J. W. Kitching

1.4k total citations
39 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

J. W. Kitching is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. W. Kitching has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Paleontology, 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 5 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in J. W. Kitching's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (29 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (9 papers). J. W. Kitching is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (29 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (9 papers). J. W. Kitching collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. J. W. Kitching's co-authors include Michael A. Raath, Adam M. Yates, James A. Hopson, Bruce S. Rubidge, Edwin H. Colbert, C. E. Gow, Roger M. H. Smith, Eugene S. Gaffney, R Damiani and James W. Collinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. W. Kitching

39 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. W. Kitching South Africa	22	1.0k	587	169	80	79	39	1.1k
Richard A. Thulborn Australia	22	1.2k 1.2×	618 1.1×	189 1.1×	47 0.6×	83 1.1×	41	1.3k
Wann Langston United States	18	988 0.9×	541 0.9×	153 0.9×	59 0.7×	50 0.6×	30	1.1k
José Joaquín Moratalla García Spain	19	1.1k 1.1×	591 1.0×	143 0.8×	40 0.5×	117 1.5×	51	1.2k
Glenn W. Storrs United States	19	1.3k 1.2×	745 1.3×	176 1.0×	90 1.1×	45 0.6×	36	1.4k
Michael A. Raath South Africa	14	998 1.0×	493 0.8×	129 0.8×	239 3.0×	50 0.6×	17	1.1k
Philippe Taquet France	19	1.0k 1.0×	639 1.1×	191 1.1×	24 0.3×	44 0.6×	47	1.1k
Tony Thulborn Australia	10	750 0.7×	370 0.6×	107 0.6×	21 0.3×	111 1.4×	17	824
J. Michael Parrish United States	21	1.6k 1.5×	836 1.4×	275 1.6×	33 0.4×	125 1.6×	28	1.8k
Kevin Padian United States	5	808 0.8×	488 0.8×	120 0.7×	17 0.2×	50 0.6×	5	886
Timothy R. Smithson United Kingdom	20	1.1k 1.0×	674 1.1×	197 1.2×	23 0.3×	76 1.0×	46	1.2k

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Rubidge, Bruce S. & J. W. Kitching. (2003). A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Lower Beaufort Group of South Africa. Palaeontology. 46(1). 199–210. 26 indexed citations

Yates, Adam M. & J. W. Kitching. (2003). The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 270(1525). 1753–1758. 145 indexed citations

Hancox, P. John, et al.. (2002). The temnospondyl amphibian Uranocentrodon, another victim of the end-Permian extinction event : research letter. South African Journal of Science. 98. 191–193. 13 indexed citations

Gow, C. E., et al.. (1997). Anatomy and relationships of the pareiasaur Pareiasuchus nasicornis from the Upper Permian of Zambia. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 30 indexed citations

Rubidge, Bruce S., et al.. (1996). A new lydekkerinid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) fro the lower Triassic of South Africa: implications for evolution of the early capitosauroid cranial pattern. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 351(1347). 1635–1659. 49 indexed citations

Gaffney, Eugene S. & J. W. Kitching. (1994). The most ancient African turtle. Nature. 369(6475). 55–58. 44 indexed citations

Kitching, J. W., et al.. (1994). The stratigraphy of the Lower Beaufort Group in an area north of Laingsburg, South Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 18(3). 185–195. 21 indexed citations

Reed, Kaye E., J. W. Kitching, Frederick E. Grine, William L. Jungers, & Leon Sokoloff. (1993). Proximal femur of Australopithecus africanus from member 4, Makapansgat, South Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 92(1). 1–15. 22 indexed citations

Raath, Michael A., et al.. (1992). First record of Triassic Rhynchosauria (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 24 indexed citations

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Raath, Michael A., et al.. (1990). Dinosaur tracks in Triassic Molteno sediments: the earliest evidence of dinosaurs in South Africa?. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 27 indexed citations

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Gow, C. E., J. W. Kitching, & Michael A. Raath. (1990). Skulls of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus carinatus Owen in the collections of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 51 indexed citations

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Gow, C. E. & J. W. Kitching. (1988). Early Jurassic crocodilomorphs from the Stormberg of South Africa. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1988(9). 517–536. 11 indexed citations

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Kitching, J. W.. (1980). On some fossil Arthropoda from the Limeworks , Makapansgat, Potgietersrus. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 33 indexed citations

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Grine, Frederick E., et al.. (1979). Evidence for salt glands in the Triassic reptile Diademodon (Therapsida; Cynodontia). University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 10 indexed citations

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Colbert, Edwin H. & J. W. Kitching. (1977). Triassic cynodont reptiles from Antarctica. American Museum novitates ; no. 2611. American Museum Novitates. 14 indexed citations

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Kitching, J. W.. (1969). THE CATHOLIC POOR SCHOOLS, 1800 to 1845: Part II The Schools: development and distribution. Journal of Educational Administration & History. 2(1). 1–12. 2 indexed citations

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Kitching, J. W.. (1965). A new giant hyracoid from the Limeworks Quarry, Makapansgat, Potgietersrus. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 6 indexed citations

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Kitching, J. W.. (1963). A fossil Orycteropus from the Limeworks quarry, Makapansgat, Potgietersrus. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 6 indexed citations

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Kitching, J. W.. (1953). Studies on new specimens of the Gorgonopsia. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 6 indexed citations

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Kitching, J. W.. (1952). A new type of fossil baboon Brachygnathopithecus peppercorni, gen et sp nov. South African Journal of Science. 49. 15–17. 3 indexed citations

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