Robert Harcourt

17.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
284 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Harcourt is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Harcourt has authored 284 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 217 papers in Ecology, 69 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 64 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Robert Harcourt's work include Marine animal studies overview (190 papers), Marine and fisheries research (59 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (53 papers). Robert Harcourt is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (190 papers), Marine and fisheries research (59 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (53 papers). Robert Harcourt collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Robert Harcourt's co-authors include Mark A. Hindell, Clive R. McMahon, Luciana M. Möller, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Charlie Huveneers, Ian D. Jonsen, Isabelle Charrier, David J. Slip, Benjamin J. Pitcher and Frederick G. Whoriskey and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Robert Harcourt

280 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world

2015 1.0k citations Kim Aarestrup, Steven J. Cooke et al. profile →
Variability in sea ice cover and climate elicit sex specific responses in an Antarctic predator

2017 464 citations Sara Labrousse, Alexander Fraser et al. profile →
Continental-scale animal tracking reveals functional movement classes across marine taxa

2018 297 citations Hamish A. Campbell, Xavier Hoenner et al. profile →
Australia’s continental-scale acoustic tracking database and its automated quality control process

2018 237 citations Xavier Hoenner, Charlie Huveneers et al. profile →
aniMotum, an R package for animal movement data: Rapid quality control, behavioural estimation and simulation

2023 70 citations Ian D. Jonsen, W. James Grecian et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Harcourt Australia	50	6.6k	2.8k	2.4k	1.5k	1.3k	284	10.0k
Andrew W. Trites Canada	49	7.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	369 0.3×	226	8.1k
Ian L. Boyd United Kingdom	60	7.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	3.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	458 0.4×	158	9.4k
Andrew J. Read United States	54	7.7k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	3.2k 1.3×	897 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	187	9.1k
Rory P. Wilson United Kingdom	63	9.5k 1.4×	3.9k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	3.7k 2.5×	893 0.7×	255	13.1k
Michael R. Heithaus United States	61	9.3k 1.4×	7.0k 2.5×	5.2k 2.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	215	13.7k
Kit M. Kovacs Norway	58	8.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	747 0.6×	301	11.9k
Mark A. Hindell Australia	62	9.7k 1.5×	1.8k 0.6×	3.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	556 0.4×	339	12.9k
Len Thomas United Kingdom	51	12.8k 1.9×	3.4k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.7×	178	15.3k
Paul M. Thompson United Kingdom	55	6.9k 1.0×	948 0.3×	2.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	171	8.1k
Terrie M. Williams United States	51	6.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	481 0.4×	146	8.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Harcourt

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McMahon, Clive R., Fabien Roquet, Christophe Guinet, et al.. (2025). An enduring, 20-year, multidisciplinary seal-borne ocean sensor research collaboration in the Southern Ocean. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 13(1).

Matley, Jordan K., Natalie V. Klinard, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, et al.. (2024). Long‐term effects of tagging fishes with electronic tracking devices. Fish and Fisheries. 25(6). 1009–1025. 9 indexed citations

Allen, Simon J., Hillman Smith, Kelly Waples, & Robert Harcourt. (2023). The voluntary code of conduct for dolphin watching in Port Stephens, Australia: is self-regulation an effective management tool?. The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 9(2). 159–166. 8 indexed citations

Jonsen, Ian D., W. James Grecian, Lachlan Phillips, et al.. (2023). aniMotum, an R package for animal movement data: Rapid quality control, behavioural estimation and simulation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(3). 806–816. 70 indexed citations breakdown →

Portela, Esther, Stephen R. Rintoul, Laura Herráiz‐Borreguero, et al.. (2022). Controls on Dense Shelf Water Formation in Four East Antarctic Polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 127(12). 9 indexed citations

Carroll, Emma L., Virginia Andrews‐Goff, C. Scott Baker, et al.. (2022). New Zealand southern right whale (Eubalaena australis; Tohorā nō Aotearoa) behavioural phenology, demographic composition, and habitat use in Port Ross, Auckland Islands over three decades: 1998–2021. Polar Biology. 45(8). 1441–1458. 6 indexed citations

Raoult, Vincent, et al.. (2022). Lipid extraction has tissue‐dependent effects on isotopic values (δ ³⁴ S, δ ¹³ C, and δ ¹⁵ N) from different marine predators. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 36(18). e9346–e9346. 7 indexed citations

Hindell, Mark A., Clive R. McMahon, Simon Wotherspoon, et al.. (2022). Elephant seal foraging success is enhanced in Antarctic coastal polynyas. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1967). 20212452–20212452. 12 indexed citations

Salton, M.R.J., Sophie Bestley, Nick Gales, & Robert Harcourt. (2021). Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals. Animal Behaviour. 183. 103–116. 4 indexed citations

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Day, Joanna, David Power, Rosemary Gales, et al.. (2021). Australian sperm whales from different whaling stocks belong to the same population. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31(6). 1452–1465. 2 indexed citations

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Pirotta, Vanessa, Kylie Owen, David Donnelly, M Brasier, & Robert Harcourt. (2021). First evidence of bubble‐net feeding and the formation of ‘super‐groups’ by the east Australian population of humpback whales during their southward migration. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31(9). 2412–2419. 30 indexed citations

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Herráiz‐Borreguero, Laura, Stephen R. Rintoul, Clive R. McMahon, et al.. (2021). Warm Modified Circumpolar Deep Water Intrusions Drive Ice Shelf Melt and Inhibit Dense Shelf Water Formation in Vincennes Bay, East Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(8). 28 indexed citations

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Niella, Yuri, Hugo Flávio, Amy F. Smoothey, et al.. (2020). Refined Shortest Paths (RSP): Incorporation of topography in space use estimation from node‐based telemetry data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11(12). 1733–1742. 29 indexed citations

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Peng, Chengbin, Carlos M. Duarte, Daniel P. Costa, et al.. (2019). Deep Learning Resolves Representative Movement Patterns in a Marine Predator Species. Applied Sciences. 9(14). 2935–2935. 4 indexed citations

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Benson, Abigail, Ward Appeltans, Samuel Bosch, et al.. (2018). Outcomes of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Ocean Biogeographic Information System OBIS-Event-Data Workshop on Animal Tagging and Tracking. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 2. e25728–e25728. 2 indexed citations

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Hindell, Mark A., Michael Sumner, Sophie Bestley, et al.. (2017). Decadal changes in habitat characteristics influence population trajectories of southern elephant seals. Global Change Biology. 23(12). 5136–5150. 33 indexed citations

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McGowan, Jennifer, Maria Beger, Rebecca L. Lewison, et al.. (2016). Integrating research using animal‐borne telemetry with the needs of conservation management. Journal of Applied Ecology. 54(2). 423–429. 103 indexed citations

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Williams, Guy D., Laura Herráiz‐Borreguero, Fabien Roquet, et al.. (2016). The suppression of Antarctic bottom water formation by melting ice shelves in Prydz Bay. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12577–12577. 152 indexed citations

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Harcourt, Robert. (2001). Advances in New Zealand mammalogy 1990–2000: Pinnipeds. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31(1). 135–160. 28 indexed citations

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Lalas, Chris & Robert Harcourt. (1995). Pup production of the New Zealand fur seal on Otago Peninsula, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 25(1). 81–88. 34 indexed citations

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