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D-Index
71
Citations
18144
World Ranking
1311
National Ranking
110

Robert Harcourt publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert Harcourt sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 326 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Robert Harcourt D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert Harcourt sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert Harcourt is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a variety of subfields, including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research topics frequently focus on marine animal studies, marine and fisheries research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, ichthyology and marine biology, fish ecology and management studies, isotope analysis in ecology, and animal vocal communication and behavior.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems, 2020, Nature
  • Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Marine mammal conservation: over the horizon, 2021, Endangered Species Research
  • aniMotum, an R package for animal movement data: Rapid quality control, behavioural estimation and simulation, 2023, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Animal Borne Ocean Sensors - AniBOS - An Essential Component of the Global Ocean Observing System, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science

Robert Harcourt publishes frequently in a number of venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Oecologia
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Royal Society Open Science

The scientist has collaborated extensively with various coauthors. Some of the most frequent collaborators are:

  • Clive R. McMahon
  • Mark A. Hindell
  • Ian D. Jonsen
  • Victor M. Peddemors
  • Christophe Guinet

Robert Harcourt has contributed to book publications as well. One notable title is Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid, published in 2021 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world

    Nigel E. Hussey;Steven T. Kessel;Kim Aarestrup;Steven J. Cooke

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Variability in sea ice cover and climate elicit sex specific responses in an Antarctic predator

    Sara Labrousse;Jean-Baptiste Sallee;Jean-Baptiste Sallee;Alexander D. Fraser;Rob A. Massom

  • Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

    Graeme C. Hays;Helen Bailey;Steven J. Bograd;W. Don Bowen

  • Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

    Nuno Queiroz;Nuno Queiroz;Nicolas E. Humphries;Ana Couto;Marisa Vedor

  • Testing a key assumption of wildlife buffer zones: is flight initiation distance a species-specific trait?

    Daniel T. Blumstein;Laura L. Anthony;Robert Harcourt;Geoff Ross

  • Continental-scale animal tracking reveals functional movement classes across marine taxa.

    Stephanie Brodie;Stephanie Brodie;Elodie J. I. Lédée;Elodie J. I. Lédée;Michelle R. Heupel;Russell C. Babcock

  • Australia's continental-scale acoustic tracking database and its automated quality control process.

    Xavier Hoenner;Charlie Huveneers;Andre Steckenreuter;Colin A Simpfendorfer

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Mark A. Hindell;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Luis A. Hückstädt

  • The suppression of Antarctic bottom water formation by melting ice shelves in Prydz Bay

    G. D. Williams;L. Herraiz-Borreguero;Fabien Roquet;T. Tamura

  • Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum

    Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan;Jennifer McGowan;Linda J. Beaumont;Robert J. Smith;Alienor L. M. Chauvenet;Alienor L. M. Chauvenet

  • Animal-borne telemetry: An integral component of the ocean observing toolkit

    Rob Harcourt;Ana M. M. Sequeira;Xuelei Zhang;Fabien Roquet

  • Alliance membership and kinship in wild male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia.

    Luciana M. Möller;Luciano B. Beheregaray;Robert G. Harcourt;Michael Krützen

  • Marine mammals exploring the oceans pole to pole: a review of the MEOP Consortium

    Anne Treasure;Anne Treasure;Fabien Roquet;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Marthán N. Bester

  • Important marine habitat off east Antarctica revealed by two decades of multi‐species predator tracking

    Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond;Mary Anne Lea;Toby Patterson;Virginia Andrews-Goff;Virginia Andrews-Goff

  • Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories

    Mark A. Hindell;Clive R. Mcmahon;Marthán N. Bester;Lars Boehme

  • Envisioning the future of aquatic animal tracking : technology, science, and application.

    Robert J. Lennox;Kim Aarestrup;Steven J. Cooke;Paul D. Cowley

  • Movement responses to environment: fast inference of variation among southern elephant seals with a mixed effects model

    I. D. Jonsen;C. R. McMahon;T. A. Patterson;M. Auger-Méthé

  • A Southern Indian Ocean database of hydrographic profiles obtained with instrumented elephant seals

    Fabien Roquet;Guy D. Williams;Mark A. Hindell;Mark A. Hindell;Robert G. Harcourt

  • Response of travelling bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) to experimental approaches by a powerboat in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia

    Michelle Lemon;Tim P. Lynch;Douglas H. Cato;Robert G. Harcourt

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Hindell
Mark A. Hindell University of Tasmania
Clive R. McMahon
Clive R. McMahon University of Tasmania
Ian D. Jonsen
Ian D. Jonsen Macquarie University
Charlie Huveneers
Charlie Huveneers Flinders University
Isabelle Charrier
Isabelle Charrier University of Paris-Saclay
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Corey J. A. Bradshaw Flinders University
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Michelle R. Heupel
Michelle R. Heupel University of Tasmania
Luciana M. Möller
Luciana M. Möller Flinders University

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