Peter L. Harrison

14.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
190 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Peter L. Harrison is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter L. Harrison has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Ecology, 93 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 60 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Peter L. Harrison's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (113 papers), Marine and fisheries research (85 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (50 papers). Peter L. Harrison is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (113 papers), Marine and fisheries research (85 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (50 papers). Peter L. Harrison collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Peter L. Harrison's co-authors include Carden C. Wallace, Russell C. Babcock, John C. Z. Woinarski, Andrew A. Burbidge, Bette L. Willis, Amanda Reichelt‐Brushett, James K. Oliver, R. A. Farrar, Selina Ward and Andrew Heyward and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter L. Harrison

181 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Reproduction, dispersal and recruitment of scleractinian corals

1990 824 citations Peter L. Harrison, Carden C. Wallace ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University) profile →
Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: Decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement

2015 669 citations Peter L. Harrison et al. profile →
Synchronous spawnings of 105 scleractinian coral species on the Great Barrier Reef

1986 609 citations Russell C. Babcock, Peter L. Harrison et al. Marine Biology profile →
Mass Spawning in Tropical Reef Corals

1984 590 citations Peter L. Harrison, Russell C. Babcock et al. profile →
Seabirds, an identification guide

1983 448 citations Peter L. Harrison profile →
Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions

2020 419 citations Russell C. Babcock, Peter L. Harrison et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter L. Harrison Australia	48	8.4k	4.8k	3.9k	1.5k	520	190	10.0k
Peter F. Sale Canada	50	9.7k 1.1×	7.2k 1.5×	4.5k 1.2×	3.2k 2.2×	620 1.2×	103	12.2k
Mark W. Denny United States	58	4.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	4.8k 1.2×	888 0.6×	851 1.6×	160	10.4k
C. Mark Eakin United States	41	9.8k 1.2×	6.8k 1.4×	6.5k 1.7×	907 0.6×	108 0.2×	80	13.1k
Sean R. Connolly Australia	52	11.0k 1.3×	7.0k 1.4×	6.7k 1.7×	2.3k 1.6×	492 0.9×	133	13.4k
Derek P. Tittensor Canada	38	4.3k 0.5×	2.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	585 1.1×	79	7.5k
Gregory M. Ruiz United States	60	8.1k 1.0×	8.6k 1.8×	5.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	587 1.1×	246	14.0k
Richard K. Grosberg United States	39	5.0k 0.6×	3.3k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 3.4×	87	8.7k
Stephen J. Hawkins United Kingdom	66	9.2k 1.1×	6.2k 1.3×	9.9k 2.6×	1.9k 1.3×	612 1.2×	265	15.8k
Christopher D. G. Harley Canada	44	6.2k 0.7×	4.7k 1.0×	6.1k 1.6×	1.0k 0.7×	817 1.6×	104	10.7k
Pippa J. Moore United Kingdom	47	9.2k 1.1×	8.0k 1.6×	10.4k 2.7×	1.4k 1.0×	336 0.6×	114	16.1k

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Whalan, Steve, et al.. (2025). Culturing coral larvae with food supplements enhances larval size and settlement. Aquaculture. 603. 742392–742392.

Gouezo, Marine, Peter L. Harrison, George Roff, et al.. (2025). Coral larval enhancement with and without nets yields similar recruitment during slack current releases. Restoration Ecology. 34(1). 1 indexed citations

Doropoulos, Christopher, George Roff, Marine Gouezo, et al.. (2025). Larval seedboxes: A modular and effective tool for scaling coral reef restoration. Ecological Applications. 35(7). e70140–e70140.

Doropoulos, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Effects of shading aquaculture pools on coral larvae health and production. Aquaculture. 609. 742953–742953.

Lamb, Annika M., et al.. (2024). Coral recruits demonstrate thermal resilience. PeerJ. 12. e18273–e18273. 1 indexed citations

Lamb, Annika M., Lesa M. Peplow, Ashley M. Dungan, et al.. (2024). Interspecific hybridisation provides a low-risk option for increasing genetic diversity of reef-building corals. Biology Open. 13(9). 2 indexed citations

Madin, Joshua S., Mike McWilliam, Kate M. Quigley, et al.. (2023). Selecting coral species for reef restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(8). 1537–1544. 20 indexed citations

Gouezo, Marine, et al.. (2023). Underwater macrophotogrammetry to monitor in situ benthic communities at submillimetre scale. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(9). 2494–2509. 5 indexed citations

Banaszak, Anastazia T., Kristen L. Marhaver, Margaret W. Miller, et al.. (2023). Applying coral breeding to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly‐evolving field. Restoration Ecology. 31(7). 48 indexed citations

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Franklin, Wally, et al.. (2020). Photo-identification of individual Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) using all available natural marks:. The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 21(1). 71–83. 9 indexed citations

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Harrison, Peter L., et al.. (2004). A field guide to the marine life of Lord Howe Island. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University). 2 indexed citations

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Ward, Selina, Peter L. Harrison, & Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg. (2002). Coral bleaching reduces reproduction of scleractinian corals and increases susceptibility to future stress. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University). 2(6445). 1123–1129. 107 indexed citations

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Harrison, Peter L. & Selina Ward. (2001). Elevated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus reduce fertilisation success of gametes from scleractinian reef corals. Marine Biology. 139(6). 1057–1068. 89 indexed citations

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Gavrilo, Maria, et al.. (2000). Notes on Antarctic wildlife: Ross seals Ommatophoca rossii and emperor penguins Aptenodytes forsteri. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 27(2). 137–142. 9 indexed citations

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Ward, Simon & Peter L. Harrison. (1997). The effects of elevated nutrients on settlement of coral larvae during the ENCORE experiment. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 1(5). 891–896. 6 indexed citations

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Harrison, Peter L. & Carden C. Wallace. (1990). Reproduction, dispersal and recruitment of scleractinian corals. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University). 25. 133–207. 824 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harrison, Peter L., et al.. (1990). Predictive Equation for Cooling Time t_ of CTS Test Welds. Transactions of the Japan Welding Society. 21(2). 123–128. 1 indexed citations

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Harrison, Peter L. & R. A. Farrar. (1988). Microstructural development and toughness of C-Mn and C-Mn-Ni weld metals. Part 1. Microstructural development.. 34(4). 15–22. 3 indexed citations

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Wallace, Carden C., Russell C. Babcock, Peter L. Harrison, James K. Oliver, & Bette L. Willis. (1986). Sex on the reef: mass spawning of corals. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University). 29. 38–42. 9 indexed citations

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Harrison, Peter L. & A. D. Yoffe. (1961). The burning of metals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 261(1306). 357–370. 18 indexed citations

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