Matthew T. Carrano

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Matthew T. Carrano is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew T. Carrano has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Paleontology, 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Matthew T. Carrano's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (64 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (63 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (28 papers). Matthew T. Carrano is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (64 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (63 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (28 papers). Matthew T. Carrano collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Matthew T. Carrano's co-authors include Scott D. Sampson, Roger Benson, Jeffrey A. Wilson, Philip D. Mannion, Paul Upchurch, Richard J. Butler, John R. Hutchinson, Nicolás E. Campione, Catherine A. Forster and David C. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Matthew T. Carrano

79 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Rates of Dinosaur Body Mass Evolution Indicate 170 Million Years of Sustained Ecological Innovation on the Avian Stem Lineage

2014 307 citations Roger Benson, Nicolás E. Campione et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers

Matthew T. Carrano

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NLC

GPC

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Paul Upchurch United Kingdom

Peter Dodson United States

Stephen L. Brusatte United Kingdom

Richard J. Butler United Kingdom

Kevin Padian United States

Diego Pol Argentina

Christopher A. Brochu United States

Philip D. Mannion United Kingdom

Hans‐Dieter Sues United States

Roger Benson United Kingdom

Paul Upchurch United Kingdom

Matthew T. Carrano

6.9k ×1.4

PALEO

4.3k ×1.5

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1.2k ×1.1

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401 ×1.0

ECOLO

301 ×0.9

GT

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Countries citing papers authored by Matthew T. Carrano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew T. Carrano

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew T. Carrano

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All Works

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Carrano, Matthew T.. (2023). First definitive record of Acrocanthosaurus (Theropoda: Carcharodontosauridae) in the Lower Cretaceous of eastern North America. Cretaceous Research. 157. 105814–105814. 2 indexed citations

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Heckert, Andrew B., et al.. (2022). THE PALEOPATHOLOGICAL RECORD OF NON-AVIAN DINOSAURS: IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE AND INCIDENCE OF INJURY THROUGHOUT THE MESOZOIC. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America.

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Close, Roger A., Roger Benson, John Alroy, et al.. (2019). Diversity dynamics of Phanerozoic terrestrial tetrapods at the local-community scale. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(4). 590–597. 46 indexed citations

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Oreska, Matthew P. J. & Matthew T. Carrano. (2018). Paleocommunity mixing increases with marine transgression in Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Cretaceous) vertebrate microfossil assemblages. Paleobiology. 45(1). 136–153. 5 indexed citations

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Benson, Roger, Nicolás E. Campione, Matthew T. Carrano, et al.. (2014). Rates of Dinosaur Body Mass Evolution Indicate 170 Million Years of Sustained Ecological Innovation on the Avian Stem Lineage. PLoS Biology. 12(5). e1001853–e1001853. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oreska, Matthew P. J., et al.. (2013). Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), I: faunal composition, biogeographic relationships, and sampling. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33(2). 264–292. 52 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T., et al.. (2012). An articulated pectoral girdle and forelimb of the abelisaurid theropod Majungasaurus crenatissimus from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32(1). 1–16. 41 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T., Roger Benson, & Scott D. Sampson. (2012). The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10(2). 211–300. 282 indexed citations

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Mannion, Philip D., Paul Upchurch, Matthew T. Carrano, & Paul M. Barrett. (2010). Testing the effect of the rock record on diversity: a multidisciplinary approach to elucidating the generic richness of sauropodomorph dinosaurs through time. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 86(1). 157–181. 166 indexed citations

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O’Keefe, F. Robin & Matthew T. Carrano. (2005). Correlated trends in the evolution of the plesiosaur locomotor system. Paleobiology. 31(4). 656–675. 59 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T., et al.. (2005). Bird's Eye view. Natural history. 114(4). 42–47. 20 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T. & John R. Hutchinson. (2002). Pelvic and hindlimb musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Morphology. 253(3). 207–228. 223 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T. & Jeffrey A. Wilson. (2001). Taxon distributions and the tetrapod track record. Paleobiology. 27(3). 564–582. 124 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T.. (2000). Homoplasy and the evolution of dinosaur locomotion. Paleobiology. 26(3). 489–512. 102 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T.. (1998). Locomotion in non-avian dinosaurs: integrating data from hindlimb kinematics, in vivo strains, and bone morphology. Paleobiology. 24(4). 450–469. 124 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T.. (1997). Morphological indicators of foot posture in mammals: a statistical and biomechanical analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 121(1). 77–104. 79 indexed citations

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Carrano, Matthew T.. (1997). Morphological indicators of foot posture in mammals: a statistical and biomechanical analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 121(1). 77–104. 3 indexed citations

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Rogers, Raymond R., Matthew T. Carrano, John J. Flynn, & Catherine A. Forster. (1997). "The Mammalian Fauna of the Judith River Formation Type Area (Campanian, Central Montana) Revisited.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17. 2 indexed citations

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Rogers, Raymond R., Matthew T. Carrano, Richard W. Blob, John J. Flynn, & Catherine A. Forster. (1995). "Additions to the Fauna of the Judith River Formation (Campanian) Type Area, North-central Montana, With Possible Range Extensions of Two Genera of Eutherian Mammals.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15. 1 indexed citations

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Janis, Christine M. & Matthew T. Carrano. (1991). Scaling of reproductive turnover in archosaurs and mammals : why are large terrestrial mammals so rare?. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 28. 201–216. 41 indexed citations

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