Donald E. Savage

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Donald E. Savage is a scholar working on Paleontology, Social Psychology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald E. Savage has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Paleontology, 5 papers in Social Psychology and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Donald E. Savage's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (11 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (5 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (4 papers). Donald E. Savage is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (11 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (5 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (4 papers). Donald E. Savage collaborates with scholars based in United States, Myanmar and France. Donald E. Savage's co-authors include Donald E. Russell, Jack F. Evernden, Garniss H. Curtis, Pierre Louis, Russell L. Ciochon, Richard L. Hay, David M. Hopkins, Miklós Kretzoi, L. S. B. Leakey and Adolph Knopf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Donald E. Savage

19 papers receiving 997 citations

Hit Papers

Potassium-argon dates and the Cenozoic mammalian chronolo... 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 1965 100 200 300
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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. Potassium-argon dates and the Cenozoic mammalian chronology of North America
    1964 390 citations Jack F. Evernden, Donald E. Savage et al. American Journal of Science profile →
  2. The Potassium-Argon Dating of Late Cenozoic Rocks in East Africa and Italy [and Comments and Reply]
    1965 152 citations Jack F. Evernden, Garniss H. Curtis et al. Current Anthropology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald E. Savage United States 12 703 358 332 272 216 20 1.3k
Jason A. Lillegraven United States 19 1.3k 1.9× 382 1.1× 193 0.6× 491 1.8× 119 0.6× 48 1.8k
Rosendo Pascual Argentina 20 1.6k 2.3× 506 1.4× 291 0.9× 637 2.3× 187 0.9× 51 1.9k
Kenneth E. Campbell United States 22 1.1k 1.6× 494 1.4× 177 0.5× 392 1.4× 215 1.0× 47 1.6k
Jason F. Hicks United States 15 694 1.0× 386 1.1× 289 0.9× 385 1.4× 148 0.7× 19 1.2k
Volker Fahlbusch Germany 13 1.2k 1.7× 587 1.6× 415 1.3× 306 1.1× 103 0.5× 28 1.4k
Mary R. Dawson United States 25 1.4k 2.0× 700 2.0× 445 1.3× 681 2.5× 337 1.6× 84 1.9k
Léonard Ginsburg France 22 1.4k 2.0× 685 1.9× 236 0.7× 517 1.9× 119 0.6× 90 1.6k
Jean Sudre France 22 965 1.4× 300 0.8× 156 0.5× 354 1.3× 217 1.0× 48 1.1k
Bernard Sigé France 25 1.1k 1.6× 281 0.8× 173 0.5× 563 2.1× 112 0.5× 70 1.4k
S. Mahmood Raza United States 16 843 1.2× 481 1.3× 197 0.6× 354 1.3× 149 0.7× 22 1.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ciochon, Russell L., et al.. (1985). Anthropoid Origins in Asia? New Discovery of Amphipithecus from the Eocene of Burma. Science. 229(4715). 756–759. 52 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E. & Donald E. Russell. (1983). Mammalian paleofaunas of the world. 341 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E., et al.. (1982). Stratigraphy of Upper Tertiary Nonmarine Rocks of Central Contra Costa Basin, California. 11–22. 2 indexed citations
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Ciochon, Russell L., et al.. (1979). Late Eocene of Burma yields earliest anthropoid primate, Pondaungia cotteri. Nature. 282(5734). 65–67. 61 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E., et al.. (1978). A New Omomyid Primate from the Wasatch Formation of Southern Wyoming. Folia Primatologica. 30(1). 1–29. 29 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E. & Donald E. Russell. (1977). Comments on mammalian paleontologicstratigraphy and geochronology; Eocene stages and mammal ages of Europe and North America. Geobios. 10. 47–55. 4 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E., et al.. (1977). Critique of certain Eocene Primate taxa. Geobios. 10. 159–164. 11 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E. & Malcolm C. McKenna. (1974). Symposium: Vertebrate Paleontology as a Discipline in Geochronology: I, II, III. Geology. 2(2). 83–83. 2 indexed citations
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Russell, Donald E., Pierre Louis, & Donald E. Savage. (1973). Chiroptera and Dermoptera of the French early Eocene. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 36 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E., et al.. (1971). Making Duplicates of Small Vertebrate Fossils for Teaching and for Research Collections. Curator The Museum Journal. 14(2). 123–132. 19 indexed citations
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Russell, Donald E., Pierre Louis, & Donald E. Savage. (1967). Primates of the French early Eocene. University of California Press eBooks. 44 indexed citations
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Camp, Charles L., et al.. (1967). Ruben Arthur Stirton. Journal of Mammalogy. 2 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E., Donald E. Russell, & Pierre Louis. (1966). Ceratomorpha and Ancylopoda (Perissodactyla) from the lower Eocene, Paris Basin, France. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 18 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E., Donald E. Russell, & Pierre Louis. (1965). European Eocene Equidae (Perissodactyla). University of California Press eBooks. 30 indexed citations
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Evernden, Jack F., Garniss H. Curtis, William Bishop, et al.. (1965). The Potassium-Argon Dating of Late Cenozoic Rocks in East Africa and Italy [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 6(4). 342–385. 152 indexed citations breakdown →
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Evernden, Jack F., et al.. (1964). Potassium-argon dates and the Cenozoic mammalian chronology of North America. American Journal of Science. 262(2). 145–198. 390 indexed citations breakdown →
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Curtis, Garniss H., Donald E. Savage, & Jack F. Evernden. (1961). CRITICAL POINTS IN THE CENOZOIC. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 91(2). 342–346. 9 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E.. (1960). A survey of various late Cenozoic vertebrate faunas of the Panhandle of Texas. University of California Press eBooks. 45 indexed citations
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Durham, J. Wyatt, et al.. (1951). MOLD OF A RHINOCEROS IN BASALT, LOWER GRAND COULEE, WASHINGTON. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 62(8). 907–907. 8 indexed citations
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Savage, Donald E.. (1951). Report on Fossil Vertebrates from the Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Science. 114(2955). 186–187. 11 indexed citations

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