Matthew J. Witt

9.3k citations

139 papers · 6.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 43

Ecology top 0.2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.2%
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
Oceanography top 1%
Molecular Biology

Co-authors: Brendan J. Godley Annette C. Broderick David Sims Stephen C. Votier Stuart Bearhop Lucy A. Hawkes Emily J. Southall Nathan D. Merchant
Topics: Marine animal studies overview (53 papers)Turtle Biology and Conservation (47 papers)Ichthyology and Marine Biology (38 papers)
Cited by: Nature and Landscape Conservation Developmental Biology Ecology
Journals: Nature Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Italy

In The Last Decade

Matthew J. Witt

132 papers receiving 6.4k citations

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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.

Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

2008 727 citations David Sims, Emily J. Southall et al. Nature profile →
Measuring acoustic habitats

2014 379 citations Nathan D. Merchant, Kurt M. Fristrup et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

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1	Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),(unknown),Samantha Birch,Barbara A. Block,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),David Righton,Jeroen van der Kooij,Matthew J. Witt,Lucy A. Hawkes	2
2	Validation and otolith-mass prediction of age and growth for cardinal snapper Pristipomoides macrophthalmus of the Caribbean Sea 2025 ·Environmental Biology of Fishes ·Ivy E. Baremore,Allen H. Andrews,(unknown),Rachel T. Graham,Matthew J. Witt,Virginia R. Shervette	1
3	Use of accelerometry to measure the dynamics of activity patterns of Atlantic bluefin tuna after tagging and release 2025 ·Movement Ecology ·(unknown),Kim Aarestrup,(unknown),Francisco Alemany,Henrik Baktoft,(unknown),Samantha Birch,Kim Birnie‐Gauvin,Barbara A. Block,Martin A. Collins,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),David Righton,Jeroen van der Kooij,Matthew J. Witt,Serena Wright,Lucy A. Hawkes	0
4	Animal-borne sensors reveal high human impact on soundscapes near a critical sea turtle nesting beach 2024 ·Biological Conservation ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Philip D. Doherty,Ángela Formia,Brendan J. Godley,Lucy A. Hawkes,David A. Mann,Sara M. Maxwell,Richard J. Parnell,Stephen K. Pikesley,Guy‐Philippe Sounguet,Matthew J. Witt	2
5	Maximising the value of transmitted data from PSATs tracking marine fish: a case study on Atlantic bluefin tuna 2024 ·Animal Biotelemetry ·(unknown),Samantha Birch,Barbara A. Block,Lucy A. Hawkes,Jeroen van der Kooij,Matthew J. Witt,David Righton	7
6	High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Samantha Birch,Barbara A. Block,Martin A. Collins,Renaud de Stephanis,(unknown),(unknown),Christophe Guinet,(unknown),David Righton,Jeroen van der Kooij,Matthew J. Witt,Serena Wright,Lucy A. Hawkes	2
7	Global warming and arctic terns: Estimating climate change impacts on the world's longest migration 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown),Pearse Buchanan,Carsten Egevang,(unknown),Sara M. Maxwell,Nicole Parr,James A. Screen,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Matthew J. Witt,Lucy A. Hawkes,William P. Thurston	6
8	Post release monitoring of rehabilitated gray seal pups over large temporal and spatial scales 2021 ·Marine Mammal Science ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Dan Jarvis,Grace Jones,(unknown),(unknown),Matthew J. Witt,Lucy A. Hawkes	4
9	“Too Big To Ignore”: A feasibility analysis of detecting fishing events in Gabonese small-scale fisheries 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),Sophie Bertrand,Matthew J. Witt,Kristian Metcalfe,Brendan J. Godley,Catherine McClellan,(unknown),Richard J. Parnell,François Le Loc’h	14
10	Tracking Fine-Scale Structural Changes in Coastal Dune Morphology Using Kite Aerial Photography and Uncertainty-Assessed Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry 2018 ·Remote Sensing ·James P. Duffy,Jamie D. Shutler,Matthew J. Witt,Leon DeBell,Karen Anderson	30
11	Seabird diversity hotspot linked to ocean productivity in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem 2016 ·Biology Letters ·W. James Grecian,Matthew J. Witt,Martin J. Attrill,Stuart Bearhop,Peter Becker,Carsten Egevang,Robert W. Furness,Brendan J. Godley,Jacob González‐Solís,David Grémillet,Matthias Kopp,Amélie Lescroël,Jason Matthiopoulos,Samantha C. Patrick,(unknown),Richard A. Phillips,Iain J. Stenhouse,Stephen C. Votier	54
12	New findings about the spatial and temporal use of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean by large juvenile loggerhead turtles 2016 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Nuria Varo‐Cruz,(unknown),Pascual Calabuig,(unknown),Brendan J. Godley,Luis Felipe López‐Jurado,Stephen K. Pikesley,Matthew J. Witt,Lucy A. Hawkes	32
13	Multinational Tagging Efforts Illustrate Regional Scale of Distribution and Threats for East Pacific Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii) 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Catherine E. Hart,Gabriela S. Blanco,Michael S. Coyne,(unknown),Brendan J. Godley,T. Todd Jones,Antonio Resendiz,Jeffrey A. Seminoff,Matthew J. Witt,Wallace J. Nichols	19
14	Measuring acoustic habitatsbreakdown → 2014 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Nathan D. Merchant,Kurt M. Fristrup,Mark Johnson,Peter L. Tyack,Matthew J. Witt,Philippe Blondel,Susan E. Parks	379
15	Importance of spatio-temporal data for predicting the effects of climate change on marine turtle sex ratios 2013 ·Marine Ecology Progress Series ·(unknown),Brendan J. Godley,David J. Hodgson,Sarah E. Reece,Matthew J. Witt,Annette C. Broderick	34
16	On the front line: integrated habitat mapping for olive ridley sea turtles in the southeast Atlantic 2013 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Stephen K. Pikesley,Sara M. Maxwell,Kellie Pendoley,Daniel P. Costa,Michael S. Coyne,Ángela Formia,Brendan J. Godley,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Solange Ngouessono,Richard J. Parnell,(unknown),Matthew J. Witt	46
17	Assessing sound exposure from shipping in coastal waters using a single hydrophone and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data 2012 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Nathan D. Merchant,Matthew J. Witt,Philippe Blondel,Brendan J. Godley,George Smith	94
18	Assessing wave energy effects on biodiversity: the Wave Hub experience 2011 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Matthew J. Witt,Emma V. Sheehan,Stuart Bearhop,Annette C. Broderick,Daniel Conley,(unknown),(unknown),W. James Grecian,Claudia Halsband,David J. Hodgson,Phil Hosegood,Richard Inger,Peter I. Miller,David Sims,Richard C. Thompson,Koen Vanstaen,Stephen C. Votier,Martin J. Attrill,Brendan J. Godley	76
19	Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviourbreakdown → 2008 ·Nature ·David Sims,Emily J. Southall,Nicolas E. Humphries,Graeme C. Hays,Corey J. A. Bradshaw,Jonathan W. Pitchford,Alex James,(unknown),Andrew S. Brierley,Mark A. Hindell,David Morritt,Michael K. Musyl,David Righton,Emily L. C. Shepard,Victoria J. Wearmouth,Rory P. Wilson,Matthew J. Witt,Julian D. Metcalfe	727
20	Concrete waterway linings for the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme 1982 ·(unknown),Matthew J. Witt	0

About Matthew J. Witt

Matthew J. Witt is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Developmental Biology and Ecology, having authored 139 papers that have together received 6.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine animal studies overview (53 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (47 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (38 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.9k citations), Developmental Biology (482 citations) and Ecology (4.1k citations). Matthew J. Witt has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Brendan J. Godley, Annette C. Broderick, David Sims, Stephen C. Votier, Stuart Bearhop, Lucy A. Hawkes, Emily J. Southall, Nathan D. Merchant, Richard Inger and Julian D. Metcalfe. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

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