Douglas Riff

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Douglas Riff is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas Riff has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Paleontology, 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Douglas Riff's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (27 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (25 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (20 papers). Douglas Riff is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (27 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (25 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (20 papers). Douglas Riff collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. Douglas Riff's co-authors include Alexander W. A. Kellner, Carina Hoorn, J. Figueiredo, Frank P. Wesselingh, Hans ter Steege, Andrea S. Meseguer, Carlos Jaramillo, Francisco Ricardo Negri, John G. Lundberg and Tanja Stadler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Douglas Riff

34 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Lan... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2023 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity
    2010 1.7k citations Carina Hoorn, Frank P. Wesselingh et al. Science profile →
  2. Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon
    2023 95 citations James S. Albert, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al. Science profile →

Peers

Douglas Riff
Francisco Ricardo Negri Brazil
J. Figueiredo Brazil
A. Mora Colombia
Mauricio A. Bermúdez Colombia
Andrea S. Meseguer France
Nick Porch Australia
Camila C. Ribas Brazil
Louis Deharveng France
Kale Sniderman Australia
Jim I. Mead United States
Francisco Ricardo Negri Brazil
Douglas Riff
Citations per year, relative to Douglas Riff Douglas Riff (= 1×) peers Francisco Ricardo Negri

Countries citing papers authored by Douglas Riff

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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas Riff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas Riff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Douglas Riff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Douglas Riff 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 Douglas Riff. Douglas Riff is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Guayasamin, Juan M., Camila C. Ribas, Ana Carolina Carnaval, et al.. (2024). Evolution of Amazonian biodiversity: A review. Acta Amazonica. 54(spe1). 23 indexed citations
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Albert, James S., Ana Carolina Carnaval, Suzette G. A. Flantua, et al.. (2023). Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon. Science. 379(6630). eabo5003–eabo5003. 95 indexed citations breakdown →
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Souza, Rafael Gomes de, et al.. (2019). Systematic revision of Sarcosuchus hartti (Crocodyliformes) from the Recôncavo Basin (Early Cretaceous) of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 11 indexed citations
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Souza, Rafael Gomes de, et al.. (2018). Revisiting Gryposuchus jessei Gürich, 1912 (Crocodylia: Gavialoidea): specimen description and comments on the genus. Zootaxa. 4457(1). 167–178. 7 indexed citations
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Souza, Rafael Gomes de, Giovanne M. Cidade, Diógenes de Almeida Campos, & Douglas Riff. (2016). New crocodylian remains from the Solimões Formation (lower Eocene–Pliocene), State of Acre, Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 19(2). 217–232. 19 indexed citations
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França, Marco Aurélio Gallo de, Júlio C. A. Marsola, Douglas Riff, Annie Schmaltz Hsiou, & Max C. Langer. (2016). New lower jaw and teeth referred toMaxakalisaurus topai(Titanosauria: Aeolosaurini) and their implications for the phylogeny of titanosaurid sauropods. PeerJ. 4. e2054–e2054. 13 indexed citations
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Ghilardi, Aline M., et al.. (2015). Morphometry, Bite-Force, and Paleobiology of the Late Miocene Caiman Purussaurus brasiliensis. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0117944–e0117944. 41 indexed citations
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Carvalho, Marcelo de Araújo, et al.. (2013). Palynofacies as indicators of paleoenvironmental changes in a Cretaceous succession from the Larsen Basin, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Sedimentary Geology. 295. 53–66. 54 indexed citations
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Kellner, Alexander W. A., Diógenes de Almeida Campos, Douglas Riff, & Marco B D Andrade. (2011). A new crocodylomorph (Sphagesauridae, Notosuchia) with horn-like tubercles from Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163. S57–S65. 30 indexed citations
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Kellner, Alexander W. A., Tiago R. Simões, Douglas Riff, et al.. (2011). The oldest plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from Antarctica. Polar Research. 30(1). 7265–7265. 18 indexed citations
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Riff, Douglas & Alexander W. A. Kellner. (2011). Baurusuchid crocodyliforms as theropod mimics: clues from the skull and appendicular morphology ofStratiotosuchus maxhechti(Upper Cretaceous of Brazil). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163. S37–S56. 83 indexed citations
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Bona, Paula & Douglas Riff. (2010). The austral components of the Neogene South American crocodylian fauna: the northeast Miocene-Pliocene Argentinean record. El Servicio de Difusión de la Creación Intelectual (National University of La Plata). 1 indexed citations
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Hoorn, Carina, Frank P. Wesselingh, Hans ter Steege, et al.. (2010). Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity. Science. 330(6006). 927–931. 1741 indexed citations breakdown →
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Riff, Douglas, et al.. (2009). Two New Iron Meteorites from Bahia, Brazil. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement. 72. 5380. 1 indexed citations
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Aguilera, Orangel, et al.. (2006). A new giantPurussaurus(Crocodyliformes, Alligatoridae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 4(3). 221–232. 64 indexed citations
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Riff, Douglas, et al.. (2004). An avian vertebra from the Continental Cretaceous of Morocco, Africa. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 62(2). 217–223. 12 indexed citations
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Campos, Diógenes de Almeida, et al.. (2001). Short note on a new Baurusuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Metasuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. 1–7. 54 indexed citations

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