Leigh Van Valen

12.0k citations
124 papers · 8.9k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 39
Topics
Evolution and Paleontology Studies (36 papers)Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (16 papers)Genetic diversity and population structure (13 papers)

In The Last Decade

Leigh Van Valen

121 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

A NEW EVOLUTIONARY LAW.19622026198320041973196219651976196250010001.5k

Peers

Leigh Van Valen
Comparison fields: 5 of 191
  • Ecology 2.6k
  • Genetics 2.4k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2.3k
  • Paleontology 2.1k
  • Geometry and Topology 1.7k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Leigh Van Valen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1 98
2
Ankalagon, new name (Mammalia; Condylartha)
4
3 2
4 5
5 18
6 6
7 7
8
A NEW EVOLUTIONARY LAW.breakdown →
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9 128
10 15
11 16
12 16
13 7
14 1
15 60
16
Some European Proviverrini (Mammalia, Deltatheridia)
30
17 27
18 18
19 0
20 80

About Leigh Van Valen

Leigh Van Valen is a scholar working on Paleontology, Aging and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 124 papers that have together received 8.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (36 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (16 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (2.1k citations), Geometry and Topology (1.7k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.3k citations). Leigh Van Valen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Robert E. Sloan, Nils Chr. Stenseth, Lee Hsiang Liow, Peter R. Grant, Louis Levine, Gilbert W. Mellin, Milford H. Wolpoff, G. H. R. von Koenigswald, Gary A. Wright and M. J. Barrett. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

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