Alistair J. McGowan

2.4k total citations
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alistair J. McGowan is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Alistair J. McGowan has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Paleontology, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Alistair J. McGowan's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (17 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (14 papers). Alistair J. McGowan is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (17 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (14 papers). Alistair J. McGowan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and U.S. Virgin Islands. Alistair J. McGowan's co-authors include Andrew B. Smith, Paul M. Barrett, Gareth J. Dyke, Mark A. Bell, Peter J. Mayhew, Tim G. Benton, A. B. Smith, Paul D. Taylor, Graeme T. Lloyd and Michael Hautmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alistair J. McGowan

34 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alistair J. McGowan United Kingdom 21 978 280 270 193 190 35 1.3k
Alexander M. Dunhill United Kingdom 20 823 0.8× 276 1.0× 142 0.5× 135 0.7× 141 0.7× 35 1.1k
Noel A. Heim United States 21 711 0.7× 328 1.2× 139 0.5× 298 1.5× 348 1.8× 36 1.3k
Melanie J. Hopkins United States 23 831 0.8× 205 0.7× 149 0.6× 239 1.2× 226 1.2× 64 1.3k
Emmanuel Fara France 21 1.2k 1.2× 285 1.0× 215 0.8× 214 1.1× 158 0.8× 66 1.3k
Luke A. Parry United Kingdom 18 882 0.9× 223 0.8× 142 0.5× 348 1.8× 147 0.8× 38 1.2k
Peter D. Roopnarine United States 24 734 0.8× 349 1.2× 214 0.8× 425 2.2× 618 3.3× 66 1.6k
Darío G. Lazo Argentina 17 761 0.8× 273 1.0× 111 0.4× 316 1.6× 208 1.1× 63 982
Vlad Codrea Romania 25 1.3k 1.4× 210 0.8× 634 2.3× 89 0.5× 127 0.7× 104 1.7k
Ricardo N. Melchor Argentina 25 1.0k 1.1× 401 1.4× 320 1.2× 61 0.3× 243 1.3× 73 1.6k
Tracy Aze United Kingdom 14 602 0.6× 450 1.6× 226 0.8× 243 1.3× 395 2.1× 19 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alistair J. McGowan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Neville, Charlotte E., Giuliana Silvestri, Alistair J. McGowan, et al.. (2017). Dietary Patterns and Retinal Vessel Caliber in the Irish Nun Eye Study. The journal of nutrition health & aging. 22(7). 751–758. 5 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J., et al.. (2014). Retinal Vascular Caliber, Iris Color, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Irish Nun Eye Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 56(1). 382–387. 12 indexed citations
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Mayhew, Peter J., Mark A. Bell, Tim G. Benton, & Alistair J. McGowan. (2012). Biodiversity tracks temperature over time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(38). 15141–15145. 120 indexed citations
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Hautmann, Michael, Andrew B. Smith, Alistair J. McGowan, & Hugo Bucher. (2012). Bivalves from the Olenekian (Early Triassic) of south-western Utah: systematics and evolutionary significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11(3). 263–293. 46 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J. & Wolfgang Kiessling. (2011). Using abundance data to assess the relative role of sampling biases and evolutionary 2 radiations in Upper Muschelkalk ammonoids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 2 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J., et al.. (2011). Avian Wing Proportions and Flight Styles: First Step towards Predicting the Flight Modes of Mesozoic Birds. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28672–e28672. 44 indexed citations
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Smith, Andrew B. & Alistair J. McGowan. (2011). The ties linking rock and fossil records and why they are important for palaeobiodiversity studies. Geological Society London Special Publications. 358(1). 1–7. 52 indexed citations
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Witt, Matthew J., Alistair J. McGowan, JM Blumenthal, et al.. (2010). Inferring vertical and horizontal movements of juvenile marine turtles from time-depth recorders. Aquatic Biology. 8. 169–177. 32 indexed citations
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Dyke, Gareth J., et al.. (2009). The shape of pterosaur evolution: evidence from the fossil record. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22(4). 890–898. 31 indexed citations
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Charlton, T.R., A. J. Barber, Alistair J. McGowan, et al.. (2009). The Triassic of Timor: Lithostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and palaeogeography. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 36(4-5). 341–363. 29 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J. & Gareth J. Dyke. (2009). A surfeit of theropods in the Moroccan Late Cretaceous? Comparing diversity estimates from field data and fossil shops. Geology. 37(9). 843–846. 32 indexed citations
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Smith, Andrew B. & Alistair J. McGowan. (2008). Temporal patterns of barren intervals in the Phanerozoic. Paleobiology. 34(1). 155–161. 26 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J. & Andrew B. Smith. (2007). AMMONOIDS ACROSS THE PERMIAN/TRIASSIC BOUNDARY: A CLADISTIC PERSPECTIVE. Palaeontology. 50(3). 573–590. 24 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J. & Gareth J. Dyke. (2007). A morphospace‐based test for competitive exclusion among flying vertebrates: did birds, bats and pterosaurs get in each other's space?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20(3). 1230–1236. 28 indexed citations
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Smith, Andrew B. & Alistair J. McGowan. (2007). THE SHAPE OF THE PHANEROZOIC MARINE PALAEODIVERSITY CURVE: HOW MUCH CAN BE PREDICTED FROM THE SEDIMENTARY ROCK RECORD OF WESTERN EUROPE?. Palaeontology. 50(4). 765–774. 186 indexed citations
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Smith, Andrew B. & Alistair J. McGowan. (2005). Cyclicity in the fossil record mirrors rock outcrop area. Biology Letters. 1(4). 443–445. 49 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J.. (2005). Ammonoid recovery from the Late Permian mass extinction event. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 4(6-7). 517–530. 24 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J.. (2004). The effect of the Permo-Triassic bottleneck on Triassic ammonoid morphological evolution. Paleobiology. 30(3). 369–395. 35 indexed citations
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McGowan, Alistair J.. (2004). Ammonoid taxonomic and morphologic recovery patterns after the Permian–Triassic. Geology. 32(8). 665–665. 39 indexed citations

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