Simon Wotherspoon

5.0k citations

123 papers · 3.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 27

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Ecological Modeling top 1%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Ecology top 0.5%
- Marine animal studies overview
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Papers in

Ecology 67
- Marine animal studies overview 36
- Avian ecology and behavior 21
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 15
Global and Planetary Change 52
- Marine and fisheries research 36

Co-authors: Mark A. Hindell (23 shared papers)Michael Sumner (8 shared papers)Craig R. Johnson (9 shared papers)Frédérique Olivier (4 shared papers)Aleks Terauds (4 shared papers)Eric C. J. Oliver (6 shared papers)Sophie Bestley (10 shared papers)Danielle M. Warfe (1 shared paper)
Journals: Frontiers in Marine Science (9 papers)Marine Ecology Progress Series (6 papers)Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography (5 papers)ICES Journal of Marine Science (4 papers)PLoS ONE (4 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States France

In The Last Decade

Simon Wotherspoon

117 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Simon Wotherspoon's Hit Papers

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Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans 2018 · 327 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2013 Biological Conservation

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1	Statistical solutions for error and bias in global citizen science datasets Biological Conservation ·Tomas J. Bird, Amanda E. Bates, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Nicole Hill, Russell Thomson, Graham J. Edgar, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Simon Wotherspoon, Martin Krkošek, Jemina Stuart‐Smith, GT Pecl, NS Barrett, SD Frusher Hit paper breakdown →	2013	383
2	Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Jarrod C. Hodgson, Rowan Mott, Shane M. Baylis, Trung Pham, Simon Wotherspoon, Adam D. Kilpatrick, Ramesh Raja Segaran, Ian Reid, Aleks Terauds, Lian Pin Koh Hit paper breakdown →	2018	327
3	State-space models for bio-loggers: A methodological road map Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography ·Ian D. Jonsen, Marinelle Basson, Sophie Bestley, Mark V. Bravington, Toby A. Patterson, M.W. Pedersen, Robin Thomson, Uffe Høgsbro Thygesen, Simon Wotherspoon	2012	188
4	Bayesian Estimation of Animal Movement from Archival and Satellite Tags PLoS ONE ·Michael Sumner, Simon Wotherspoon, Mark A. Hindell	2009	148
5	Light‐level geolocator analyses: A user's guide Journal of Animal Ecology ·Simeon Lisovski, Silke Bauer, Martins Briedis, Sarah C. Davidson, Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams, Michael T. Hallworth, Julia Karagicheva, Christoph M. Meier, Benjamin Merkel, Janne Ouwehand, Lykke Pedersen, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Amélie Roberto‐Charron, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Michael Sumner, Caz M. Taylor, Simon Wotherspoon, Eli S. Bridge	2019	145
6	Quantifying habitat structure: surface convolution and living space for species in complex environments Oikos ·Danielle M. Warfe, Leon A. Barmuta, Simon Wotherspoon	2008	114
7	Habitat modelling of tracking data from multiple marine predators identifies important areas in the Southern Indian Ocean Diversity and Distributions ·Ryan R Reisinger, Ben Raymond, Mark A. Hindell, M.N. Bester, Robert J. M. Crawford, Delia Davies, P J Nico de Bruyn, Ben J. Dilley, Stephen P. Kirkman, Azwianewi B. Makhado, Peter G. Ryan, Stefan Schoombie, Kim L. Stevens, Michael Sumner, Cheryl Ann Tosh, Mia Wege, Thomas Otto Whitehead, Simon Wotherspoon, Pierre Pistorius	2018	71
8	A simple modification of Newton’s method to achieve convergence of order 1+2 Applied Mathematics Letters ·Trevor J. McDougall, Simon Wotherspoon	2013	64
9	At-sea distribution of female southern elephant seals relative to variation in ocean surface properties ICES Journal of Marine Science ·Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Jane Higgins, Kelvin Michael, Simon Wotherspoon, Mark A. Hindell	2004	63
10	Comprehensive evaluation of model uncertainty in qualitative network analyses Ecological Monographs ·Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Simon Wotherspoon, B. Raymond, Andrew Constable	2012	59
11	Location matters: Using spatially explicit occupancy models to predict the distribution of the highly mobile, endangered swift parrot Biological Conservation ·Matthew Webb, Simon Wotherspoon, Dejan Stojanović, Robert Heinsohn, Ross B. Cunningham, Phil Bell, Aleks Terauds	2014	57
12	Minimal Antarctic sea ice during the Pliocene Geology ·Jason M. Whitehead, Simon Wotherspoon, S. M. Bohaty	2005	53
13	Projected Tasman Sea Extremes in Sea Surface Temperature through the Twenty-First Century Journal of Climate ·Eric C. J. Oliver, Simon Wotherspoon, Matthew A. Chamberlain, Neil J. Holbrook	2013	49
14	Multi-decadal decline in cover of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera at the southern limit of its Australian range Marine Ecology Progress Series ·CL Butler, VL Lucieer, Simon Wotherspoon, Craig R. Johnson	2020	46
15	DETERMINING NATURAL SCALES OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Ecological Monographs ·Rebecca L. Habeeb, Jessica Trebilco, Simon Wotherspoon, Craig R. Johnson	2005	45
16	A climatological model of North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone genesis, tracks and landfall Climate Dynamics ·Md Wahiduzzaman, Eric C. J. Oliver, Simon Wotherspoon, Neil J. Holbrook	2016	43
17	Knowing when (not) to attempt ecological restoration Restoration Ecology ·Craig R. Johnson, Rebecca H. Chabot, Martin P. Marzloff, Simon Wotherspoon	2016	40
18	Modelling habitat selection using presence-only data: Case study of a colonial hollow nesting bird, the snow petrel Ecological Modelling ·Frédérique Olivier, Simon Wotherspoon	2005	37
19	Vertical distribution and diurnal migration patterns of Jasus edwardsii phyllosomas off the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Russell W. Bradford, Barry D. Bruce, Stephen M. Chiswell, John D. Booth, Andrew Jeffs, Simon Wotherspoon	2005	36
20	Assessing the impact of toothed whale depredation on socio-ecosystems and fishery management in wide-ranging subantarctic fisheries Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries ·Paul Tixier, P Burch, Félix Massiot‐Granier, Philippe Ziegler, Dirk Welsford, Mary‐Anne Lea, Mark A. Hindell, Christophe Guinet, Simon Wotherspoon, Nicolas Gasco, Clara Péron, Guy Duhamel, Rhys Arangio, Renzo Tascheri, Sobahle Somhlaba, John P. Y. Arnould	2020	35

About Simon Wotherspoon

Simon Wotherspoon is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science, having authored 123 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine animal studies overview (36 papers), Marine and fisheries research (36 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (21 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (15 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (15 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (14 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (14 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (606 citations), Ecology (1.9k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (568 citations), Oceanography (553 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (898 citations). Simon Wotherspoon has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Mark A. Hindell, Michael Sumner, Craig R. Johnson, Frédérique Olivier, Aleks Terauds, Eric C. J. Oliver, Sophie Bestley, Danielle M. Warfe, Leon A. Barmuta and Neil J. Holbrook. Their work appears in journals such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, ICES Journal of Marine Science and PLoS ONE.

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