Gérald Mayr

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
350 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Gérald Mayr is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gérald Mayr has authored 350 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 331 papers in Paleontology, 214 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 91 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Gérald Mayr's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (321 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (284 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (208 papers). Gérald Mayr is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (321 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (284 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (208 papers). Gérald Mayr collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Gérald Mayr's co-authors include Julia A. Clarke, Dieter Stefan Peters, Albrecht Manegold, Vanesa L. De Pietri, Ulf S. Johansson, Cecile Mourer‐Chauviré, Andrzej Elżanowski, Thierry Smith, Per G. P. Ericson and R. Paul Scofield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Gérald Mayr

342 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2009 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. Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils
    2006 565 citations Gérald Mayr et al. profile →
  2. Paleogene Fossil Birds
    2009 295 citations Gérald Mayr profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gérald Mayr Germany 41 6.2k 3.8k 1.6k 823 805 350 7.4k
Matt Friedman United Kingdom 40 3.5k 0.6× 3.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 496 0.6× 947 1.2× 136 6.5k
Julia A. Clarke United States 37 3.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 739 0.5× 690 0.8× 417 0.5× 150 5.1k
Michel Laurin France 42 4.3k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 650 0.4× 743 0.9× 399 0.5× 179 5.7k
Trevor H. Worthy New Zealand 40 3.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 2.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 1.0k 1.3× 228 6.1k
Daniel J. Field United Kingdom 26 2.5k 0.4× 1.3k 0.3× 812 0.5× 782 1.0× 896 1.1× 92 4.4k
Marcelo R. Sánchez‐Villagra Switzerland 47 4.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.5× 1.8k 1.1× 1.9k 2.3× 1.0k 1.3× 261 7.3k
Michael Archer Australia 38 4.2k 0.7× 990 0.3× 1.6k 1.0× 2.5k 3.1× 980 1.2× 280 6.6k
Zhonghe Zhou China 58 8.8k 1.4× 4.8k 1.3× 758 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 270 0.3× 227 10.4k
Roger Benson United Kingdom 53 7.7k 1.2× 4.5k 1.2× 634 0.4× 544 0.7× 237 0.3× 194 8.5k
Jacques Gauthier United States 15 3.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 420 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 523 0.6× 30 4.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gérald Mayr

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gérald Mayr

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Franke, André, et al.. (2025). OP26 Disentangling the role of HLA proteins in shaping the T-cell repertoire in Inflammatory Bowel Disease using CDR3-QTL analysis. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 19(Supplement_1). i51–i52. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Krister T., Margaret E. Collinson, Annelise Folie, et al.. (2024). The biodiversity of the Eocene Messel Pit. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104(4). 859–940. 5 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald & Andrew C. Kitchener. (2024). The non-apodiform Strisores (potoos, nightjars and allied birds) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 105(3). 773–793. 4 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald, et al.. (2023). Partial skeleton from the Paleocene of New Zealand illuminates the early evolutionary history of the Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds). Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47(3). 315–326. 3 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald, James L. Goedert, Vanesa L. De Pietri, & R. Paul Scofield. (2020). Comparative osteology of the penguin‐like mid‐Cenozoic Plotopteridae and the earliest true fossil penguins, with comments on the origins of wing‐propelled diving. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 59(1). 264–276. 12 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald & Jørn H. Hurum. (2020). A tiny, long-legged raptor from the early Oligocene of Poland may be the earliest bird-eating diurnal bird of prey. Die Naturwissenschaften. 107(6). 48–48. 3 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald, et al.. (2020). The large-sized darter Anhinga pannonica (Aves, Anhingidae) from the late Miocene hominid Hammerschmiede locality in Southern Germany. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0232179–e0232179. 14 indexed citations
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O’Reilly, Shane S., Roger E. Summons, Gérald Mayr, & Jakob Vinther. (2017). Preservation of uropygial gland lipids in a 48-million-year-old bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1865). 20171050–20171050. 12 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald & R. Paul Scofield. (2014). First diagnosable non‐sphenisciform bird from the early Paleocene of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44(1). 48–56. 20 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald & Dieter Stefan Peters. (2007). The foot of Archaeopteryx: Response to Feduccia et al. (2007). The Auk. 124(4). 1450–1450. 5 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald & Charles W. Knopf. (2007). A TODY (ALCEDINIFORMES: TODIDAE) FROM THE EARLY OLIGOCENE OF GERMANY. The Auk. 124(4). 1294–1294. 10 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald & Charles W. Knopf. (2007). A Tody (Alcediniformes: Todidae) From The Early Oligocene of Germany. The Auk. 124(4). 1294–1304. 8 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald & Albrecht Manegold. (2006). A Small Suboscine-Like Passeriform Bird from the Early Oligocene of France. Ornithological Applications. 108(3). 717–720. 14 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald & Albrecht Manegold. (2006). A SMALL SUBOSCINE-LIKE PASSERIFORM BIRD FROM THE EARLY OLIGOCENE OF FRANCE. Ornithological Applications. 108(3). 717–717. 30 indexed citations
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Manegold, Albrecht, Gérald Mayr, & Cecile Mourer‐Chauviré. (2004). Miocene Songbirds and the Composition of the European Passeriform Avifauna. The Auk. 121(4). 1155–1160. 12 indexed citations
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Manegold, Albrecht, Gérald Mayr, & Cecile Mourer‐Chauviré. (2004). MIOCENE SONGBIRDS AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PASSERIFORM AVIFAUNA. The Auk. 121(4). 1155–1155. 31 indexed citations
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Mayr, Gérald. (2003). The deep divergences of neornithine birds: a phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters. Cladistics. 19(6). 527–553. 14 indexed citations

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