Dean Amadon

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Dean Amadon is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dean Amadon has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dean Amadon's work include Avian ecology and behavior (25 papers), Plant and animal studies (7 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Dean Amadon is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (25 papers), Plant and animal studies (7 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Dean Amadon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Dean Amadon's co-authors include Leslie Brown, Vincent Schultz, Leslie R. Brown, Jack P. Hailman, Jean Delacour, Lester L. Short, Ernst Mayr, Lionel Walter Rothschild Rothschild, Adolf Portmann and Frank A. Pitelka and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Evolution and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

Dean Amadon

59 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World

1970 584 citations Vincent Schultz, Leslie Brown et al. Journal of Wildlife Management profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dean Amadon United States	16	1.1k	643	389	376	211	67	1.7k
R. E. Moreau United States	18	1.4k 1.2×	766 1.2×	577 1.5×	370 1.0×	310 1.5×	45	2.1k
Lester L. Short United States	17	827 0.7×	645 1.0×	424 1.1×	511 1.4×	197 0.9×	87	1.5k
Keith R. Kelson United States	5	1.7k 1.5×	830 1.3×	297 0.8×	552 1.5×	410 1.9×	7	2.4k
Ned K. Johnson United States	25	1.2k 1.0×	765 1.2×	524 1.3×	731 1.9×	312 1.5×	81	2.0k
John E. C. Flux New Zealand	15	1.1k 1.0×	565 0.9×	312 0.8×	495 1.3×	132 0.6×	52	1.9k
G. L. Maclean South Africa	17	1.4k 1.2×	709 1.1×	563 1.4×	166 0.4×	196 0.9×	59	1.8k
Paul A. Johnsgard United States	27	1.9k 1.6×	900 1.4×	591 1.5×	540 1.4×	209 1.0×	188	2.8k
Alexander F. Skutch United States	21	1.8k 1.6×	1.3k 2.0×	667 1.7×	240 0.6×	246 1.2×	75	2.4k
Peter Cotgreave United Kingdom	20	1.2k 1.0×	686 1.1×	608 1.6×	482 1.3×	325 1.5×	29	1.9k
Zdzisław Pucek Poland	20	981 0.9×	375 0.6×	259 0.7×	232 0.6×	90 0.4×	45	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Dean Amadon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dean Amadon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dean Amadon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dean Amadon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dean Amadon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dean Amadon. Dean Amadon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Amadon, Dean & Lester L. Short. (1992). Taxonomy of lower categories—suggested guidelines. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 37 indexed citations

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Traylor, Melvin A., Dean Amadon, & W E Godfrey. (1984). In Memoriam: Austin L. Rand. The Auk. 101(3). 600–602. 2 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1984). Pigeons and Doves of the World.Derek Goodwin. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 59(4). 483–484. 7 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1978). Remarks on the Taxonomy of Some Australasian Raptors. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 78(3). 115–118. 6 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1975). Geographical Differentiation in the Genus Accipiter Jan Wattel The Galapagos Hawk/An Ecogeographical Study with Special Reference to Its Systematic Position Tjitte de Vries Geographical and Ecological Differentiation in the Genus Circus Ebel Nieboer. The Auk. 92(4). 832–833. 3 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1975). Variation in the Everglade Kite. The Auk. 92(2). 380–382. 1 indexed citations

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Schultz, Vincent, Leslie Brown, & Dean Amadon. (1970). Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. Journal of Wildlife Management. 34(3). 665–665. 584 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amadon, Dean. (1966). Confused Nocturnal Behavior of (? California) Gulls. Ornithological Applications. 68(4). 397–398. 2 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1966). The Superspecies Concept. Systematic Biology. 15(3). 245–249. 76 indexed citations

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Murphy, Robert Cushman & Dean Amadon. (1966). In Memoriam: E. Thomas Gilliard. The Auk. 83(3). 416–422. 4 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1964). Taxonomic notes on birds of prey. American Museum novitates ; no. 2166. American Museum Novitates. 9 indexed citations

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Stresemann, Erwin & Dean Amadon. (1963). WHAT IS FALCO KREYENBORGI KLEINSCHMIDT?. Ibis. 105(3). 400–402. 3 indexed citations

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Vaurie, Charles., et al.. (1963). Notes on the Honey Buzzards of Eastern Asia. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 3 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1962). Population Biology. Science. 138(3541). 733–734. 2 indexed citations

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Murphy, Robert Cushman & Dean Amadon. (1959). In Memoriam: John Todd Zimmer. The Auk. 76(4). 418–423. 2 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1957). Variation, Relationships and Evolution in the Pachycephala pectoralis Superspecies (Aves, Muscicapidae) Ian C. J. Galbraith. The Auk. 74(1). 110–110. 1 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1956). Remarks on the starlings, family Sturnidae. American Museum novitates ; no. 1803. American Museum Novitates. 9 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean, et al.. (1955). Observations on Mexican Birds. Ornithological Applications. 57(2). 65–80. 22 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean. (1951). Taxonomic notes on the Australian butcher-birds (family Cracticidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 1504. American Museum Novitates. 2 indexed citations

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Amadon, Dean & Frank A. Pitelka. (1951). Geographic Variation and the Species Problem in the Shore-Bird Genus Limnodromus. Bird-Banding. 22(2). 96–96. 29 indexed citations

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