| Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays NK Dulvy, SL Fowler, JA Musick, RD Cavanagh, PM Kyne, LR Harrison, ... elife 3, e00590, 2014 | 1846 | 2014 |
| You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays NK Dulvy, JK Baum, S Clarke, LJV Compagno, E Cortés, A Domingo, ... Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18 (5), 459-482, 2008 | 964 | 2008 |
| Variation in demersal fish species richness in the oceans surrounding New Zealand: an analysis using boosted regression trees JR Leathwick, J Elith, MP Francis, T Hastie, P Taylor Marine ecology progress series 321, 267-281, 2006 | 681 | 2006 |
| Sex-biased dispersal of great white sharks AT Pardini, CS Jones, LR Noble, B Kreiser, H Malcolm, BD Bruce, ... Nature 412 (6843), 139-140, 2001 | 404 | 2001 |
| Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays N Pacoureau, CL Rigby, PM Kyne, RB Sherley, H Winker, JK Carlson, ... Nature 589 (7843), 567-571, 2021 | 312 | 2021 |
| Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries N Queiroz, NE Humphries, A Couto, M Vedor, I Da Costa, AMM Sequeira, ... Nature 572 (7770), 461-466, 2019 | 250 | 2019 |
| Novel methods for the design and evaluation of marine protected areas in offshore waters J Leathwick, A Moilanen, M Francis, J Elith, P Taylor, K Julian, T Hastie, ... Conservation Letters 1 (2), 91-102, 2008 | 231 | 2008 |
| Coastal fishes of New Zealand: a diver's identification guide M Francis Heinmann Reed, 1988 | 213* | 1988 |
| Observations on a pregnant white shark with a review of reproductive biology MP Francis Great white sharks: the biology of Carcharodon carcharias 157, 172, 1996 | 185 | 1996 |
| Atlas of New Zealand fish and squid distributions from research bottom trawls OF Anderson, NW Bagley, RJ Hurst, MP Francis, MR Clark, PJ McMillan NIWA Technical Report 42, 303, 1998 | 182 | 1998 |
| Low worldwide genetic diversity in the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) A Rus Hoelzel, MS Shivji, J Magnussen, MP Francis Biology letters 2 (4), 639-642, 2006 | 180 | 2006 |
| Diurnal and tidal variation in the abundance of the fish fauna of a temperate tidal mudflat MA Morrison, MP Francis, BW Hartill, DM Parkinson Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 54 (5), 793-807, 2002 | 171 | 2002 |
| Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean MP Francis Pacific science 47, 136-170, 1993 | 154 | 1993 |
| Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts: the uncertain future of manta and devil rays DA Croll, H Dewar, NK Dulvy, D Fernando, MP Francis, ... Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 26 (3), 562-575, 2016 | 151 | 2016 |
| Morphometry of the stone loach, Barbatula barbatula: do mensural characters reflect the species' life history thresholds? V Kováč, GH Copp, MP Francis Environmental Biology of Fishes 56, 105-115, 1999 | 140 | 1999 |
| Age under-estimation in New Zealand porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus): is there an upper limit to ages that can be determined from shark vertebrae? MP Francis, SE Campana, CM Jones Marine and Freshwater Research 58 (1), 10-23, 2007 | 136 | 2007 |
| Length at maturity in three pelagic sharks (Lamna nasus, Isurus oxyrinchus, and Prionace glauca) from New Zealand MP Francis, C Duffy | 130 | 2005 |
| Age, growth, maturity, longevity and natural mortality of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in New Zealand waters SDH Bishop, MP Francis, C Duffy, JC Montgomery Marine and Freshwater Research 57 (2), 143-154, 2006 | 128 | 2006 |
| Does water temperature determine year class strength in New Zealand snapper (Pagrus auratus, Sparidae)? MP Francis Fisheries oceanography 2 (2), 65-72, 1993 | 126 | 1993 |
| Pelagic shark bycatch in the New Zealand tuna longline fishery MP Francis, LH Griggs, SJ Baird Marine and Freshwater Research 52 (2), 165-178, 2001 | 120 | 2001 |
