Peter R. Last

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Peter R. Last is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter R. Last has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 54 papers in Aquatic Science and 37 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter R. Last's work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (100 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (53 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (31 papers). Peter R. Last is often cited by papers focused on Ichthyology and Marine Biology (100 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (53 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (31 papers). Peter R. Last collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Peter R. Last's co-authors include Robert Ward, Tyler Zemlak, Paul D. N. Hebert, Victor G. Springer, JD Stevens, William T. White, Gavin J. P. Naylor, Graham J. Edgar, Daniel C. Gledhill and NS Barrett and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Peter R. Last

110 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

DNA barcoding Australia's fish species

2005 3.2k citations Robert Ward, Peter R. Last et al. profile →
Sharks and Rays of Australia

1994 1.0k citations Peter R. Last et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Australia’s marine fishes DNA barcode reference library for integrated taxonomy, metabarcoding & eDNA research 2025 ·Scientific Data ·Sharon A. Appleyard, Robert Ward, John J. Pogonoski, Alastair G C Graham, Peter R. Last, Bruce E. Deagle, Bronwyn Holmes, Martin F. Gomon, Dianne J. Bray, Jeffrey W. Johnson, Amanda C. Hay, Glenn I. Moore, Michael P. Hammer, Barry C. Russell, Ken Graham	3
2	From the tropics to the pole and back again: Radiation in the flathead fishes (Platycephalidae) across Australia and the Indo‐West Pacific 2019 ·Journal of Biogeography ·(unknown), Peter R. Last, Daniel C. Gledhill, Nikos Andreakis	1
3	Platyrhina psomadakisi sp. nov., a new species of fanray (Batoidea: Platyrhinidae) from the Andaman Sea, the first record of this family in the Indian Ocean 2016 ·Zootaxa ·William T. White, Peter R. Last	3
4	Acroteriobatus omanensis (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae), a new guitarfish from the Gulf of Oman 2016 ·Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Aaron C. Henderson, Gavin J. P. Naylor	11
5	A new temperate deepwater skate of the genus Bathyraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from the South-West Pacific 2016 ·Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Andrew L. Stewart, Bernard Séret	4
6	Rhinobatos manai sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea 2016 ·Zootaxa ·William T. White, Peter R. Last, Gavin J. P. Naylor	2
7	A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) 2016 ·Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Bernard Séret, Gavin J. P. Naylor	46
8	Maculabatis ambigua sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Western Indian Ocean 2016 ·Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, SERGEY V. BOGORODSKY, Tilman J. Alpermann	5
9	A new Eastern Central Atlantic skate Raja parva sp. nov. (Rajoidei: Rajidae) belonging to the Raja miraletus species complex 2016 ·Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Bernard Séret	6
10	A new species of wedgefish Rhynchobatus cooki (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinidae) from the Indo–West Pacific 2016 ·Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Peter M. Kyne, Leonard J. V. Compagno	10
11	Two new species of the coffinfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean 2013 ·Zootaxa ·Hsuan‐Ching Ho, Peter R. Last	6
12	A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere 2013 ·Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Ross K. Daley, Guy Duhamel	1
13	Phylogeography of the Indo‐West Pacific maskrays (Dasyatidae, Neotrygon): a complex example of chondrichthyan radiation in the Cenozoic 2012 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Peter R. Last, William T. White, Nikos Andreakis	54
14	Biogeographical structure and affinities of the marine demersal ichthyofauna of Australia 2011 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Peter R. Last, William T. White, Daniel C. Gledhill, John J. Pogonoski, (unknown), Nicholas J. Bax	22
15	New softnose skate genus Brochiraja from New Zealand (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) with description of four new species 2006 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Peter R. Last, John D. McEachran	9
16	Redescription of the rare slickhead Mirognathus normani (Salmoniformes: Alepocephalidae) with the first record from the western South Pacific 2000 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Peter R. Last	1
17	Allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variation in three species of oreos (Teleostei: Oreosomatidae) from Australasian waters 1998 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Robert Ward, Nicholas G. Elliott, Peter M. Grewe, Peter R. Last, (unknown), (unknown), G. K. Yearsley	5
18	Neocyttus psilorhynchus, a new oreosomatid (Pisces, Zeiformes) from southern Australia and New Zealand, with redescriptions of its congeners 1998 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·G. K. Yearsley, Peter R. Last	4
19	Calicotyle urolophi n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from stingarees, Urolophus spp. (Elasmobranchii: Urolophidae) taken in coastal waters of Southern Australia 1991 ·Systematic Parasitology ·Leslie A. Chisholm, Mary Beverley‐Burton, Peter R. Last	9
20	New records of Somniosus (Elasmobranchii: Squalidae) from Australasia, with comments on the taxonomy of the genus 1988 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Malcolm P. Francis, John D. Stevens, Peter R. Last	14

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