Edwin H. Colbert

3.8k total citations
91 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Edwin H. Colbert is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edwin H. Colbert has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Paleontology, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Edwin H. Colbert's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (39 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (36 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (7 papers). Edwin H. Colbert is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (39 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (36 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (7 papers). Edwin H. Colbert collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Africa. Edwin H. Colbert's co-authors include Louis L. Jacobs, John A. Dorr, J. W. Kitching, Norman Hartweg, Marshall Kay, David H. Elliot, Barnum. Brown, Dale A. Russell, Theodore E. White and Llewellyn Ivor. Price and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Edwin H. Colbert

88 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edwin H. Colbert United States 24 1.3k 568 270 210 136 91 1.8k
Robert Hoffstetter France 16 521 0.4× 234 0.4× 408 1.5× 171 0.8× 295 2.2× 35 827
Jason A. Lillegraven United States 19 1.3k 1.0× 249 0.4× 202 0.7× 382 1.8× 491 3.6× 48 1.8k
T. S. Kemp United Kingdom 19 1.5k 1.2× 760 1.3× 242 0.9× 253 1.2× 235 1.7× 37 1.9k
James A. Hopson United States 28 1.7k 1.4× 775 1.4× 315 1.2× 248 1.2× 381 2.8× 46 2.0k
Alec L. Panchen United Kingdom 22 928 0.7× 600 1.1× 284 1.1× 113 0.5× 201 1.5× 36 1.4k
Robert T. Bakker United States 17 1.4k 1.1× 656 1.2× 374 1.4× 187 0.9× 115 0.8× 22 1.7k
John H. Ostrom United States 24 2.3k 1.8× 1.3k 2.2× 588 2.2× 488 2.3× 327 2.4× 46 3.3k
Kenneth E. Campbell United States 22 1.1k 0.9× 475 0.8× 155 0.6× 494 2.4× 392 2.9× 47 1.6k
Clayton E. Ray United States 16 574 0.4× 327 0.6× 80 0.3× 578 2.8× 263 1.9× 42 1.1k
Keith Stewart Thomson United States 21 653 0.5× 651 1.1× 149 0.6× 204 1.0× 134 1.0× 106 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Colbert, Edwin H., et al.. (2001). Colbert's evolution of the vertebrates : a history of the backboned animals through time. 18 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H. & Paul E. Olsen. (2001). A New and Unusual Aquatic Reptile from the Lockatong Formation of New Jersey (Late Triassic, Newark Supergroup). American Museum Novitates. 3334. 1–24. 24 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H., Alan J. Charig, Peter Dodson, et al.. (1992). Coelurus bauri Cope, 1887 (currently Coelophysis bauri; Reptilia, Saurischia) : proposed replacement of the lectotype by a neotype. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 49. 276–279. 9 indexed citations
4.
Colbert, Edwin H.. (1992). William Diller Matthew, Paleontologist: The Splendid Drama Observed. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Kenneth, Loris S. Russell, Paul C. Sereno, et al.. (1990). Dinosaur Systematics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1982). The distribution of Lystros aurus in pangaea and its implications. Geobios. 15. 375–383. 14 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H. & Louis L. Jacobs. (1980). Aspects of vertebrate history: Essays in honor of Edwin Harris Colbert. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 110 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1974). Wandering Lands and Animals: The Story of Continental Drift and Animal Populations. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1973). Wandering lands and animals. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 27 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1971). Tetrapods and Continents. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 46(3). 250–269. 13 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H. & Dale A. Russell. (1969). The small cretaceous dinosaur dormaeosaurus. American Museum Novitates. 1–49. 2 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1969). Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 62 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1968). Men and dinosaurs. 13 indexed citations
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Barrett, P. J., et al.. (1968). Triassic Amphibian from Antarctica. Science. 161(3840). 460–462. 31 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1967). Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from Western Australia. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 29 indexed citations
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Kay, Marshall & Edwin H. Colbert. (1965). Stratigraphy and life history. Wiley eBooks. 41 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1963). The Weights of Dinosaurs. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 87 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1958). Relationships of the Triassic Maleri Fauna. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 68–81. 9 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H.. (1953). Pleistocene mammals from the limestone fissures of Szechwan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 102. 1–134. 130 indexed citations
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Hooijer, D.A. & Edwin H. Colbert. (1951). A note on the Plio- Pleistocene boundary in the Siwalik series of India and in Java. American Journal of Science. 249(7). 533–538. 9 indexed citations

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