David P. Hocking

1.0k total citations
39 papers, 708 citations indexed

About

David P. Hocking is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, David P. Hocking has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 708 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in David P. Hocking's work include Marine animal studies overview (24 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (9 papers) and Cephalopods and Marine Biology (7 papers). David P. Hocking is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (24 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (9 papers) and Cephalopods and Marine Biology (7 papers). David P. Hocking collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. David P. Hocking's co-authors include Alistair R. Evans, Erich M. G. Fitzgerald, Felix G. Marx, Travis Park, David J. Slip, Monique Ladds, Robert Harcourt, Justin W. Adams, Peter J. Bishop and Olga Panagiotopoulou and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

David P. Hocking

38 papers receiving 688 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David P. Hocking Australia 17 491 203 195 183 89 39 708
Emily A. Buchholtz United States 15 321 0.7× 247 1.2× 452 2.3× 167 0.9× 63 0.7× 19 760
Robert E. Kambic United States 12 149 0.3× 87 0.4× 334 1.7× 190 1.0× 97 1.1× 13 726
Michelle Spaulding United States 11 420 0.9× 174 0.9× 397 2.0× 250 1.4× 53 0.6× 14 750
Morgan Churchill United States 18 602 1.2× 290 1.4× 358 1.8× 249 1.4× 41 0.5× 27 806
Loïc Costeur Switzerland 21 462 0.9× 155 0.8× 917 4.7× 316 1.7× 76 0.9× 84 1.2k
Naoki Kohno Japan 17 418 0.9× 180 0.9× 330 1.7× 146 0.8× 27 0.3× 47 743
John E. Heyning United States 14 894 1.8× 253 1.2× 103 0.5× 274 1.5× 154 1.7× 23 1.1k
Bastien Mennecart Switzerland 19 317 0.6× 121 0.6× 643 3.3× 284 1.6× 58 0.7× 75 799
Aaron R. Wood United States 15 235 0.5× 110 0.5× 384 2.0× 168 0.9× 48 0.5× 20 715
Matthew R. McCurry Australia 15 258 0.5× 253 1.2× 376 1.9× 168 0.9× 137 1.5× 43 764

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Panagiotopoulou, Olga, Justin W. Adams, David P. Hocking, et al.. (2025). Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of the extreme “saber-tooth” morphology. Current Biology. 35(3). 455–467.e6. 3 indexed citations
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Adams, Justin W., David P. Hocking, Erich M. G. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2025). Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy Reveals Trace Elemental Indicators of Life History in Marsupial Teeth. Biological Trace Element Research. 203(9). 4607–4619. 1 indexed citations
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Herrel, Anthony, et al.. (2025). Kinematics of strikes in venomous snakes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(20).
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Hocking, David P., et al.. (2023). Traditional and digital examination of the baculum of a leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Marine Mammal Science. 40(1). 292–301. 1 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., et al.. (2023). Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of shape variation in the albatross compound bill. Royal Society Open Science. 10(8). 230751–230751. 2 indexed citations
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Marx, Felix G., et al.. (2023). Suction causes novel tooth wear in marine mammals, with implications for feeding evolution in baleen whales. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 30(2). 493–505. 22 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., et al.. (2023). Is a blunt sword pointless? Tooth wear impacts puncture performance in Tasmanian devil canines. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(3). 4 indexed citations
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Panagiotopoulou, Olga, et al.. (2022). Taking a stab at modelling canine tooth biomechanics in mammalian carnivores with beam theory and finite-element analysis. Royal Society Open Science. 9(10). 220701–220701. 13 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., et al.. (2022). Fang shape varies with ontogeny and sex in the venomous elapid snake Pseudonaja affinis. Journal of Morphology. 283(3). 287–295. 2 indexed citations
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Pirotta, Vanessa, et al.. (2022). Drone Observations of Marine Life and Human–Wildlife Interactions off Sydney, Australia. Drones. 6(3). 75–75. 12 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., Felix G. Marx, Shibo Wang, et al.. (2021). Convergent evolution of forelimb-propelled swimming in seals. Current Biology. 31(11). 2404–2409.e2. 7 indexed citations
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Evans, Alistair R., et al.. (2021). A universal power law for modelling the growth and form of teeth, claws, horns, thorns, beaks, and shells. BMC Biology. 19(1). 58–58. 25 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., et al.. (2021). The killer’s toolkit: remarkable adaptations in the canine teeth of mammalian carnivores. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 196(3). 1138–1155. 21 indexed citations
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Robbins, James R., et al.. (2019). A rare observation of group prey processing in wild leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx). Polar Biology. 42(8). 1625–1630. 9 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., et al.. (2019). Pliocene monachine seal (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) from Australia constrains timing of pinniped turnover in the Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39(6). 9 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., Felix G. Marx, Travis Park, Erich M. G. Fitzgerald, & Alistair R. Evans. (2017). A behavioural framework for the evolution of feeding in predatory aquatic mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1850). 20162750–20162750. 95 indexed citations
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Ladds, Monique, et al.. (2016). Seeing It All: Evaluating Supervised Machine Learning Methods for the Classification of Diverse Otariid Behaviours. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0166898–e0166898. 30 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., Monique Ladds, David J. Slip, Erich M. G. Fitzgerald, & Alistair R. Evans. (2016). Chew, shake, and tear: Prey processing in Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea). Marine Mammal Science. 33(2). 541–557. 24 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., et al.. (2015). Foraging-Based Enrichment Promotes More Varied Behaviour in Captive Australian Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0124615–e0124615. 19 indexed citations
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Hocking, David P., Alistair R. Evans, & Erich M. G. Fitzgerald. (2012). Leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) use suction and filter feeding when hunting small prey underwater. Polar Biology. 36(2). 211–222. 60 indexed citations

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