R. A. Crowson

3.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

R. A. Crowson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. A. Crowson has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 20 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in R. A. Crowson's work include Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (39 papers), Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies (21 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (16 papers). R. A. Crowson is often cited by papers focused on Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (39 papers), Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies (21 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (16 papers). R. A. Crowson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and India. R. A. Crowson's co-authors include Willi Hennig, Halil Kasap, B. L. Turner, Quentin D. Wheeler, Tapan K. Sengupta, Donn Eric Rosen, J. C. Watt, John Smart, Robin J. Wootton and W. D. Ian Rolfe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Annual Review of Entomology and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

R. A. Crowson

62 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The biology of the Coleoptera

1981 472 citations R. A. Crowson Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Die Stammesgeschichte der Insekten.

1970 424 citations R. A. Crowson et al. Systematic Zoology profile →
The natural classification of the families of coleoptera

1967 405 citations R. A. Crowson Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A critique of current cladistics 1991 ·Journal of Natural History ·R. A. Crowson	10
2	A NEW GENUS OF BOGANIIDAE (COLEOPTERA) FROM AUSTRALIA, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON GLANDULAR OPENINGS, CYCAD ASSOCIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE FAMILY1 1990 ·Australian Journal of Entomology ·R. A. Crowson	19
3	The studies on the ovipositors and 8 th abdominal segments of some species of Bruchidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) 1985 ·Turkish Journal of Entomology ·Halil Kasap, R. A. Crowson	4
4	Revision of Uleiota (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) from India and Sri Lanka and its Systematic Position 1984 ·Oriental Insects ·(unknown), (unknown), R. A. Crowson	8
5	The Use of Male Terminalia in the Higher Classification of Coleoptera 1984 ·Entomologia Generalis ·R. A. Crowson	2
6	Phylogenetic significance of the ventral nerve cord in the Chrysomeloidea (coleptera: Phytophaga) 1983 ·Systematic Entomology ·(unknown), R. A. Crowson	14
7	The biology of the Coleoptera breakdown → 1981 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·R. A. Crowson	472
8	The female reproductive organs of Bruchidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) 1980 ·Turkish Journal of Entomology ·Halil Kasap, R. A. Crowson	12
9	Further Observations on Phloeostichidae and Cavognathidae, with Definitions of New Genera from Australia and New Zealand 1973 ·The Coleopterists Bulletin ·R. A. Crowson	11
10	On a new family of Clavicornia (Coleoptera) and a new genus of Languriidae 1969 ·Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy ·(unknown), R. A. Crowson	12
11	Science and Phenomenology 1969 ·Nature ·R. A. Crowson	2
12	Curculionidae Subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America with Reviews of the World Genera of Apioninae and World Subgenera of Apion Herbst. 1969 ·Systematic Zoology ·R. A. Crowson, (unknown)	14
13	The systematic position of Eicolyctus Sahlberg (Coleoptera: Languriidae) 1967 ·Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy ·Tapan K. Sengupta, R. A. Crowson	6
14	Further observations on Peltidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea), with definitions of a new subfamily and of four new genera 1966 ·Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy ·R. A. Crowson	18
15	Observations on the constitution and subfamilies of the family Melandryiidae (Coleoptera) 1965 ·R. A. Crowson	7
16	Observations on the relationships of the genera Circaeus Yablok. and Mycterus Clairv. with a description of the presumed larva of Myclerus (Col. Heteromera) 1964 ·DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) ·R. A. Crowson, (unknown)	6
17	The habits and life cycle of Phloiophilus edwardsi Steph. (Coleoptera: Phloiophilidae) 1964 ·Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series A General Entomology ·R. A. Crowson	1
18	CONSIDERATIONS ON THE GENERA ENDECATOMUS MELLIÉ AND EUDERIA BROUN (COLEOPTERA: BOSTRYCHIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR LARVAE 1961 ·Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy ·R. A. Crowson	11
19	Coleoptera : Introduction and keys to families 1956 ·R. A. Crowson	1
20	A Possible New Principle in Taxonomy, and its Evolutionary Implications 1953 ·Nature ·R. A. Crowson	1

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