Florian Witzmann

2.2k total citations
87 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Florian Witzmann is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Florian Witzmann has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Paleontology, 47 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Florian Witzmann's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (70 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (47 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (41 papers). Florian Witzmann is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (70 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (47 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (41 papers). Florian Witzmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Florian Witzmann's co-authors include Rainer R. Schoch, Nadia B. Fröbisch, Rodrigo Soler‐Gijón, Hans‐Ulrich Pfretzschner, Constanze Bickelmann, Johannes Müller, Patrick Asbach, Nikolay Kardjilov, Oliver Hampe and Jennifer C. Olori and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Florian Witzmann

84 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
Florian Witzmann Germany 25 1.3k 791 516 113 99 87 1.5k
Casey M. Holliday United States 28 1.5k 1.2× 980 1.2× 400 0.8× 97 0.9× 134 1.4× 60 2.0k
Sophie Sanchez France 23 895 0.7× 462 0.6× 181 0.4× 204 1.8× 90 0.9× 51 1.3k
Koen Stein Germany 21 1.1k 0.9× 634 0.8× 200 0.4× 80 0.7× 96 1.0× 36 1.4k
Erin E. Maxwell Germany 29 1.7k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 318 0.6× 104 0.9× 98 1.0× 110 2.0k
Aaron R. H. LeBlanc Canada 22 871 0.7× 433 0.5× 316 0.6× 154 1.4× 38 0.4× 51 1.1k
Armand de Ricqlès France 26 2.2k 1.8× 1.3k 1.7× 473 0.9× 71 0.6× 248 2.5× 60 2.5k
Nadia B. Fröbisch Germany 18 653 0.5× 403 0.5× 412 0.8× 242 2.1× 56 0.6× 37 987
Aurore Canoville France 18 843 0.7× 483 0.6× 195 0.4× 57 0.5× 124 1.3× 32 1.0k
Pascal Godefroit Belgium 35 2.9k 2.3× 1.8k 2.3× 581 1.1× 69 0.6× 127 1.3× 111 3.2k
Mark B. Goodwin United States 20 1.1k 0.9× 529 0.7× 248 0.5× 31 0.3× 93 0.9× 38 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Florian Witzmann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Florian Witzmann

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

All Works

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Schoch, Rainer R. & Florian Witzmann. (2024). The evolution of larvae in temnospondyls and the stepwise origin of amphibian metamorphosis. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(5). 1613–1637. 5 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian, et al.. (2024). Paleobiological implications of chevron pathology in the sauropodomorph Plateosaurus trossingensis from the Upper Triassic of SW Germany. PLoS ONE. 19(7). e0306819–e0306819. 1 indexed citations
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Jensen, Louise Kruse, et al.. (2024). Bone infection evolution. Injury. 55. 111826–111826. 1 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian & Nadia B. Fröbisch. (2023). Morphology and ontogeny of carpus and tarsus in stereospondylomorph temnospondyls. PeerJ. 11. e16182–e16182. 1 indexed citations
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Osenberg, Markus, et al.. (2021). Bone metabolism and evolutionary origin of osteocytes: Novel application of FIB-SEM tomography. Science Advances. 7(14). 22 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian, et al.. (2021). Rarity of congenital malformation and deformity in the fossil record of vertebrates – A non-human perspective. International Journal of Paleopathology. 33. 30–42. 5 indexed citations
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Hamm, Charlie Alexander, Oliver Hampe, Daniela Schwarz, et al.. (2020). A comprehensive diagnostic approach combining phylogenetic disease bracketing and CT imaging reveals osteomyelitis in a Tyrannosaurus rex. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18897–18897. 13 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian, Hans‐Dieter Sues, Christian F. Kammerer, & Jörg Fröbisch. (2019). A new bystrowianid from the upper Permian of Germany: first record of a Permian chroniosuchian (Tetrapoda) outside Russia and China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39(4). e1667366–e1667366. 6 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian, et al.. (2019). Permian metabolic bone disease revealed by microCT: Paget’s disease-like pathology in vertebrae of an early amniote. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0219662–e0219662. 5 indexed citations
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Lautenschlager, Stephan, Florian Witzmann, & Ingmar Werneburg. (2016). Palate anatomy and morphofunctional aspects of interpterygoid vacuities in temnospondyl cranial evolution. Die Naturwissenschaften. 103(9-10). 79–79. 22 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian, et al.. (2016). Vertebral Development in Paleozoic and Mesozoic Tetrapods Revealed by Paleohistological Data. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0152586–e0152586. 25 indexed citations
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Fröbisch, Nadia B., Constanze Bickelmann, & Florian Witzmann. (2014). Early evolution of limb regeneration in tetrapods: evidence from a 300-million-year-old amphibian. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1794). 20141550–20141550. 47 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian, Daniela Schwarz, Oliver Hampe, Guido Fritsch, & Patrick Asbach. (2014). Evidence of Spondyloarthropathy in the Spine of a Phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauriformes) from the Late Triassic of Halberstadt, Germany. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85511–e85511. 30 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian & Rainer R. Schoch. (2012). Reconstruction of cranial and hyobranchial muscles in the triassic temnospondylGerrothoraxprovides evidence for akinetic suction feeding. Journal of Morphology. 274(5). 525–542. 26 indexed citations
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Schoch, Rainer R. & Florian Witzmann. (2011). Cranial morphology of the plagiosaurid Gerrothorax pulcherrimus as an extreme example of evolutionary stasis. Lethaia. 45(3). 371–385. 38 indexed citations
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Witzmann, Florian, Rainer R. Schoch, & Michael W. Maisch. (2007). A relict basal tetrapod from Germany: first evidence of a Triassic chroniosuchian outside Russia. Die Naturwissenschaften. 95(1). 67–72. 38 indexed citations

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