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44
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8516
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So Kawaguchi publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where So Kawaguchi sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 192 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

So Kawaguchi D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where So Kawaguchi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

So Kawaguchi is affiliated with the Australian Antarctic Division in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on marine and polar research. Their work extensively covers areas such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics predominantly include Marine and fisheries research, Marine animal studies overview, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses.

Their publication record features articles in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Frontiers in Marine Science, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Nature Climate Change, Scientific Reports, and Science.

Some recent papers authored by So Kawaguchi are:

  • Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation, 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • The enormous repetitive Antarctic krill genome reveals environmental adaptations and population insights, 2023, Cell
  • Circumpolar projections of Antarctic krill growth potential, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Status, Change, and Futures of Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean, 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Biological responses to change in Antarctic sea ice habitats, 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

So Kawaguchi collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Bettina Meyer, Martin J. Cox, Angus Atkinson, Sophie Bestley, and Robert A. King.

Best Publications

  • Turning Microplastics Into Nanoplastics Through Digestive Fragmentation by Antarctic Krill

    Amanda L. Dawson;So Kawaguchi;Catherine K. King;Kathy A. Townsend

  • Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

    Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Stuart P. Corney;Kevin R. Arrigo

  • The fishery for Antarctic krill – recent developments

    Stephen Nicol;Stephen Nicol;Jacqueline Foster;So Kawaguchi;So Kawaguchi

  • Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill

    H. Flores;H. Flores;A. Atkinson;S. Kawaguchi;B. A. Krafft

  • Risk maps for Antarctic krill under projected Southern Ocean acidification

    S. Kawaguchi;S. Kawaguchi;A. Ishida;A. Ishida;R. King;B. Raymond;B. Raymond

  • The importance of Antarctic krill in biogeochemical cycles.

    E. L. Cavan;A. Belcher;A. Atkinson;S. L. Hill

  • Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield

    Roger P. Hewitt;Jon Watkins;Mikio Naganobu;Viacheslav Sushin

  • Uptake and Depuration Kinetics Influence Microplastic Bioaccumulation and Toxicity in Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)

    Amanda Dawson;Wilhelmina Huston;So Kawaguchi;Catherine King

  • Will krill fare well under Southern Ocean acidification

    So Kawaguchi;Haruko Kurihara;Robert King;Lillian Hale

  • The winter pack-ice zone provides a sheltered but food-poor habitat for larval Antarctic krill.

    Bettina Meyer;Bettina Meyer;Ulrich Freier;Volker Grimm;Jürgen Groeneveld

  • Development of the Southern Ocean Continuous Plankton Recorder survey

    G.W Hosie;M Fukuchi;S Kawaguchi

  • Learning about Antarctic krill from the fishery

    So Kawaguchi;Stephen Nicol

  • KRILLBASE: a circumpolar database of Antarctic krill and salp numerical densities, 1926–2016

    Angus Atkinson;Simeon L Hill;Evgeny A Pakhomov;Volker Siegel

  • Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation

    Bettina Meyer;Bettina Meyer;Angus Atkinson;Kim S. Bernard;Andrew S. Brierley

  • Persistent organohalogen contaminant burdens in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) from the eastern Antarctic sector : A baseline study

    S.M. Bengtson Nash;A.H. Poulsen;S. Kawaguchi;W. Vetter

  • Status, Change, and Futures of Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean

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  • Factors influencing the distribution, biomass, and productivity of phytoplankton in the Scotia Sea and adjoining waters

    O. Holm-Hansen;M. Naganobu;S. Kawaguchi;T. Kameda

  • Variable food absorption by Antarctic krill: Relationships between diet, egestion rate and the composition and sinking rates of their fecal pellets

    Angus Atkinson;Katrin Schmidt;Sophie Fielding;S Kawaguchi

  • Temporal and spatial distribution of chlorophyll- a in surface waters of the Scotia Sea as determined by both shipboard measurements and satellite data

    O. Holm-Hansen;M. Kahru;C.D. Hewes;S. Kawaguchi

  • An experimental aquarium for observing the schooling behaviour of Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba)

    So Kawaguchi;Rob King;Rob Meijers;Jon E. Osborn

  • Setting a precautionary catch limit for Antarctic krill

    Roger P. Hewitt;Jon L. Watkins;Mikio Naganobu;Pavel Tshernyshkov

  • Modelling growth of Antarctic krill. I. Growth trends with sex, length, season, and region

    So Kawaguchi;Steven G. Candy;Robert King;Mikio Naganobu

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Nicol
Stephen Nicol University of Tasmania
Peter D. Nichols
Peter D. Nichols Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Klaus M Meiners
Klaus M Meiners Australian Antarctic Division
Andrew Constable
Andrew Constable University of Tasmania
Jessica Melbourne-Thomas
Jessica Melbourne-Thomas Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Simon N. Jarman
Simon N. Jarman University of Western Australia
Angus Atkinson
Angus Atkinson Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Tatsuki Toda
Tatsuki Toda Soka University
Philip W. Boyd
Philip W. Boyd University of Tasmania
Geraint A. Tarling
Geraint A. Tarling British Antarctic Survey

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