Mark Ridley

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Mark Ridley is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Ridley has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 14 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mark Ridley's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). Mark Ridley is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). Mark Ridley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Slovakia. Mark Ridley's co-authors include Richard Dawkins, Fred W. Allendorf, Alan Grafen, Catherine Rechten, David A. Hill, Eckart Voland, John R. Bowen, Keith F. Otterbein, Mark Pagel and Ruth Mace and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Mark Ridley

62 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology

1989 813 citations Mark Ridley et al. profile →
The explanation of organic diversity : the comparative method and adaptations for mating

1983 421 citations Mark Ridley Clarendon Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Ridley United Kingdom	26	2.0k	1.4k	933	525	472	67	3.9k
H. Jane Brockmann United States	30	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	866 0.9×	528 1.0×	394 0.8×	71	3.5k
Steven Hecht Orzack United States	27	920 0.5×	976 0.7×	703 0.8×	565 1.1×	252 0.5×	46	2.7k
Patricia Adair Gowaty United States	39	2.7k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	368 0.7×	181 0.4×	93	4.2k
Paul I. Ward Switzerland	43	3.3k 1.6×	1.9k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	516 1.0×	1.1k 2.4×	117	4.9k
Deborah A. McLennan Canada	30	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	1.0k 2.0×	215 0.5×	83	4.1k
Susan E. Riechert United States	40	3.5k 1.7×	3.1k 2.2×	1.1k 1.1×	680 1.3×	1.2k 2.5×	76	5.4k
Maria R. Servedio United States	39	4.0k 1.9×	3.2k 2.3×	1.2k 1.3×	814 1.6×	357 0.8×	106	5.7k
David W. Zeh United States	29	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	646 0.7×	403 0.8×	545 1.2×	58	3.1k
Daniel Otte United States	22	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	530 0.6×	762 1.5×	316 0.7×	82	3.3k
A. P. Møller France	46	3.7k 1.8×	1.1k 0.8×	3.0k 3.2×	759 1.4×	271 0.6×	87	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Ridley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Ridley

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Ridley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Ridley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Ridley 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 Mark Ridley. Mark Ridley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Grafen, Alan & Mark Ridley. (2006). Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 26 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (2001). The cooperative gene : how Mendel's demon explains the evolution of complex beings. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 25 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (2001). Sex, errors, and the genome.. Natural history. 110(5). 42–51. 1 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (2001). The Pattern of Evolution. Niles Eldredge. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 76(1). 78–78. 2 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (2000). How We Got Here and Where We Are Going. Science. 290(5494). 1102–1103. 1 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1999). Seminal work. Nature. 397(6720). 576–577. 3 indexed citations

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Grafen, Alan & Mark Ridley. (1997). A New Model for Discrete Character Evolution. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 184(1). 7–14. 12 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1996). The Gay Brain. Natural history. 105(8). 10–11. 3 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1995). Animal behavior : an introduction to behavioral mechanisms, development, and ecology. 17 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1993). Analysis of the Burgess Shale. Paleobiology. 19(4). 519–521. 25 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1992). Evolution : Probleme - Themen - Fragen. Birkhäuser eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1992). Darwin sound on comparative method. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 7(2). 37–37. 8 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark, et al.. (1991). Masalah masalah evolusi. 2 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1989). The simplest solution. Nature. 340(6233). 442–442. 1 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1989). Origins. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 4(4). 118–118. 1 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1988). MATING FREQUENCY AND FECUNDITY IN INSECTS. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 63(4). 509–549. 364 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1986). The number of males in a primate troop. Animal Behaviour. 34(6). 1848–1858. 100 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1986). Evolution and Classification: The Reformation of Cladism. 69 indexed citations

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Ridley, Mark. (1983). The explanation of organic diversity : the comparative method and adaptations for mating. Clarendon Press eBooks. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ridley, Mark. (1981). Who doubts evolution. The New Scientist. 1 indexed citations

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