Marston Bates

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 804 citations indexed

About

Marston Bates is a scholar working on Demography, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marston Bates has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 804 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Demography, 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Marston Bates's work include Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (3 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (1 paper) and Medieval Philosophy and Theology (1 paper). Marston Bates is often cited by papers focused on Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (3 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (1 paper) and Medieval Philosophy and Theology (1 paper). Marston Bates collaborates with scholars based in United States. Marston Bates's co-authors include Lewis Mumford, Carl O. Sauer, William L. Thomas, Bill Wilen, Walter Firey, Charles Wagley, D. P. Abbott, David Löwenthal, René Dubos and George R. Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Marston Bates

25 papers receiving 686 citations

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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.

Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth.

1957 460 citations William L. Thomas, Carl O. Sauer et al. American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marston Bates United States	9	230	191	102	88	79	31	804
William L. Thomas United States	9	232 1.0×	128 0.7×	98 1.0×	117 1.3×	92 1.2×	40	814
Fred G. Evenden United States	9	152 0.7×	180 0.9×	150 1.5×	100 1.1×	128 1.6×	20	686
Gerald Blake United Kingdom	12	155 0.7×	172 0.9×	104 1.0×	189 2.1×	111 1.4×	49	1.1k
Glenn T. Trewartha United States	10	297 1.3×	139 0.7×	60 0.6×	54 0.6×	28 0.4×	36	842
B. L. Turner United States	14	273 1.2×	204 1.1×	38 0.4×	60 0.7×	109 1.4×	25	1.0k
Carl Troll Germany	13	159 0.7×	162 0.8×	154 1.5×	20 0.2×	83 1.1×	45	752
Antoinette M. Mannion United Kingdom	16	141 0.6×	173 0.9×	120 1.2×	50 0.6×	49 0.6×	47	756
Philip Stott United Kingdom	15	311 1.4×	193 1.0×	263 2.6×	141 1.6×	108 1.4×	38	789
Duncan Poore Switzerland	9	224 1.0×	115 0.6×	157 1.5×	39 0.4×	61 0.8×	24	538
Tim Bayliss‐Smith United Kingdom	22	181 0.8×	447 2.3×	75 0.7×	261 3.0×	77 1.0×	52	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Marston Bates

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marston Bates

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marston Bates

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bates, Marston, et al.. (2005). Western Tropical Pacific Convection and Temperature Since the Late Holocene Based on a High-Altitude Lacustrine Geochemical Record From New Guinea. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005.

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Wilen, Bill & Marston Bates. (1995). The US Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory Project. Plant Ecology. 118(1-2). 153–169. 85 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston. (1965). The land and wild-life of South America. 3 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston. (1962). Philosophy and Religion. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 340(1). 179–180.

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Bates, Marston. (1962). A Glimpse of Animal Vision. Contemporary Psychology. 7(3). 88–88. 1 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston & Walter Firey. (1961). Man, Mind and Land: A Theory of Resource Use.. American Sociological Review. 26(4). 659–659. 60 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston, et al.. (1960). The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man. Geographical Review. 50(3). 465–465. 6 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston. (1960). All About a Mosquito. Ecology. 41(4). 814–814.

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Bates, Marston & D. P. Abbott. (1959). Ifaluk : portrait of a coral island. 3 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston, et al.. (1959). Coral Island: Portrait of an Atoll. AIBS Bulletin. 9(2). 35–35. 11 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston, et al.. (1959). Coral Island: Portrait of an Atoll. Geographical Review. 49(2). 299–299. 1 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston. (1958). Darwin's Century . Loren Eiseley. Doubleday, New York, 1958. xvii + 378 pp. $5.. Science. 127(3313). 1493–1494.

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Sauer, Carl O., et al.. (1958). Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth. Bird-Banding. 29(2). 133–133. 29 indexed citations

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Thomas, William L., et al.. (1957). Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth.. American Sociological Review. 22(1). 115–115. 460 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bates, Marston. (1956). The Natural History of Tsetse Flies. Ecology. 37(1). 207–207. 48 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston. (1955). The prevalence of people. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations

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Löwenthal, David & Marston Bates. (1954). Where Winter Never Comes: A Study of Man and Nature in the Tropics.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 34(1). 53–53. 4 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston. (1953). The Study of Instinct. N. Tinbergen. American Anthropologist. 55(2). 270–271. 1 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston, et al.. (1952). Where Winter Never Comes. Geographical Review. 42(4). 663–663. 6 indexed citations

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Bates, Marston. (1952). The Criticism of Scientific Books. Science. 115(2990). 407–409. 3 indexed citations

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