Matthew W. Colbert

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Matthew W. Colbert is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew W. Colbert has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Paleontology, 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Matthew W. Colbert's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (16 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (12 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers). Matthew W. Colbert is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (16 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (12 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers). Matthew W. Colbert collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Matthew W. Colbert's co-authors include Timothy B. Rowe, Richard A. Ketcham, Mark N. Coleman, Jessica A. Maisano, James L. Carew, Jonathan H. Geisler, Paula J. Rudall, Ronald S. Tykoski, Wolfgang Stuppy and Richard F. Kay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Scientific Reports and Trends in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Matthew W. Colbert

42 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

The facial skeleton of the early Oligocene colodon (perissodactyla, tapiroidea)

2005 347 citations Matthew W. Colbert Palaeontologia Electronica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew W. Colbert United States	22	946	406	352	299	248	42	1.8k
Gregory P. Wilson United States	23	2.0k 2.1×	632 1.6×	405 1.2×	475 1.6×	321 1.3×	63	2.5k
Mark A. Purnell United Kingdom	37	2.4k 2.6×	611 1.5×	407 1.2×	284 0.9×	181 0.7×	85	3.2k
Wighart von Koenigswald Germany	24	1.6k 1.7×	244 0.6×	792 2.3×	512 1.7×	243 1.0×	101	2.3k
Richard H. Madden United States	21	1.4k 1.4×	259 0.6×	609 1.7×	668 2.2×	183 0.7×	35	2.4k
Andossa Likius France	23	1.1k 1.2×	165 0.4×	452 1.3×	281 0.9×	100 0.4×	55	1.8k
Emmanuel Gheerbrant France	29	1.8k 1.9×	535 1.3×	398 1.1×	574 1.9×	317 1.3×	75	2.1k
Francesco Carotenuto Italy	23	713 0.8×	135 0.3×	454 1.3×	233 0.8×	226 0.9×	58	1.4k
Mouloud Benammi France	27	1.4k 1.5×	191 0.5×	473 1.3×	641 2.1×	179 0.7×	72	1.9k
Şevket Şen France	26	1.7k 1.8×	175 0.4×	682 1.9×	457 1.5×	144 0.6×	134	3.1k
Patrick Vignaud France	29	1.7k 1.8×	371 0.9×	567 1.6×	456 1.5×	167 0.7×	93	3.1k

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Colbert, Matthew W., et al.. (2024). Time-lapse 3D Micro-tomography of Calcite Column Experiments to Study pH-Dependent Dynamic Dissolution Processes. Applied Geochemistry. 167. 105980–105980. 2 indexed citations

Colbert, Matthew W., et al.. (2024). Variation and Variability in Skeletal Ossification of the Gray Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis domestica. Integrative Organismal Biology. 6(1). obae024–obae024. 1 indexed citations

Iten, Heyo Van, et al.. (2023). Conulariid soft parts replicated in silica from the Scotch Grove Formation (lower Middle Silurian) of east-central Iowa. Journal of Paleontology. 97(5). 961–970. 3 indexed citations

Kyle, J. Richard, et al.. (2023). Dolomite cement microstratigraphy: A record of brine evolution and ore precipitation mechanisms, upper Knox Group, Tennessee and Kentucky, USA. Geology. 51(4). 392–396. 5 indexed citations

Holliday, Casey M., Emily J. Lessner, Kevin M. Middleton, et al.. (2022). New frontiers in imaging, anatomy, and mechanics of crocodylian jaw muscles. The Anatomical Record. 305(10). 3016–3030. 15 indexed citations

DeSantis, Larisa R.G., Alana C. Sharp, Blaine W. Schubert, et al.. (2020). Clarifying relationships between cranial form and function in tapirs, with implications for the dietary ecology of early hominins. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8809–8809. 12 indexed citations

Kappelman, John, Richard A. Ketcham, Lawrence C. Todd, et al.. (2016). Perimortem fractures in Lucy suggest mortality from fall out of tall tree. Nature. 537(7621). 503–507. 53 indexed citations

Li, Zhiheng, Julia A. Clarke, Richard A. Ketcham, Matthew W. Colbert, & Fei Yan. (2015). An investigation of the efficacy and mechanism of contrast-enhanced X-ray Computed Tomography utilizing iodine for large specimens through experimental and simulation approaches. BMC Physiology. 15(1). 5–5. 34 indexed citations

Geisler, Jonathan H., Matthew W. Colbert, & James L. Carew. (2014). A new fossil species supports an early origin for toothed whale echolocation. Nature. 508(7496). 383–386. 91 indexed citations

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Coleman, Mark N., Richard F. Kay, & Matthew W. Colbert. (2010). Auditory Morphology and Hearing Sensitivity in Fossil New World Monkeys. The Anatomical Record. 293(10). 1711–1721. 14 indexed citations

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Colbert, Matthew W., et al.. (2009). Trabecular bone structure in the mandibular condyles of gouging and nongouging platyrrhine primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 141(4). 583–593. 24 indexed citations

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Coleman, Mark N. & Matthew W. Colbert. (2009). Correlations between auditory structures and hearing sensitivity in non‐human primates. Journal of Morphology. 271(5). 511–532. 52 indexed citations

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Colbert, Matthew W. & Timothy Rowe. (2008). Ontogenetic Sequence Analysis: using parsimony to characterize developmental sequences and sequence polymorphism. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 310B(5). 398–416. 41 indexed citations

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Kay, Richard F., et al.. (2007). The anatomy of Dolichocebus gaimanensis, a stem platyrrhine monkey from Argentina. Journal of Human Evolution. 54(3). 323–382. 90 indexed citations

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Fajardo, Roberto J., Ralph Müller, Richard A. Ketcham, & Matthew W. Colbert. (2007). Nonhuman anthropoid primate femoral neck trabecular architecture and its relationship to locomotor mode. The Anatomical Record. 290(4). 422–436. 81 indexed citations

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Colbert, Matthew W.. (2006). Hesperaletes(Mammalia: Perissodactyla), a new tapiroid from the middle Eocene of southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26(3). 697–711. 8 indexed citations

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Colbert, Matthew W.. (2005). The facial skeleton of the early Oligocene colodon (perissodactyla, tapiroidea). Palaeontologia Electronica. 8(1). 1–27. 347 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kay, Richard F., et al.. (2004). Olfactory fossa of Tremacebus harringtoni (platyrrhini, early Miocene, Sacanana, Argentina): Implications for activity pattern. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 281A(1). 1157–1172. 32 indexed citations

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Stuppy, Wolfgang, Jessica A. Maisano, Matthew W. Colbert, Paula J. Rudall, & Timothy B. Rowe. (2003). Three-dimensional analysis of plant structure using high-resolution X-ray computed tomography. Trends in Plant Science. 8(1). 2–6. 140 indexed citations

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Rowe, Timothy B., Richard A. Ketcham, Cambria Denison, et al.. (2001). The Archaeoraptor forgery. Nature. 410(6828). 539–540. 48 indexed citations

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