Emma Sherratt

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Emma Sherratt is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geometry and Topology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Sherratt has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Paleontology, 48 papers in Geometry and Topology and 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Emma Sherratt's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (51 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (48 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (32 papers). Emma Sherratt is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (51 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (48 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (32 papers). Emma Sherratt collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Emma Sherratt's co-authors include Dean C. Adams, Michael L. Collyer, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou, David J. Gower, Mark Wilkinson, J. Scott Keogh, Diego San Mauro, Christian Peter Klingenberg, Kate L. Sanders and Mark Wilkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Emma Sherratt

75 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

geomorph: Software for geometric morphometric analyses 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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. geomorph: Software for geometric morphometric analyses
    2016 550 citations Dean C. Adams, Emma Sherratt et al. profile →

Peers

Emma Sherratt
Anne‐Claire Fabre France
Leandro R. Monteiro Brazil
Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou Portugal
Michael L. Collyer United States
Gabriel Marroig Brazil
Anna Loy Italy
Graham J. Slater United States
Brian L. Sidlauskas United States
Lionel Hautier France
Vera Weisbecker Australia
Anne‐Claire Fabre France
Emma Sherratt
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Countries citing papers authored by Emma Sherratt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emma Sherratt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Sherratt

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

All Works

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Yamada, Fumio, et al.. (2025). Does fast running limit numerical variability of the vertebral column in rabbits and hares (Leporidae: Lagomorpha)?. Royal Society Open Science. 12(1). 241813–241813. 2 indexed citations
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Hemsley, Kim M., et al.. (2024). Application of diceCT to Study the Development of the Zika Virus-Infected Mouse Brain. Viruses. 16(8). 1330–1330.
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Sherratt, Emma, et al.. (2023). Elucidating the morphology and ecology of Eoandromeda octobrachiata from the Ediacaran of South Australia. Papers in Palaeontology. 9(6). 1 indexed citations
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Oliver, Paul M., et al.. (2023). Adaptive tails? Parallel evolution of expanded tails in monsoonal tropics lineages of an Australian gecko radiation (Oedura). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(2). 1 indexed citations
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Palci, Alessandro, et al.. (2023). Shape and Size Variation in Elapid Snake Fangs and the Effects of Phylogeny and Diet. Evolutionary Biology. 50(4). 476–487. 3 indexed citations
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Sherratt, Emma, et al.. (2023). Grasping hold of functional trade-offs using the diversity of foot forms in Australian birds. Evolutionary Ecology. 37(6). 945–959.
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Fleming, Patricia A., et al.. (2022). Ontogenetic shift in diet of a large elapid snake is facilitated by allometric change in skull morphology. Evolutionary Ecology. 36(4). 489–509. 15 indexed citations
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Sherratt, Emma, et al.. (2022). Macroevolution in axial morphospace: innovations accompanying the transition to marine environments in elapid snakes. Royal Society Open Science. 9(12). 221087–221087. 8 indexed citations
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Puckett, Emily E., Emma Sherratt, Matthew Combs, et al.. (2020). Variation in brown rat cranial shape shows directional selection over 120 years in New York City. Ecology and Evolution. 10(11). 4739–4748. 18 indexed citations
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Sherratt, Emma, et al.. (2019). Vertebral evolution and ontogenetic allometry: The developmental basis of extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. Evolution & Development. 21(3). 135–144. 18 indexed citations
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Bardua, Carla, et al.. (2019). High-density three-dimensional morphometric analyses support conserved static (intraspecific) modularity in caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) crania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 126(4). 721–742. 31 indexed citations
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Travouillon, Kenny J., et al.. (2019). Covariation between forelimb muscle anatomy and bone shape in an Australian scratch‐digging marsupial: Comparison of morphometric methods. Journal of Morphology. 280(12). 1900–1915. 14 indexed citations
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Sherratt, Emma & Kate L. Sanders. (2019). Patterns of intracolumnar size variation inform the heterochronic mechanisms underlying extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes. Evolution & Development. 22(3). 283–290. 6 indexed citations
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Sherratt, Emma, Arne Redsted Rasmussen, & Kate L. Sanders. (2018). Trophic specialization drives morphological evolution in sea snakes. Royal Society Open Science. 5(3). 172141–172141. 42 indexed citations
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Dickson, Blake V., Emma Sherratt, Jonathan B. Losos, & Stephanie E. Pierce. (2017). Semicircular canals in Anolis lizards: ecomorphological convergence and ecomorph affinities of fossil species. Royal Society Open Science. 4(10). 170058–170058. 20 indexed citations
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Serb, Jeanne M., et al.. (2017). Phylogenetic convergence and multiple shell shape optima for gliding scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30(9). 1736–1747. 30 indexed citations
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