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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
10553
World Ranking
3150
National Ranking
249

Tim Dempster publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 212 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tim Dempster 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 Tim Dempster sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tim Dempster is a researcher affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, specializing in environmental science with a focus on aquaculture and related ecological fields. Their work spans several interconnected disciplines including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, immunology, and aquatic science.

The primary areas of study in their research include fish ecology and management studies, parasite biology and host interactions, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, aquaculture nutrition and growth, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine and fisheries research, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Dempster has published extensively in multiple scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Aquaculture
  • Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Aquaculture Environment Interactions
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent papers associated with their research area, notable titles include:

  • Prevention not cure: a review of methods to avoid sea lice infestations in salmon aquaculture, 2020, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Tag use to monitor fish behaviour in aquaculture: a review of benefits, problems and solutions, 2021, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Submerged cage aquaculture of marine fish: A review of the biological challenges and opportunities, 2021, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Effect of cleaner fish on sea lice in Norwegian salmon aquaculture: a national scale data analysis, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Evolution of salmon lice in response to management strategies: a review, 2021, Reviews in Aquaculture

In collaboration, Dempster frequently co-authors work with other researchers including Frode Oppedal, Luke T. Barrett, Andrew Coates, Stephen E. Swearer, and Fletcher Warren-Myers. These collaborations reflect a concentrated network within aquaculture and marine biology research communities.

Best Publications

  • The impact and control of biofouling in marine aquaculture: a review

    Isla Fitridge;Tim Dempster;Jana Guenther;Rocky de Nys

  • Precision fish farming: A new framework to improve production in aquaculture

    Martin Føre;Martin Føre;Kevin Frank;Tomas Norton;Eirik Svendsen

  • Environmental drivers of Atlantic salmon behaviour in sea-cages: A review

    Frode Oppedal;Tim Dempster;Tim Dempster;Lars Helge Stien

  • Escapes of fishes from Norwegian sea-cage aquaculture: causes, consequences and prevention.

    Ø. Jensen;T. Dempster;E. B. Thorstad;I. Uglem

  • Salmon lice treatments and salmon mortality in Norwegian aquaculture: a review

    Kathy Overton;Tim Dempster;Frode Oppedal;Tore S Kristiansen

  • Attraction of wild fish to sea-cage fish farms in the south-western Mediterranean Sea: spatial and short-term temporal variability

    Tim Dempster;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Just T. Bayle-Sempere;Francisca Giménez-Casalduero

  • Fish aggregation device (FAD) research: gaps in current knowledge and future directions for ecological studies

    Tim Dempster;Marc Taquet

  • Coastal salmon farms attract large and persistent aggregations of wild fish: an ecosystem effect

    Tim Dempster;Ingebrigt Uglem;P. Sanchez-Jerez;D. Fernandez-Jover

  • Changes in body condition and fatty acid composition of wild Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus, Steindachner, 1868) associated to sea cage fish farms

    Damian Fernandez-Jover;Jose Angel Lopez Jimenez;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Just Bayle-Sempere

  • Salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) development times, body size, and reproductive outputs follow universal models of temperature dependence

    Francisca Samsing;Frode Oppedal;Sussie Dalvin;Ingrid Askeland Johnsen

  • Extensive Aggregations of Wild Fish at Coastal Sea-Cage Fish Farms

    Tim Dempster;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Just Bayle-Sempere;Michael Kingsford

  • Current induced net deformations in full-scale sea-cages for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Pål Lader;Tim Dempster;Arne Fredheim;Østen Jensen

  • Aquaculture’s struggle for space: the need for coastal spatial planning and the potential benefits of Allocated Zones for Aquaculture (AZAs) to avoid conflict and promote sustainability

    Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Ioannis Karakassis;Fabio Massa;Davide Fezzardi

  • Changes in demersal wild fish aggregations beneath a sea-cage fish farm after the cessation of farming

    Fernando Tuya;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Tim Dempster;Arturo Boyra

  • Seasonal patterns and diets of wild fish assemblages associated with Mediterranean coastal fish farms

    Damian Fernandez-Jover;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez;Just Tomás Bayle-Sempere;Carlos Valle

  • Submergence of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in commercial scale sea-cages: A potential short-term solution to poor surface conditions

    Tim Dempster;Øyvind Korsøen;Ole Folkedal;Jon-Erik Juell

  • Excluding access to invasion hubs can contain the spread of an invasive vertebrate

    Daniel Florance;Jonathan K. Webb;Tim Dempster;Michael R. Kearney

  • 'Snorkel' sea lice barrier technology reduces sea lice loads on harvest-sized Atlantic salmon with minimal welfare impacts

    Lars Helge Stien;Timothy David Dempster;Samantha Bui;Alexis Glaropoulos

  • Long-term culture of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in submerged cages during winter affects behaviour, growth and condition

    Øyvind J. Korsøen;Tim Dempster;Tim Dempster;Per Gunnar Fjelldal;Frode Oppedal

  • High connectivity of salmon farms revealed by aggregation, residence and repeated movements of wild fish among farms

    Ingebrigt Uglem;Tim Dempster;Pål-Arne Bjørn;Pablo Sanchez-Jerez

  • Prevention not cure: a review of methods to avoid sea lice infestations in salmon aquaculture

    Luke T. Barrett;Frode Oppedal;Nicholas Andrew Robinson;Tim Dempster

  • Impacts of marine and freshwater aquaculture on wildlife: a global meta-analysis

    Luke T. Barrett;Stephen E. Swearer;Tim Dempster

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen E. Swearer
Stephen E. Swearer University of Melbourne
Lars Helge Stien
Lars Helge Stien Animal Welfare Institute
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez University of Alicante
Mike Letnic
Mike Letnic University of New South Wales
Jonathan K. Webb
Jonathan K. Webb University of Technology Sydney
Tim S. Jessop
Tim S. Jessop Deakin University
Fernando Tuya
Fernando Tuya University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Eva B. Thorstad
Eva B. Thorstad Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Peter D. Nichols
Peter D. Nichols Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Barbara F. Nowak
Barbara F. Nowak University of Tasmania

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