Michael Pittman

1.9k total citations
73 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Pittman is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Pittman has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Paleontology, 29 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michael Pittman's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (64 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (53 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (26 papers). Michael Pittman is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (64 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (53 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (26 papers). Michael Pittman collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Pittman's co-authors include Xing Xu, Thomas G. Kaye, Pablo A. Goloboff, Diego Pol, Qingwei Tan, Gérald Mayr, Xiaoting Zheng, Rui Pei, Corwin Sullivan and David W. E. Hone and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael Pittman

68 papers receiving 1.1k 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 Pittman Hong Kong 21 993 482 236 129 98 73 1.2k
Dongyu Hu China 19 1.2k 1.2× 642 1.3× 202 0.9× 124 1.0× 99 1.0× 37 1.3k
Matteo Fabbri United States 16 780 0.8× 388 0.8× 174 0.7× 66 0.5× 86 0.9× 36 922
Andrea Cau Italy 25 1.5k 1.5× 921 1.9× 225 1.0× 95 0.7× 79 0.8× 60 1.6k
Xiaoli Wang China 20 1.0k 1.1× 440 0.9× 159 0.7× 228 1.8× 150 1.5× 51 1.2k
Amy M. Balanoff United States 21 1.2k 1.2× 729 1.5× 263 1.1× 81 0.6× 88 0.9× 43 1.4k
W. Scott Persons China 24 1.4k 1.4× 792 1.6× 206 0.9× 105 0.8× 51 0.5× 110 1.5k
Fabien Knoll Spain 23 1.3k 1.3× 801 1.7× 246 1.0× 91 0.7× 96 1.0× 71 1.4k
Martin Kundrát Slovakia 20 944 1.0× 563 1.2× 153 0.6× 56 0.4× 84 0.9× 62 1.1k
Yoshitsugu Kobayashi Japan 27 1.7k 1.7× 1.0k 2.1× 325 1.4× 97 0.8× 89 0.9× 90 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Pittman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Pittman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Pittman

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

All Works

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Pol, Diego, et al.. (2024). A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the end Cretaceous of Patagonia and evolutionary rates among the Ceratosauria. Cladistics. 40(3). 307–356. 17 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, et al.. (2024). Cranial functional specialisation for strength precedes morphological evolution in Oviraptorosauria. Communications Biology. 7(1). 436–436. 5 indexed citations
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LeBlanc, Aaron R. H., Alexander P. Morrell, Maisoon Al‐Jawad, et al.. (2024). Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(9). 1711–1722. 6 indexed citations
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Bell, Phil R., Christophe Hendrickx, Michael Pittman, Thomas G. Kaye, & Gérald Mayr. (2022). The exquisitely preserved integument of Psittacosaurus and the scaly skin of ceratopsian dinosaurs. Communications Biology. 5(1). 809–809. 9 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, et al.. (2022). Newly detected data from Haestasaurus and review of sauropod skin morphology suggests Early Jurassic origin of skin papillae. Communications Biology. 5(1). 122–122. 9 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, Phil R. Bell, Xiaoli Wang, et al.. (2022). Exceptional preservation and foot structure reveal ecological transitions and lifestyles of early theropod flyers. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7684–7684. 15 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, Thomas G. Kaye, Xiaoli Wang, et al.. (2022). Preserved soft anatomy confirms shoulder-powered upstroke of early theropod flyers, reveals enhanced early pygostylian upstroke, and explains early sternum loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(47). e2205476119–e2205476119. 13 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, et al.. (2021). The diet of early birds based on modern and fossil evidence and a new framework for its reconstruction. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 96(5). 2058–2112. 24 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, et al.. (2021). Macroevolutionary trends in theropod dinosaur feeding mechanics. Current Biology. 32(3). 677–686.e3. 24 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, et al.. (2021). Laser-stimulated fluorescence reveals unseen details in fossils from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestones. Royal Society Open Science. 8(12). 211601–211601. 3 indexed citations
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Kaye, Thomas G. & Michael Pittman. (2020). Fluorescence‐based detection of field targets using an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle system. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11(8). 890–898. 11 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, et al.. (2020). Functional morphology of the oviraptorosaurian and scansoriopterygid skull. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations
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Pittman, Michael, et al.. (2019). Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 95(1). 22–50. 25 indexed citations
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Kaye, Thomas G., Michael Pittman, Gérald Mayr, Daniela Schwarz, & Xing Xu. (2019). Detection of lost calamus challenges identity of isolated Archaeopteryx feather. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1182–1182. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Zixiao, Baoyu Jiang, Maria E. McNamara, et al.. (2018). Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(1). 24–30. 67 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoli, Michael Pittman, Xiaoting Zheng, et al.. (2017). Basal paravian functional anatomy illuminated by high-detail body outline. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14576–14576. 50 indexed citations

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