One might think that inclusion on the 2020 Web of Science Group’s Highly Cited Researchers list and holding the top spot on Google Scholar in fish ecology research are signs of scientific success. But to Steven Cooke, a professor in Carleton University’s Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, this is only one measure of success, and a bittersweet one at that.
Cooke’s research focuses on freshwater biodiversity, a subject he’s been researching and publishing papers about for 20 years, but he says he’s “still waiting for cause to celebrate”.