Pierce Brodkorb

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Pierce Brodkorb is a scholar working on Ecology, Paleontology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierce Brodkorb has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Paleontology and 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Pierce Brodkorb's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (17 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (16 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (15 papers). Pierce Brodkorb is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (17 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (16 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (15 papers). Pierce Brodkorb collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Pierce Brodkorb's co-authors include Kenneth E. Campbell, Gale Monson, Joe Marshall, Allan R. Phillips, Albert P. Blair, Fred R. Cagle, George A. Moore, Cecile Mourer‐Chauviré, W. Frank Blair and Max K. Hecht and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Wildlife Management, Copeia and Journal of Mammalogy.

In The Last Decade

Pierce Brodkorb

47 papers receiving 795 citations

Hit Papers

The Birds of Arizona 1965 2026 1985 2005 1965 50 100 150 200
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. The Birds of Arizona
    1965 219 citations Pierce Brodkorb, Allan R. Phillips et al. Bird-Banding profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pierce Brodkorb United States 15 543 479 375 152 111 51 1.1k
Clayton E. Ray United States 16 574 1.1× 578 1.2× 327 0.9× 263 1.7× 104 0.9× 42 1.1k
Alexander Wetmore United States 17 385 0.7× 450 0.9× 252 0.7× 291 1.9× 247 2.2× 60 1.2k
Charles A. Woods United States 17 644 1.2× 642 1.3× 173 0.5× 417 2.7× 159 1.4× 37 1.2k
Robert W. Storer United States 18 325 0.6× 729 1.5× 356 0.9× 390 2.6× 157 1.4× 82 1.2k
Bryan Patterson United States 13 895 1.6× 291 0.6× 180 0.5× 338 2.2× 63 0.6× 21 1.1k
Julian M. Humphries United States 14 294 0.5× 552 1.2× 797 2.1× 247 1.6× 394 3.5× 17 1.7k
Carl H. Lindroth Sweden 16 136 0.3× 396 0.8× 175 0.5× 501 3.3× 225 2.0× 37 905
Léon Croizat Venezuela 9 496 0.9× 194 0.4× 324 0.9× 431 2.8× 208 1.9× 20 1.0k
D. J. Kitchener Australia 17 191 0.4× 621 1.3× 256 0.7× 395 2.6× 148 1.3× 55 933
Yves Cambefort France 10 547 1.0× 341 0.7× 575 1.5× 478 3.1× 140 1.3× 31 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Pierce Brodkorb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pierce Brodkorb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierce Brodkorb

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pierce Brodkorb. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pierce Brodkorb 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 Pierce Brodkorb. Pierce Brodkorb 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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Brodkorb, Pierce & Kenneth E. Campbell. (1992). Papers in avian paleontology, honoring Pierce Brodkorb. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 165 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce & Cecile Mourer‐Chauviré. (1984). FOSSIL OWLS FROM EARLY MAN SITES OF OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA. Ostrich. 55(1). 17–27. 11 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce & Cecile Mourer‐Chauviré. (1984). A new species of cormorant (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) from the Pleistocene of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Geobios. 17(3). 331–339. 7 indexed citations
4.
Brodkorb, Pierce & Cecile Mourer‐Chauviré. (1982). Fossil Anhingas (Aves: Anhingidae) fromEarly Man Sites of Hadar and Omo (Ethiopia) and Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Geobios. 15(4). 505–515. 21 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1971). Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 4 (Columbiformes through Piciformes). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 15(4). 163–266. 38 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1970). An eocene puffbird from wyoming. Rocky Mountain geology. 9(1). 13–15. 18 indexed citations
7.
Brodkorb, Pierce. (1970). The paleospecies of woodpeckers. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 33. 132–136. 2 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1969). An extinct Pleistocene owl from Cuba. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations
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Birney, Elmer C., et al.. (1968). Vertebrates of the United States. Journal of Mammalogy. 49(3). 577–577. 28 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1967). Catalogue of Fossil Birds, Part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 11(3). 99–220. 49 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce, Allan R. Phillips, Joe Marshall, & Gale Monson. (1965). The Birds of Arizona. Bird-Banding. 36(4). 286–286. 219 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1964). A new name for Fulica minor Shufeldt. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1963). Catalogue of Fossil Birds, Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 7(4). 179–293. 52 indexed citations
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Wetmore, Alexander, Joseph G. Strauch, Lawson G. Sugden, et al.. (1963). From Field and Study. Ornithological Applications. 65(4). 329–335. 1 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1962). A teal from the lower Pliocene of Kansas. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1960). Great Auk and Common Murre from a Florida Midden. The Auk. 77(3). 342–343. 6 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1960). How Many Species of Birds Have Existed?. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 5(3). 41–56. 5 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1959). The Pleistocene Avifauna of Arredondo, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 4(9). 269–292. 8 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1959). Pleistocene Birds from New Providence Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 4(11). 349–371. 15 indexed citations
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Brodkorb, Pierce. (1956). Two New Birds from the Miocene of Florida. Ornithological Applications. 58(5). 367–370. 13 indexed citations

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