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D-Index
42
Citations
10063
World Ranking
5450
National Ranking
437

William T. White 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 William T. White sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 238 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William T. White 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 William T. White sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William T. White is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, emphasizing subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The main topics of their scientific work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Identification and Quantification in Food, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research, and Genetic diversity and population structure.

William T. White has published extensively in several academic venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Systematic Biology
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Zootaxa
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors include Helen L. O'Neill, Dahiana Arcila, Ricardo Betancur-R, Andrew Chin, and Carole C. Baldwin. Collaboration with these researchers appears repeatedly across various studies and publications.

Among recent published papers, the following are highlighted, with titles, year of publication, and venues:

  • Beach showers as sources of contamination for sunscreen pollution in marine protected areas and areas of intensive beach tourism in Hawaii, USA, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Phylogenomics and Historical Biogeography of Seahorses, Dragonets, Goatfishes, and Allies (Teleostei: Syngnatharia): Assessing Factors Driving Uncertainty in Biogeographic Inferences, 2021, Systematic Biology
  • The impact of paleoclimatic changes on body size evolution in marine fishes, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Shape-preserving erosion controlled by the graded microarchitecture of shark tooth enameloid, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Testing the Utility of Alternative Metrics of Branch Support to Address the Ancient Evolutionary Radiation of Tunas, Stromateoids, and Allies (Teleostei: Pelagiaria), 2021, Systematic Biology

Best Publications

  • Extinction risk and conservation of the world's sharks and rays

    Nicholas K. Dulvy;Sarah L. Fowler;John A. Musick;Rachel D. Cavanagh

  • Rays of the World

    William White;Marcelo de Carvalho;Bernard Séret

  • Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices

    William T. White;Daniel C. Gledhill;Alistair J. Hobday

  • A DNA Sequence–Based Approach To the Identification of Shark and Ray Species and Its Implications for Global Elasmobranch Diversity and Parasitology

    G. J. P. Naylor;J. N. Caira;K. Jensen;K. A. M. Rosana

  • DNA barcoding Australasian chondrichthyans: results and potential uses in conservation

    Robert D. Ward;Bronwyn H. Holmes;William T. White

  • The importance of research and public opinion to conservation management of sharks and rays: a synthesis

    C. A. Simpfendorfer;M. R. Heupel;M. R. Heupel;W. T. White;N. K. Dulvy

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts: The uncertain future of manta and devil rays

    Donald A. Croll;Heidi Dewar;Nicholas K. Dulvy;Daniel Fernando

  • Economically Important Sharks and Rays of Indonesia

    W.T. White;J.D. Stevens;G.K. Yearsly

  • Data on the bycatch fishery and reproductive biology of mobulid rays (Myliobatiformes) in Indonesia

    William T. White;Jenny Giles;Dharmadi;Ian C. Potter

  • Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family

    William T White;Shannon Corrigan;Lei Yang;Aaron C Henderson

  • Comparisons between the diets of four abundant species of elasmobranchs in a subtropical embayment: implications for resource partitioning

    W. T. White;M. E. Platell;I. C. Potter

  • Elasmobranchs in southern Indonesian fisheries: the fisheries, the status of the stocks and management options

    S. J. M. Blaber;C. M. Dichmont;W. White;R. Buckworth

  • Species and size compositions and reproductive biology of rays (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea) caught in target and non-target fisheries in eastern Indonesia

    W. T. White

  • Resurrection and redescription of Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1854) from the North Pacific, with comments on the Squalus acanthias subgroup (Squaliformes: Squalidae)

    David A. Ebert;William T. White;Kenneth J. Goldman;Leonard J. V. Compagno

  • Habitat partitioning among four elasmobranch species in nearshore, shallow waters of a subtropical embayment in Western Australia

    W. T. White;I. C. Potter

  • Relationship between reproductive biology and age composition and growth in Urolophus lobatus (Batoidea: Urolophidae)

    W. T. White;M. E. Platell;I. C. Potter

  • The status of chondrichthyan conservation in the Indo-Australasian region.

    William White;Peter Kyne

  • A review of the taxonomy of chondrichthyan fishes: a modern perspective.

    W. T. White

  • Quantifying movement patterns for shark conservation at remote coral atolls in the Indian Ocean

    Iain Craig Field;Iain Craig Field;Mark G. Meekan;Conrad Wayne Speed;W. White

  • Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific.

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  • Individual signatures in the frequency‐modulated sweep calls of African large‐eared, free‐tailed bats Otomops martiensseni (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

    M. B. Fenton;D. S. Jacobs;E. J. Richardson;P. J. Taylor

  • Author response: Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays

    Nicholas K Dulvy;Sarah L Fowler;John A Musick;Rachel D Cavanagh

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin A. Simpfendorfer
Colin A. Simpfendorfer James Cook University
Gavin J. P. Naylor
Gavin J. P. Naylor Florida Museum of Natural History
David A. Ebert
David A. Ebert South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Peter Kyne
Peter Kyne Charles Darwin University
Ian C. Potter
Ian C. Potter Murdoch University
Michelle R. Heupel
Michelle R. Heupel University of Tasmania
Guillermo Ortí
Guillermo Ortí George Washington University
Nicholas K. Dulvy
Nicholas K. Dulvy Simon Fraser University
Malcolm P. Francis
Malcolm P. Francis National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Kent Carpenter
Kent Carpenter Old Dominion University

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