Everett C. Olson

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Everett C. Olson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Everett C. Olson has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Paleontology, 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Everett C. Olson's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (35 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (30 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (8 papers). Everett C. Olson is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (35 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (30 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (8 papers). Everett C. Olson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Everett C. Olson's co-authors include Robert L. Miller, Nelson T. Spratt, A. Hallam, R. D. K. Thomas, Robert L. Miller, Loren R. Graham, Michael A. Bell, Jeffrey V. Baumgartner, N. A. Locket and Kristina Holmberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Everett C. Olson

92 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Major Features of Evolution.

1954 1.5k citations Everett C. Olson et al. Evolution profile →
Morphological Integration

1959 406 citations Everett C. Olson, Robert L. Miller et al. profile →
ATLAS OF PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY

1973 299 citations Everett C. Olson Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Everett C. Olson United States	29	2.8k	1.1k	1.0k	846	836	96	4.9k
George Gaylord Simpson United States	33	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	2.5k 2.4×	1.9k 2.3×	2.1k 2.5×	174	8.8k
Mike Foote United States	28	3.4k 1.2×	618 0.6×	702 0.7×	754 0.9×	592 0.7×	38	4.4k
Michael O. Woodburne United States	36	3.6k 1.3×	684 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	320 0.4×	83	4.4k
Michael J. Novacek United States	43	4.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.0×	2.3k 2.2×	1.6k 1.8×	977 1.2×	116	7.1k
Colin Patterson United Kingdom	34	2.8k 1.0×	3.0k 2.8×	919 0.9×	638 0.8×	666 0.8×	92	5.9k
Gareth Nelson United States	40	3.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.8×	2.6k 2.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.9×	126	7.1k
Pere Alberch United States	29	1.4k 0.5×	831 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	846 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	53	5.9k
Malcolm C. McKenna United States	35	2.8k 1.0×	433 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	945 1.1×	336 0.4×	121	4.0k
John J. Flynn United States	47	4.7k 1.7×	910 0.9×	1.9k 1.8×	1.9k 2.3×	550 0.7×	204	7.4k
Richard L. Cifelli United States	40	4.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	914 1.1×	178 0.2×	142	5.4k

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Olson, Everett C.. (1990). The Other Side of the Medal: A Paleobiologist Reflects on the Art and Serendipity of Science. 1 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1988). Permo-Triassic vertebrate extinctions: A program. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 673. 137. 1 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C., et al.. (1987). The New Paleontology—A Symposium in Honor of Everett Olson. Journal of Paleontology. 61(4). 675–675. 1 indexed citations

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Bell, Michael A., Jeffrey V. Baumgartner, & Everett C. Olson. (1985). Patterns of temporal change in single morphological characters of a Miocene stickleback fish. Paleobiology. 11(3). 258–271. 75 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1984). The taxonomic status and morphology of Pleuristion brachycoelus Case; referred to Protocaptorhinus pricei Clark and Carroll (Reptilia: Captorhinomorpha). Journal of Paleontology. 58(5). 1282–1295. 8 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1980). Parallelism in the evolution of the Permian reptilian faunas of the Old and New Worlds / Everett C. Olson.. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1979). Seymouria grandis n. sp. (Batrachosauria; Amphibia) from the middle Clear Fork (Permian) of Oklahoma and Texas. Journal of Paleontology. 53(3). 720–728. 12 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1979). Aspects of the biology of Trimerorhachis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli). Journal of Paleontology. 53(1). 1–17. 30 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C., et al.. (1972). Notes on Gnathorhiza (Osteichthyes, Dipnoi). Journal of Paleontology. 46(3). 371–376. 14 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1972). Diplocaulus parvus n. sp. (Amphibia, Nectridea) from the Chickasha Formation (Permian, Guadalupian) of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology. 46(5). 656–659. 7 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1971). A skeleton of Lysorophus tricarinatus (Amphibia; lepospondyli) from the Hennessey Formation (Permian) of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology. 45(3). 443–449. 16 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1964). The geology and mammalian faunas of the tertiary and pleistocene of South America. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 22(2). 217–225. 3 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C., et al.. (1963). Russian Viewpoints on Evolution. Evolution. 17(1). 119–119. 5 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1962). Late Permian Terrestrial Vertebrates, U. S. A. and U. S. S. R.. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 52(2). 1–1. 124 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1962). Late Permian Terrestrial Vertebrates, U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.. 1 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1959). THE EVOLUTION OF MAMMALIAN CHARACTERS. Evolution. 13(3). 344–353. 64 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C., et al.. (1959). Morphological Integration.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 54(285). 332–332. 84 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C.. (1957). Catalogue of Localities of Permian and Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrates of the Territories of the U.S.S.R.. The Journal of Geology. 65(2). 196–226. 16 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C., et al.. (1953). The San Angelo Formation, Permian of Texas, and Its Vertebrates. The Journal of Geology. 61(5). 389–423. 54 indexed citations

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Olson, Everett C. & Robert L. Miller. (1951). RELATIVE GROWTH IN PALEONTOLOGICAL STUDIES. Journal of Paleontology. 25(2). 212–223. 20 indexed citations

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