Gregory M. Erickson

7.9k total citations
89 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Gregory M. Erickson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory M. Erickson has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Paleontology, 42 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Gregory M. Erickson's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (77 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (65 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (41 papers). Gregory M. Erickson is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (77 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (65 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (41 papers). Gregory M. Erickson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Gregory M. Erickson's co-authors include Mark A. Norell, Paul M. Gignac, A. Kristopher Lappin, Kent A. Vliet, Scott A. Yerby, Xing Xu, Julia A. Clarke, Kristina Curry Rogers, Philip J. Currie and Alan H. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gregory M. Erickson

86 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gregory M. Erickson 5.2k 2.9k 1.1k 662 513 89 6.0k
Lawrence M. Witmer 5.1k 1.0× 3.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 578 0.9× 377 0.7× 121 6.0k
John R. Horner 6.4k 1.2× 3.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 740 1.1× 533 1.0× 111 7.3k
P. Martin Sander 5.5k 1.1× 3.2k 1.1× 899 0.8× 607 0.9× 349 0.7× 169 6.4k
Matthew T. Carrano 4.9k 0.9× 2.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 383 0.6× 353 0.7× 81 5.3k
Stephen L. Brusatte 7.3k 1.4× 4.5k 1.6× 1.3k 1.1× 372 0.6× 549 1.1× 218 7.8k
Kevin Padian 4.2k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 742 0.7× 477 0.7× 298 0.6× 134 4.8k
Roger Benson 7.7k 1.5× 4.5k 1.6× 1.5k 1.3× 634 1.0× 612 1.2× 194 8.5k
Paul Upchurch 6.9k 1.3× 4.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 401 0.6× 301 0.6× 125 7.5k
Paul M. Barrett 7.4k 1.4× 4.2k 1.5× 1.6k 1.4× 379 0.6× 426 0.8× 270 8.6k
Luis M. Chiappe 8.2k 1.6× 4.9k 1.7× 955 0.8× 958 1.4× 413 0.8× 196 9.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ksepka, Daniel T., Gregory M. Erickson, Donald B. Brinkman, et al.. (2025). Arctic bird nesting traces back to the Cretaceous. Science. 388(6750). 974–978. 2 indexed citations
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Brinkman, Donald B., J. Andrés López, Gregory M. Erickson, et al.. (2025). Fishes from the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope of Alaska, and their palaeobiogeographical significance. Papers in Palaeontology. 11(3). 2 indexed citations
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Farnsworth, Alex, et al.. (2024). Global latitudinal gradients and the evolution of body size in dinosaurs and mammals. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2864–2864. 8 indexed citations
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Therrien, François, Darla K. Zelenitsky, Kohei Tanaka, et al.. (2023). Exceptionally preserved stomach contents of a young tyrannosaurid reveal an ontogenetic dietary shift in an iconic extinct predator. Science Advances. 9(49). eadi0505–eadi0505. 8 indexed citations
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Steppan, Scott J., Lisa N. Barrow, Bader H. Alhajeri, et al.. (2022). Phylogenetics and the evolution of terrestriality in mudskippers (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 169. 107416–107416. 17 indexed citations
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Wooller, Matthew J., Clément P. Bataille, Patrick S. Druckenmiller, et al.. (2021). Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth. Science. 373(6556). 806–808. 52 indexed citations
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Gignac, Paul M. & Gregory M. Erickson. (2017). The Biomechanics Behind Extreme Osteophagy in Tyrannosaurus rex. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2012–2012. 62 indexed citations
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Druckenmiller, Patrick S., et al.. (2017). DEINONYCHOSAURIAN TRACE FOSSILS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS (MAASTRICHTIAN) CANTWELL FORMATION, ALASKA: TRACK MAKER INFERENCES USING COEVAL, INTERFORMATIONAL COMPARISONS. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Choiniere, Jonah N., James M. Clark, Catherine A. Forster, et al.. (2013). A juvenile specimen of a new coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle–Late Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12(2). 177–215. 65 indexed citations
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Erickson, Gregory M., Paul M. Gignac, Scott J. Steppan, et al.. (2012). Insights into the Ecology and Evolutionary Success of Crocodilians Revealed through Bite-Force and Tooth-Pressure Experimentation. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e31781–e31781. 155 indexed citations
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Longrich, Nicholas R., John R. Horner, Gregory M. Erickson, & Philip J. Currie. (2010). Cannibalism in Tyrannosaurus rex. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13419–e13419. 40 indexed citations
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Erickson, Gregory M., Peter J. Makovicky, Brian D. Inouye, Chang‐Fu Zhou, & Ke‐Qin Gao. (2009). A Life Table for Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis: Initial Insights Into Ornithischian Dinosaur Population Biology. The Anatomical Record. 292(9). 1514–1521. 66 indexed citations
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Varricchio, David J., Jason R. Moore, Gregory M. Erickson, et al.. (2008). Avian Paternal Care Had Dinosaur Origin. Science. 322(5909). 1826–1828. 111 indexed citations
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Clarke, Julia A., Claudia P. Tambussi, Jorge I. Noriega, Gregory M. Erickson, & Richard A. Ketcham. (2005). Definitive fossil evidence for the extant avian radiation in the Cretaceous. Nature. 433(7023). 305–308. 250 indexed citations
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Erickson, Gregory M.. (2005). Assessing dinosaur growth patterns: a microscopic revolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 20(12). 677–684. 206 indexed citations
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Erickson, Gregory M., Peter J. Makovicky, Philip J. Currie, et al.. (2004). Gigantism and comparative life-history parameters of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs. Nature. 430(7001). 772–775. 247 indexed citations
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Erickson, Gregory M., et al.. (2003). “Dinosaurian Life History Strategies, Growth Rates, and Character Evolution; New Insights Garnered from Bone Histology and Developmental Mass Extrapolation.”. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23(3). 1 indexed citations
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Erickson, Gregory M., Joseph J. Catanese, & Tony M. Keaveny. (2002). Evolution of the biomechanical material properties of the femur. The Anatomical Record. 268(2). 115–124. 134 indexed citations
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Erickson, Gregory M., et al.. (2000). “Comparison of Exponential-stage Growth Rates Between Dinosaurs and Extant Vertebrates.”. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20(3). 1 indexed citations

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