Patrick N. Halpin

12.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
118 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Patrick N. Halpin is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick N. Halpin has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Ecology, 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 30 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Patrick N. Halpin's work include Marine and fisheries research (43 papers), Marine animal studies overview (39 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (36 papers). Patrick N. Halpin is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (43 papers), Marine animal studies overview (39 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (36 papers). Patrick N. Halpin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Patrick N. Halpin's co-authors include Daniel C. Dunn, Eric A. Treml, André M. Boustany, Jason J. Roberts, Benjamin Poulter, Dean L. Urban, Benjamin D. Best, Andrew J. Read, Lincoln F. Pratson and Ari S. Friedlaender and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Patrick N. Halpin

115 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots

2014 352 citations Rebecca L. Lewison, Larry B. Crowder et al. profile →
Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea

2024 110 citations Fernando Paolo, David A. Kroodsma et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick N. Halpin United States	47	4.4k	3.2k	1.4k	1.3k	1.0k	118	6.8k
Adrian C. Stier United States	29	4.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	886 0.7×	816 0.8×	73	6.3k
Julia L. Blanchard Australia	51	4.6k 1.1×	5.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	810 0.8×	140	8.6k
Martin Solan United Kingdom	43	3.8k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	3.6k 2.7×	961 0.7×	383 0.4×	109	7.5k
Elliott L. Hazen United States	52	6.0k 1.4×	4.6k 1.5×	2.6k 1.9×	2.0k 1.5×	585 0.6×	214	9.1k
Nicholas Murray Australia	35	3.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	785 0.6×	646 0.5×	668 0.7×	96	5.1k
Elizabeth M. P. Madin United States	26	4.3k 1.0×	3.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	990 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	51	6.6k
Kimberly A. Selkoe United States	26	5.9k 1.3×	4.3k 1.4×	2.9k 2.2×	1.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.9×	31	9.7k
Thomas A. Schlacher Australia	56	7.3k 1.7×	3.9k 1.2×	4.8k 3.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	200	10.2k
Dennis Heinemann United States	17	4.0k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	664 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	26	5.8k
Shaun Walbridge United States	7	4.3k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.7×	685 0.5×	1.7k 1.7×	10	6.6k

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Paxton, Avery B., Brendan J. Runde, Carter S. Smith, et al.. (2025). Leveraging built marine structures to benefit and minimize impacts on natural habitats. BioScience. 75(2). 172–183. 5 indexed citations

Paolo, Fernando, David A. Kroodsma, Jennifer Raynor, et al.. (2024). Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea. Nature. 625(7993). 85–91. 110 indexed citations breakdown →

Choi, Jonathan J., et al.. (2024). Role of low‐impact‐factor journals in conservation implementation. Conservation Biology. 39(2). e14391–e14391. 9 indexed citations

Freestone, David, Kristina M. Gjerde, Patrick N. Halpin, et al.. (2024). High seas in the cloud: the role of big data and artificial intelligence in support of high seas governance – The Sargasso Sea pilot. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11. 3 indexed citations

Best, Benjamin D., Caroline H. Fox, Rob Williams, Patrick N. Halpin, & Paul C. Paquet. (2023). Updated marine mammal distribution and abundance estimates in British Columbia. The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 15(1). 9–26. 6 indexed citations

Kot, Connie Y., Autumn‐Lynn Harrison, Jesse Cleary, et al.. (2023). Synthesizing connectivity information from migratory marine species for area-based management. Biological Conservation. 283. 110142–110142. 8 indexed citations

Ferguson, Megan C., Leslie New, Jesse Cleary, et al.. (2023). Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters - Updates and the application of a new scoring system. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 4 indexed citations

Christensen, Norman L., Patricia A. Cunningham, Iris C. Anderson, et al.. (2020). Ecosystem-based management for military training, biodiversity, carbon storage and climate resiliency on a complex coastal land/water-scape. Journal of Environmental Management. 280. 111755–111755. 1 indexed citations

Winther, Jan‐Gunnar, Minhan Dai, Alf Håkon Hoel, et al.. (2020). Integrated ocean management for a sustainable ocean economy. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(11). 1451–1458. 126 indexed citations

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Best, Benjamin D. & Patrick N. Halpin. (2019). Minimizing wildlife impacts for offshore wind energy development: Winning tradeoffs for seabirds in space and cetaceans in time. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0215722–e0215722. 26 indexed citations

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Crespo, Guillermo Ortuño, Daniel C. Dunn, Gabriel Reygondeau, et al.. (2018). The environmental niche of the global high seas pelagic longline fleet. Science Advances. 4(8). eaat3681–eaat3681. 46 indexed citations

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Dunn, Daniel C., Cindy Lee Van Dover, Ron J. Etter, et al.. (2018). A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining. Science Advances. 4(7). eaar4313–eaar4313. 75 indexed citations

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Dunn, Daniel C., Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, Kristina M. Gjerde, et al.. (2017). Deep, distant and dynamic: critical considerations for incorporating the open-ocean into a new BBNJ treaty [POLICY BRIEF - UN PrepCom4]. 2 indexed citations

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Mannocci, Laura, Jason J. Roberts, David L. Miller, & Patrick N. Halpin. (2016). Extrapolating cetacean densities to quantitatively assess human impacts on populations in the high seas. Conservation Biology. 31(3). 601–614. 43 indexed citations

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Schill, Steven R., George T. Raber, Jason J. Roberts, et al.. (2015). No Reef Is an Island: Integrating Coral Reef Connectivity Data into the Design of Regional-Scale Marine Protected Area Networks. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144199–e0144199. 60 indexed citations

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Hazen, Elliott L., Douglas P. Nowacek, Louis Laurent, Patrick N. Halpin, & David Moretti. (2011). The Relationship among Oceanography, Prey Fields, and Beaked Whale Foraging Habitat in the Tongue of the Ocean. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19269–e19269. 46 indexed citations

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Stewart, Kelly R., Rebecca L. Lewison, Daniel C. Dunn, et al.. (2010). Characterizing Fishing Effort and Spatial Extent of Coastal Fisheries. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e14451–e14451. 132 indexed citations

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Ardron, Jeff, Daniel C. Dunn, Colleen Corrigan, et al.. (2009). Defining ecologically or biologically significant areas in the open oceans and deep seas : analysis, tools, resources and illustrations. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 14 indexed citations

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Halpin, Patrick N., Andrew J. Read, Ei Fujioka, et al.. (2009). OBIS-SEAMAP: The World Data Center for Marine Mammal, Sea Bird, and Sea Turtle Distributions. Oceanography. 22(2). 104–115. 105 indexed citations

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Schick, Robert S., James S. Clark, Scott R. Loarie, et al.. (2008). Understanding movement data and movement processes: what is the state of the art?. Ecology Letters. 11(12). 1138–1150. 2 indexed citations

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