David Morritt

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

David Morritt is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, David Morritt has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Oceanography and 33 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in David Morritt's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (32 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (29 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (20 papers). David Morritt is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (32 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (29 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (20 papers). David Morritt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and United States. David Morritt's co-authors include Mark Crane, Kmy Leung, Paul F. Clark, Gray A. Williams, John I. Spicer, David Sims, James R. Wheeler, Eric P.M. Grist, Alexandra R. McGoran and Emily J. Southall and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

David Morritt

100 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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. Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour
    2008 727 citations David Sims, Emily J. Southall et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Morritt United Kingdom 33 1.6k 1.3k 1.2k 833 830 104 4.6k
Cinzia Corinaldesi Italy 43 4.1k 2.5× 1.2k 0.9× 467 0.4× 1.9k 2.2× 965 1.2× 134 7.0k
Jian‐Wen Qiu Hong Kong 44 2.4k 1.5× 600 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 1.7k 2.1× 1.4k 1.7× 286 6.0k
Thomas Wilke Germany 44 3.3k 2.0× 529 0.4× 139 0.1× 1.1k 1.4× 476 0.6× 220 5.8k
David Lecchini French Polynesia 33 2.3k 1.4× 363 0.3× 182 0.2× 654 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 166 4.1k
David R. Thompson New Zealand 35 3.1k 1.9× 348 0.3× 1.3k 1.1× 234 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 89 4.3k
John D. Stark United States 47 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 55 0.1× 283 0.3× 163 8.3k
Lynne Boddy United Kingdom 59 2.8k 1.7× 626 0.5× 277 0.2× 225 0.3× 561 0.7× 258 13.0k
Andrea C. Alfaro New Zealand 35 1.6k 1.0× 395 0.3× 238 0.2× 757 0.9× 1.7k 2.1× 169 4.0k
Nico J. Smit South Africa 30 2.6k 1.6× 383 0.3× 608 0.5× 414 0.5× 527 0.6× 263 3.8k
Réjean Tremblay Canada 34 1.4k 0.9× 166 0.1× 313 0.3× 1.2k 1.4× 2.0k 2.5× 209 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David Morritt

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Morritt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Morritt. 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 David Morritt. The network helps show where David Morritt may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Morritt

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

All Works

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Koldewey, Heather J., et al.. (2025). No escape from microplastics: Contamination of reef manta ray feeding areas in a remote, protected archipelago. Conservation Science and Practice. 8(3).
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Foster, Rachel, David Bass, Paul F. Clark, David Morritt, & Paul Stebbing. (2025). Qualitative risk analysis of invasive pathogens spreading via raw water transfers in the UK. The Science of The Total Environment. 986. 179746–179746.
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Jones, Rachel, et al.. (2024). Big brands impact small islands: Sources of plastic pollution in a remote and protected archipelago. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 203. 116476–116476. 9 indexed citations
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McGoran, Alexandra R., Paul F. Clark, Brian D. Smith, & David Morritt. (2023). Macrolitter and mesolitter in the Thames Estuary: A temporal litter assessment and brand audit of submerged and riverbed debris. Environmental Pollution. 337. 122484–122484. 10 indexed citations
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Foster, Rachel, E. J. Peeler, Jamie Bojko, et al.. (2021). Pathogens co-transported with invasive non-native aquatic species: implications for risk analysis and legislation. NeoBiota. 69. 79–102. 18 indexed citations
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Foster, Rachel, E. J. Peeler, Jamie Bojko, et al.. (2021). Pathogens co-transported with invasive non-native aquatic species: implications for risk analysis and legislation. NeoBiota. 69. 79–102. 3 indexed citations
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McGoran, Alexandra R., Paul F. Clark, Brian D. Smith, & David Morritt. (2020). High prevalence of plastic ingestion by Eriocheir sinensis and Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Thames Estuary. Environmental Pollution. 265(Pt A). 114972–114972. 36 indexed citations
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Hodgson, David J., et al.. (2020). The effects of wet wipe pollution on the Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the River Thames, London. Environmental Pollution. 264. 114577–114577. 31 indexed citations
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Trowbridge, Cynthia D., Christopher Little, Gray A. Williams, et al.. (2019). No ‘silver bullet’: Multiple factors control population dynamics of European purple sea urchins in Lough Hyne Marine Reserve, Ireland. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 226. 106271–106271. 13 indexed citations
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McGoran, Alexandra R., Paul F. Clark, & David Morritt. (2016). Presence of microplastic in the digestive tracts of European flounder, Platichthys flesus, and European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus, from the River Thames. Environmental Pollution. 220(Pt A). 744–751. 171 indexed citations
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Morritt, David, et al.. (2013). Plastic in the Thames: A river runs through it. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 78(1-2). 196–200. 213 indexed citations
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Wearmouth, Victoria J., Emily J. Southall, David Morritt, & David Sims. (2012). Identifying reproductive events using archival tags: egg‐laying behaviour of the small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Journal of Fish Biology. 82(1). 96–110. 10 indexed citations
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Shaw, Paul W., et al.. (2010). Physiological responses of three crustacean species to infection by the dinoflagellate-like protist Hematodinium (Alveolata: Syndinea). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 105(2). 194–196. 6 indexed citations
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Morritt, David, et al.. (2009). Genetic diversity of the crustacean parasite Hematodinium (Alveolata, Syndinea). European Journal of Protistology. 46(1). 17–28. 15 indexed citations
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Sims, David, Emily J. Southall, Nicolas E. Humphries, et al.. (2008). Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour. Nature. 451(7182). 1098–1102. 727 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morris, Stephen, et al.. (2003). Incorporation of in situ and biomarker assays in higher-tier assessment of the aquatic toxicity of insecticides. Water Research. 37(17). 4180–4190. 10 indexed citations
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Leung, Kmy, David Morritt, James R. Wheeler, et al.. (2001). Can Saltwater Toxicity be Predicted from Freshwater Data?. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42(11). 1007–1013. 74 indexed citations
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