Alexander O. Vargas

1.2k total citations
50 papers, 896 citations indexed

About

Alexander O. Vargas is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander O. Vargas has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 896 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexander O. Vargas's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (42 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (21 papers). Alexander O. Vargas is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (42 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (21 papers). Alexander O. Vargas collaborates with scholars based in Chile, Argentina and United States. Alexander O. Vargas's co-authors include John F. Fallon, Sergio Soto‐Acuña, David Rubilar-Rogers, Günter P. Wagner, João Francisco Botelho, Carolina S. Gutstein, Rodrigo Young, Roberto Mayor, Rodrigo A. Otero and Jorge Mpodozis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alexander O. Vargas

49 papers receiving 851 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander O. Vargas Chile 20 587 336 211 136 123 50 896
Jonathan E. Jeffery Netherlands 14 421 0.7× 236 0.7× 187 0.9× 144 1.1× 128 1.0× 20 748
Martin Brazeau United Kingdom 17 930 1.6× 716 2.1× 183 0.9× 97 0.7× 78 0.6× 32 1.2k
Chris L. Organ United States 17 504 0.9× 182 0.5× 316 1.5× 100 0.7× 299 2.4× 31 1.1k
Edward B. Daeschler United States 19 1.4k 2.4× 1.0k 3.1× 239 1.1× 213 1.6× 108 0.9× 54 1.9k
David W. Bapst United States 10 830 1.4× 231 0.7× 114 0.5× 137 1.0× 90 0.7× 11 953
Justin A. Georgi United States 10 546 0.9× 219 0.7× 69 0.3× 97 0.7× 52 0.4× 12 707
Catherine Boisvert Australia 15 390 0.7× 335 1.0× 212 1.0× 81 0.6× 44 0.4× 31 705
Yousry Attia United States 17 557 0.9× 290 0.9× 69 0.3× 199 1.5× 44 0.4× 23 858
Martin Kundrát Slovakia 20 944 1.6× 563 1.7× 74 0.4× 153 1.1× 37 0.3× 62 1.1k
Hillary C. Maddin Canada 20 675 1.1× 355 1.1× 55 0.3× 314 2.3× 43 0.3× 52 877

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander O. Vargas

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All Works

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Cruzado‐Caballero, Penélope, et al.. (2024). Lower Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaurs from the southwestern margin of Gondwana. Cretaceous Research. 165. 105983–105983. 1 indexed citations
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Vargas, Alexander O., Sergio Soto‐Acuña, Marcelo Leppe, et al.. (2023). Relict duck-billed dinosaurs survived into the last age of the dinosaurs in subantarctic Chile. Science Advances. 9(24). eadg2456–eadg2456. 10 indexed citations
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Rubilar-Rogers, David, et al.. (2021). Arackar licanantay gen. et sp. nov. a new lithostrotian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Atacama Region, northern Chile. Cretaceous Research. 124. 104802–104802. 8 indexed citations
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Martinelli, Agustín G., Sergio Soto‐Acuña, Francisco J. Goin, et al.. (2021). New cladotherian mammal from southern Chile and the evolution of mesungulatid meridiolestidans at the dusk of the Mesozoic era. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7594–7594. 19 indexed citations
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Goin, Francisco J., Agustín G. Martinelli, Emma Carolina Vieytes, et al.. (2020). First Mesozoic mammal from Chile: the southernmost record of a late Cretaceous Gondwanatherian. 5 indexed citations
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Legendre, Lucas J., et al.. (2020). A giant soft-shelled egg from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica. Nature. 583(7816). 411–414. 10 indexed citations
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Soto‐Acuña, Sergio, et al.. (2019). Assesment and interpretation of negative forelimb allometry in the evolution of non-avian Theropoda. Frontiers in Zoology. 16(1). 44–44. 9 indexed citations
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Soto‐Acuña, Sergio, et al.. (2018). Dinosaur ossification centres in embryonic birds uncover developmental evolution of the skull. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(12). 1966–1973. 23 indexed citations
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Rubilar-Rogers, David, Alexander O. Vargas, Sergio Soto‐Acuña, & Rodrigo A. Otero. (2017). Nota breve sobre una vértebra caudal de titanosaurio (Sauropoda, Lithostrotia) del Cretácico Tardío de la Región de Atacama. Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. 66(1). 61–65.
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Botelho, João Francisco, et al.. (2016). Greater Growth of Proximal Metatarsals in Bird Embryos and the Evolution of Hallux Position in the Grasping Foot. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 328(1-2). 106–118. 7 indexed citations
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Salgado, Leonardo, Fernando E. Novas, Manuel Suárez, et al.. (2015). Late Jurassic Sauropods in Chilean Patagonia. Ameghiniana. 52(4). 418–418. 11 indexed citations
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Novas, Fernando E., Leonardo Salgado, Manuel Suárez, et al.. (2015). An enigmatic plant-eating theropod from the Late Jurassic period of Chile. Nature. 522(7556). 331–334. 63 indexed citations
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Salinas‐Saavedra, Miguel, et al.. (2014). New developmental evidence supports a homeotic frameshift of digit identity in the evolution of the bird wing. Frontiers in Zoology. 11(1). 33–33. 17 indexed citations
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Otero, Rodrigo A., et al.. (2013). Additions to the diversity of elasmosaurid plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica. Gondwana Research. 26(2). 772–784. 22 indexed citations
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Salinas‐Saavedra, Miguel & Alexander O. Vargas. (2011). Cortical cytasters: a highly conserved developmental trait of Bilateria with similarities to Ctenophora. EvoDevo. 2(1). 23–23. 3 indexed citations
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Vargas, Alexander O.. (2009). Did Paul Kammerer discover epigenetic inheritance? A modern look at the controversial midwife toad experiments. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 312B(7). 667–678. 31 indexed citations
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Vargas, Alexander O., Tiana Kohlsdorf, John F. Fallon, John M. VandenBrooks, & Günter P. Wagner. (2008). The Evolution of HoxD-11 Expression in the Bird Wing: Insights from Alligator mississippiensis. PLoS ONE. 3(10). e3325–e3325. 35 indexed citations
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Wagner, Günter P. & Alexander O. Vargas. (2008). On the nature of thumbs. Genome Biology. 9(3). 213–213. 21 indexed citations
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Vargas, Alexander O. & John F. Fallon. (2005). The digits of the wing of birds are 1, 2, and 3. a review. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 304B(3). 206–219. 43 indexed citations
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Vargas, Alexander O., et al.. (2004). Answering Cuvier: Notes on the systemic/historic nature of living beings.. Cybernetics & human knowing. 11. 11–19. 1 indexed citations

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