Alfred E. Emerson

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alfred E. Emerson is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred E. Emerson has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Genetics, 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alfred E. Emerson's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (26 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (13 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). Alfred E. Emerson is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (26 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (13 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). Alfred E. Emerson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Alfred E. Emerson's co-authors include Karl P. Schmidt, W. C. Allee, Frank A. Pitelka, K. Mahesh Krishna, Thomas Park, George Gaylord Simpson, Ernst Mayr, Marshall Kay, Edwin H. Colbert and Daniel I. Axelrod and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Alfred E. Emerson

40 papers receiving 866 citations

Hit Papers

Principles of Animal Ecology. 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 100 200 300 400 500
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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Principles of Animal Ecology.
    1951 550 citations Alfred E. Emerson, Karl P. Schmidt et al. Evolution profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfred E. Emerson United States 12 539 515 268 207 129 42 1.1k
H B D Kettlewell United Kingdom 13 720 1.3× 496 1.0× 263 1.0× 200 1.0× 125 1.0× 26 1.3k
Henry S. Dybas United States 13 706 1.3× 347 0.7× 336 1.3× 195 0.9× 48 0.4× 22 952
Karl P. Schmidt United States 15 469 0.9× 321 0.6× 458 1.7× 290 1.4× 399 3.1× 57 1.4k
Adam Łomnicki Poland 17 404 0.7× 332 0.6× 448 1.7× 273 1.3× 144 1.1× 33 1000
W. C. Allee United States 9 240 0.4× 181 0.4× 296 1.1× 214 1.0× 137 1.1× 13 803
Allan Oaten United States 8 332 0.6× 268 0.5× 372 1.4× 238 1.1× 198 1.5× 11 1.0k
P. J. Darlington United States 18 768 1.4× 480 0.9× 612 2.3× 550 2.7× 216 1.7× 55 1.9k
Peter O’Donald United Kingdom 27 1.6k 3.0× 974 1.9× 516 1.9× 227 1.1× 146 1.1× 85 2.1k
LaMont C. Cole United States 12 710 1.3× 350 0.7× 899 3.4× 613 3.0× 415 3.2× 30 2.0k
Olivia Judson United Kingdom 11 420 0.8× 492 1.0× 262 1.0× 176 0.9× 129 1.0× 14 1.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Krishna, K. Mahesh & Alfred E. Emerson. (1983). A new fossil species of termite from Mexican amber, Mastotermes electromexicus (Isoptera, Mastotermitidae).. American Museum Novitates. 2767(2767). 8–8. 12 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E., et al.. (1974). EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS OF FREEDOM, DEATH, AND DIGNITY. Zygon®. 9(2). 3 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1971). Tertiary fossil species of the Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera), phylogeny of genera, and reciprocal phylogeny of associated Flagellata (Protozoa) and the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). 146(3). 245–303. 48 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1966). A Revision of the Termite Subfamily Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Ethiopian Region.W. A. Sands. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 41(3). 325–325. 1 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1966). COMMENTARY ON THEOLOGICAL RESOURCES FROM THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Zygon®. 1(1). 1 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1965). A review of the Mastotermitidae (Isoptera), including a new fossil genus from Brazil. American Museum Novitates. 2236. 1–46. 44 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E., et al.. (1965). The neotropical genus Labiotermes (Holmgren) : its phylogeny, distribution, and ecology (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2208. American Museum Novitates. 6 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1965). A review of the Mastotermitidae (Isoptera), including a new fossil genus from Brazil. American Museum novitates ; no. 2236. American Museum Novitates. 2 indexed citations
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Krishna, K. Mahesh & Alfred E. Emerson. (1962). New species of the genus Glyptotermes Froggatt from the Papuan, Oriental, Ethiopian, and Neotropical regions (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2089. American Museum Novitates.
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1962). The impact of Darwin on biology. Acta Biotheoretica. 15(4). 175–216. 2 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1961). VESTIGIAL CHARACTERS OF TERMITES AND PROCESSES OF REGRESSIVE EVOLUTION. Evolution. 15(2). 115–131. 28 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1961). Principles of Animal Taxonomy . George Gaylord Simpson. Columbia University Press, New York, 1961. xii + 247 pp. $6.. Science. 133(3464). 1589–1590. 68 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1959). Two new records from the Bridger Middle Eocene of Tabernacle Butte, Wyoming. American Museum Novitates. 1986. 1–5. 5 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1959). "Feedback" in Evolution. Science. 129(3362). 1580–1580. 1 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1958). K. P. Schmidt—Herpetologist, Ecologist, Zoogeographer. Science. 127(3307). 1162–1163. 12 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E., et al.. (1957). Five new species and one redescription of the neotropical genus Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). American Museum novitates ; no. 1841. American Museum Novitates. 3 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1956). Regenerate Behavior and Social Homeostasis of Termites. Ecology. 37(2). 248–258. 46 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E. & Karl P. Schmidt. (1955). Geographical origins and dispersions of termite genera. Chicago Natural History Museum eBooks. 95 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1954). Dynamic Homeostasis: A Unifying Principle in Organic, Social, and Ethical Evolution. 78(2). 67–85. 22 indexed citations
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Emerson, Alfred E.. (1952). The neotropical genera Procornitermes and Cornitermes (Isoptera, Termitidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 99, article 8. American Museum Novitates. 3 indexed citations

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