Richard A. Phillips

19.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
330 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Phillips is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Phillips has authored 330 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 271 papers in Ecology, 92 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 71 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Phillips's work include Avian ecology and behavior (218 papers), Marine animal studies overview (95 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (82 papers). Richard A. Phillips is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (218 papers), Marine animal studies overview (95 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (82 papers). Richard A. Phillips collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Richard A. Phillips's co-authors include John P. Croxall, Janet R. D. Silk, Paulo Catry, José C. Xavier, Vsevolod Afanasyev, Robert W. Furness, Rona A. R. McGill, Stuart Bearhop, Maria P. Dias and Keith C. Hamer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Phillips

322 papers receiving 12.2k 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.

Revisiting Lévy flight search patterns of wandering albatrosses, bumblebees and deer

2007 704 citations Richard A. Phillips et al. profile →
Threats to seabirds: A global assessment

2019 528 citations Maria P. Dias, Elizabeth J. Pearmain et al. Biological Conservation profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Variability in foraging ranges of snow petrels and implications for breeding distribution and use of stomach-oil deposits as proxies for paleoclimate 2025 ·Movement Ecology ·Ewan D. Wakefield, Erin L. McClymont, Sébastien Descamps, W. James Grecian, A. Rus Hoelzel, (unknown), (unknown), Henri Robert, (unknown), Richard A. Phillips	1
2	Evaluating the effectiveness of seabird bycatch mitigation measures for pelagic longlines in the South Atlantic 2025 ·Biological Conservation ·James B. Bell, (unknown), Ana P. B. Carneiro, Shane P. Griffiths, Alessandra Bielli, Sebastián Jiménez, Steffen Oppel, Richard A. Phillips, Helen M. Wade, Oliver Yates, Stuart A. Reeves	2
3	Metapopulation distribution shapes year‐round overlap with fisheries for a circumpolar seabird 2025 ·Ecological Applications ·Kalinka Rexer‐Huber, Thomas A. Clay, Paulo Catry, (unknown), Graham C. Parker, Raül Ramos, Bruce C. Robertson, Peter G. Ryan, Paul M. Sagar, Andrew Stanworth, David R. Thompson, Geoffrey N. Tuck, Henri Weimerskirch, Richard A. Phillips	1
4	The BirdLife Seabird Tracking Database: 20 years of collaboration for marine conservation 2024 ·Biological Conservation ·Ana P. B. Carneiro, Maria P. Dias, Bethany L. Clark, Elizabeth J. Pearmain, Jonathan Handley, Amanda Hodgson, John P. Croxall, Richard A. Phillips, Steffen Oppel, (unknown), Ben Lascelles, (unknown), (unknown), Mark G. R. Miller, Philip R. Taylor, (unknown), David Grémillet, Tammy E. Davies	4
5	Mercury Concentrations in Feathers of Albatrosses and Large Petrels at South Georgia: Contemporary Patterns and Comparisons with Past Decades 2024 ·Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ·(unknown), Paco Bustamante, Francisco Ramı́rez, Manuela G. Forero, Richard A. Phillips	5
6	Seasonal resource tracking and use of sea-ice foraging habitats by albatrosses and large petrels 2024 ·Progress In Oceanography ·Ewan D. Wakefield, Erin L. McClymont, Ana P. B. Carneiro, John P. Croxall, Jacob González‐Solís, (unknown), Lesley H. Thorne, Victoria Warwick‐Evans, Andrew G. Wood, José C. Xavier, Richard A. Phillips	1
7	Review of Satellite Remote Sensing and Unoccupied Aircraft Systems for Counting Wildlife on Land 2024 ·Remote Sensing ·Marie R. G. Attard, Richard A. Phillips, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David W. Johnston, Peter T. Fretwell	14
8	Rapid radiation of Southern Ocean shags in response to receding sea ice 2022 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Nicolas J. Rawlence, (unknown), Hamish G. Spencer, Jonathan M. Waters, (unknown), Kieren J. Mitchell, Richard A. Phillips, Luciano Calderón, Timothée R. Cook, Charles‐André Bost, Ludovic Dutoit, Tania M. King, Juan F. Masello, (unknown), Petra Quillfeldt, Norman Ratcliffe, Peter G. Ryan, (unknown), Martyn Kennedy	6
9	Variation in blood mercury concentrations in brown skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus) is related to trophic ecology but not breeding success or adult body condition 2022 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Andrés Ibáñez, (unknown), Paco Bustamante, Rona A. R. McGill, (unknown), Facundo X. Palacio, (unknown), (unknown), Rocío Mariano-Jelicich, Richard A. Phillips, Diego Montalti	4
10	Monitoring vocal activity and temporal patterns in attendance of White-chinned Petrels using bioacoustics 2022 ·Emu - Austral Ornithology ·(unknown), Richard A. Phillips, Rachel T. Buxton	2
11	Environmental drivers of movement in a threatened seabird: insights from a mechanistic model and implications for conservation 2020 ·Diversity and Distributions ·(unknown), Richard A. Phillips, Thomas A. Clay, Marius Somveille, Andrea Manica	25
12	Sex‐specific effects of wind on the flight decisions of a sexually dimorphic soaring bird 2020 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Thomas A. Clay, Rocío Joo, Henri Weimerskirch, Richard A. Phillips, (unknown), Mathieu Basille, Susana Clusella‐Trullas, Jelle Assink, Samantha C. Patrick	46
13	Protein Deimination and Extracellular Vesicle Profiles in Antarctic Seabirds 2020 ·Biology ·Richard A. Phillips, Igor Kraev, Sigrun Lange	23
14	Genomics detects population structure within and between ocean basins in a circumpolar seabird: The white‐chinned petrel 2019 ·Molecular Ecology ·Kalinka Rexer‐Huber, Andrew J. Veale, Paulo Catry, Yves Cherel, Ludovic Dutoit, (unknown), John C. McEwan, Graham C. Parker, Richard A. Phillips, Peter G. Ryan, Andrew Stanworth, Tracey C. van Stijn, David R. Thompson, Jonathan M. Waters, Bruce C. Robertson	19
15	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
16	Geolocation Tracking of the Annual Migration of Adult Australasian Gannets ( Morus serrator ) Breeding in New Zealand 2011 ·The Wilson Journal of Ornithology ·Stefanie M. H. Ismar, Richard A. Phillips, Matt J. Rayner, Márk E. Hauber	17
17	Trade-off between migration and reproduction and the physiological basis of egg size dimorphism in macaroni penguins 2010 ·NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) ·Glenn T. Crossin, Phil Trathan, Richard A. Phillips, (unknown)	1
18	Using emulation to debug control logic code 2010 ·Winter Simulation Conference ·Richard A. Phillips, (unknown)	4
19	The Valuation Impact of Financial Advisors: An Empirical Analysis of Reit Merger and Acquisitions 2006 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Kenneth N. Daniels, Richard A. Phillips	2
20	A model of diurnal variation in liveweight of hoggets 1987 ·New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science ·(unknown), Richard A. Phillips, (unknown)	1

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