;Verena A. Gill;Marcel Eens

  • Statistical power for detecting trends with applications to seabird monitoring

    Scott A Hatch

  • Mechanism and Ecological Significance of Sperm Storage in the Northern Fulmar with Reference to Its Occurrence in Other Birds

    Scott A. Hatch

  • Food availability affects the maternal transfer of androgens and antibodies into eggs of a colonial seabird.

    J. Gasparini;T. Boulinier;V.A. Gill;V.A. Gill;D. Gil

  • Kittiwake diets and chick production signal a 2008 regime shift in the Northeast Pacific

    Scott A. Hatch

  • GPS tracking devices reveal foraging strategies of Black-legged Kittiwakes

    Jana Kotzerka;Stefan Garthe;Scott A. Hatch

  • Copulation and mate guarding in the Northern Fulmar

    Scott A. Hatch

Frequent Co-Authors

Etienne G. J. Danchin
Etienne G. J. Danchin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Kyle H. Elliott
Kyle H. Elliott McGill University
Alexander S. Kitaysky
Alexander S. Kitaysky University of Alaska Fairbanks
John F. Piatt
John F. Piatt United States Geological Survey
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen
Richard B. Lanctot
Richard B. Lanctot United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Olivier Chastel
Olivier Chastel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yutaka Watanuki
Yutaka Watanuki Hokkaido University
David C. Douglas
David C. Douglas United States Geological Survey
Anthony J. Gaston
Anthony J. Gaston Environment and Climate Change Canada

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