D C McGregor

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

D C McGregor is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, D C McGregor has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Paleontology, 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in D C McGregor's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (18 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (9 papers) and Geological formations and processes (6 papers). D C McGregor is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (18 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (9 papers) and Geological formations and processes (6 papers). D C McGregor collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. D C McGregor's co-authors include Jan Jansonius, Thomas Servais, John B. Richardson, Geoffrey Playford, Dwight C. Bradley, Anita G. Harris, Robert D. Tucker, Daniel R. Lux, J. Utting and Guy M. Narbonne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Geological Society of America Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

D C McGregor

28 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Palynology: Principles and Applications 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 500 1000 1.5k
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. Palynology: Principles and Applications
    1997 1.9k citations Jan Jansonius, D C McGregor 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
D C McGregor Canada 15 1.7k 1.3k 630 614 546 28 2.9k
Jan Jansonius Canada 16 2.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 1.2k 1.9× 382 0.6× 545 1.0× 30 3.6k
A. M. Ziegler United States 33 2.3k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 564 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 916 1.7× 49 3.9k
Alfred Traverse United States 25 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 901 1.4× 310 0.5× 429 0.8× 79 2.5k
Maurice Streel Belgium 31 3.1k 1.8× 1.4k 1.1× 734 1.2× 961 1.6× 1.0k 1.9× 220 3.9k
Judith Totman Parrish United States 24 2.0k 1.2× 1.7k 1.3× 582 0.9× 688 1.1× 992 1.8× 56 3.4k
J. Ian Raine New Zealand 29 1.0k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 709 1.1× 563 0.9× 257 0.5× 61 2.6k
Philippe Steemans Belgium 29 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.8× 368 0.6× 667 1.2× 148 3.0k
David J. Batten United Kingdom 34 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 581 0.9× 711 1.3× 133 3.8k
Michael G. Bassett United Kingdom 29 2.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 178 0.3× 859 1.4× 413 0.8× 106 2.9k
Peter A. Hochuli Switzerland 42 3.4k 2.0× 1.7k 1.4× 853 1.4× 1.2k 1.9× 565 1.0× 80 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D C McGregor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D C McGregor

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Utting, J., Amalia Spina, Jan Jansonius, D C McGregor, & John Marshall. (2004). Reworked miospores in the upper paleozoic and Lower Triassic of the northern circum‐polar area and selected localities. Palynology. 28(1). 75–119. 13 indexed citations
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Dunning, Greg, Sandra M. Barr, P. S. Giles, et al.. (2002). Chronology of Devonian to early Carboniferous rifting and igneous activity in southern Magdalen Basin based on U-Pb (zircon) dating. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 39(8). 1219–1237. 77 indexed citations
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Bradley, Dwight C., Robert D. Tucker, Daniel R. Lux, Anita G. Harris, & D C McGregor. (1998). Migration of the Acadian orogen and foreland basin across the northern Appalachians. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 40 indexed citations
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Dix, George R., George W. Robinson, & D C McGregor. (1998). Paleokarst in the Lower Ordovician Beekmantown Group, Ottawa Embayment: structural control inboard of the Appalachian orogen. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 110(8). 1046–1046. 13 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C, et al.. (1993). Stratigraphic significance of Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous miospores from the type area of the Horton Group, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 30(5). 1091–1098. 61 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C & Geoffrey Playford. (1992). Canadian and Australian Devonian spores: zonation and correlation. 48 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C, et al.. (1988). Bisporangiostrobus harrisii gen. et sp. nov., an eligulate lycopsid cone with Duosporites megaspores and Geminospora microspores from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. Palaeontographica Abteilung B. 127–149. 21 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C & S. R. McCutcheon. (1988). Implications of spore evidence for Late Devonian age of the Piskahegan Group, southwestern New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 25(9). 1349–1364. 23 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C. (1987). Palynology—The International Connection. Grana. 26(1). 5–10. 3 indexed citations
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Richardson, John B. & D C McGregor. (1986). Silurian and devonian spore zones of the Old Red Sandstone Continent and adjacent regions. 352 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C. (1981). Spores and the middle-upper Devonian boundary. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 34(1). 25–47. 13 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C & Guy M. Narbonne. (1978). Upper Silurian trilete spores and other microfossils from the Read Bay Formation, Cornwallis Island, Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 15(8). 1292–1303. 40 indexed citations
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Davidson, A & D C McGregor. (1976). Palynomorphs indicating Permian rocks in Ethiopia. Nature. 262(5567). 371–373. 14 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C. (1974). Early Devonian Spores from Central Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 11(1). 70–78. 13 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C. (1967). Composition and range of some devonian spore assemblages of Canada. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 1(1-4). 173–183. 18 indexed citations
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Kerr, J W, D C McGregor, & D. J. McLaren. (1965). An Unconformity Between Middle and Upper Devonian Rocks of Bathurst Island, with Comments on Upper Devonian Faunas and Microfloras of the Parry Islands. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 13(3). 409–431. 12 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C. (1963). Palaeobotanical Evidence for The Age of Basal Devonian Strata At Ghost River, Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 11(3). 299–303. 3 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C, et al.. (1963). CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS IN CENTRAL NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 74(3). 355–355. 3 indexed citations
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McGregor, D C, et al.. (1962). Devonian Plants from the Type Section of the Ghost River Formation of Western Alberta. Science. 135(3507). 930–931. 5 indexed citations

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