Colin Patterson

8.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Colin Patterson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Patterson has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 39 papers in Paleontology and 14 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Colin Patterson's work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (36 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (29 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (21 papers). Colin Patterson is often cited by papers focused on Ichthyology and Marine Biology (36 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (29 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (21 papers). Colin Patterson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Colin Patterson's co-authors include A. E. Friday, Donn Eric Rosen, G. David Johnson, Chris Humphries, K. A. Joysey, Philip D. Gingerich, Peter L. Forey, Andrew B. Smith, B. G. Gardiner and David M. Hillis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Colin Patterson

90 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Morphological characters and homology 1977 2026 1993 2009 1982 1983 1977 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Patterson United Kingdom 34 3.0k 2.8k 1.1k 1.0k 919 92 5.9k
William L. Fink United States 25 2.1k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 436 0.4× 739 0.8× 59 5.7k
E. O. Wiley United States 42 2.4k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 758 0.7× 1.4k 1.4× 1.5k 1.6× 96 7.0k
Donn Eric Rosen United States 34 3.9k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 2.0k 1.7× 968 0.9× 1.7k 1.8× 63 7.3k
John G. Lundberg United States 35 3.0k 1.0× 948 0.3× 1.9k 1.6× 882 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 96 5.2k
Matt Friedman United Kingdom 40 3.8k 1.3× 3.5k 1.2× 890 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 496 0.5× 136 6.5k
Gareth Nelson United States 40 1.9k 0.6× 3.1k 1.1× 331 0.3× 1.3k 1.2× 2.6k 2.8× 126 7.1k
Francesco Santini United States 25 1.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 430 0.4× 899 0.9× 627 0.7× 51 3.4k
Giorgio Carnevale Italy 29 2.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 784 0.7× 539 0.5× 414 0.5× 249 3.9k
Peter L. Forey United Kingdom 30 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 538 0.5× 513 0.5× 354 0.4× 61 3.3k
Richard Borowsky United States 29 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 343 0.3× 683 0.7× 598 0.7× 80 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Patterson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Patterson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Patterson, Colin. (2019). The World of Honor and Shame in the New Testament: Alien or Familiar?. Biblical Theology Bulletin Journal of Bible and Culture. 49(1). 4–14. 2 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin & G. David Johnson. (1997). The Data, the Matrix, and the Message: Comments on Begle's "Relationships of the Osmeroid Fishes". Systematic Biology. 46(2). 358–358. 4 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin & G. David Johnson. (1997). The Data, the Matrix, and the Message: Comments on Begle's “Relationships of the Osmeroid Fishes”. Systematic Biology. 46(2). 358–365. 23 indexed citations
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Johnson, G. David & Colin Patterson. (1993). Percomorph phylogeny: a survey of acanthomorphs and a new proposal. Bulletin of Marine Science. 52(1). 554–626. 304 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin, et al.. (1990). Evaluation of the Students At Risk (STAR) Program. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin, et al.. (1989). An Eocene Amiid Fish from Mali, West Africa. Copeia. 1989(4). 827–827. 28 indexed citations
7.
Patterson, Colin, et al.. (1988). LOCATOR CONTINUOUSLY RECORDS PIPELINE DEPTH READINGS. Oil & gas journal. 86(35). 2 indexed citations
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Schaeffer, Bobb & Colin Patterson. (1984). Jurassic fishes from the western United States, with comments on Jurassic fish distribution. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 43 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1984). Preformation to punctuation. Nature. 311(5986). 587–587. 2 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1982). Cladistics and classification. The New Scientist. 110 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1982). Methods of Phylogenetic Reconstruction: Introduction. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 74(3). i–i. 3 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1981). Agassiz, Darwin, Huxley and the fossil record of teleost fishes. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 35(3). 213–224. 9 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin & Donn Eric Rosen. (1977). Review of ichthyodectiform and other Mesozoic teleost fishes, and the theory and practice of classifying fossils. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 158, article 2. American Museum Novitates. 92 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1975). The braincase of Pholidophorid and Leptolepid fishes, with a review of the Actinopterygian braincase. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 269(899). 275–579. 213 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin, et al.. (1971). Les Poissons Fossiles du Monte Bolca Classés Jusqu'ici Dans les Familles des Carangidae, Menidae, Ephippidae, Scatophagidae. Copeia. 1971(1). 187–187. 24 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1968). The caudal skeleton in Mesozoic Acanthopterygian fishes. 33 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1968). Fishes from Maikop. Nature. 220(5170). 936–936. 1 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1965). The phylogeny of the chimaeroids. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 249(757). 101–219. 170 indexed citations
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Patterson, Colin. (1964). A review of mesozoic acanthopterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English chalk. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 247(739). 213–482. 135 indexed citations

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