Peter B. Best
Impact in
- Developmental Biology top 1%
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Ecology top 0.5%
- Marine animal studies overview
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Papers in
- Ecology 95
- Marine animal studies overview 93
- Oceanography 42
- Marine and coastal plant biology 30
- Underwater Acoustics Research 12
- Co-authors
- D. M. Schell (1 shared paper)Pieter A. Folkens (1 shared paper)A. Rus Hoelzel (1 shared paper)Charles W. Potter (1 shared paper)Desray Reeb (12 shared papers)Simon H. Elwen (7 shared papers)Meredith Thornton (11 shared papers)Heinz Rüther (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Marine Mammal Science (18 papers)Journal of Mammalogy (5 papers)Molecular Ecology (3 papers)Journal of Zoology (3 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesPoland
In The Last Decade
Peter B. Best
101 papers receiving 2.6k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 110
- Developmental Biology 328
- Ecology 2.7k
- Oceanography 1.1k
- Atmospheric Science 809
- Global and Planetary Change 748
Countries citing papers authored by Peter B. Best
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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter B. Best
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Peter B. Best, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | 199 | |
| 2 | 1996 | 179 | |
| 3 | Whales and dolphins of the Southern African subregion | 2007 | 154 |
| 4 | Distribution and movements | 1969 | 141 |
| 5 | 1998 | 117 | |
| 6 | 2009 | 94 | |
| 7 | 2000 | 86 | |
| 8 | 1992 | 80 | |
| 9 | 1994 | 75 | |
| 10 | 2010 | 60 | |
| 11 | 2014 | 58 | |
| 12 | 2007 | 57 | |
| 13 | 1993 | 57 | |
| 14 | 2003 | 57 | |
| 15 | 2004 | 55 | |
| 16 | Seasonal abundance, feeding, reproduction, age and growth in Minke Whales off Durban (with incidental observations from the Antarctic). | 1982 | 55 |
| 17 | 1990 | 53 | |
| 18 | 1994 | 51 | |
| 19 | 1990 | 50 | |
| 20 | 2007 | 49 |
About Peter B. Best
Peter B. Best is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 104 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine animal studies overview (93 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (30 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (29 papers), Marine and fisheries research (20 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (13 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (12 papers), Cephalopods and Marine Biology (10 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (328 citations), Ecology (2.7k citations), Oceanography (1.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (809 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (748 citations). Peter B. Best has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Poland. Frequent co-authors include D. M. Schell, Pieter A. Folkens, A. Rus Hoelzel, Charles W. Potter, Desray Reeb, Simon H. Elwen, Meredith Thornton, Heinz Rüther, Jaco Barendse and Robert L. Brownell. Their work appears in journals such as Marine Mammal Science, Journal of Mammalogy, Molecular Ecology, Journal of Zoology and PLoS ONE.
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