Philip R. Wilby

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Philip R. Wilby is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip R. Wilby has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Paleontology, 25 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Philip R. Wilby's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (26 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers). Philip R. Wilby is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (26 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers). Philip R. Wilby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Philip R. Wilby's co-authors include Derek E. G. Briggs, Charlotte G. Kenchington, David M. Martill, Frances S. Dunn, Amanda J. Kear, Mark Williams, Alexander Liu, John Carney, Sarah E. Gabbott and Paul Bernier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Philip R. Wilby

61 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Integrated records of environmental change and evolution challenge the Cambrian Explosion

2019 248 citations Rachel Wood, Alexander Liu et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philip R. Wilby United Kingdom	26	1.8k	834	463	350	271	61	2.4k
Sarah E. Gabbott United Kingdom	31	2.0k 1.1×	663 0.8×	622 1.3×	236 0.7×	219 0.8×	66	2.7k
Michał Zatoń Poland	32	2.0k 1.1×	720 0.9×	836 1.8×	432 1.2×	347 1.3×	146	2.7k
Christian M. Ø. Rasmussen Denmark	22	1.6k 0.9×	900 1.1×	597 1.3×	435 1.2×	326 1.2×	52	2.3k
Simon A.F. Darroch United States	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	529 1.1×	270 0.8×	280 1.0×	61	2.2k
Matthew E. Clapham United States	27	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	672 1.5×	478 1.4×	326 1.2×	54	2.8k
Euan N. K. Clarkson United Kingdom	29	1.9k 1.1×	549 0.7×	594 1.3×	314 0.9×	316 1.2×	123	2.7k
Martin Aberhan Germany	30	1.9k 1.0×	953 1.1×	893 1.9×	368 1.1×	544 2.0×	81	2.5k
Patrick J. Orr Ireland	29	1.7k 0.9×	559 0.7×	396 0.9×	220 0.6×	209 0.8×	59	2.3k
Shixue Hu China	28	1.9k 1.0×	573 0.7×	658 1.4×	180 0.5×	176 0.6×	83	2.2k
George R. McGhee United States	21	1.4k 0.8×	497 0.6×	474 1.0×	201 0.6×	242 0.9×	61	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip R. Wilby

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Dunn, Frances S., Alexander Liu, Dmitriy Grazhdankin, et al.. (2021). The developmental biology of Charnia and the eumetazoan affinity of the Ediacaran rangeomorphs. Science Advances. 7(30). 59 indexed citations

Ng, Hong Chin, Jeremy Rushton, Katharine Hendry, et al.. (2021). Metamorphism obscures primary taphonomic pathways in the early Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, North Greenland. Geology. 50(1). 4–9. 14 indexed citations

Wood, Rachel, Alexander Liu, Fred Bowyer, et al.. (2019). Integrated records of environmental change and evolution challenge the Cambrian Explosion. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(4). 528–538. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

Harvey, Thomas H. P., Mark Williams, Melanie J. Leng, et al.. (2018). An early Cambrian greenhouse climate. Science Advances. 4(5). eaar5690–eaar5690. 77 indexed citations

Kenchington, Charlotte G., Frances S. Dunn, & Philip R. Wilby. (2018). Modularity and Overcompensatory Growth in Ediacaran Rangeomorphs Demonstrate Early Adaptations for Coping with Environmental Pressures. Current Biology. 28(20). 3330–3336.e2. 16 indexed citations

Dunn, Frances S., Philip R. Wilby, Charlotte G. Kenchington, et al.. (2018). Anatomy of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Charnia masoni. Papers in Palaeontology. 5(1). 157–176. 26 indexed citations

Zalasiewicz, Jan, et al.. (2012). Polymorphic organization in a planktonic graptoloid (Hemichordata: Pterobranchia) colony of Late Ordovician age. Geological Magazine. 150(1). 143–152. 4 indexed citations

Schofield, David I., J. A. Aspden, Simon J. Kemp, R. J. Merriman, & Philip R. Wilby. (2009). Basement controls on Acadian thrusting and fault reactivation along the southern margin of the Welsh Basin. Geological Journal. 44(5). 526–536. 2 indexed citations

Wilby, Philip R., et al.. (2008). Dawsonia Nicholson: linguliform brachiopods, crustacean tail-pieces and a problematicum rather than graptolite ovarian vesicles. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 99(3-4). 251–266. 5 indexed citations

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Gabbott, Sarah E., et al.. (2008). Ubiquitous Burgess Shale–style “clay templates” in low-grade metamorphic mudrocks. Geology. 36(11). 855–855. 68 indexed citations

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Wilby, Philip R., et al.. (2005). Late Carboniferous scavenging ostracods: feeding strategies and taphonomy. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences. 96(4). 309–316. 7 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Ian P., Mark Williams, David J. Siveter, & Philip R. Wilby. (2004). A Carboniferous necropahgous myodocopid ostracod from Derbyshire, England. Revista española de micropaleontología. 36(1). 195–206. 7 indexed citations

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Glasser, Neil F., James L. Etienne, Michael J. Hambrey, et al.. (2004). Glacial meltwater erosion and sedimentation as evidence for multiple glaciations in west Wales. Boreas. 33(3). 224–237. 10 indexed citations

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Wilby, Philip R., et al.. (2004). Taphonomy and origin of an accumulate of soft‐bodied cephalopods in the Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic, England). Palaeontology. 47(5). 1159–1180. 52 indexed citations

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Wilby, Philip R.. (2004). Hay-on-Wye. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Mark, Jeremy Davies, R.A. Waters, Adrian W.A. Rushton, & Philip R. Wilby. (2003). Stratigraphical and palaeoecological importance of Caradoc (Upper Ordovician) graptolites from the Cardigan area, southwest Wales. Geological Magazine. 140(5). 549–571. 18 indexed citations

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Hambrey, Michael J., Jeremy Davies, Neil F. Glasser, et al.. (2001). Devensian glacigenic sedimentation and landscape evolution in the Cardigan area of southwest Wales. Journal of Quaternary Science. 16(5). 455–482. 31 indexed citations

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Briggs, Derek E. G., Amanda J. Kear, David M. Martill, & Philip R. Wilby. (1993). Phosphatization of soft-tissue in experiments and fossils. Journal of the Geological Society. 150(6). 1035–1038. 188 indexed citations

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Wilby, Philip R. & David M. Martill. (1992). Fossil fish stomachs: A microenvironment for exceptional preservation. Historical Biology. 6(1). 25–36. 59 indexed citations

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Martill, David M., Philip R. Wilby, & David M. Unwin. (1990). Stripes on a pterosaur wing. Nature. 346(6280). 116–116. 10 indexed citations

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