C. Barry Cox

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

C. Barry Cox is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Barry Cox has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Paleontology, 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in C. Barry Cox's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (11 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (7 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (2 papers). C. Barry Cox is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (11 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (7 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (2 papers). C. Barry Cox collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. C. Barry Cox's co-authors include Thomas J. M. Schöpf, Peter D. Moore, Arnold G. Kluge, A. d’A. Bellairs, I. N. Healey, Peter J. Hutchinson, Philip Stott, M. C. F. Proctor and Peter Goldblatt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

C. Barry Cox

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Models in Paleobiology. 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 1977 100 200 300 400 500
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. Models in Paleobiology.
    1975 584 citations C. Barry Cox, Thomas J. M. Schöpf Journal of Biogeography profile →
  2. Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach.
    1977 578 citations C. Barry Cox, Peter D. Moore et al. Systematic Botany profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Barry Cox United Kingdom 14 691 490 466 419 353 19 2.0k
Paul S. Martin United States 21 622 0.9× 290 0.6× 354 0.8× 595 1.4× 287 0.8× 45 2.1k
Betty J. Meggers United States 25 873 1.3× 461 0.9× 497 1.1× 404 1.0× 216 0.6× 96 2.9k
Paul S. Martin United States 20 1.2k 1.7× 568 1.2× 566 1.2× 1.1k 2.7× 264 0.7× 59 3.0k
P. J. Darlington United States 18 483 0.7× 550 1.1× 768 1.6× 612 1.5× 480 1.4× 55 1.9k
Malcolm M. Dow United States 18 432 0.6× 259 0.5× 596 1.3× 418 1.0× 464 1.3× 31 1.9k
Martyn Kennedy New Zealand 25 319 0.5× 491 1.0× 622 1.3× 839 2.0× 560 1.6× 63 1.8k
Max K. Hecht United States 21 570 0.8× 451 0.9× 614 1.3× 403 1.0× 440 1.2× 59 1.8k
David A. Burney United States 33 1.0k 1.5× 584 1.2× 666 1.4× 1.3k 3.2× 305 0.9× 68 3.6k
J. R. Flenley New Zealand 30 548 0.8× 249 0.5× 460 1.0× 977 2.3× 145 0.4× 85 2.6k
Willi Hennig Germany 13 947 1.4× 500 1.0× 1.6k 3.4× 533 1.3× 888 2.5× 33 3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Barry Cox

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Cox, C. Barry. (2010). Underpinning global biogeographical schemes with quantitative data. Journal of Biogeography. 37(11). 2027–2028. 11 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry & Peter D. Moore. (2009). Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach, 7th Edition. 9 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry. (2000). Plate tectonics, seaways and climate in the historical biogeography of mammals. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 95(4). 509–516. 48 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry. (1998). The jaw function and adaptive radiation of the dicynodont mammal-like reptiles of the Karoo basin of South Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 122(1-2). 349–384. 33 indexed citations
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Stott, Philip, C. Barry Cox, & Peter D. Moore. (1994). Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach.. Journal of Ecology. 82(3). 701–701. 51 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry & Peter Goldblatt. (1994). Guest Review Article: Common Inheritance V. Convergent Evolution-African and South American Biogeography Compared. Journal of Biogeography. 21(2). 119–119. 1 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry. (1991). The Pangaea dicynodont Rechnisaurus and the comparative biostratigraphy of Triassic dicynodont faunas. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 46 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry & Peter J. Hutchinson. (1991). Fishes and amphibians from the Late Permian Pedra de Fogo Formation of northern Brazil. Palaeontology. 34(3). 561–573. 50 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry. (1990). Guest Essay: New Geological Theories and Old Biogeographical Problems. Journal of Biogeography. 17(2). 117–117. 21 indexed citations
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Kluge, Arnold G., A. d’A. Bellairs, & C. Barry Cox. (1978). Morphology and Biology of Reptiles. Copeia. 1978(2). 372–372. 249 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry, et al.. (1977). Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach.. Systematic Botany. 2(3). 208–208. 578 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cox, C. Barry & Thomas J. M. Schöpf. (1975). Models in Paleobiology.. Journal of Biogeography. 2(3). 229–229. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Proctor, M. C. F., C. Barry Cox, I. N. Healey, & Peter D. Moore. (1974). Biogeography: an Ecological and Evolutionary Approach.. Journal of Ecology. 62(2). 660–660. 21 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry, et al.. (1974). Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach.. Journal of Biogeography. 1(1). 71–71. 176 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry. (1974). Vertebrate Palaeodistributional Patterns and Continental Drift. Journal of Biogeography. 1(2). 75–75. 79 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry. (1970). Migrating Marsupials and Drifting Continents. Nature. 226(5247). 767–770. 11 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry. (1969). Two new Dicynodonts from the Triassic Ntawere formation, Zambia. 17(6). 255–294. 34 indexed citations
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Cox, C. Barry. (1969). THE PROBLEMATIC PERMIAN REPTILE EUNOTOSAURUS. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 18. 167–196. 26 indexed citations
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