Michael Archer

9.2k total citations
280 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Archer is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Archer has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 199 papers in Paleontology, 118 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 59 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Archer's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (187 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (106 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (72 papers). Michael Archer is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (187 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (106 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (72 papers). Michael Archer collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Archer's co-authors include Suzanne J. Hand, Henk Godthelp, Michael J. Novacek, Kenny J. Travouillon, Robin M. D. Beck, Karen H. Black, Timothy F. Flannery, Trevor H. Worthy, Stephen Wroe and Dirk Megirian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Archer

268 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Archer Australia 38 4.2k 2.5k 1.6k 990 980 280 6.6k
Michael J. Novacek United States 43 4.7k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 977 1.0× 116 7.1k
R. D. E. MacPhee United States 41 3.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 578 0.6× 1.6k 1.6× 137 7.1k
John Alroy Australia 42 3.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 2.2k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 848 0.9× 87 6.4k
Trevor H. Worthy New Zealand 40 3.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 2.6k 1.6× 1.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.0× 228 6.1k
David W. Steadman United States 38 2.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 3.1k 1.9× 1.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 196 6.8k
Christine M. Janis United States 42 4.4k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 3.4k 2.1× 857 0.9× 940 1.0× 105 7.2k
Tamar Dayan Israel 49 2.2k 0.5× 3.2k 1.3× 5.1k 3.2× 1.8k 1.8× 1.3k 1.3× 151 8.9k
Bruce J. MacFadden United States 50 5.7k 1.4× 1.9k 0.8× 3.6k 2.2× 1.3k 1.3× 569 0.6× 188 9.4k
John Damuth United States 30 1.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 2.7k 1.7× 1.1k 1.1× 811 0.8× 42 5.3k
Mikael Fortelius Finland 49 5.0k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 3.3k 2.1× 687 0.7× 596 0.6× 160 7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Archer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Archer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Archer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pietri, Vanesa L. De, R. Paul Scofield, Suzanne J. Hand, et al.. (2025). Early Miocene gull-like birds (Charadriiformes: Laridae) from New Zealand. Geobios. 90. 45–57.
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Archer, Michael, Kim Akerman, Larisa R.G. DeSantis, et al.. (2025). Australia’s First Peoples: hunters of extinct megafauna or Australia’s first fossil collectors. Royal Society Open Science. 12(10). 250078–250078.
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Hand, Suzanne J., Michael Archer, Anna K. Gillespie, & Troy Myers. (2023). Xenorhinos bhatnagari sp. nov., a new, nasal‐emitting trident bat (Rhinonycteridae, Rhinolophoidea) from early Miocene forests in northern Australia. The Anatomical Record. 306(11). 2693–2715. 3 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael, et al.. (2022). A new diminutive durophagous Miocene dasyuromorphian (Marsupialia, Malleodectidae) from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northern Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42(3). 8 indexed citations
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Brauwer, Maarten De, Benjamin J. Saunders, Michael Archer, et al.. (2019). Behavioural and pathomorphological impacts of flash photography on benthic fishes. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 748–748. 7 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, Mark N., et al.. (2019). A new scincid lizard from the Miocene of northern Australia, and the evolutionary history of social skinks (Scincidae: Egerniinae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39(1). e1577873–e1577873. 10 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T., Michael Archer, & Suzanne J. Hand. (2018). Quail-thrushes from the Miocene of northern Australia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 63. 2 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael, et al.. (2016). The upper dentition and relationships of the enigmatic Australian Cretaceous mammal Kollikodon ritchiei. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 74. 97–105. 11 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael. (2000). The life history and a numerical account of colonies of the social wasp, Dolichovespula norwegica (F.) (Hym., Vespinae) in England.. The Entomologist s monthly magazine. 136. 1–14. 5 indexed citations
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Duncan, Ian, Deg Briggs, & Michael Archer. (1998). Insects and millipedes from the Tertiary of Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia. Palaeontology. 41. 835–851. 28 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael. (1998). TAXONOMY, DISTRIBUTION AND NESTING BIOLOGY OF VESPA ORIENTALIS L. (HYM., VESPIDAE). The Entomologist s monthly magazine. 134. 45–51. 18 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael, et al.. (1997). Giant ringtail possums lMarsupialiac Pseudocheiridaer and giant koalas lPhascolarctidaer from the late Cainozoic of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 117. 3–16. 10 indexed citations
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Gaffney, Eugene S., et al.. (1992). Warkalania, a new meiolaniid turtle from the Tertiary Riversleigh deposits of Queensland, Australia. The Beagle Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 9(1). 35–48. 8 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael. (1990). The solitary aculeate wasps and bees (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of an English suburban garden.. Entomologist s Gazette. 41(3). 129–142. 2 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael, et al.. (1984). Vertebrate zoogeography & evolution in Australasia : animals in space & time. 12 indexed citations
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Flannery, Tim & Michael Archer. (1984). The macropodoids (Marsupialia) of the early Pliocene Bow local fauna, central eastern New South Wales.. Australian Zoologist. 21. 357–383. 16 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael. (1982). A Revision of the Subgenus Rugovespula nov. of the Genus Vespula (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 50(2). 261–269. 6 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael. (1981). The Euro-Asian Species of the Vespula rufa Group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species and One New Subspecies. Japanese journal of entomology. 49(1). 54–64. 7 indexed citations
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Archer, Michael. (1979). Two new species of Sminthopsis Thomas lDasyuridaec Marsupialiar from northern Australiac Sp butleri and Sp douglasi. Australian Zoologist. 20(2). 327–345. 6 indexed citations

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