Daniel J. Field

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Field is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Field has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Paleontology, 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Field's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (68 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (56 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (30 papers). Daniel J. Field is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (68 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (56 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (30 papers). Daniel J. Field collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Daniel J. Field's co-authors include Jacob S. Berv, Richard O. Prum, Alan R. Lemmon, Alex Dornburg, Jeffrey P. Townsend, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Nicholas R. Longrich, Tim T. Tokaryk, Bhart‐Anjan S. Bhullar and Jacques A. Gauthier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Field

87 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

2015 1.2k citations Richard O. Prum, Jacob S. Berv et al. Nature profile →
A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

2016 786 citations Richard O. Prum, Jacob S. Berv et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. Field United Kingdom	26	2.5k	1.3k	896	816	812	92	4.4k
Samantha A. Price United States	29	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	837 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	61	4.5k
Alex Dornburg United States	33	2.0k 0.8×	2.2k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	1.7k 2.1×	1.4k 1.7×	95	6.1k
Sushma Reddy United States	18	1.0k 0.4×	835 0.7×	973 1.1×	621 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	32	3.0k
Pierre‐Henri Fabre France	25	1.4k 0.6×	653 0.5×	954 1.1×	440 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	64	3.1k
Shannon J. Hackett United States	29	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	2.1k 2.3×	967 1.2×	1.6k 1.9×	65	4.6k
Trevor H. Worthy New Zealand	40	3.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	418 0.5×	2.6k 3.2×	228	6.1k
Jeffrey B. Joy Canada	25	881 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	850 0.9×	686 0.8×	1.8k 2.3×	65	5.1k
Tamaki Yuri United States	14	1.1k 0.4×	787 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	909 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	16	3.3k
Robin M. D. Beck Australia	27	2.0k 0.8×	449 0.4×	650 0.7×	670 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	65	3.4k
Frederick H. Sheldon United States	33	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	2.0k 2.4×	102	4.7k

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Chen, Albert, et al.. (2025). Toward a Comprehensive Anatomical Matrix for Crown Birds: Phylogenetic Insights from the Pectoral Girdle and Forelimb Skeleton. Integrative Organismal Biology. 7(1). obaf029–obaf029. 2 indexed citations

Benito, Juan, et al.. (2025). Mandibular morphology clarifies phylogenetic relationships near the origin of crown birds. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 26(1). 11–11. 1 indexed citations

Steventon, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Morphological Criteria for Staging Near‐Hatching Embryos of the Domesticated Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos ) and Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides). Journal of Morphology. 286(2). e70027–e70027. 1 indexed citations

Hoffman, Eva A., Matteo Fabbri, Jacques A. Gauthier, et al.. (2025). Deep-time history of primate behavior and ecology as revealed by ancestral state reconstructions. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 32(2).

Navalón, Guillermo, et al.. (2024). Macroevolutionary drivers of morphological disparity in the avian quadrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2017). 20232250–20232250. 10 indexed citations

Bond, Alexander L., et al.. (2024). Tactile bill-tip organs in seabirds suggest conservation of a deep avian symplesiomorphy. Biology Letters. 20(9). 20240259–20240259. 4 indexed citations

Rico‐Guevara, Alejandro, et al.. (2024). Upper bill bending as an adaptation for nectar feeding in hummingbirds. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 21(220). 20240286–20240286. 3 indexed citations

Benito, Juan, Albert Chen, Christopher R. Torres, et al.. (2024). Taphonomic damage obfuscates interpretation of the retroarticular region of the Asteriornis mandible. Geobios. 90. 31–43. 8 indexed citations

Chiappe, Luis M., Guillermo Navalón, Agustín G. Martinelli, et al.. (2024). Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain. Nature. 635(8038). 376–381. 6 indexed citations

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Benito, Juan, et al.. (2023). Reconstructing locomotor ecology of extinct avialans: a case study of Ichthyornis comparing sternum morphology and skeletal proportions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1994). 20222020–20222020. 13 indexed citations

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Spellman, Garth M., et al.. (2023). Comparative morphology of the avian bony columella. The Anatomical Record. 307(5). 1735–1763. 2 indexed citations

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Ksepka, Daniel T., Daniel J. Field, Tracy A. Heath, et al.. (2023). Largest-known fossil penguin provides insight into the early evolution of sphenisciform body size and flipper anatomy. Journal of Paleontology. 97(2). 434–453. 7 indexed citations

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Bhullar, Bhart‐Anjan S., et al.. (2023). 3D atlas of tinamou (Neornithes: Tinamidae) pectoral morphology: Implications for reconstructing the ancestral neornithine flight apparatus. Journal of Anatomy. 243(5). 729–757. 9 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Junya, Daniel J. Field, & Hiroshige MATSUOKA. (2020). Wing Musculature Reconstruction in Extinct Flightless Auks ( Pinguinus and Mancalla ) Reveals Incomplete Convergence with Penguins (Spheniscidae) Due to Differing Ancestral States. Integrative Organismal Biology. 3(1). obaa040–obaa040. 22 indexed citations

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Field, Daniel J., et al.. (2020). Eggshell geochemistry reveals ancestral metabolic thermoregulation in Dinosauria. Science Advances. 6(7). eaax9361–eaax9361. 31 indexed citations

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Kimball, Rebecca T., Carl H. Oliveros, Ning Wang, et al.. (2019). A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds. Diversity. 11(7). 109–109. 97 indexed citations

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McNamara, Maria E. & Daniel J. Field. (2016). Maturation experiments reveal bias in the fossil record of feathers. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 16944. 1 indexed citations

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Prum, Richard O., Jacob S. Berv, Alex Dornburg, et al.. (2015). A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing. Nature. 526(7574). 569–573. 1174 indexed citations breakdown →

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Field, Daniel J. & Colton Lynner. (2013). Precise inference of avialan flight ability from shoulder joint dimensions. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2 indexed citations

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Field, Daniel J., Rachel A. Racicot, & Mark D. Uhen. (2011). A new marine tetrapod assemblage from the Eocene of Western Sahara. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31. 108–109. 2 indexed citations

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