Standout Papers

On Optimal Use of a Patch... 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 1970 1973 1966 1974 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment
    1966 3.3k citations Robert H. MacArthur, Eric R. Pianka The American Naturalist profile →
  2. On r- and K-Selection
    1970 2.7k citations Eric R. Pianka The American Naturalist profile →
  3. The Structure of Lizard Communities
    1973 2.2k citations Eric R. Pianka Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics profile →
  4. Latitudinal Gradients in Species Diversity: A Review of Concepts
    1966 1.4k citations Eric R. Pianka The American Naturalist profile →
  5. Niche Overlap and Diffuse Competition
    1974 957 citations Eric R. Pianka Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Ecological Consequences of Foraging Mode
    1981 887 citations Eric R. Pianka et al. Ecology profile →
  7. Age-Specific Reproductive Tactics
    1975 565 citations Eric R. Pianka, William S. Parker The American Naturalist profile →
  8. Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards
    1986 519 citations Eric R. Pianka Princeton University Press eBooks profile →
  9. Lizard Ecology. Studies of a Model Organism
    1985 485 citations Ian R. Swingland, Raymond B. Huey et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
  10. Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards
    1987 454 citations L. R. Taylor, Eric R. Pianka Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
  11. The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes
    2024 35 citations Pascal O. Title, Sonal Singhal et al. Science profile →

Immediate Impact

2 by Nobel laureates 53 from Science/Nature 115 hit
Sub-graph 1 of 20

Citing Papers

Detection and spread of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the Antarctic Region
2024 Hit
Life history, climate and biogeography interactively affect worldwide genetic diversity of plant and animal populations
2021 Hit

Works of Eric R. Pianka being referenced

Functional traits, convergent evolution, and periodic tables of niches
2015
On r- and K-Selection
1970 Hit

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Eric R. Pianka 10.2k 8.6k 8.2k 7.0k 4.4k 114 21.2k
Thomas W. Schoener 13.0k 1.3× 11.2k 1.3× 7.4k 0.9× 9.4k 1.3× 4.4k 1.0× 143 27.0k
Navjot S. Sodhi 9.0k 0.9× 4.9k 0.6× 7.0k 0.9× 6.7k 1.0× 4.2k 1.0× 170 19.0k
Michael Kearney 10.2k 1.0× 6.2k 0.7× 5.7k 0.7× 5.2k 0.7× 9.4k 2.1× 225 18.9k
Rodolfo Dirzo 10.7k 1.1× 7.1k 0.8× 5.6k 0.7× 9.9k 1.4× 4.1k 0.9× 228 24.0k
Robert P. Freckleton 7.9k 0.8× 7.4k 0.9× 3.7k 0.5× 6.8k 1.0× 2.9k 0.6× 204 19.3k
Daniel I. Bolnick 9.5k 0.9× 6.9k 0.8× 3.7k 0.5× 6.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.5× 165 19.1k
Anthony R. Ives 8.6k 0.8× 10.1k 1.2× 4.9k 0.6× 7.7k 1.1× 2.8k 0.6× 243 23.7k
Tim G. Benton 11.8k 1.2× 10.1k 1.2× 6.0k 0.7× 7.1k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 194 26.9k
Raymond B. Huey 16.4k 1.6× 14.0k 1.6× 12.2k 1.5× 5.4k 0.8× 9.2k 2.1× 173 30.7k
Tim M. Blackburn 17.0k 1.7× 9.5k 1.1× 5.0k 0.6× 12.7k 1.8× 8.3k 1.9× 293 28.9k

All Works

Loading papers...

Rankless by CCL
2026