Gareth Nelson

11.0k citations
126 papers · 7.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 40

Gareth Nelson

122 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Systematics and Biogeography: Cladistics and Vicariance.1.1k19822026199620112505007501000

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Gareth Nelson
Comparison fields: 5 of 160
  • Paleontology 3.1k
  • Ecological Modeling 732
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 1.9k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2.6k
  • History and Philosophy of Science 557
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Gareth Nelson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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2 20123
3 201112
4 201042
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A globalization of taxonomy, like its economic cousin, may negatively affect taxonomiic research where it is most needed - in developing nations, which should have a greater stake in biodiversity - related profits
20043
6 2003168
7 199714
8 19955
9 199218
10 199126
11 198550
12 19822
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Vicariance biogeography : a critique : symposium of the Systematics Discussion Group of the American Museum of Natural History, May 2-4, 1979
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14 1979182
15 19761
16 197533
17 197220
18 197248
19 19705
20 196749

About Gareth Nelson

Gareth Nelson is a scholar working on Paleontology, History and Philosophy of Science, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 126 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (28 papers), Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (17 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (9 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers) and Plant and animal studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (3.1k citations), Ecological Modeling (732 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.9k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.6k citations) and History and Philosophy of Science (557 citations). Gareth Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Norman I. Platnick, Daniel R. Brooks, Pauline Y. Ladiges, Donn Eric Rosen, Michael J. Benton, Léon Croizat, Elliot Sober, Olivier Rieppel, Frank Udovicic and Óscar F. Francke. Their work appears in journals such as Systematic Biology, Cladistics, Journal of Biogeography, Copeia and BioScience.

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