R. Paul Scofield

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
177 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

R. Paul Scofield is a scholar working on Ecology, Paleontology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Paul Scofield has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Ecology, 78 papers in Paleontology and 60 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in R. Paul Scofield's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (62 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (59 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (49 papers). R. Paul Scofield is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (62 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (59 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (49 papers). R. Paul Scofield collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. R. Paul Scofield's co-authors include Trevor H. Worthy, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Vanesa L. De Pietri, Michael Bunce, Gérald Mayr, Suzanne J. Hand, Richard N. Holdaway, James Haile, Jonathan M. Waters and Alan Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

R. Paul Scofield

167 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

2012 389 citations Morten E. Allentoft, Charlotte L. Oskam et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Paul Scofield New Zealand	29	1.7k	1.4k	894	864	517	177	3.5k
Richard N. Holdaway New Zealand	31	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	791 0.9×	417 0.5×	505 1.0×	89	3.2k
Helen F. James United States	31	1.7k 1.0×	955 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	578 0.7×	442 0.9×	100	3.5k
Trevor H. Worthy New Zealand	40	2.6k 1.5×	3.1k 2.2×	1.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	418 0.8×	228	6.1k
Carolyn M. King New Zealand	32	2.8k 1.7×	516 0.4×	620 0.7×	874 1.0×	257 0.5×	126	3.9k
Alan J. D. Tennyson New Zealand	24	1.2k 0.7×	897 0.6×	422 0.5×	603 0.7×	166 0.3×	170	2.2k
Storrs L. Olson United States	44	3.0k 1.8×	3.1k 2.2×	1.3k 1.5×	1.8k 2.1×	479 0.9×	394	6.8k
M. Denise Dearing United States	30	1.7k 1.0×	794 0.6×	209 0.2×	237 0.3×	264 0.5×	55	2.9k
Lawrence R. Heaney United States	35	2.7k 1.6×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	902 1.0×	502 1.0×	135	5.0k
Steven A. Trewick New Zealand	34	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	2.1k 2.3×	1.4k 1.6×	765 1.5×	168	5.4k
Morten Rasmussen Denmark	27	2.9k 1.7×	611 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	391 0.5×	2.2k 4.3×	34	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Paul Scofield

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Pietri, Vanesa L. De, R. Paul Scofield, Suzanne J. Hand, et al.. (2025). Early Miocene gull-like birds (Charadriiformes: Laridae) from New Zealand. Geobios. 90. 45–57.

Wilmshurst, Janet M., et al.. (2025). Burrowing Into the Past: Extending Niche Space Models of Procellariiform Breeding Grounds by Merging Fossil and Historic Data. Diversity and Distributions. 31(5). 1 indexed citations

Worthy, Trevor H., Vanesa L. De Pietri, R. Paul Scofield, & Suzanne J. Hand. (2023). A new Eocene species of presbyornithid (Aves, Anseriformes) from Murgon, Australia. Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47(4). 416–430. 6 indexed citations

Schwarzhans, Werner, R. Paul Scofield, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jennifer P. Worthy, & Trevor H. Worthy. (2023). The ‘Gulliver’ fish fauna of an early Miocene freshwater system of New Zealand; new insights from otoliths from the Bannockburn Formation. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 66(1). 102–129. 7 indexed citations

Pietri, Vanesa L. De, Gérald Mayr, & R. Paul Scofield. (2019). Becassius charadriioides, an early Miocene pratincole-like bird from France: with comments on the early evolutionary history of the Glareolidae (Aves, Charadriiformes). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 94(1). 107–124. 4 indexed citations

Mayr, Gérald, Vanesa L. De Pietri, R. Paul Scofield, & Thierry Smith. (2018). A fossil heron from the early Oligocene of Belgium: the earliest temporally well‐constrained record of the Ardeidae. Ibis. 161(1). 79–90. 5 indexed citations

Rawlence, Nicolas J., et al.. (2018). Evidence for breeding of Megadyptes penguins in the North Island at the time of human arrival. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 46(2). 165–173. 2 indexed citations

Otley, Helen, et al.. (2017). A comprehensive demographic assessment of the endangered Fiordland crested penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 44(2). 144–162. 4 indexed citations

Worthy, Trevor H., Vanesa L. De Pietri, & R. Paul Scofield. (2017). Recent advances in avian palaeobiology in New Zealand with implications for understanding New Zealand's geological, climatic and evolutionary histories. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 44(3). 177–211. 31 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Martyn, et al.. (2015). Taxonomic status of Cyanoramphus parakeets on the Auckland Islands and implications for the validity of the orange‐fronted parakeet as a discrete species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 45(4). 197–211. 4 indexed citations

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Worthy, Trevor H., et al.. (2013). Pre‐human New Zealand sea lion ( Phocarctos hookeri ) rookeries on mainland New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44(1). 1–16. 18 indexed citations

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Scofield, R. Paul, et al.. (2013). Differences in vocalisations, morphology and mtDNA support species status for New Zealand saddleback Philesturnus spp. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 41(2). 79–94. 4 indexed citations

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Wood, Jamie R., et al.. (2012). Soft‐tissue specimens from pre‐European extinct birds of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 43(3). 154–181. 6 indexed citations

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Worthy, Trevor H. & R. Paul Scofield. (2012). Twenty‐first century advances in knowledge of the biology of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes): a new morphological analysis and moa diagnoses revised. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 39(2). 87–153. 73 indexed citations

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Scofield, R. Paul, et al.. (2011). New palaeontological data from the excavation of the Late Glacial Glencrieff miring bone deposit, North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 41(3). 217–236. 15 indexed citations

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Allentoft, Morten E., et al.. (2011). A molecular characterization of a newly discovered megafaunal fossil site in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 42(4). 241–256. 8 indexed citations

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Boessenkool, Sanne, Bastiaan Star, R. Paul Scofield, Philip J. Seddon, & Jonathan M. Waters. (2009). Lost in translation or deliberate falsification? Genetic analyses reveal erroneous museum data for historic penguin specimens. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1684). 1057–1064. 33 indexed citations

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Sagar, P. M. & R. Paul Scofield. (2006). Survival, density and population composition of bellbirds (Anthornis melanura) on the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 33(4). 249–257. 7 indexed citations

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Lange, Peter J. de, R. Paul Scofield, & Terry Greene. (2004). Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae) a new indigenous addition to the flora of the Kermadec Islands group. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 42(2). 167–173. 12 indexed citations

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Worthy, Trevor H. & R. Paul Scofield. (2004). Skeletal and dental variation within and between Mystacina species in southern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 31(4). 351–361. 3 indexed citations

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