William Leggat

115 total papers · 7.3k total citations
86 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

William Leggat is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, William Leggat has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Ecology, 52 papers in Oceanography and 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in William Leggat’s work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (74 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (36 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (16 papers). William Leggat is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (74 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (36 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (16 papers). William Leggat collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and New Zealand. William Leggat's co-authors include David Yellowlees, Tracy D. Ainsworth, Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, T. A. V. Rees, Murray R. Badger, Scott F. Heron, Spencer M. Whitney, Martha Ludwig, Pim Bongaerts and G. Dean Price and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Leggat

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Leggat. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Leggat based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William Leggat. William Leggat is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

William Leggat

84 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by William Leggat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by William Leggat. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by William Leggat. The network helps show where William Leggat may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by William Leggat

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