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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 49 5291 5070 1941 1795 126 8165

Peter Ward publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter Ward between 1953 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter Ward published across 73 years, from 1953 to 2025, averaging 2.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2012. 1 of the 160 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1953 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2012. 1953: 1 publication 1954: 0 publications 1955: 0 publications 1956: 0 publications 1957: 0 publications 1958: 0 publications 1959: 0 publications 1960: 1 publication 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 1 publication 1965: 1 publication 1966: 2 publications 1967: 2 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 4 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 2 publications 1973: 2 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 4 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 13 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1953 2025

160 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter Ward: publications per year, 1953 to 2025
Year Publications
1953 1
1954 0
1955 0
1956 0
1957 0
1958 0
1959 0
1960 1
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 1
1965 1
1966 2
1967 2
1968 0
1969 4
1970 0
1971 1
1972 2
1973 2
1974 3
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 0
1980 3
1981 1
1982 1
1983 1
1984 3
1985 2
1986 0
1987 4
1988 4
1989 2
1990 4
1991 2
1992 2
1993 2
1994 0
1995 4
1996 4
1997 2
1998 5
1999 3
2000 1
2001 4
2002 5
2003 4
2004 7
2005 3
2006 3
2007 8
2008 4
2009 3
2010 3
2011 1
2012 13
2013 2
2014 4
2015 5
2016 3
2017 2
2018 4
2019 2
2020 5
2021 0
2022 3
2023 0
2024 0
2025 1
Total 160
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Peter Ward publications per year - data summary

  • Peter Ward, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Washington, has 160 publications recorded across 73 years, from 1953 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1953 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2012, with 13 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1953, 1960, 1964, 1965 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 20 of the 73 years in the span carry no publications at all (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 2.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 3.0 per year counting only the 53 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 4 publications, 3% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1953-1977: 20 publications (0.8 per year); 1978-2002: 60 publications (2.4 per year); 2003-2025: 80 publications (3.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Peter Ward publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Ward sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–130 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 126 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617 126
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Peter Ward publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Peter Ward, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Washington, records 126 publications - the 28th percentile of the discipline.
  • 28% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Peter Ward, and about 72% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Peter Ward ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Peter Ward D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Ward sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273 49
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Peter Ward D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Peter Ward, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Washington, records 49 D-Index - the 47th percentile of the discipline.
  • 47% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Peter Ward, and about 53% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Peter Ward ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Peter Ward is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary areas focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Medicine.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the fields of Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Oncology, Ecology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their work reflects a strong emphasis on marine and fisheries research, marine biology and ecology research, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, ocean acidification effects and responses, prostate cancer treatment and research, hormonal and reproductive studies, as well as pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism.

Key publication venues for their research include Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Patterns, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Ward are:

  • Geraint A. Tarling
  • Clara Manno
  • Caly Chien
  • Petra ten Hoopen
  • Nadine M. Johnston

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Ward include:

  • "Status, Change, and Futures of Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean," 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug Interaction of Apalutamide, Part 1: Clinical Studies in Healthy Men and Patients with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer," 2020, Clinical Pharmacokinetics
  • "Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug Interaction of Apalutamide, Part 2: Investigating Interaction Potential Using a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model," 2020, Clinical Pharmacokinetics
  • "Polar biodiversity data: From a national marine platform to a global data portal," 2022, Patterns
  • "A database of zooplankton abundance in the Atlantic sectors of the Southern and sub-Arctic Oceans," 2022, Patterns

The scientist's research on zooplankton and polar biodiversity highlights their engagement with marine ecology, while their pharmacokinetic studies focus on drug-drug interactions and treatment approaches related to prostate cancer.

Peter Ward's multidisciplinary approach integrates marine science with medical research, reflecting an overlap between biological oceanography, ecology, and therapeutic drug mechanisms. This positions their work at the intersection of environmental and biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web.

    E.J Murphy;J.L Watkins;P.N Trathan;K Reid

  • Extensive dissolution of live pteropods in the Southern Ocean

    N. Bednarsek;N. Bednarsek;N. Bednarsek;G. A. Tarling;D. C. E. Bakker;S. Fielding

  • Evolving Geographic Patterns of Cenozoic Magmatism in the North American Cordillera: The Temporal and Spatial Association of Magmatism and Metamorphic Core Complexes

    Richard Lee Armstrong;Peter Ward

  • South Georgia, antarctica: a productive, cold water, pelagic ecosystem

    A. Atkinson;M. J. Whitehouse;J. Priddle;G. C. Cripps

  • Pteropods in Southern Ocean ecosystems

    B.P.V. Hunt;E.A. Pakhomov;E.A. Pakhomov;G.W. Hosie;V. Siegel

  • Copepod hatching success in marine ecosystems with high diatom concentrations

    Xabier Irigoien;Roger P. Harris;Hans M. Verheye;Pierre Joly

  • Rapid warming of the ocean around South Georgia, Southern Ocean, during the 20th century: Forcings, characteristics and implications for lower trophic levels

    M.J. Whitehouse;M.P. Meredith;P. Rothery;A. Atkinson

  • The histochemical demonstration of myofibrillar adenosine triphosphatase activity in fish muscle.

    I. A. Johnston;S. Patterson;P. Ward;G. Goldspink

  • Large-scale patterns in diversity and community structure of surface water copepods from the Atlantic Ocean

    Rachel S. Woodd-Walker;Peter Ward;Andrew Clarke

  • SeaWiFS in the southern ocean: spatial and temporal variability in phytoplankton biomass around South Georgia

    Rebecca E Korb;Mick J Whitehouse;Pete Ward

  • Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets

    E. L. Cavan;F. A. C. Le Moigne;F. A. C. Le Moigne;A. J. Poulton;G. A. Tarling

  • Microearthquake survey and the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge in Iceland

    Peter L. Ward;Gudmundur Pálmason;Charles Drake

  • Feeding ecology of myctophid fishes in the northern Scotia Sea

    R.S. Shreeve;Martin Anthony Collins;Geraint A. Tarling;Charlotte Main

  • Temperature and metabolic rate in sedentary fish from the Antarctic, North Sea and Indo-West Pacific Ocean

    I. A. Johnston;A. Clarke;P. Ward;P. Ward

  • An overview of Southern Ocean zooplankton data: abundance, biomass, feeding and functional relationships

    A. Atkinson;P. Ward

  • Microearthquakes, swarms, and the geothermal areas of Iceland

    Peter L. Ward;Sveinbjörn Björnsson

  • Acoustic discrimination of Southern Ocean zooplankton

    Andrew S. Brierley;Peter Ward;Jonathan L. Watkins;Catherine Goss

  • Differences in backscattering strength determined at 120 and 38 kHz for three species of Antarctic macroplankton

    L.S.P. Madureira;Peter Ward;Angus Atkinson

  • Zooplankton response to a phytoplankton bloom near South Georgia, Antarctica

    Angus Atkinson;Rachael S. Shreeve;Evgeny A. Pakhomov;Julian Priddle

  • KRILLBASE: a circumpolar database of Antarctic krill and salp numerical densities, 1926–2016

    Angus Atkinson;Simeon L Hill;Evgeny A Pakhomov;Volker Siegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Angus Atkinson
Angus Atkinson Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Geraint A. Tarling
Geraint A. Tarling British Antarctic Survey
Sally E. Thorpe
Sally E. Thorpe Natural Environment Research Council
Eugene J. Murphy
Eugene J. Murphy British Antarctic Survey
Martin A. Collins
Martin A. Collins British Antarctic Survey
David W. Pond
David W. Pond University of Stirling
Sophie Fielding
Sophie Fielding British Antarctic Survey
Michael P. Meredith
Michael P. Meredith British Antarctic Survey
Jonathan L. Watkins
Jonathan L. Watkins British Antarctic Survey
Andrew S. Brierley
Andrew S. Brierley University of St Andrews

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