Bryan Patterson

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bryan Patterson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan Patterson has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Paleontology, 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Bryan Patterson's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (6 papers). Bryan Patterson is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (6 papers). Bryan Patterson collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Bryan Patterson's co-authors include Rosendo Pascual, Wann Langston, Larry G. Marshall, W. W. Howells, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Guillaume Billet, Christian de Muizon, William D. Turnbull, Walter Segall and Timothy J. Gaudin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Copeia.

In The Last Decade

Bryan Patterson

21 papers receiving 976 citations

Hit Papers

The Fossil Mammal Fauna of South America 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 100 200 300
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 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. The Fossil Mammal Fauna of South America
    1968 391 citations Bryan Patterson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bryan Patterson United States 13 895 338 291 252 180 21 1.1k
Jean Sudre France 22 965 1.1× 354 1.0× 300 1.0× 290 1.2× 156 0.9× 48 1.1k
Alan W. Gentry United Kingdom 18 865 1.0× 277 0.8× 557 1.9× 441 1.8× 106 0.6× 36 1.2k
Rosendo Pascual Argentina 20 1.6k 1.8× 637 1.9× 506 1.7× 392 1.6× 307 1.7× 51 1.9k
Charles A. Woods United States 17 644 0.7× 417 1.2× 642 2.2× 145 0.6× 173 1.0× 37 1.2k
Léonard Ginsburg France 22 1.4k 1.6× 517 1.5× 685 2.4× 448 1.8× 117 0.7× 90 1.6k
Bernard Sigé France 25 1.1k 1.3× 563 1.7× 281 1.0× 220 0.9× 217 1.2× 70 1.4k
Pascal Tassy France 19 702 0.8× 321 0.9× 373 1.3× 180 0.7× 75 0.4× 58 938
Jean‐Loup Welcomme France 19 877 1.0× 415 1.2× 342 1.2× 204 0.8× 140 0.8× 33 1.1k
Robert J. Emry United States 19 973 1.1× 476 1.4× 597 2.1× 105 0.4× 97 0.5× 68 1.1k
Cástor Cartelle Brazil 22 1.0k 1.2× 588 1.7× 384 1.3× 286 1.1× 178 1.0× 44 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bryan Patterson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bryan Patterson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bryan Patterson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Patterson, Bryan & Larry G. Marshall. (2015). The Deseadan, Early Oligocene, Marsupialia of South America. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 8 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan, Timothy J. Gaudin, Walter Segall, & William D. Turnbull. (2015). The Ear Region in Xenarthrans ( = Edentata: Mammalia). Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 11 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan. (2011). New Pantodonta and Dinocerata from the Upper Paleocene of western Colorado. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan, et al.. (2011). A soricid and two erinaceids from the White river Oligocene. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations
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Marshall, Larry G. & Bryan Patterson. (2011). Geology and geochronology of the mammal-bearing Tertiary of the Valle de Santa María and Río Corral Quemado, Catamarca Province, Argentina. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 61 indexed citations
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Billet, Guillaume, Bryan Patterson, & Christian de Muizon. (2009). Craniodental anatomy of late Oligocene archaeohyracids (Notoungulata, Mammalia) from Bolivia and Argentina and new phylogenetic hypotheses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155(2). 458–509. 57 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Dennis G., et al.. (2004). Isometric Strength and Dynamic Back Extensor Endurance are Unrelated in Children Ages 6–10 Years: A Pilot Study. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 99(3_suppl). 1290–1294. 1 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan, Timothy J. Gaudin, Walter Segall, & William D. Turnbull. (1992). The ear region in Xenarthrans ( = Edentata: Mammalia). Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan, Walter Segall, & William D. Turnbull. (1989). The ear region in Xenarthrans ( = Edentata: Mammalia). Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan. (1977). A primitive pyrothere (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the early Tertiary of northwestern Venezuela / Bryan Patterson --.. Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan, et al.. (1970). Geology and Fauna of a New Pliocene Locality in North-western Kenya. Nature. 226(5249). 918–921. 77 indexed citations
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Wood, Albert Elmer & Bryan Patterson. (1970). RELATIONSHIPS AMONG HYSTRICOGNATHOUS AND HYSTRICOMORPHOUS RODENTS. Mammalia. 34(4). 10 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan & W. W. Howells. (1967). Hominid Humeral Fragment from Early Pleistocene of Northwestern Kenya. Science. 156(3771). 64–66. 70 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan. (1966). A New Locality for Early Pleistocene Fossils in North-Western Kenya. Nature. 212(5062). 577–578. 27 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan & Wann Langston. (1965). Fossil Crocodilians from Colombia and the Cenozoic History of the Crocodilia in South America. Copeia. 1965(3). 392–392. 133 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan, et al.. (1962). A new aretocyonid from the Paleocene of Wyoming. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 4 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan. (1956). Early cretaceous mammals and the evolution of mammalian molar teeth. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 13. 1–105. 171 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan. (1955). A symmetrodont from the early cretaceous of North Texas/ Bryan Patterson. Chicago Natural History Museum eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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