John D. Scanlon

1.3k total citations
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

John D. Scanlon is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Scanlon has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 17 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in John D. Scanlon's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (27 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (14 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers). John D. Scanlon is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (27 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (14 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers). John D. Scanlon collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United States. John D. Scanlon's co-authors include Michael S. Y. Lee, Michael W. Caldwell, Richard Shine, J. Scott Keogh, Michael Archer, Ian Scott, Robin Lawson, Andrew F. Hugall, David W. Krause and Nathan J. Kley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and Copeia.

In The Last Decade

John D. Scanlon

37 papers receiving 962 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John D. Scanlon Australia 17 772 618 497 254 178 38 1.1k
William P. McCord United States 15 609 0.8× 355 0.6× 783 1.6× 128 0.5× 259 1.5× 25 1.0k
Jack L. Conrad United States 18 881 1.1× 867 1.4× 656 1.3× 355 1.4× 142 0.8× 34 1.3k
Tag N. Engstrom United States 11 376 0.5× 156 0.3× 375 0.8× 157 0.6× 289 1.6× 14 715
Berthe Rakotosamimanana United States 16 296 0.4× 345 0.6× 149 0.3× 281 1.1× 43 0.2× 19 874
Robert Hoffstetter France 16 408 0.5× 521 0.8× 234 0.5× 295 1.2× 84 0.5× 35 827
Ana M. Báez Argentina 26 880 1.1× 741 1.2× 752 1.5× 340 1.3× 78 0.4× 54 1.3k
Christy A. Hipsley Australia 18 504 0.7× 441 0.7× 216 0.4× 366 1.4× 259 1.5× 45 1.0k
Douglas A. Rossman United States 10 506 0.7× 101 0.2× 223 0.4× 247 1.0× 148 0.8× 29 606
Marcelo F. Tejedor Argentina 16 148 0.2× 656 1.1× 121 0.2× 352 1.4× 76 0.4× 41 893
Andrés Sebastián Quinteros Argentina 15 590 0.8× 238 0.4× 165 0.3× 405 1.6× 195 1.1× 36 902

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Weisbecker, Vera, et al.. (2022). Cranial anatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993. The Anatomical Record. 306(2). 239–297. 15 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael, Suzanne J. Hand, Karen H. Black, et al.. (2018). Miminipossum notioplanetes, a Miocene forest-dwelling phalangeridan (Marsupialia; Diprotodontia) from northern and central Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica. 21. 4 indexed citations
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Palci, Alessandro, Mark N. Hutchinson, Michael W. Caldwell, John D. Scanlon, & Michael S. Y. Lee. (2018). Palaeoecological inferences for the fossil Australian snakesYurlunggurandWonambi(Serpentes, Madtsoiidae). Royal Society Open Science. 5(3). 172012–172012. 12 indexed citations
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Palci, Alessandro, Michael W. Caldwell, & John D. Scanlon. (2014). First report of a pelvic girdle in the fossil snakeWonambi naracoortensisSmith, 1976, and a revised diagnosis for the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34(4). 965–969. 6 indexed citations
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Krause, David W., et al.. (2010). A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30(1). 109–138. 55 indexed citations
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Lee, Michael S. Y., Andrew F. Hugall, Robin Lawson, & John D. Scanlon. (2007). Phylogeny of snakes (Serpentes): Combining morphological and molecular data in likelihood, Bayesian and parsimony analyses. Systematics and Biodiversity. 5(4). 371–389. 70 indexed citations
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Shea, Glenn M. & John D. Scanlon. (2007). Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 59(2). 117–142. 6 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D.. (2006). Skull of the large non-macrostomatan snake Yurlunggur from the Australian Oligo-Miocene. Nature. 439(7078). 839–842. 60 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D.. (2005). Cranial morphology of the Plio-Pleistocene giant madtsoiid snake Wonambi naracoortensis. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50(1). 27 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D. & Michael S. Y. Lee. (2004). Phylogeny of Australasian venomous snakes (Colubroidea, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) based on phenotypic and molecular evidence. Zoologica Scripta. 33(4). 335–366. 55 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D.. (2003). The Australian elapid genus Cacophis: Morphology and phylogeny of rainforest crowned snakes. Herpetological Journal. 13(1). 1–20. 11 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D., Michael S. Y. Lee, & Michael Archer. (2003). Mid-Tertiary elapid snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) from Riversleigh, northern Australia: early steps in a continent-wide adaptive radiation. Geobios. 36(5). 573–601. 45 indexed citations
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Lee, Michael S. Y. & John D. Scanlon. (2002). Snake phylogeny based on osteology, soft anatomy and ecology. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 77(3). 333–401. 165 indexed citations
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Lee, Michael S. Y. & John D. Scanlon. (2002). The Cretaceous marine squamate Mesoleptos and the origin of snakes. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 68(2). 131–142. 20 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D., et al.. (2001). A new giant python from the Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna of northeastern Queensland. Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 25(4). 425–437. 12 indexed citations
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Lee, Michael S. Y. & John D. Scanlon. (2001). On the Lower Jaw and Intramandibular Septum in Snakes and Anguimorph Lizards. Copeia. 2001(2). 531–535. 12 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D. & Michael S. Y. Lee. (2000). The Pleistocene serpent Wonambi and the early evolution of snakes. Nature. 403(6768). 416–420. 111 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D.. (1998). Prey-scaring by visual pursuit predators: a new use for tail-waving in snakes. Herpetofauna. 28(2). 5–10. 6 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D.. (1995). First records from Wellington Cavesc New South Walesc of the extinct madtsoiid snake Wonambi naracoortensis Smithc 1976. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 115. 233–238. 7 indexed citations
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Scanlon, John D., et al.. (1982). Canadian hospital fire reports: an incomplete record?. PubMed. 76(6). 85–8. 1 indexed citations

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