Alan H. Turner

5.0k total citations
86 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Alan H. Turner is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan H. Turner has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Paleontology, 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alan H. Turner's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (64 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (62 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (37 papers). Alan H. Turner is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (64 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (62 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (37 papers). Alan H. Turner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Argentina. Alan H. Turner's co-authors include Mark A. Norell, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Nathan D. Smith, Randall B. Irmis, Diego Pol, Gregory M. Erickson, Peter J. Makovicky, Adam C. Pritchard, Julia A. Clarke and Joseph J. W. Sertich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alan H. Turner

85 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan H. Turner United States 36 3.4k 2.2k 600 206 176 86 3.8k
Catherine A. Forster United States 35 3.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.1× 741 1.2× 125 0.6× 187 1.1× 63 3.9k
Scott D. Sampson United States 30 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 709 1.2× 134 0.7× 199 1.1× 52 3.6k
Oliver W. M. Rauhut Germany 41 4.5k 1.3× 3.0k 1.3× 820 1.4× 224 1.1× 193 1.1× 107 4.7k
Corwin Sullivan China 31 2.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 508 0.8× 194 0.9× 234 1.3× 88 3.0k
Pascal Godefroit Belgium 35 2.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 581 1.0× 127 0.6× 145 0.8× 111 3.2k
Max C. Langer Brazil 44 5.1k 1.5× 3.6k 1.6× 932 1.6× 157 0.8× 215 1.2× 151 5.5k
Darren Naish United Kingdom 31 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 411 0.7× 136 0.7× 223 1.3× 93 2.6k
Ryosuke Motani United States 33 2.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 472 0.8× 177 0.9× 227 1.3× 100 3.3k
Sebastián Apesteguı́a Argentina 33 2.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 810 1.4× 58 0.3× 191 1.1× 81 3.1k
Benjamin P. Kear Sweden 34 3.1k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 415 0.7× 90 0.4× 343 1.9× 159 3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan H. Turner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turner, Alan H., et al.. (2021). Braincase anatomy of the Paleocene crocodyliform Rhabdognathus revealed through high resolution computed tomography. PeerJ. 9. e11253–e11253. 23 indexed citations
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Turner, Alan H.. (2021). The Cities of the Poor. 1 indexed citations
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Melstrom, Keegan M., Alan H. Turner, & Randall B. Irmis. (2021). Reevaluation of the cranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the early crocodyliform Eopneumatosuchus colberti, with an emphasis on its endocranial anatomy. The Anatomical Record. 305(10). 2557–2582. 15 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Patrick M., Alan H. Turner, Joseph Groenke, et al.. (2020). Late Cretaceous bird from Madagascar reveals unique development of beaks. Nature. 588(7837). 272–276. 26 indexed citations
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Seiffert, Erik R., et al.. (2019). New Crocodylomorph Material from the Fayum Depression, Egypt, Including the First Occurrence of a Sebecosuchian in African Late Eocene Deposits. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39(6). 9 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, Sterling J., Mark A. Loewen, Stephen L. Brusatte, et al.. (2019). A mid-Cretaceous tyrannosauroid and the origin of North American end-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(6). 892–899. 47 indexed citations
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Wilberg, Eric W., Alan H. Turner, & Christopher A. Brochu. (2019). Evolutionary structure and timing of major habitat shifts in Crocodylomorpha. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 514–514. 95 indexed citations
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Turner, Alan H., Adam C. Pritchard, & Nicholas J. Matzke. (2017). Empirical and Bayesian approaches to fossil-only divergence times: A study across three reptile clades. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0169885–e0169885. 42 indexed citations
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Pritchard, Adam C., Alan H. Turner, Randall B. Irmis, Sterling J. Nesbitt, & Nathan D. Smith. (2016). Extreme Modification of the Tetrapod Forelimb in a Triassic Diapsid Reptile. Current Biology. 26(20). 2779–2786. 24 indexed citations
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Turner, Alan H.. (2015). A Review of Shamosuchus and Paralligator (Crocodyliformes, Neosuchia) from the Cretaceous of Asia. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0118116–e0118116. 68 indexed citations
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Han, Gang, Luis M. Chiappe, JI Shu'an, et al.. (2014). A new raptorial dinosaur with exceptionally long feathering provides insights into dromaeosaurid flight performance. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4382–4382. 56 indexed citations
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Evans, Susan E., Joseph Groenke, Marc E. H. Jones, Alan H. Turner, & David W. Krause. (2014). New Material of Beelzebufo, a Hyperossified Frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e87236–e87236. 45 indexed citations
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Whiteside, Jessica H., Sofie Lindström, Randall B. Irmis, et al.. (2012). Continental Ecosystem Instability During the Late Triassic Rise of Dinosaurs. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 2 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, Sterling J., Alan H. Turner, Michelle Spaulding, Jack L. Conrad, & Mark A. Norell. (2009). The theropod furcula. Journal of Morphology. 270(7). 856–879. 59 indexed citations
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Erickson, Gregory M., Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Zhonghe Zhou, et al.. (2009). Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx. PLoS ONE. 4(10). e7390–e7390. 146 indexed citations
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Turner, Alan H., et al.. (2009). Gauging the effects of sampling failure in biogeographical analysis. Journal of Biogeography. 36(4). 612–625. 27 indexed citations
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Nahar, Lutfun, Suprovath Kumar Sarker, & Alan H. Turner. (2007). A Review on Synthetic and Natural Steroid Dimers: 1997-2006. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 14(12). 1349–1370. 44 indexed citations
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Turner, Alan H.. (2004). Crocodyliform biogeography during the Cretaceous: evidence of Gondwanan vicariance from biogeographical analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 271(1552). 2003–2009. 65 indexed citations

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