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William W. L. Cheung

William W. L. Cheung

University of British Columbia
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
98
Citations
43104
World Ranking
299
National Ranking
19

William W. L. Cheung publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 337 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William W. L. Cheung 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 W. L. Cheung sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William W. L. Cheung is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans multiple domains, primarily intersecting computer science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Computer Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, the scientist has explored several subfields, including:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Molecular Biology
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Biophysics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Their research topics exhibit a strong emphasis on data-driven and computational approaches, including:

  • Topic Modeling
  • Advanced Graph Neural Networks
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Natural Language Processing Techniques
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

The scientist has been published frequently in several venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
  • Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Intelligent Information Management

Representative papers authored or co-authored include:

  • A review of computational tools for generating metagenome-assembled genomes from metagenomic sequencing data, 2021, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • SCGAN: Saliency Map-Guided Colorization With Generative Adversarial Network, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
  • DeepDRIM: a deep neural network to reconstruct cell-type-specific gene regulatory network using single-cell RNA-seq data, 2021, Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • DrFuse: Learning Disentangled Representation for Clinical Multi-Modal Fusion with Missing Modality and Modal Inconsistency, 2024, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Attributed Abnormality Graph Embedding for Clinically Accurate X-Ray Report Generation, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Within their academic collaborations, the most frequent co-authors have been:

  • Lu Zhang
  • Kejing Yin
  • Aiping Lyu
  • Youmin Zhang
  • Guoyin Wang

Best Publications

  • Scenarios for global biodiversity in the 21st Century

    Henrique M. Pereira;Paul W. Leadley;Vania Proenca;Rob Alkemade

  • Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios

    William W.L. Cheung;Vicky W.Y. Lam;Jorge Louis Sarmiento;Kelly Kearney

  • Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios

    J. P. Gattuso;J. P. Gattuso;A. Magnan;R. Bille;W. W. L. Cheung

  • Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change

    William W L Cheung;William W L Cheung;Vicky W Y Lam;Jorge L. Sarmiento;Kelly Kearney

  • A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

    Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Matt Walpole;Samantha L. L. Hill;Daniel G. Boyce;Daniel G. Boyce

  • Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

    William W. L. Cheung;Reg Watson;Daniel Pauly

  • Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Bindi;S. Brown

  • Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems

    William W. L. Cheung;Jorge L. Sarmiento;John Dunne;Thomas L. Frölicher

  • Climate change impacts on the biophysics and economics of world fisheries

    U. Rashid Sumaila;William W. L. Cheung;Vicky W. Y. Lam;Daniel Pauly

  • Nutrition: Fall in fish catch threatens human health

    Christopher D. Golden;Edward H. Allison;William W. L. Cheung;Madan M. Dey

  • The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Camille Albouy;Camille Albouy;Frida Ben Rais Lasram

  • Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate

    Enric Sala;Juan Mayorga;Darcy Bradley;Reniel B. Cabral

  • A fuzzy logic expert system to estimate intrinsic extinction vulnerabilities of marine fishes to fishing

    William W.L. Cheung;Tony J. Pitcher;Daniel Pauly

  • Global decline in capacity of coral reefs to provide ecosystem services

    Tyler D. Eddy;Tyler D. Eddy;Vicky W.Y. Lam;Gabriel Reygondeau;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor

  • Global ensemble projections reveal trophic amplification of ocean biomass declines with climate change

    Heike K Lotze;Derek P Tittensor;Derek P Tittensor;Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz;Tyler D Eddy;Tyler D Eddy

  • Increasing jellyfish populations: trends in Large Marine Ecosystems

    Lucas Brotz;William W. L. Cheung;William W. L. Cheung;Kristin Kleisner;Evgeny Pakhomov

  • Fishing groupers towards extinction: a global assessment of threats and extinction risks in a billion dollar fishery

    Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson;Matthew T Craig;Athila A Bertoncini;Kent E Carpenter

  • Changing Ocean, Marine Ecosystems, and Dependent Communities

    Nathaniel L. Bindoff;William W.L. Cheung;James G. Kairo;Javier Arístegui

  • A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals

    Gerald G. Singh;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor;Wilf Swartz;William Cheung

  • Ocean solutions to address climate change and its effects on marine ecosystems

    Jean Pierre Gattuso;Jean Pierre Gattuso;Jean Pierre Gattuso;Alexandre K. Magnan;Alexandre K. Magnan;Laurent Bopp;Laurent Bopp;William W.L. Cheung

  • Sustainability of deep-sea fisheries

    Elliott A. Norse;Sandra Brooke;William W. L. Cheung;Malcolm R. Clark

Frequent Co-Authors

U. Rashid Sumaila
U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia
Daniel Pauly
Daniel Pauly University of British Columbia
Gabriel Reygondeau
Gabriel Reygondeau University of Miami
Thomas L. Frölicher
Thomas L. Frölicher University of Bern
Reg Watson
Reg Watson University of Tasmania
Charles A. Stock
Charles A. Stock National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dirk Zeller
Dirk Zeller University of Western Australia
Jorge L. Sarmiento
Jorge L. Sarmiento Princeton University
Derek P. Tittensor
Derek P. Tittensor Dalhousie University
John P. Dunne
John P. Dunne Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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