R. McN. Alexander

171 total papers · 16.2k total citations
138 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

R. McN. Alexander is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Paleontology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, R. McN. Alexander has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 29 papers in Paleontology and 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in R. McN. Alexander's work include Robotic Locomotion and Control (25 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (23 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (18 papers). R. McN. Alexander is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Locomotion and Control (25 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (23 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (18 papers). R. McN. Alexander collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Kenya. R. McN. Alexander's co-authors include A. S. Jayes, R. F. Ker, M. B. Bennett, G. M. O. Maloiy, Nicola J. Dimery, E. M. Wathuta, R C Kester, John D. Currey, Alberto E. Minetti and Robin H. Crompton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physiological Reviews and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

R. McN. Alexander

136 papers receiving 10.8k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Optimization and gaits in the locomotion of vertebrates

1989 562 citations R. McN. Alexander Physiological Reviews profile →
The spring in the arch of the human foot

1987 539 citations R. F. Ker, M. B. Bennett et al. Nature profile →
A dynamic similarity hypothesis for the gaits of quadrupedal mammals

1983 517 citations R. McN. Alexander, A. S. Jayes Journal of Zoology profile →
Estimates of speeds of dinosaurs

1976 500 citations R. McN. Alexander Nature profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
R. McN. Alexander	4.6k	2.5k	2.3k	2.0k	1.9k	138	11.5k
Andrew A. Biewener	4.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	2.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	188	13.4k
Peter Aerts	2.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	292	9.4k
John R. Hutchinson	1.7k 0.4×	5.2k 2.1×	855 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	234	10.7k
N. C. Heglund	3.3k 0.7×	517 0.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	282 0.2×	55	7.0k
R. McNeill Alexander	1.6k 0.3×	575 0.2×	794 0.3×	973 0.5×	731 0.4×	76	4.6k
Alan M. Wilson	2.6k 0.6×	457 0.2×	3.8k 1.7×	1.3k 0.7×	250 0.1×	215	9.8k
Carl Gans	1.1k 0.2×	2.4k 1.0×	413 0.2×	2.6k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	269	11.5k
David R. Carrier	919 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	571 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	679 0.4×	92	4.8k
John D. Currey	4.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	4.8k 2.1×	1.4k 0.7×	755 0.4×	146	14.5k
Robert J. Full	9.3k 2.0×	280 0.1×	728 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	474 0.3×	151	17.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. McN. Alexander

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