Lars Schmitz

1.9k total citations
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lars Schmitz is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Schmitz has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Lars Schmitz's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (26 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (21 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (19 papers). Lars Schmitz is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (26 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (21 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (19 papers). Lars Schmitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Lars Schmitz's co-authors include Ryosuke Motani, Peter C. Wainwright, D. Jiang, Olivier Rieppel, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Wei-Cheng Hao, Yuanlin Sun, P. Martin Sander, Zuo-Yu Sun and Jürgen Kriwet and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Lars Schmitz

45 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lars Schmitz United States 22 925 659 245 237 221 45 1.4k
Daniel Perea Uruguay 24 1.2k 1.2× 446 0.7× 159 0.6× 331 1.4× 442 2.0× 97 1.5k
Bhart‐Anjan S. Bhullar United States 26 1.4k 1.5× 787 1.2× 567 2.3× 138 0.6× 251 1.1× 80 1.9k
Lauren Sallan United States 13 822 0.9× 743 1.1× 150 0.6× 365 1.5× 156 0.7× 22 1.5k
Ryan C. Ridgely United States 23 1.4k 1.5× 872 1.3× 324 1.3× 167 0.7× 127 0.6× 35 1.7k
Robert S. Sansom United Kingdom 22 1.0k 1.1× 407 0.6× 102 0.4× 129 0.5× 194 0.9× 49 1.3k
Martin Brazeau United Kingdom 17 930 1.0× 716 1.1× 97 0.4× 90 0.4× 100 0.5× 32 1.2k
Daniel T. Ksepka United States 27 1.7k 1.9× 1.1k 1.6× 182 0.7× 424 1.8× 276 1.2× 75 2.1k
William A. Clemens United States 21 1.3k 1.4× 294 0.4× 186 0.8× 241 1.0× 371 1.7× 71 1.7k
Rita S. Mehta United States 22 477 0.5× 715 1.1× 390 1.6× 564 2.4× 353 1.6× 66 1.5k
Edward B. Daeschler United States 19 1.4k 1.5× 1.0k 1.6× 213 0.9× 110 0.5× 107 0.5× 54 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Schmitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Schmitz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Schmitz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Schmitz 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 Lars Schmitz. Lars Schmitz 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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Schmitz, Lars, et al.. (2024). The rise of pelagic sharks and adaptive evolution of pectoral fin morphology during the Cretaceous. Current Biology. 34(12). 2764–2772.e3. 7 indexed citations
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Sander, P. Martin, Eva Maria Griebeler, Nicole Klein, et al.. (2021). Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans. Science. 374(6575). eabf5787–eabf5787. 48 indexed citations
3.
Neenan, James M., Jonah N. Choiniere, Kimberley E. J. Chapelle, Roger Benson, & Lars Schmitz. (2021). Supplementary models, data and scripts for Choiniere et al 2021. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 2 indexed citations
4.
Iglesias, Teresa L., Alex Dornburg, Dan L. Warren, et al.. (2018). Eyes Wide Shut: the impact of dim‐light vision on neural investment in marine teleosts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31(8). 1082–1092. 12 indexed citations
5.
Khamas, Wael, et al.. (2016). Eye Histology and Ganglion Cell Topography of Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris). The Anatomical Record. 299(6). 798–805. 3 indexed citations
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Price, Samantha A. & Lars Schmitz. (2016). A promising future for integrative biodiversity research: an increased role of scale-dependency and functional biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1691). 20150228–20150228. 21 indexed citations
7.
Collin, Shaun P., et al.. (2015). Retinal topography maps in R: New tools for the analysis and visualization of spatial retinal data. Journal of Vision. 15(9). 19–19. 9 indexed citations
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Price, Samantha A., Lars Schmitz, Christopher E. Oufiero, et al.. (2014). Two waves of colonization straddling the K–Pg boundary formed the modern reef fish fauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1783). 20140321–20140321. 29 indexed citations
9.
Schmitz, Lars, Ryosuke Motani, Christopher E. Oufiero, et al.. (2013). Allometry indicates giant eyes of giant squid are not exceptional. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 45–45. 9 indexed citations
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Kelley, Neil P., Ryosuke Motani, D. Jiang, Olivier Rieppel, & Lars Schmitz. (2012). Selective extinction of Triassic marine reptiles during long-term sea-level changes illuminated by seawater strontium isotopes. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 400. 9–16. 49 indexed citations
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Niemiller, Matthew L., Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick, Premal Shah, Lars Schmitz, & Thomas J. Near. (2012). EVIDENCE FOR REPEATED LOSS OF SELECTIVE CONSTRAINT IN RHODOPSIN OF AMBLYOPSID CAVEFISHES (TELEOSTEI: AMBLYOPSIDAE). Evolution. 67(3). 732–748. 83 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Lars & Peter C. Wainwright. (2011). Nocturnality constrains morphological and functional diversity in the eyes of reef fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 338–338. 101 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke & Lars Schmitz. (2011). PHYLOGENETIC VERSUS FUNCTIONAL SIGNALS IN THE EVOLUTION OF FORM-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN TERRESTRIAL VISION. Evolution. 65(8). 2245–2257. 86 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Lars & Ryosuke Motani. (2010). Morphological differences between the eyeballs of nocturnal and diurnal amniotes revisited from optical perspectives of visual environments. Vision Research. 50(10). 936–946. 62 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Lars. (2009). Quantitative estimates of visual performance features in fossil birds. Journal of Morphology. 270(6). 759–773. 30 indexed citations
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Jiang, D., Ryosuke Motani, Wei-Cheng Hao, et al.. (2008). First record of Placodontoidea (Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Placodontia) from the Eastern Tethys. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28(3). 904–908. 53 indexed citations
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Jiang, D., Ryosuke Motani, Wei-Cheng Hao, et al.. (2008). New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 18(10). 1315–1319. 22 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke, D. Jiang, Andrea Tintori, et al.. (2008). Horizons and assemblages of Middle Triassic marine reptiles from Panxian, Guizhou, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28(3). 900–903. 29 indexed citations
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Jiang, D., Lars Schmitz, Ryosuke Motani, Wei-Cheng Hao, & Yuanlin Sun. (2007). THE MIXOSAURID ICHTHYOSAUR PHALARODON CF. P. FRAASI FROM THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC OF GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA. Journal of Paleontology. 81(3). 602–605. 20 indexed citations
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Jiang, D., Lars Schmitz, Wei-Cheng Hao, & Yuanlin Sun. (2006). A new mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26(1). 60–69. 40 indexed citations

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