Mark P. Witton

1.1k total citations
37 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

Mark P. Witton is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark P. Witton has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Paleontology, 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mark P. Witton's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (32 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (17 papers). Mark P. Witton is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (32 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (17 papers). Mark P. Witton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Hungary. Mark P. Witton's co-authors include Darren Naish, David M. Martill, Stuart Humphries, Elizabeth Martin‐Silverstone, Michael Green, Joseph L. Tomkins, Natasha R. LeBas, Richard H. C. Bonser, Philip J. Currie and Victoria M. Arbour and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Mark P. Witton

36 papers receiving 861 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark P. Witton United Kingdom 18 828 534 108 89 72 37 912
David A. Burnham United States 15 655 0.8× 363 0.7× 117 1.1× 73 0.8× 57 0.8× 23 807
Samir Zouhri Morocco 15 787 1.0× 488 0.9× 140 1.3× 76 0.9× 47 0.7× 42 873
Helmut Tischlinger Germany 17 831 1.0× 505 0.9× 196 1.8× 100 1.1× 182 2.5× 26 983
Ricardo Araújo Portugal 16 1.1k 1.3× 706 1.3× 163 1.5× 68 0.8× 65 0.9× 49 1.1k
Stephen J. Godfrey United States 18 695 0.8× 569 1.1× 162 1.5× 240 2.7× 97 1.3× 59 936
Cristiano Dal Sasso Italy 16 804 1.0× 488 0.9× 155 1.4× 64 0.7× 29 0.4× 28 881
François Escuillié France 18 744 0.9× 415 0.8× 198 1.8× 116 1.3× 131 1.8× 31 910
Sergio Soto‐Acuña Chile 15 621 0.8× 421 0.8× 100 0.9× 47 0.5× 47 0.7× 51 716
Gao Chunling China 17 821 1.0× 523 1.0× 76 0.7× 66 0.7× 45 0.6× 28 849
Fenglu Han China 18 1.2k 1.4× 748 1.4× 212 2.0× 47 0.5× 56 0.8× 43 1.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Naish, Darren, Mark P. Witton, & Elizabeth Martin‐Silverstone. (2021). Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13130–13130. 19 indexed citations
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Naish, Darren, Mark P. Witton, & Elizabeth Martin‐Silverstone. (2021). Author Correction: Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 17033–17033. 1 indexed citations
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Hone, David W. E., et al.. (2018). Evidence for the Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli feeding on the pterosaur Pteranodon from the Niobrara Formation. PeerJ. 6. e6031–e6031. 9 indexed citations
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Naish, Darren & Mark P. Witton. (2017). Neck biomechanics indicate that giant Transylvanian azhdarchid pterosaurs were short-necked arch predators. PeerJ. 5. e2908–e2908. 34 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P.. (2016). Recreating an Age of Reptiles. 2 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P.. (2014). Patterns in palaeontology: palaeoart – fossil fantasies or recreating lost reality?.
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Witton, Mark P., et al.. (2012). Pterosaurs: Flying Contemporaries of the Dinosaurs. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 4 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P.. (2012). New Insights into the Skull of Istiodactylus latidens (Ornithocheiroidea, Pterodactyloidea). PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33170–e33170. 32 indexed citations
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Klećkowska‐Nawrot, Joanna, et al.. (2010). Macro anatomical investigation of the cervicothoracic ganglion in newborn Persian cats.. 9(3). 11–20. 2 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P., David M. Martill, & Robert F. Loveridge. (2010). Clipping the wings of giant pterosaurs: comments on wingspan estimations and diversity. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 31. 79–81. 5 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P., et al.. (2010). The volancy, or not, of giant pterosaurs. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 31. 76–78. 1 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P., et al.. (2010). Soaring efficiency and long distance travel in giant pterosaurs. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 31. 27–28. 1 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Joseph L., Natasha R. LeBas, Mark P. Witton, David M. Martill, & Stuart Humphries. (2010). Positive Allometry and the Prehistory of Sexual Selection. The American Naturalist. 176(2). 141–148. 57 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P., et al.. (2010). On the Size and Flight Diversity of Giant Pterosaurs, the Use of Birds as Pterosaur Analogues and Comments on Pterosaur Flightlessness. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e13982–e13982. 98 indexed citations
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Martill, David M. & Mark P. Witton. (2008). Catastrophic failure in a pterosaur skull from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. 175–183. 5 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P. & Darren Naish. (2008). A Reappraisal of Azhdarchid Pterosaur Functional Morphology and Paleoecology. PLoS ONE. 3(5). e2271–e2271. 122 indexed citations
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Witton, Mark P., David M. Martill, & Michael Green. (2008). On pterodactyloid diversity in the British Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) and a reappraisal of “Palaeornis” cliftii Mantell, 1844. Cretaceous Research. 30(3). 676–686. 34 indexed citations
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Klećkowska‐Nawrot, Joanna, et al.. (2007). Morphological analysis of the stellate ganglion in American Staffordshire Terrier fetuses.. Medycyna Weterynaryjna. 63(3). 314–317. 1 indexed citations
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Humphries, Stuart, Richard H. C. Bonser, Mark P. Witton, & David M. Martill. (2007). Did Pterosaurs Feed by Skimming? Physical Modelling and Anatomical Evaluation of an Unusual Feeding Method. PLoS Biology. 5(8). e204–e204. 38 indexed citations

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