Peter K. L. Ng

18.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
522 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Peter K. L. Ng is a scholar working on Ecology, Aquatic Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter K. L. Ng has authored 522 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 463 papers in Ecology, 187 papers in Aquatic Science and 158 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Peter K. L. Ng's work include Crustacean biology and ecology (451 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (170 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (156 papers). Peter K. L. Ng is often cited by papers focused on Crustacean biology and ecology (451 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (170 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (156 papers). Peter K. L. Ng collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United Kingdom and Taiwan. Peter K. L. Ng's co-authors include Navjot S. Sodhi, Rudolf Meier, Barry W. Brook, David J. Lohman, Krista K. Ingram, Kevin Winker, Indraneil Das, David Bickford, Shiyang Kwong and Gaurav Vaidya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Peter K. L. Ng

494 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation 2003 2026 2010 2018 2006 2006 2004 2009 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation
    2006 2.7k citations Peter K. L. Ng et al. profile →
  2. DNA Barcoding and Taxonomy in Diptera: A Tale of High Intraspecific Variability and Low Identification Success
    2006 1.2k citations Peter K. L. Ng et al. profile →
  3. Southeast Asian biodiversity: an impending disaster
    2004 1.1k citations Peter K. L. Ng et al. profile →
  4. A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans
    2009 560 citations Peter K. L. Ng et al. ˜The œRaffles bulletin of zoology profile →
  5. Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore
    2003 513 citations Peter K. L. Ng et al. profile →
  6. Biogeography of the Indo-Australian Archipelago
    2011 438 citations Peter K. L. Ng, Hsi‐Te Shih et al. profile →

Peers

Peter K. L. Ng
Gary R. Carvalho United Kingdom
Joseph M. Quattro United States
Hugh J. MacIsaac Canada
Sébastien Villéger France
Robert J. Toonen United States
Thorsten B. H. Reusch Germany
David Mouillot France
Brian W. Bowen United States
Robin S. Waples United States
Timothy G. Barraclough United Kingdom
Gary R. Carvalho United Kingdom
Peter K. L. Ng
Citations per year, relative to Peter K. L. Ng Peter K. L. Ng (= 1×) peers Gary R. Carvalho

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter K. L. Ng

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ng, Peter K. L. & Peter J. F. Davie. (2024). On the identity of Paranotonyx curtipes Nobili, 1906 (Brachyura, Thoracotremata, Varunidae). Crustaceana. 97(3-4). 289–305. 1 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L. & Daisy Wowor. (2024). Lepidothelphusa menneri n. sp. (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), first record of the genus from Kalimantan, Indonesia. Zootaxa. 5397(2). 218–224. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Nathaniel, et al.. (2023). Allopatric mosaics in the Indo-West Pacific crab subfamily Chlorodiellinae reveal correlated patterns of sympatry, genetic divergence, and genitalic disparity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 181. 107710–107710. 5 indexed citations
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Shi, Boyang, Tianyu Gu, Darren C. J. Yeo, et al.. (2023). Diversification of freshwater crabs on the sky islands in the Hengduan Mountains Region, China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 190. 107955–107955. 7 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L. & Daisy Wowor. (2022). Geosesarma garutense n. sp., a new species of vampire crab (Crustacea, Brachyura, Sesarmidae) from Garut in western Java. Zootaxa. 5159(1). 145–150. 2 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L. & Peter J. F. Davie. (2020). A new family and superfamily for the southern giant crab of Australia, Pseudocarcinus gigas (Lamarck, 1818) (Decapoda: Brachyura). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 40(5). 607–626. 2 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L., et al.. (2015). A new species of tree-hole dwelling freshwater crab of the genus Arachnothelphusa Ng, 1991 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from northern Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo. Unimas Institutional Repository (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak). 5 indexed citations
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Forges, Bertrand Richer de & Peter K. L. Ng. (2009). On the majoid genera oxypleurodon Miers, 1886, and sphenocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae), with descriptions of two new genera and five new species. ˜The œRaffles bulletin of zoology. 247–266. 6 indexed citations
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Shih, Hsi‐Te, Peter K. L. Ng, & Hsueh‐Wen Chang. (2004). Systematics of the Genus Geothelphusa (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Southern Taiwan: A Molecular Appraisal. Zoological studies. 43(3). 561–570. 40 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L. & Paul F. Clark. (2000). The eumedonid file: a case study of systematic compatibility using larval and adult characters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. 38(3). 225–252. 30 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L., et al.. (2000). Bountiana, a new genus for Eriphia norfolcensis Grant & McCulloch, 1907 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Eriphiidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 45. 267–272. 3 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L. & Hung‐Chang Liu. (1999). THE TAXONOMY OF SESARMA TANGI RATHBUN, 1931 AND S. STORMI DE MAN, 1895 (CRUSTACEA : DECAPODA : BRACHYURA : GRAPSIDAE : SESARMINAE), WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW GENUS FOR S. STORMI. Zoological studies. 38(2). 228–237. 15 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L. & Peter Trontelj. (1996). Daipotamon minosc a new genus and species of potamid crab lCrustaceac Decapodac Brachyurar from a cave in China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.. 109. 476–481. 6 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L., et al.. (1993). New and recently described freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae, Gecarcinucidae and Parathelphusidae) from Thailand. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 47 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L., et al.. (1992). On two new species of Oreotlos Ihle, 1918 (Crustacea Decapoda, Brachyura, Leucosiidae) from French Polynesia. Bulletin du Muséum national d histoire naturelle. 14(3). 797–804. 1 indexed citations
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Ng, Peter K. L.. (1989). A new cavernicolous freshwater crab, Thelphusula styx sp. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), from Gunong Mulu, Sarawak, Borneo. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 63(6). 53–59. 4 indexed citations

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