David J. Bottjer

18.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
252 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

David J. Bottjer is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Bottjer has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 196 papers in Paleontology, 92 papers in Oceanography and 78 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in David J. Bottjer's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (185 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (82 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (78 papers). David J. Bottjer is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (185 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (82 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (78 papers). David J. Bottjer collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. David J. Bottjer's co-authors include Mary L. Droser, Charles E. Savrda, H. G. Reading, James W. Hagadorn, Margaret L. Fraiser, Frank A. Corsetti, Jennifer K. Schubert, Sara B. Pruss, David Jablonski and Peter M. Sheehan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David J. Bottjer

248 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Sedimentary Environments ... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 250 500 750

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David J. Bottjer 9.8k 5.0k 3.4k 3.1k 1.9k 252 13.0k
Noël P. James 5.5k 0.6× 4.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 3.7k 1.2× 934 0.5× 216 9.8k
Robert Riding 6.5k 0.7× 3.6k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 152 9.2k
Gerta Keller 8.1k 0.8× 7.9k 1.6× 1.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 249 11.8k
Timothy J. Bralower 5.8k 0.6× 6.6k 1.3× 2.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 146 9.7k
Henk Brinkhuis 6.9k 0.7× 10.0k 2.0× 3.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 867 0.5× 195 13.6k
Guy M. Narbonne 8.4k 0.9× 5.1k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 1.9k 1.0× 124 9.4k
Andrew S. Gale 6.4k 0.7× 4.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 235 8.5k
Mary L. Droser 6.7k 0.7× 4.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 970 0.5× 168 7.9k
Mark Pagani 6.6k 0.7× 11.0k 2.2× 2.5k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 879 0.5× 81 16.4k
Richard D. Norris 5.4k 0.5× 6.2k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.4× 837 0.4× 170 9.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David J. Bottjer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Bottjer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tarhan, Lidya G., et al.. (2025). Tracking bioturbation through time: The evolution of the marine sedimentary mixed and transition layers. Science Advances. 11(31). eadu7719–eadu7719. 2 indexed citations
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Bottjer, David J., et al.. (2024). Temporal dynamics of Devonian reef communities: Insights into natural phase shifts and long-term resilience in the face of environmental variability. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 648. 112264–112264. 2 indexed citations
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Yao, Le, Wei Lin, Markus Aretz, David J. Bottjer, & Xiangdong Wang. (2023). Colonial coral resilience by decreasing size: reaction to increased detrital influx during onset of the late Palaeozoic Ice Age. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1999). 20230220–20230220. 4 indexed citations
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Velde, Sebastiaan van de, et al.. (2023). Ediacaran–Cambrianbioturbation did not extensively oxygenate sediments in shallow marine ecosystems. Geobiology. 21(4). 435–453. 24 indexed citations
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Thompson, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2022). A biased fossil record can preserve reliable phylogenetic signal. Paleobiology. 48(3). 480–495. 10 indexed citations
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Thompson, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2021). The Ordovician diversification of sea urchins: systematics of the Bothriocidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19(20). 1395–1448. 11 indexed citations
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Perl, Scott M., Aaron J. Celestian, Charles S. Cockell, et al.. (2021). A Proposed Geobiology-Driven Nomenclature for Astrobiological In Situ Observations and Sample Analyses. Astrobiology. 21(8). 954–967. 9 indexed citations
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Thompson, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2019). Phylogenetic analysis of the Archaeocidaridae and Palaeozoic Miocidaridae (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and the origin of crown group echinoids. Papers in Palaeontology. 6(2). 217–249. 8 indexed citations
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Thompson, Jeffrey R., Shixue Hu, Laura Cotton, et al.. (2018). A new stem group echinoid from the Triassic of China leads to a revised macroevolutionary history of echinoids during the end-Permian mass extinction. Royal Society Open Science. 5(1). 171548–171548. 14 indexed citations
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Bottjer, David J., et al.. (2016). Quantitative analysis of the ecological dominance of benthic disaster taxa in the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction. Paleobiology. 42(3). 380–393. 33 indexed citations
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Bottjer, David J.. (2012). A CLIMATE CAROL: ANCIENT GREENHOUSE MASS EXTINCTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR A FUTURE GREENHOUSE WORLD. 2012 GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Junyuan, J. William Schopf, David J. Bottjer, et al.. (2007). Raman spectra of a Lower Cambrian ctenophore embryo from southwestern Shaanxi, China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(15). 6289–6292. 70 indexed citations
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Taylor, Paul D., Paul D. Taylor, Paul D. Taylor, et al.. (2004). Extinctions in the History of Life. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Droser, Mary L. & David J. Bottjer. (1986). A Semiquantitative Field Classification of Ichnofabric: RESEARCH METHOD PAPER. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 56(4). 18 indexed citations
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Droser, Mary L. & David J. Bottjer. (1985). Early Phanerozoic development of infaunal metazoans: trace fossil evidence from the Great Basin. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17. 1 indexed citations
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Bottjer, David J.. (1985). Trace fossils and paleoenvironments of two Arkansas Upper Cretaceous discontinuity surfaces. Journal of Paleontology. 59(2). 282–298. 14 indexed citations
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Bottjer, David J.. (1980). Branching morphology of the reef coral Acropora cervicornis in different hydraulic regimes. Journal of Paleontology. 54(5). 1102–1107. 40 indexed citations
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Bottjer, David J., et al.. (1980). Functional and phylogenetic significance of projecting periostracal structures in the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Journal of Paleontology. 54(1). 200–216. 38 indexed citations
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Archer, Allen W., et al.. (1980). Stratigraphy, structure, and zonation of large Silurian reef at Delphi, Indiana. AAPG Bulletin. 64(1). 115–131. 6 indexed citations
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Bottjer, David J., C. Neil Roberts, & Donald E. Hattin. (1978). Stratigraphic and ecologic significance of Pycnodonte kansasense, a new lower Turonian oyster from the Greenhorn Limestone of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology. 52(6). 1208–1218. 6 indexed citations

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