Peter Falkingham

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Peter Falkingham is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Falkingham has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Paleontology, 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter Falkingham's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (60 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (54 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (16 papers). Peter Falkingham is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (60 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (54 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (16 papers). Peter Falkingham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Peter Falkingham's co-authors include Karl T. Bates, Stephen M. Gatesy, Phillip L. Manning, Daniel Marty, Lee Margetts, James O. Farlow, William I. Sellers, Morgan L. Turner, Jens N. Lallensack and Roger Benson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter Falkingham

87 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps

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Peers

Peter Falkingham

PALEO

NLC

EP

GPC

ECOLO

Karl T. Bates United Kingdom

Ãngel Galobart Spain

James O. Farlow United States

Oliver Wings Germany

Anthony R. Fiorillo United States

Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki Poland

José Ignacio Canudo Spain

Luís Alcalá Spain

Octávio Mateus Portugal

Lida Xing China

Karl T. Bates United Kingdom

Peter Falkingham

1.4k ×0.8

PALEO

382 ×0.6

NLC

88 ×0.3

EP

334 ×1.1

GPC

219 ×0.9

ECOLO

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Countries citing papers authored by Peter Falkingham

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Falkingham

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Falkingham

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Falkingham, Peter, et al.. (2026). Formation, preservation, and interpretation of dinosaur tracks. Palaeontology. 69(1).

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Gatesy, Stephen M., et al.. (2025). Speed from fossil trackways: calculations not validated by extant birds on compliant substrates. Biology Letters. 21(6). 20250191–20250191. 1 indexed citations

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Lallensack, Jens N., Giuseppe Leonardi, & Peter Falkingham. (2025). Glossary of fossil tetrapod tracks. Palaeontologia Electronica. 5 indexed citations

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Ahuir‐Torres, Juan Ignacio, Andrew N. Burgess, M. Sharp, et al.. (2024). A Study of the Corrosion Resistance of 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Powder Bed Laser Additive Manufacturing. Applied Sciences. 14(17). 7471–7471. 2 indexed citations

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Charles, James P., et al.. (2024). Human walking biomechanics on sand substrates of varying foot sinking depth. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(21). 3 indexed citations

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Hatala, Kevin G., Neil T. Roach, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, et al.. (2024). Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins. Science. 386(6725). 1004–1010. 1 indexed citations

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Scott, Kathleen M., et al.. (2023). Hipparion tracks and horses' toes: the evolution of the equid single hoof. Royal Society Open Science. 10(6). 230358–230358. 3 indexed citations

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Charles, James P., Brendan Geraghty, James Gardiner, et al.. (2022). Why does the metabolic cost of walking increase on compliant substrates?. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 19(196). 20220483–20220483. 9 indexed citations

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Falkingham, Peter, et al.. (2021). Evolutionary versatility of the avian neck. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1946). 20203150–20203150. 19 indexed citations

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Falkingham, Peter, Susannah C. R. Maidment, Jens N. Lallensack, et al.. (2021). Late Triassic dinosaur tracks from Penarth, south Wales. Geological Magazine. 159(6). 821–832. 10 indexed citations

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Nudds, Robert L., et al.. (2021). The Influence of Snow Properties on Speed and Gait Choice in the Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea). Integrative Organismal Biology. 3(1). obab021–obab021. 4 indexed citations

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Turner, Morgan L., Peter Falkingham, & Stephen M. Gatesy. (2020). It's in the loop: shared sub-surface foot kinematics in birds and other dinosaurs shed light on a new dimension of fossil track diversity. Biology Letters. 16(7). 20200309–20200309. 26 indexed citations

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Bates, Karl T. & Peter Falkingham. (2018). The importance of muscle architecture in biomechanical reconstructions of extinct animals: a case study usingTyrannosaurus rex. Journal of Anatomy. 233(5). 625–635. 45 indexed citations

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Lomax, Dean R., et al.. (2017). An 8.5 m long ammonite drag mark from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones, Germany. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0175426–e0175426. 6 indexed citations

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Klein, Hendrik, et al.. (2016). Triassic chirotheriid footprints from the Swiss Alps: ichnotaxonomy and depositional environment (Cantons Wallis & Glarus). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 135(2). 295–314. 12 indexed citations

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Falkingham, Peter & A Horner. (2016). Trackways Produced by Lungfish During Terrestrial Locomotion. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 33734–33734. 15 indexed citations

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Razzolini, Novella L., Bernat Vila, Diego Castanera, et al.. (2014). Intra-Trackway Morphological Variations Due to Substrate Consistency: The El Frontal Dinosaur Tracksite (Lower Cretaceous, Spain). PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93708–e93708. 50 indexed citations

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Falkingham, Peter, Karl T. Bates, & James O. Farlow. (2014). Historical Photogrammetry: Bird's Paluxy River Dinosaur Chase Sequence Digitally Reconstructed as It Was prior to Excavation 70 Years Ago. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93247–e93247. 50 indexed citations

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Bates, Karl T. & Peter Falkingham. (2012). Estimating maximum bite performance in Tyrannosaurus rex using multi-body dynamics. Biology Letters. 8(4). 660–664. 88 indexed citations

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Bates, Karl T., et al.. (2010). Application of high-resolution laser scanning and photogrammetric techniques to data acquisition, analysis and interpretation in palaeontology.. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 38(5). 68–73. 38 indexed citations

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