Kurt Schwenk

3.0k total citations
47 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kurt Schwenk is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Schwenk has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kurt Schwenk's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (33 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (7 papers). Kurt Schwenk is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (33 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (7 papers). Kurt Schwenk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Mexico. Kurt Schwenk's co-authors include William E. Cooper, Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Gaylord S. Throckmorton, Günter P. Wagner, Benjamin E. Dial, Harry W. Greene, Dianna K. Padilla, Robert J. Full and George S. Bakken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Schwenk

46 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kurt Schwenk United States 23 1.1k 919 356 340 236 47 1.8k
Kraig Adler United States 18 772 0.7× 537 0.6× 258 0.7× 343 1.0× 319 1.4× 49 1.4k
Yehudah L. Werner Israel 24 1.2k 1.1× 867 0.9× 273 0.8× 405 1.2× 326 1.4× 108 1.7k
Katleen Huyghe Belgium 21 979 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 166 0.5× 350 1.0× 262 1.1× 38 1.5k
Terry J. Ord Australia 30 1.1k 1.0× 2.0k 2.1× 291 0.8× 678 2.0× 459 1.9× 73 2.7k
Leo J. Fleishman United States 26 1.2k 1.1× 1.9k 2.1× 220 0.6× 354 1.0× 321 1.4× 39 2.4k
Rafael Maia United States 21 372 0.3× 1.4k 1.5× 175 0.5× 514 1.5× 329 1.4× 35 1.9k
David Duvall United States 28 1.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 410 1.2× 698 2.1× 411 1.7× 67 2.2k
Denis V. Andrade Brazil 28 866 0.8× 872 0.9× 450 1.3× 1.2k 3.4× 301 1.3× 89 2.2k
Rodolfo Ruibal United States 24 1.1k 1.0× 762 0.8× 240 0.7× 494 1.5× 263 1.1× 41 2.0k
Malcolm Edmunds United Kingdom 24 440 0.4× 1.4k 1.6× 279 0.8× 506 1.5× 693 2.9× 65 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kurt Schwenk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt Schwenk

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kurt Schwenk. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kurt Schwenk 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 Kurt Schwenk. Kurt Schwenk 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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Womack, Molly C., et al.. (2022). The mechanics of air breathing in African clawed frog tadpoles, Xenopus laevis (Anura: Pipidae). Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(10). 3 indexed citations
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Amato, Katherine R., Michelle Trautwein, Emily R. Liman, et al.. (2022). The evolution of sour taste. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1968). 20211918–20211918. 26 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt, et al.. (2020). The mechanics of air-breathing in gray tree frog tadpoles, Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 (Anura: Hylidae). Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 5). 7 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt, et al.. (2020). The functional morphology of lingual prey capture in a scincid lizard, Tiliqua scincoides (Reptilia: Squamata). Journal of Morphology. 282(1). 127–145. 7 indexed citations
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Smith, Charles F., Gordon W. Schuett, Ryan L. Earley, & Kurt Schwenk. (2009). The Spatial and Reproductive Ecology of the Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) at the Northeastern Extreme of Its Range. Herpetological Monographs. 23(1). 45–73. 40 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt, Dianna K. Padilla, George S. Bakken, & Robert J. Full. (2009). Grand challenges in organismal biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(1). 7–14. 105 indexed citations
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Sherbrooke, Wade C. & Kurt Schwenk. (2008). Horned lizards (Phrynosoma) incapacitate dangerous ant prey with mucus. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 309A(8). 447–459. 29 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt, et al.. (2008). The mechanism of chemical delivery to the vomeronasal organs in squamate reptiles: a comparative morphological approach. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 311A(1). 20–34. 33 indexed citations
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Vitt, Laurie J., Eric R. Pianka, William E. Cooper, & Kurt Schwenk. (2003). History and the Global Ecology of Squamate Reptiles. The American Naturalist. 162(1). 44–60. 215 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt. (2001). What is evolutionary constraint. Journal of Morphology. 248(3). 282. 2 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt. (1995). Of tongues and noses: chemoreception in lizards and snakes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 10(1). 7–12. 180 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt. (1994). Comparative biology and the importance of cladistic classification: a case study from the sensory biology of squamate reptiles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 52(1). 69–82. 26 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt. (1994). Why Snakes Have Forked Tongues. Science. 263(5153). 1573–1577. 86 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt. (1993). The Evolution of Chemoreception in Squamate Reptiles: A Phylogenetic Approach. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 41(3-5). 124–137. 131 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt & Gaylord S. Throckmorton. (1989). Functional and evolutionary morphology of lingual feeding in squamate reptiles: phylogenetics and kinematics. Journal of Zoology. 219(1). 153–175. 101 indexed citations
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Schwenk, Kurt, et al.. (1988). A cryptic intermediate in the evolution of chameleon tongue projection. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 44(8). 697–700. 34 indexed citations
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Wake, Marvalee H. & Kurt Schwenk. (1986). A Preliminary Report on the Morphology and Distribution of Taste Buds in Gymnophiones, with Comparison to Other Amphibians. Journal of Herpetology. 20(2). 254–254. 11 indexed citations
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Good, David A. & Kurt Schwenk. (1985). A New Species of Abronia (Lacertilia: Anguidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Copeia. 1985(1). 135–135. 10 indexed citations
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Bemis, William E., Kurt Schwenk, & Marvalee H. Wake. (1983). Morphology and function of the feeding apparatus in Dermophis mexicanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 77(1). 75–96. 58 indexed citations
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Jaksić, Fabián M., et al.. (1982). Predation upon reptiles in Mediterranean habitats of Chile, Spain and California: A comparative analysis. Oecologia. 53(2). 152–159. 30 indexed citations

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