Heitor Francischini

677 total citations
41 papers, 493 citations indexed

About

Heitor Francischini is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Heitor Francischini has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 493 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Paleontology, 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Heitor Francischini's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (27 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (18 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (17 papers). Heitor Francischini is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (27 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (18 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (17 papers). Heitor Francischini collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Spain. Heitor Francischini's co-authors include Paula Dentzien‐Dias, César Leandro Schultz, Agustín G. Martinelli, Marina Bento Soares, Spencer G. Lucas, Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, R.D. Sánchez, Marcelo Adorna Fernandes, Gerson Fernandino and Carla Isobel Elliff and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Earth-Science Reviews and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Heitor Francischini

38 papers receiving 482 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heitor Francischini Brazil 15 376 190 107 69 39 41 493
Paolo Citton Argentina 13 384 1.0× 158 0.8× 99 0.9× 44 0.6× 47 1.2× 54 485
Pedro M. Callapez Portugal 14 406 1.1× 85 0.4× 144 1.3× 182 2.6× 27 0.7× 75 610
Gian Luigi Pillola Italy 14 330 0.9× 45 0.2× 94 0.9× 161 2.3× 22 0.6× 71 521
Hamid Haddoumi Morocco 15 253 0.7× 85 0.4× 73 0.7× 75 1.1× 62 1.6× 33 615
Fernando Muñíz Spain 12 218 0.6× 46 0.2× 144 1.3× 135 2.0× 20 0.5× 31 376
Félix Pérez‐Lorente Spain 14 496 1.3× 200 1.1× 106 1.0× 41 0.6× 68 1.7× 59 587
Marian Fregenal-Martínez Spain 9 290 0.8× 103 0.5× 66 0.6× 79 1.1× 42 1.1× 14 409
Hyun Joo Kim South Korea 12 298 0.8× 104 0.5× 136 1.3× 61 0.9× 29 0.7× 36 440
Martin A. Becker United States 13 308 0.8× 317 1.7× 23 0.2× 47 0.7× 27 0.7× 33 445
Brian F. Platt United States 11 139 0.4× 50 0.3× 81 0.8× 84 1.2× 27 0.7× 28 319

Countries citing papers authored by Heitor Francischini

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heitor Francischini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heitor Francischini

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dentzien‐Dias, Paula, et al.. (2025). Dinosaur tracks from the Guará Formation (Brazil) shed light on the biodiversity of a South American Late Jurassic humid desert. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 153. 105364–105364. 2 indexed citations
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Pretto, Flávio Augusto, Agustín G. Martinelli, Maurício Silva Garcia, et al.. (2025). Continuous presence of dinosauromorphs in South America throughout the Middle to the Late Triassic. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 18498–18498.
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Sedorko, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Pulses of life: Wet events in Botucatu Paleodesert evidenced by trace fossils analysis (earliest Cretaceous, Paraná Basin, Brazil). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 658. 112608–112608. 2 indexed citations
4.
Martinelli, Agustín G., Pamela G. Gill, Emily J. Rayfield, et al.. (2024). New evidence from high-resolution computed microtomography of Triassic stem-mammal skulls from South America enhances discussions on turbinates before the origin of Mammaliaformes. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 13817–13817. 3 indexed citations
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Francischini, Heitor, et al.. (2024). Vertebrate paleoburrow as a seasonality indicator in early Cretaceous Três Barras formation (Brazil). Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 149. 105183–105183.
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Francischini, Heitor, et al.. (2023). On the presence of the ichnogenus Procolophonichnium Nopcsa, 1923 in the Late Triassic of Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 132. 104689–104689. 1 indexed citations
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Francischini, Heitor, et al.. (2023). Burrows provided shelter for tetrapods in a Permo‐Triassic desert. Papers in Palaeontology. 9(2). 5 indexed citations
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Dentzien‐Dias, Paula, et al.. (2023). Registration, morphology and taphonomy of feeding structures produced by Chilean Flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in a lagoonal/barrier depositional system in southern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 127. 104396–104396. 1 indexed citations
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Jacob, T. Jacob T., et al.. (2023). A large-sized mammalian coprolite containing ground sloth osteoderms from the Upper Pleistocene Touro Passo Formation of Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 133. 104715–104715.
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Francischini, Heitor, et al.. (2022). Revisiting the southernmost occurrence of Brasilichnium elusivum Leonardi, 1981 with comments on the tetrapod track record of eolian environments. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 25(4). 249–254. 2 indexed citations
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Cisneros, Juan Carlos, Paula Dentzien‐Dias, & Heitor Francischini. (2021). The Brazilian Pareiasaur Revisited. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 4 indexed citations
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Marchetti, Lorenzo, Sebastian Voigt, Eudald Mujal, et al.. (2020). Extending the footprint record of Pareiasauromorpha to the Cisuralian: earlier appearance and wider palaeobiogeography of the group. Papers in Palaeontology. 7(3). 1297–1319. 12 indexed citations
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Fernandino, Gerson, Carla Isobel Elliff, Heitor Francischini, & Paula Dentzien‐Dias. (2020). Anthropoquinas: First description of plastics and other man-made materials in recently formed coastal sedimentary rocks in the southern hemisphere. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 154. 111044–111044. 38 indexed citations
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Dentzien‐Dias, Paula, et al.. (2020). Coprolites from shallow marine deposits of the Nanjemoy Formation, Lower Eocene of Virginia, USA. Lethaia. 54(1). 26–39. 10 indexed citations
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Francischini, Heitor, Spencer G. Lucas, Sebastian Voigt, et al.. (2019). On the presence of Ichniotherium in the Coconino Sandstone (Cisuralian) of the Grand Canyon and remarks on the occupation of deserts by non-amniote tetrapods. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 94(1). 207–225. 12 indexed citations
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Francischini, Heitor, et al.. (2018). As lendas e a ciência por trás dos répteis gigantes de Araraquara. 18(1). 31–36. 3 indexed citations
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Francischini, Heitor, Paula Dentzien‐Dias, Spencer G. Lucas, & César Leandro Schultz. (2018). Tetrapod tracks in Permo–Triassic eolian beds of southern Brazil (Paraná Basin). PeerJ. 6. e4764–e4764. 29 indexed citations
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Francischini, Heitor, Paula Dentzien‐Dias, & César Leandro Schultz. (2017). A fresh look at ancient dungs: Brazilian Triassic coprolites revisited. Lethaia. 51(3). 389–405. 18 indexed citations
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Ritter, Matias do Nascimento, et al.. (2017). El sesgo del operador en la replicabilidad de los estudios tafonómicos comparativos. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 19(3). 449–464. 5 indexed citations
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Francischini, Heitor, Agustín G. Martinelli, Vítor Paulo Pereira, et al.. (2015). Invertebrate traces in pseudo–coprolites from the upper Cretaceous Marília Formation (Bauru Group), Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Cretaceous Research. 57. 29–39. 16 indexed citations

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