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D-Index
48
Citations
8988
World Ranking
4562
National Ranking
1308

Whitlow W. L. Au publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Whitlow W. L. Au sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 324 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Whitlow W. L. Au D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Whitlow W. L. Au sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Whitlow W. L. Au was affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily revolved around marine animal studies and underwater acoustics, contributing to fields such as Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

The scientist's work encompassed diverse subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Developmental Biology, and Ocean Engineering. This multidisciplinary approach supported investigations into various aspects of marine environments and the behavior of aquatic animals.

Au's publications appeared frequently in notable venues, with multiple papers published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and Scientific Reports. This pattern reflects a focus on acoustical and environmental studies within marine contexts.

Their recent papers included:

  • Variations in received levels on a sound and movement tag on a singing humpback whale: Implications for caller identification, 2020, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Possible limitations of dolphin echolocation: a simulation study based on a cross-modal matching experiment, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Modeling of the near to far acoustic fields of an echolocating bottlenose dolphin and harbor porpoise, 2020, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Does rotation during echolocation increase the acoustic field of view? Comparative numerical models based on CT data of a live versus deceased dolphin, 2022, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Frequent collaborators in Au's research included Chong Wei, Eszter Mátrai, Darlene R. Ketten, Alison K. Stimpert, and Marc O. Lammers. These collaborations often focused on the acoustic properties of marine mammals and the implications for animal behavior and communication.

Main topics of their research covered:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Best Publications

  • The Mammalian auditory pathway : neurophysiology

    A. N. Popper;R. R. Fay;Whitlow W. L. Au

  • The acoustics of the snapping shrimp Synalpheus parneomeris in Kaneohe Bay

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Kiara Banks

  • An ecological acoustic recorder (EAR) for long-term monitoring of biological and anthropogenic sounds on coral reefs and other marine habitats.

    Marc O. Lammers;Russell E. Brainard;Whitlow W. L. Au;T. Aran Mooney

  • Prey dynamics affect foraging by a pelagic predator (Stenella longirostris) over a range of spatial and temporal scales

    Kelly J. Benoit-Bird;Whitlow W. L. Au

  • Acoustic properties of humpback whale songs.

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Adam A. Pack;Marc O. Lammers;Louis M. Herman

  • Demonstration of adaptation in beluga whale echolocation signals.

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Donald A. Carder;Ralph H. Penner;Billy L. Scronce

  • Transmission beam pattern and echolocation signals of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Ronald A. Kastelein;H. Tineke Rippe;Nicole Schooneman

  • The broadband social acoustic signaling behavior of spinner and spotted dolphins.

    Marc O. Lammers;Whitlow W. L. Au;Denise L. Herzing

  • Audiogram of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) measured with narrow-band frequency-modulated signals.

    Ronald A. Kastelein;Paulien Bunskoek;Monique Hagedoorn;Whitlow W. L. Au

  • Echolocation signals and transmission beam pattern of a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Jeffrey L. Pawloski;Paul E. Nachtigall;Michèle Blonz

  • DIRECTIONALITY IN THE WHISTLES OF HAWAIIAN SPINNER DOLPHINS (STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS): A SIGNAL FEATURE TO CUE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT?

    Marc O. Lammers;Whitlow W. L. Au

  • Receiving beam patterns and directivity indices of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Patrick W. B. Moore

  • Common humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sound types for passive acoustic monitoring

    Alison K. Stimpert;Whitlow W. L. Au;Susan E. Parks;Thomas Hurst

  • Cooperative prey herding by the pelagic dolphin, Stenella longirostris

    Kelly J. Benoit-Bird;Whitlow W. L. Au

  • Detection of complex echoes in noise by an echolocating dolphin

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Patrick W. B. Moore;Deborah A. Pawloski

  • Critical ratio and critical bandwidth for the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Patrick W. B. Moore

  • Temporary threshold shifts and recovery following noise exposure in the Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).

    Paul E. Nachtigall;Jeffrey L. Pawloski;Whitlow W. L. Au

  • Predicting temporary threshold shifts in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): the effects of noise level and duration.

    T. Aran Mooney;Paul E. Nachtigall;Marlee Breese;Stephanie Vlachos

  • Dolphin hearing: relative sensitivity as a function of point of application of a contact sound source in the jaw and head region.

    B. Mohl;W. W. L. Au;J. Pawloski;P. E. Nachtigall

  • Nocturnal light and lunar cycle effects on diel migration of micronekton

    Kelly J. Benoit-Bird;Whitlow W. L. Au;Daniel W. Wisdoma

  • Long‐range target detection in open waters by an echolocating Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

    Whitlow W. L. Au;Kathlyn J. Snyder

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly J. Benoit-Bird
Kelly J. Benoit-Bird Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Russell E. Brainard
Russell E. Brainard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kira Barton
Kira Barton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jeffrey C. Drazen
Jeffrey C. Drazen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bruce R. Mate
Bruce R. Mate Oregon State University
Colin Ware
Colin Ware University of New Hampshire
Peter T. Madsen
Peter T. Madsen Aarhus University
Bruce M. Howe
Bruce M. Howe University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sue E. Moore
Sue E. Moore University of Washington

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