David C. Evans

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
163 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

David C. Evans is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Evans has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Paleontology, 85 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David C. Evans's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (139 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (129 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (82 papers). David C. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (139 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (129 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (82 papers). David C. Evans collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. David C. Evans's co-authors include Nicolás E. Campione, Caleb M. Brown, Derek W. Larson, Ryan K. Schott, Michael J. Ryan, Michael J. Ryan, Robert R. Reisz, Matthew T. Carrano, Philip J. Currie and Jordan C. Mallon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David C. Evans

159 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Correction: Corrigendum: The oldest North American pachycephalosaurid and the hidden diversity of small-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs
    2014 890 citations David C. Evans, Ryan K. Schott et al. profile →
  2. Rates of Dinosaur Body Mass Evolution Indicate 170 Million Years of Sustained Ecological Innovation on the Avian Stem Lineage
    2014 307 citations Roger Benson, Nicolás E. Campione 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
David C. Evans Canada 38 4.1k 2.1k 1.0k 357 320 163 5.6k
Hai‐Lu You China 34 3.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 510 0.5× 104 0.3× 141 0.4× 155 3.9k
Xiaolin Wang China 40 3.7k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 581 0.6× 71 0.2× 262 0.8× 142 5.4k
P. Martin Sander Germany 47 5.5k 1.3× 3.2k 1.5× 899 0.9× 349 1.0× 607 1.9× 169 6.4k
Robert R. Reisz Canada 48 6.8k 1.7× 3.7k 1.7× 1.9k 1.9× 326 0.9× 386 1.2× 252 8.0k
Fucheng Zhang China 54 3.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 404 0.4× 172 0.5× 358 1.1× 385 10.0k
Min Zhu China 32 2.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 229 0.2× 124 0.3× 284 0.9× 168 3.8k
Robert L. Carroll United States 40 3.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 144 0.4× 394 1.2× 150 5.4k
Caleb M. Brown Canada 25 1.2k 0.3× 645 0.3× 319 0.3× 170 0.5× 124 0.4× 43 2.3k
Alexander W. A. Kellner Brazil 50 6.1k 1.5× 4.6k 2.1× 921 0.9× 97 0.3× 180 0.6× 223 6.7k
Vincent Fernández France 28 1.5k 0.4× 730 0.3× 309 0.3× 222 0.6× 201 0.6× 122 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David C. Evans

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All Works

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Funston, Gregory F., Sterling J. Nesbitt, Júlio C. A. Marsola, et al.. (2025). The histology of rhynchosaur (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) ankylothecodonty. Journal of Anatomy. 248(3). 526–540.
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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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Seymour, Kevin L., et al.. (2023). Dire wolf (Canis dirus) from the late Pleistocene of southern Canada (Medicine Hat, Alberta). Journal of Quaternary Science. 38(6). 938–946. 3 indexed citations
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Evans, David C., et al.. (2023). Calvarial suture interdigitation in hadrosaurids (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda): Perspectives through ontogeny and evolution. Evolution & Development. 25(3). 209–225. 2 indexed citations
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Horner, John R., Mark B. Goodwin, & David C. Evans. (2022). A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A.. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42(4). 3 indexed citations
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Fabbri, Matteo, Michael R. Doschak, Bhart‐Anjan S. Bhullar, et al.. (2021). A new hypothesis of eudromaeosaurian evolution: CT scans assist in testing and constructing morphological characters. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41(5). 14 indexed citations
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Brown, Caleb M., Nicolás E. Campione, Gregory P. Wilson, & David C. Evans. (2021). Size-driven preservational and macroecological biases in the latest Maastrichtian terrestrial vertebrate assemblages of North America. Paleobiology. 48(2). 210–238. 22 indexed citations
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Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav, David B. Weishampel, David C. Evans, & Mahito Watabe. (2019). A new hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous Baynshire Formation of the Gobi Desert (Mongolia). PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0208480–e0208480. 38 indexed citations
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Evans, David C., et al.. (2017). A new species of troodontid theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54(8). 813–826. 23 indexed citations
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Bailleul, Alida M., John B. Scannella, John R. Horner, & David C. Evans. (2016). Fusion Patterns in the Skulls of Modern Archosaurs Reveal That Sutures Are Ambiguous Maturity Indicators for the Dinosauria. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0147687–e0147687. 72 indexed citations
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Brown, Caleb M., David C. Evans, Michael J. Ryan, & Anthony P. Russell. (2013). New data on the diversity and abundance of small-bodied ornithopods (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Belly River Group (Campanian) of Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33(3). 495–520. 53 indexed citations
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Evans, David C., Derek W. Larson, & Philip J. Currie. (2013). A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) with Asian affinities from the latest Cretaceous of North America. Die Naturwissenschaften. 100(11). 1041–1049. 53 indexed citations
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Maddin, Hillary C., Nadia B. Fröbisch, David C. Evans, & Andrew R. Milner. (2013). Reappraisal of the Early Permian amphibamid Tersomius texensis and some referred material. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 12(7-8). 447–461. 29 indexed citations
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Schott, Ryan K. & David C. Evans. (2012). Squamosal ontogeny and variation in the pachycephalosaurian dinosaur Stegoceras validum Lambe, 1902, from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32(4). 903–913. 19 indexed citations
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Evans, David C.. (2006). Nasal cavity homologies and cranial crest function in lambeosaurine dinosaurs. Paleobiology. 32(1). 109–125. 32 indexed citations
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Evans, David C.. (2006). Nasal cavity homologies and cranial crest function in lambeosaurine dinosaurs. Paleobiology. 32(1). 109–125. 53 indexed citations
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O'Connor, Raymond G. & David C. Evans. (1986). The Japanese Navy in World War II : in the words of former Japanese naval officers. 1 indexed citations

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