A. Peter Klimley

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

A. Peter Klimley is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Peter Klimley has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 73 papers in Ecology and 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in A. Peter Klimley's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (90 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (61 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (56 papers). A. Peter Klimley is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (90 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (61 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (56 papers). A. Peter Klimley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and Mexico. A. Peter Klimley's co-authors include James T. Ketchum, Salvador J. Jorgensen, Alex Hearn, David G. Ainley, Donald R. Nelson, Danielle Brown, Roland Kays, Martin Wikelski, Rory P. Wilson and Scot D. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

A. Peter Klimley

132 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Observing the unwatchable through acceleration logging of... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Observing the unwatchable through acceleration logging of animal behavior
    2013 392 citations A. Peter Klimley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Peter Klimley United States 38 3.9k 2.7k 1.8k 660 343 135 5.0k
Frederick G. Whoriskey Canada 33 3.1k 0.8× 2.9k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 793 1.2× 421 1.2× 126 4.7k
Kim N. Holland United States 41 3.7k 0.9× 3.6k 1.3× 2.8k 1.5× 755 1.1× 315 0.9× 92 5.6k
Kim Aarestrup Denmark 43 5.1k 1.3× 3.4k 1.3× 2.3k 1.3× 2.0k 3.0× 341 1.0× 175 6.5k
Nigel E. Hussey Canada 34 3.2k 0.8× 3.8k 1.4× 2.4k 1.3× 500 0.8× 216 0.6× 151 5.4k
Christopher G. Lowe United States 45 4.3k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 2.4k 1.3× 859 1.3× 191 0.6× 153 5.8k
Paul D. Cowley South Africa 36 3.0k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 3.0k 1.7× 1.1k 1.7× 153 0.4× 173 5.0k
Glenn T. Crossin Canada 35 2.4k 0.6× 2.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 680 1.0× 582 1.7× 93 4.2k
Steven T. Kessel Canada 24 2.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 539 0.8× 132 0.4× 53 3.2k
Heidi Dewar United States 41 3.5k 0.9× 3.6k 1.3× 3.4k 1.9× 695 1.1× 367 1.1× 88 6.1k
Jayson M. Semmens Australia 41 2.4k 0.6× 3.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 554 0.8× 1.2k 3.6× 160 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by A. Peter Klimley

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of A. Peter Klimley's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by A. Peter Klimley with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites A. Peter Klimley more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by A. Peter Klimley

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by A. Peter Klimley. 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 A. Peter Klimley. The network helps show where A. Peter Klimley may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Peter Klimley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. Peter Klimley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. Peter Klimley 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 A. Peter Klimley. A. Peter Klimley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Rubin, Robert Daniel, A. Peter Klimley, Joshua D. Stewart, et al.. (2024). Insular and mainland interconnectivity in the movements of oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) off Mexico in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 108(4). 555–568. 1 indexed citations
2.
Arauz, Rándall, et al.. (2023). Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini relative abundance comparison in three offshore marine protected areas of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 106(8). 1767–1784. 5 indexed citations
3.
Singer, Gabriel P., et al.. (2023). Comparative stable isotope analyses of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) and white sturgeon (A. transmontanus) in the San Francisco estuary. Journal of Fish Biology. 104(1). 240–251. 1 indexed citations
4.
5.
6.
Klimley, A. Peter & Mauricio Hoyos‐Padilla. (2023). Could convulsive body shuddering of a white shark near a shark cage be an element of a threat display?. Behaviour. 160(11-14). 1245–1257. 2 indexed citations
7.
Klimley, A. Peter, et al.. (2023). Introduction to the special issue on elasmobranch behaviour and cognition. Behaviour. 160(11-14). 957–965.
8.
Cartamil, Daniel P., Arnold J. Ammann, Lyall Bellquist, et al.. (2021). Triennial migration and philopatry in the critically endangered soupfin shark Galeorhinus galeus. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(8). 1570–1582. 19 indexed citations
9.
Klimley, A. Peter, et al.. (2021). The occurrence of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) at Espiritu Santo Seamount in the Gulf of Mexico) at Espiritu Santo Seamount in the Gulf of Mexico. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 1 indexed citations
10.
Grigg, Emma K., et al.. (2021). Spatial and seasonal relationships between Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) and their prey, at multiple scales. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 2 indexed citations
11.
12.
13.
Ketchum, James T., et al.. (2020). Shark movement patterns in the Mexican Pacific: A conservation and management perspective. Advances in marine biology. 85(1). 1–37. 18 indexed citations
14.
Thomas, Michael J., Richard R. McDonald, Alex Hearn, et al.. (2017). Fine-scale habitat selection of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) within three spawning locations in the Sacramento River, California. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 75(5). 779–791. 17 indexed citations
15.
16.
Putman, Nathan F., et al.. (2013). Evidence for Geomagnetic Imprinting as a Homing Mechanism in Pacific Salmon. Current Biology. 23(4). 312–316. 147 indexed citations
17.
Hearn, Alex, James T. Ketchum, A. Peter Klimley, Eduardo Espinoza, & César Peñaherrera. (2010). Hotspots within hotspots? Hammerhead shark movements around Wolf Island, Galapagos Marine Reserve. Marine Biology. 157(9). 1899–1915. 103 indexed citations
18.
Kihslinger, Rebecca & A. Peter Klimley. (2002). Species identity and the temporal characteristics of fish acoustic signals.. Journal of comparative psychology. 116(2). 210–214. 24 indexed citations
19.
Klimley, A. Peter & David G. Ainley. (1996). Great white sharks : the biology of Carcharodon carcharias. Academic Press eBooks. 198 indexed citations
20.
Klimley, A. Peter. (1983). Social organization of schools of the Scalloped Hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith), in the Gulf of California. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 26 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Frederick G. Whoriskey Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kim N. Holland Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kim Aarestrup Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nigel E. Hussey Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christopher G. Lowe Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Paul D. Cowley Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Glenn T. Crossin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Steven T. Kessel Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Heidi Dewar Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jayson M. Semmens
Rankless by CCL
2026