Peter R. Last

9.3k citations

113 papers · 6.9k · 2 hit papers · h-index 22

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.1%
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
Aquatic Science top 0.05%
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Papers in

Nature and Landscape Conservation 105
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology 100
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior 20
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 18
Aquatic Science 54
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies 53

Co-authors: Robert Ward (4 shared papers)Tyler Zemlak (1 shared paper)Paul D. N. Hebert (1 shared paper)JD Stevens (1 shared paper)Victor G. Springer (1 shared paper)William T. White (24 shared papers)Gavin J. P. Naylor (12 shared papers)Graham J. Edgar (6 shared papers)
Journals: Zootaxa (55 papers)Copeia (7 papers)New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (5 papers)Journal of Biogeography (4 papers)Biological Conservation (3 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States France

In The Last Decade

Peter R. Last

110 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Peter R. Last's Hit Papers

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DNA barcoding Australia's fish species 2005 · 3.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
1994 Copeia

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1	DNA barcoding Australia's fish species Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Robert Ward, Tyler Zemlak, B. H. Innes, Peter R. Last, Paul D. N. Hebert Hit paper breakdown →	2005	3310
2	Sharks and Rays of Australia Copeia ·Victor G. Springer, Peter R. Last, JD Stevens Hit paper breakdown →	1994	1034
3	Long‐term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Peter R. Last, William T. White, Daniel C. Gledhill, Alistair J. Hobday, Rebecca Brown, Graham J. Edgar, GT Pecl	2010	382
4	A DNA Sequence–Based Approach To the Identification of Shark and Ray Species and Its Implications for Global Elasmobranch Diversity and Parasitology Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ·Gavin J. P. Naylor, Janine N. Caira, Kirsten Jensen, K. A. M. Rosana, William T. White, Peter R. Last	2012	379
5	DNA barcoding Australasian chondrichthyans: results and potential uses in conservation Marine and Freshwater Research ·Robert Ward, Bronwyn Holmes, William T. White, Peter R. Last	2008	256
6	The conservation significance of estuaries: a classification of Tasmanian estuaries using ecological, physical and demographic attributes as a case study Biological Conservation ·Graham J. Edgar, NS Barrett, David J. Graddon, Peter R. Last	2000	168
7	A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Gavin J. P. Naylor, B. Mabel Manjaji‐Matsumoto	2016	126
8	The distribution of macroinvertebrates and fishes in Tasmanian estuaries Journal of Biogeography ·Graham J. Edgar, NS Barrett, Peter R. Last	1999	75
9	A hierarchical framework for classifying seabed biodiversity with application to planning and managing Australia’s marine biological resources Biological Conservation ·Peter R. Last, Vincent Lyne, Alan Williams, Campbell R. Davies, Alan Butler, G. K. Yearsley	2010	71
10	A review of the taxonomy of chondrichthyan fishes: a modern perspective Journal of Fish Biology ·William T. White, Peter R. Last	2012	60
11	Phylogeography of the Indo‐West Pacific maskrays (Dasyatidae, Neotrygon): a complex example of chondrichthyan radiation in the Cenozoic Ecology and Evolution ·Melody Puckridge, Peter R. Last, William T. White, Nikos Andreakis	2012	54
12	A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Bernard Séret, Gavin J. P. Naylor	2016	47
13	Scorpaena bulacephala, a new species of scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the northern Tasman Sea Zootaxa ·Hiroyuki Motomura, Peter R. Last, G. K. Yearsley	2005	37
14	Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, William T. White, Bernard Séret	2016	34
15	New Species of Shallow Water Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae: Scorpaena) from the Central Coast of Western Australia Copeia ·Hiroyuki Motomura, Peter R. Last, G. K. Yearsley	2006	33
16	An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Taiwan Zootaxa ·David A. Ebert, William T. White, Hsuan‐Ching Ho, Peter R. Last, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Bernard Séret, Nicolas Straube, Gavin J. P. Naylor, Marcelo R. de Carvalho	2013	32
17	Zoogeography and relationships of Australasian skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) Journal of Biogeography ·Peter R. Last, G. K. Yearsley	2002	32
18	A New Species of the Scorpionfish Genus Maxillicosta from the Southeast Coast of Australia, with a Redescription of M. Whitleyi (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae) Copeia ·Hiroyuki Motomura, Peter R. Last, Martin F. Gomon	2006	30
19	The Maugean Skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) — a micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, Daniel C. Gledhill	2007	29
20	Three new angel sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) from the Indo-Australian region Zootaxa ·Peter R. Last, William T. White	2008	24

About Peter R. Last

Peter R. Last is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Molecular Biology, having authored 113 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (100 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (53 papers), Marine and fisheries research (31 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (20 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (19 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers), Marine animal studies overview (17 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (4.4k citations), Aquatic Science (2.5k citations), Ecology (2.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.8k citations) and Molecular Biology (3.1k citations). Peter R. Last has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Robert Ward, Tyler Zemlak, Paul D. N. Hebert, JD Stevens, Victor G. Springer, William T. White, Gavin J. P. Naylor, Graham J. Edgar, Daniel C. Gledhill and NS Barrett. Their work appears in journals such as Zootaxa, Copeia, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Journal of Biogeography and Biological Conservation.

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