Robert L. Pitman

6.2k total citations
93 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Pitman is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Pitman has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Ecology, 37 papers in Oceanography and 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Pitman's work include Marine animal studies overview (74 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (26 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers). Robert L. Pitman is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (74 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (26 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers). Robert L. Pitman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Robert L. Pitman's co-authors include Lisa T. Ballance, John W. Durban, Thomas A. Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, Paul C. Fiedler, Stephen B. Reilly, Paul R. Wade, Russel D. Andrews, Jay Barlow and Randall R. Reeves and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Pitman

92 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert L. Pitman	3.7k	1.1k	1.1k	704	686	93	4.3k
Robert L. Brownell	3.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	933 0.9×	560 0.8×	826 1.2×	168	4.2k
Randall R. Reeves	5.1k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	788 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	157	5.8k
Vincent Ridoux	5.2k 1.4×	844 0.7×	2.7k 2.5×	1.1k 1.5×	561 0.8×	139	5.9k
Robin W. Baird	5.3k 1.5×	2.3k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	886 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	183	6.1k
Martine Bérubé	2.7k 0.7×	921 0.8×	598 0.5×	330 0.5×	535 0.8×	77	3.7k
Jaume Forcada	2.8k 0.8×	444 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	630 0.9×	584 0.9×	102	3.4k
Patricia E. Rosel	2.7k 0.7×	573 0.5×	709 0.6×	361 0.5×	402 0.6×	98	3.2k
Phillip J. Clapham	4.3k 1.2×	2.3k 2.0×	942 0.9×	341 0.5×	1.6k 2.4×	108	4.7k
Simon Goldsworthy	3.2k 0.9×	300 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	716 1.0×	549 0.8×	139	3.8k
Peter B. Best	2.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	748 0.7×	361 0.5×	809 1.2×	104	2.9k

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Olson, Paula A., et al.. (2023). The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) in Antarctic waters. The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 8(3). 265–271. 1 indexed citations

Ballance, Lisa T., Robert L. Pitman, Jay Barlow, et al.. (2023). Acoustic recordings, biological observations, and genetic identification of a rare(?) beaked whale in the North Pacific: Mesoplodon carlhubbsi. Marine Mammal Science. 40(1). 123–142. 6 indexed citations

Foote, Andrew D., Alana Alexander, Lisa T. Ballance, et al.. (2023). “Type D” killer whale genomes reveal long-term small population size and low genetic diversity. Journal of Heredity. 114(2). 94–109. 5 indexed citations

Pitman, Robert L., et al.. (2023). Killer whales preying on a blue whale calf on the Costa Rica Dome: genetics, morphometrics, vocalisations and composition of the group. The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 9(2). 151–157. 4 indexed citations

Ballance, Lisa T., et al.. (2023). Cetacean sightings around the Republic of the Maldives, April 1998. The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 3(2). 213–218. 7 indexed citations

MacLeod, Colin D., William F. Perrin, Robert L. Pitman, et al.. (2023). Known and inferred distributions of beaked whale species (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 7(3). 271–286. 17 indexed citations

Pitman, Robert L. & Paul Ensor. (2023). Three forms of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Antarctic waters. The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue. 5(2). 131–139. 34 indexed citations

Sharp, Gemma C., et al.. (2022). The first three records of killer whales (Orcinus orca) killing and eating blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus). Marine Mammal Science. 38(3). 1286–1301. 14 indexed citations

Pitman, Robert L., et al.. (2020). Cold call: the acoustic repertoire of Ross Sea killer whales (Orcinus orca,Type C) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Royal Society Open Science. 7(2). 191228–191228. 17 indexed citations

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Bearzi, Giovanni, D Kerem, Nathan B. Furey, et al.. (2018). Whale and dolphin behavioural responses to dead conspecifics. Zoology. 128. 1–15. 42 indexed citations

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Durban, John W. & Robert L. Pitman. (2011). Antarctic killer whales make rapid, round-trip movements to subtropical waters: evidence for physiological maintenance migrations?. Biology Letters. 8(2). 274–277. 107 indexed citations

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Morin, Phillip A., Frederick I. Archer, Andrew D. Foote, et al.. (2010). Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species. Genome Research. 20(7). 908–916. 317 indexed citations

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Pitman, Robert L. & John W. Durban. (2009). Save the sea. Natural history. 118(9). 48. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiujiang, Jay Barlow, Barbara L. Taylor, et al.. (2008). Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China. Biological Conservation. 141(12). 3006–3018. 132 indexed citations

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Pitman, Robert L., et al.. (2005). A Test for Bias Due to Seabird Avoidance of Ships When Conducting Surveys in the Tropical Pacific. Marine ornithology. 33(2). 11 indexed citations

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Pitman, Robert L., et al.. (2004). Population Status, Foods and Foraging of Laysan Albatross Phoebastria Immutabilis Nesting on Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Marine ornithology. 32(2). 5 indexed citations

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Pitman, Robert L., et al.. (2004). POPULATION STATUS, FOODS AND FORAGING OF LAYSAN ALBATROSSES PHOEBASTRIA IMMUTABILIS NESTING ON GUADALUPE ISLAND, MEXICO. Marine ornithology. 32. 159–165. 18 indexed citations

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Pitman, Robert L.. (2003). Good Whale Hunting. Natural history. 112(10). 24–28. 4 indexed citations

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Pitman, Robert L. & Susan J. Chivers. (1999). Terror in Black and White: Killer whales devastate a pod of sperm whales in the Pacific off the coast of California.. Natural history. 107(10). 26–29. 2 indexed citations

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Pitman, Robert L. & Joseph R. Jehl. (1998). GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION AND REASSESSMENT OF SPECIES LIMITS IN THE "MASKED" BOOBIES OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 110(2). 155–170. 56 indexed citations

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