Lars Werdelin

6.3k total citations
161 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Lars Werdelin is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Werdelin has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Paleontology, 79 papers in Ecology and 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Lars Werdelin's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (115 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (56 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (37 papers). Lars Werdelin is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (115 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (56 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (37 papers). Lars Werdelin collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Lars Werdelin's co-authors include Margaret E. Lewis, Nikos Solounias, Björn Kurtén, Alan Turner, Else Marie Friis, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Gerçek Saraç, Mikael Fortelius, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi and John A. Long and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lars Werdelin

154 papers receiving 4.0k 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 Werdelin Sweden 37 3.0k 2.2k 1.4k 902 520 161 4.2k
H. Gregory McDonald United States 28 1.9k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 854 0.6× 874 1.0× 300 0.6× 100 2.7k
Pasquale Raia Italy 37 2.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 921 0.7× 813 0.9× 348 0.7× 166 4.2k
Sergio F. Vizcaı́no Argentina 38 3.7k 1.2× 1.5k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.7k 1.8× 619 1.2× 163 4.3k
Lorenzo Rook Italy 38 4.0k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 3.1k 2.2× 553 0.6× 1.0k 1.9× 252 5.4k
Nikos Solounias United States 36 3.8k 1.3× 2.7k 1.3× 2.2k 1.6× 836 0.9× 839 1.6× 92 4.8k
John Damuth United States 30 1.9k 0.6× 2.7k 1.3× 736 0.5× 1.5k 1.6× 272 0.5× 42 5.3k
Michael O. Woodburne United States 36 3.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 800 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 242 0.5× 83 4.4k
Paul Palmqvist Spain 39 3.4k 1.1× 1.8k 0.8× 2.7k 1.9× 452 0.5× 359 0.7× 129 4.4k
Meave G. Leakey United States 34 3.5k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 3.0k 2.1× 744 0.8× 1.8k 3.5× 62 6.1k
John Alroy Australia 42 3.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 693 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 272 0.5× 87 6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Lars Werdelin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Werdelin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Werdelin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Werdelin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Werdelin 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 Werdelin. Lars Werdelin 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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Wang, Zhenqian, et al.. (2025). East African uplift as a catalyst for Middle Miocene faunal transitions. Science Advances. 11(42). eadx6569–eadx6569.
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Werdelin, Lars. (2024). Hypercanines: Not just for sabertooths. The Anatomical Record. 308(11). 2831–2842. 4 indexed citations
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Hopley, Philip J., Thure E. Cerling, Lars Werdelin, et al.. (2022). Stable isotope analysis of carnivores from the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Evidence for temporally-mixed fossil assemblages. Quaternary International. 650. 12–27. 3 indexed citations
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Westbury, Michael V., Diana Le Duc, David A. Duchêne, et al.. (2021). Ecological Specialization and Evolutionary Reticulation in Extant Hyaenidae. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(9). 3884–3897. 13 indexed citations
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Madurell‐Malapeira, Joan, Antonio Rodríguez‐Hidalgo, Hamid Haddoumi, et al.. (2021). First small-sized Dinofelis: Evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of North Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 265. 107028–107028. 10 indexed citations
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Viranta, Suvi, Anagaw Atickem, Lars Werdelin, & Nils Chr. Stenseth. (2017). Rediscovering a forgotten canid species. BMC Zoology. 2(1). 37 indexed citations
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Fortelius, Mikael, Indrė Žliobaitė, Ferhat Kaya, et al.. (2016). An ecometric analysis of the fossil mammal record of the Turkana Basin. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1698). 20150232–20150232. 71 indexed citations
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Chenhall, Richard, Janice McLaughlin, Kathryn Senior, et al.. (2014). Culture, science and bioethics - Interdisciplinary understandings of and practices in science, culture and ethics. Ethics. 1(2). 100. 1 indexed citations
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Gustafsson, Anders, Lars Werdelin, Birgitta S. Tullberg, & Patrik Lindenfors. (2007). Stature and sexual stature dimorphism in Sweden, from the 10th to the end of the 20th century. American Journal of Human Biology. 19(6). 861–870. 56 indexed citations
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Werdelin, Lars & Raffaele Sardella. (2006). The “Homotherium” from Langebaanweg and the origin of Homotherium. Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 227. 123–130. 6 indexed citations
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Werdelin, Lars, Janken Myrdal, & Sabine Sten. (2000). Patterns of stature variation in Medieval Sweden. 27(27). 293–306. 4 indexed citations
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Werdelin, Lars. (1999). Studies of fossil hyaenids: the identity of Lycyaenops rhomboideae Kretzoi from Pesztlörinc, Hungary. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 126. 307–317. 2 indexed citations
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Werdelin, Lars & Alan Turner. (1996). Turnover in the guild of larger carnivores in Eurasia across the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 39(1). 585–592. 20 indexed citations
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Fortelius, Mikael, et al.. (1996). Preliminary analysis of taxonomic diversity, turnover and provinciality in a subsample of large land mammals from the later Miocene of western Eurasia.. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 39(1). 167–178. 10 indexed citations
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Werdelin, Lars & Nikos Solounias. (1991). The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics and evolution. 179 indexed citations
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Werdelin, Lars. (1989). Constraint and adaptation in the bone-cracking canid Osteoborus (Mammalia: Canidae). Paleobiology. 15(4). 387–401. 95 indexed citations
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Werdelin, Lars. (1985). The stature of some medieval Swedish populations. Fornvännen. 80. 133–141. 7 indexed citations
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Kurtén, Björn & Lars Werdelin. (1984). The relationships of Lynx shansius Teilhard. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 21(2). 129–133. 12 indexed citations
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Werdelin, Lars. (1981). The evolution of lynxes. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 18. 37–71. 86 indexed citations

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