R. Ewan Fordyce

6.2k total citations
125 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

R. Ewan Fordyce is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Ewan Fordyce has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Ecology, 53 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 45 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in R. Ewan Fordyce's work include Marine animal studies overview (85 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (52 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (28 papers). R. Ewan Fordyce is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (85 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (52 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (28 papers). R. Ewan Fordyce collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Japan. R. Ewan Fordyce's co-authors include Felix G. Marx, James G. Mead, Robert W. Boessenecker, Cheng‐Hsiu Tsai, Lawrence G. Barnes, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Tatsuro Ando, Arthur R. I. Cruickshank, Craig M. Jones and Daniel B. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

R. Ewan Fordyce

122 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. Ewan Fordyce New Zealand 33 2.9k 1.8k 1.7k 1.1k 836 125 4.4k
J. G. M. Thewissen United States 37 2.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 880 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 471 0.6× 131 4.4k
Annalisa Berta United States 34 2.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 729 0.4× 797 0.7× 475 0.6× 83 2.9k
Mark D. Uhen United States 30 1.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 867 0.5× 795 0.7× 385 0.5× 80 3.0k
Jonathan H. Geisler United States 28 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 729 0.4× 1.0k 0.9× 345 0.4× 56 2.4k
Christian de Muizon France 42 1.8k 0.6× 3.3k 1.8× 1.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 334 0.4× 121 4.4k
Sunil Bajpai India 34 1.1k 0.4× 2.0k 1.1× 665 0.4× 805 0.7× 271 0.3× 120 3.6k
Daryl P. Domning United States 29 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 508 0.5× 402 0.5× 101 2.8k
Nicholas D. Pyenson United States 32 2.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 935 0.5× 628 0.6× 702 0.8× 82 2.8k
Alistair R. Evans Australia 36 1.7k 0.6× 2.2k 1.2× 619 0.4× 885 0.8× 194 0.2× 127 4.4k
Storrs L. Olson United States 44 3.0k 1.0× 3.1k 1.7× 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 132 0.2× 394 6.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Ewan Fordyce

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Marx, Felix G., et al.. (2024). Strontium isotopes reveal a globally unique assemblage of Early Miocene baleen whales. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 54(5). 711–721. 3 indexed citations
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Ando, Tatsuro, et al.. (2024). A new tiny fossil penguin from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand and the morphofunctional transition of the penguin wing. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 54(5). 660–681. 2 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan, et al.. (2024). A new genus and species of kekenodontid from the late Oligocene of New Zealand with comments on the evolution of tooth displacement in Cetacea. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 54(5). 722–737. 3 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan, et al.. (2023). A new fossil dolphin with tusk‐like teeth from New Zealand and an analysis of procumbent teeth in fossil cetaceans. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 54(5). 738–757. 3 indexed citations
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Boessenecker, Robert W. & R. Ewan Fordyce. (2017). Cosmopolitanism and Miocene survival of Eomysticetidae (Cetacea: Mysticeti) revealed by new fossils from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 60(2). 145–157. 18 indexed citations
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Dawson, Steve, R. Ewan Fordyce, Sam H. Ridgway, Tom Brough, & Elisabeth Slooten. (2016). Observations of a New Zealand dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) breathing via its mouth. Marine Mammal Science. 33(1). 350–355. 3 indexed citations
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Boessenecker, Robert W. & R. Ewan Fordyce. (2015). A new genus and species of eomysticetid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) and a reinterpretation of ‘ M auicetus ’ lophocephalus  Marples, 1956: Transitional baleen whales from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175(3). 607–660. 58 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yoshihiro & R. Ewan Fordyce. (2015). Historically significant late Oligocene dolphin Microcetus hectori Benham 1935: a new species of Waipatia (Platanistoidea). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 45(3). 135–150. 25 indexed citations
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Scott, James M., et al.. (2013). A possible Late Oligocene–Early Miocene rocky shoreline on Otago Schist. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 57(2). 185–194. 10 indexed citations
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Thomas, Daniel B., Daniel T. Ksepka, & R. Ewan Fordyce. (2010). Penguin heat-retention structures evolved in a greenhouse Earth. Biology Letters. 7(3). 461–464. 16 indexed citations
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Marino, Lori, Richard C. Connor, R. Ewan Fordyce, et al.. (2007). Cetaceans Have Complex Brains for Complex Cognition. PLoS Biology. 5(5). e139–e139. 208 indexed citations
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Feldmann, Rodney M. & R. Ewan Fordyce. (1996). A new cancrid crab from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 39(4). 509–513. 10 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan. (1994). Waipatia maerewhenua, new genus and new species (Waipatiidae, new family), an archaic Late Oligocene dolphin (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Platanistoidea) from New Zealand. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 29. 147–176. 130 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan. (1989). Problematic Early Oligocene toothed whale (Cetacea, ?Mysticeti) from Waikari, North Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32(3). 395–400. 10 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan, et al.. (1987). Dolphin mandible (Delphinidae) from the Waipipian Stage (Pliocene), Waihi Beach, Taranaki, New Zealand (Note). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 30(3). 321–323. 3 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan. (1985). Late Eocene archaeocete whale (Archaeoceti: Dorudontinae) from Waihao, South Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 28(2). 351–357. 6 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan. (1982). Dental anomaly in a fossil squalodont dolphin from New Zealand, and the evolution of polydonty in whales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 9(4). 419–426. 27 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan. (1981). Redescription of Early Miocene dolphin Phocaenopsis mantelli Huxley, 1859 (Odontoceti incertae sedis ). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 24(4). 563–568. 6 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan. (1980). Trace fossils from Ohika Formation (Pororari Group, Lower Cretaceous), lower Buller Gorge, Buller, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 23(1). 121–124. 8 indexed citations
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Fordyce, R. Ewan. (1976). Zoophycos from the torlesse supergroup, north canterbury, New Zealand (Note). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 19(2). 289–291. 4 indexed citations

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