Peter Dodson

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Dodson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Dodson has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Paleontology, 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Peter Dodson's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (89 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (84 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (35 papers). Peter Dodson is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (89 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (84 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (35 papers). Peter Dodson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Peter Dodson's co-authors include Joshua B. Smith, Hai‐Lu You, David R. Vann, Anusuya Chinsamy, James O. Farlow, John S. McIntosh, Robert T. Bakker, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Luis M. Chiappe and Jerald D. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Dodson

112 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Taphonomic investigations of owl pellets 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Taphonomic investigations of owl pellets
    1979 291 citations Peter Dodson et al. Paleobiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Dodson United States 39 4.3k 2.1k 885 616 442 115 5.1k
John R. Horner United States 52 6.4k 1.5× 3.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.3× 740 1.2× 265 0.6× 111 7.3k
P. Martin Sander Germany 47 5.5k 1.3× 3.2k 1.6× 899 1.0× 607 1.0× 250 0.6× 169 6.4k
Qiang Ji China 42 5.3k 1.2× 2.6k 1.3× 705 0.8× 495 0.8× 256 0.6× 118 6.4k
Massimo Delfino Italy 32 2.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 500 0.8× 342 0.8× 199 3.2k
James O. Farlow United States 34 3.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 643 0.7× 437 0.7× 154 0.3× 110 3.5k
Éric Buffetaut France 45 7.3k 1.7× 4.5k 2.2× 1.0k 1.1× 465 0.8× 202 0.5× 341 8.1k
Robert R. Reisz Canada 48 6.8k 1.6× 3.7k 1.8× 1.9k 2.2× 386 0.6× 193 0.4× 252 8.0k
Louis L. Jacobs United States 38 3.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 600 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 450 1.0× 136 4.4k
Kevin Padian United States 38 4.2k 1.0× 2.4k 1.1× 742 0.8× 477 0.8× 116 0.3× 134 4.8k
Michel Laurin France 42 4.3k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 650 1.1× 160 0.4× 179 5.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Dodson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Dodson

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All Works

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Hedrick, Brandon P., Emma R. Schachner, & Peter Dodson. (2021). Alligator appendicular architecture across an ontogenetic niche shift. The Anatomical Record. 305(10). 3088–3100. 7 indexed citations
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Hedrick, Brandon P., Emma R. Schachner, Gabriel Rivera, Peter Dodson, & Stephanie E. Pierce. (2018). The effects of skeletal asymmetry on interpreting biologic variation and taphonomy in the fossil record. Paleobiology. 45(1). 154–166. 19 indexed citations
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Hedrick, Brandon P., Lindsay E. Zanno, Douglas G. Wolfe, & Peter Dodson. (2015). The Slothful Claw: Osteology and Taphonomy of Nothronychus mckinleyi and N. graffami (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and Anatomical Considerations for Derived Therizinosaurids. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0129449–e0129449. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Liguo, Daqing Li, Hai‐Lu You, & Peter Dodson. (2014). A New Titanosaurian Sauropod from the Hekou Group (Lower Cretaceous) of the Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu Province, China. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85979–e85979. 45 indexed citations
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Hedrick, Brandon P. & Peter Dodson. (2013). Lujiatun Psittacosaurids: Understanding Individual and Taphonomic Variation Using 3D Geometric Morphometrics. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e69265–e69265. 52 indexed citations
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Schachner, Emma R., Phillip L. Manning, & Peter Dodson. (2011). Pelvic and hindlimb myology of the basal archosaur Poposaurus gracilis (archosauria: Poposauroidea). Journal of Morphology. 272(12). 1464–1491. 49 indexed citations
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Schachner, Emma R., C. G. Farmer, Andrew T. McDonald, & Peter Dodson. (2011). Evolution of the Dinosauriform Respiratory Apparatus: New Evidence from the Postcranial Axial Skeleton. The Anatomical Record. 294(9). 1532–1547. 33 indexed citations
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Wang, Steve C. & Peter Dodson. (2006). Estimating the diversity of dinosaurs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(37). 13601–13605. 104 indexed citations
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Chinsamy, Anusuya, Luis M. Chiappe, & Peter Dodson. (1995). Mesozoic avian bone microstructure: physiological implications. Paleobiology. 21(4). 561–574. 101 indexed citations
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Dodson, Peter & Anusuya Chinsamy. (1995). Inside a Dinosaur Bone. American Scientist. 83(2). 174–180. 42 indexed citations
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Colbert, Edwin H., Alan J. Charig, Peter Dodson, et al.. (1992). Coelurus bauri Cope, 1887 (currently Coelophysis bauri; Reptilia, Saurischia) : proposed replacement of the lectotype by a neotype. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 49. 276–279. 9 indexed citations
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Dodson, Peter. (1986). Avaceratops lammersi: A New Ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 138. 305–3177. 46 indexed citations
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Dodson, Peter, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Robert T. Bakker, & John S. McIntosh. (1980). Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Dinosaur Beds of the Jurassic Morrison Formation. Paleobiology. 6(2). 208–232. 172 indexed citations
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Dodson, Peter. (1980). Vertebrate burials. Paleobiology. 6(1). 6–8. 6 indexed citations
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Dodson, Peter, et al.. (1979). Taphonomic investigations of owl pellets. Paleobiology. 5(3). 275–284. 291 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dodson, Peter. (1976). Quantitative aspects of relative growth and sexual dimorphism in Protoceratops. Journal of Paleontology. 50(5). 929–940. 87 indexed citations
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Dodson, Peter. (1973). The significance of small bones in paleoecological interpretation. Rocky Mountain geology. 12(1). 15–19. 124 indexed citations

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