Derek E. G. Briggs

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

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Derek E. G. Briggs is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek E. G. Briggs has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Paleontology, 32 papers in Oceanography and 30 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Derek E. G. Briggs's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (58 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (31 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers). Derek E. G. Briggs is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (58 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (31 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers). Derek E. G. Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Czechia. Derek E. G. Briggs's co-authors include Amanda J. Kear, Richard A. Fortey, Philip R. Wilby, Matthew A. Wills, Euan N. K. Clarkson, Richard J. Aldridge, Richard P. Evershed, Derek J. Siveter, David J. Siveter and H. B. Whittington and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Derek E. G. Briggs

114 papers receiving 7.8k citations

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The Role of Decay and Mineralization in the Preservation of Soft-Bodied Fossils

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek E. G. Briggs United Kingdom	55	5.9k	2.1k	2.0k	1.3k	1.2k	115	8.2k
Derek E. G. Briggs United States	57	6.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	224	8.9k
Peter D. Ward United States	48	3.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.6×	2.9k 2.5×	191	8.4k
Richard K. Bambach United States	31	3.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	491 0.4×	961 0.8×	60	5.6k
Stefan Bengtson Sweden	50	5.5k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	850 0.6×	880 0.8×	147	7.5k
Richard A. Fortey United Kingdom	44	5.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	567 0.4×	519 0.4×	178	6.8k
A. J. Boucot United States	36	4.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	835 0.6×	634 0.5×	199	5.8k
Michał Kowalewski United States	45	3.4k 0.6×	2.9k 1.4×	2.5k 1.3×	767 0.6×	2.4k 2.1×	170	6.7k
Carlton E. Brett United States	49	5.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	2.9k 1.5×	533 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	217	7.5k
Katharina Billups United States	24	4.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	6.2k 3.1×	1.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	58	9.7k
Lisa C. Sloan United States	33	3.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	7.2k 3.7×	2.1k 1.6×	1.9k 1.7×	56	12.3k

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Haug, Carolin, Derek E. G. Briggs, Donald G. Mikulic, Joanne Kluessendorf, & Joachim T. Haug. (2014). The implications of a Silurian and other thylacocephalan crustaceans for the functional morphology and systematic affinities of the group. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14(1). 159–159. 41 indexed citations

Siveter, David J., et al.. (2014). Exceptionally Preserved 450-Million-Year-Old Ordovician Ostracods with Brood Care. Current Biology. 24(7). 801–806. 73 indexed citations

Farrell, Úna C., Derek E. G. Briggs, Emma U. Hammarlund, Erik A. Sperling, & Robert R. Gaines. (2013). Paleoredox and pyritization of soft-bodied fossils in the Ordovician Frankfort Shale of New York. American Journal of Science. 313(5). 452–489. 36 indexed citations

Raiswell, R., Robert J. Newton, Simon H. Bottrell, et al.. (2008). Turbidite depositional influences on the diagenesis of Beecher's Trilobite Bed and the Hunsruck Slate; sites of soft tissue pyritization. American Journal of Science. 308(2). 105–129. 114 indexed citations

Briggs, Derek E. G. & Richard A. Fortey. (2005). Wonderful strife: systematics, stem groups, and the phylogenetic signal of the Cambrian radiation. Paleobiology. 31(sp5). 94–112. 62 indexed citations

Siveter, David J., Mark D. Sutton, Derek E. G. Briggs, & Derek J. Siveter. (2003). An Ostracode Crustacean with Soft Parts from the Lower Silurian. Science. 302(5651). 1749–1751. 98 indexed citations

Croxall, John P., et al.. (2002). Activity patterns of giant petrels, Macronectes spp., using different foraging strategies. Marine Biology. 140(1). 197–204. 38 indexed citations

Briggs, Derek E. G., Richard P. Evershed, & Matthew J. Lockheart. (2000). The biomolecular paleontology of continental fossils. Paleobiology. 26(S4). 169–193. 40 indexed citations

Briggs, Derek E. G., Richard P. Evershed, & Matthew J. Lockheart. (2000). The biomolecular paleontology of continental fossils. Paleobiology. 26(S4). 169–193. 73 indexed citations

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Bergen, Pim F. van, et al.. (1996). Recognition of Chitin and Proteins in Invertebrate Cuticles Using Analytical Pyrolysis/Gas Chromatography and Pyrolysis/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 10(14). 1747–1757. 123 indexed citations

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Wills, Matthew A., Derek E. G. Briggs, & Richard A. Fortey. (1994). Disparity as an evolutionary index: a comparison of Cambrian and Recent arthropods. Paleobiology. 20(2). 93–130. 281 indexed citations

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Briggs, Derek E. G. & Amanda J. Kear. (1993). Decay and preservation of polychaetes: taphonomic thresholds in soft-bodied organisms. Paleobiology. 19(1). 107–135. 162 indexed citations

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Aldridge, Richard J., Derek E. G. Briggs, M. Paul Smith, Euan N. K. Clarkson, & Neil D. L. Clark. (1993). The anatomy of conodonts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 340(1294). 405–421. 143 indexed citations

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Fox, J., Derek E. G. Briggs, H. Hindi, et al.. (1992). Feedback Implementation Options and Issues for B Factory Accelerators. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 3 indexed citations

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Briggs, Derek E. G. & Jean‐Claude Gall. (1990). The continuum in soft-bodied biotas from transitional environments: a quantitative comparison of Triassic and Carboniferous Konservat-Lagerstätten. Paleobiology. 16(2). 204–218. 26 indexed citations

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Briggs, Derek E. G.. (1985). Arthropod paleobiology. Paleobiology. 11(4). 361–367. 27 indexed citations

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Briggs, Derek E. G. & W. D. Ian Rolfe. (1983). A giant arthropod trackway from the Lower Mississippian of Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology. 57(2). 377–390. 35 indexed citations

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Briggs, Derek E. G., et al.. (1982). The occurrence of the giant arthropod Anomalocaris in the Lower Cambrian of southern California, and the overall distribution of the genus. Journal of Paleontology. 56(5). 1112–1118. 49 indexed citations

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Briggs, Derek E. G.. (1981). The arthropod Odaraia alata Walcott, Middle Cambrian, Burgess Shale, British Columbia. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 291(1056). 541–582. 46 indexed citations

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Briggs, Derek E. G.. (1978). A new trilobite-like arthropod from the Lower Cambrian Kinzers Formation, Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology. 52(1). 132–140. 21 indexed citations

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