Robert S. Sansom

2.0k total citations
49 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Robert S. Sansom is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Sansom has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Paleontology, 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Sansom's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (28 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (27 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (14 papers). Robert S. Sansom is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (28 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (27 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (14 papers). Robert S. Sansom collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Robert S. Sansom's co-authors include Mark A. Purnell, Sarah E. Gabbott, Matthew A. Wills, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Joseph N. Keating, Richard J. Aldridge, Ivan J. Sansom, Lauren Sallan, Matt Friedman and Ross Mounce and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Sansom

48 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert S. Sansom United Kingdom 22 1.0k 407 194 185 140 49 1.3k
David W. Bapst United States 10 830 0.8× 231 0.6× 151 0.8× 114 0.6× 79 0.6× 11 953
Melanie J. Hopkins United States 23 831 0.8× 149 0.4× 153 0.8× 144 0.8× 239 1.7× 64 1.3k
Sylvain Gerber France 17 589 0.6× 131 0.3× 286 1.5× 136 0.7× 159 1.1× 32 972
Ursula B. Göhlich Austria 22 915 0.9× 268 0.7× 270 1.4× 65 0.4× 150 1.1× 65 1.4k
Martin Rücklin Netherlands 20 657 0.6× 332 0.8× 111 0.6× 158 0.9× 63 0.5× 50 956
Lauren Sallan United States 13 822 0.8× 743 1.8× 156 0.8× 183 1.0× 127 0.9× 22 1.5k
Luke A. Parry United Kingdom 18 882 0.8× 142 0.3× 216 1.1× 179 1.0× 348 2.5× 38 1.2k
James C. Lamsdell United States 22 1.1k 1.1× 372 0.9× 273 1.4× 200 1.1× 385 2.8× 71 1.4k
Daniel Perea Uruguay 24 1.2k 1.1× 446 1.1× 442 2.3× 111 0.6× 58 0.4× 97 1.5k
Kishor Kumar India 24 898 0.9× 305 0.7× 557 2.9× 95 0.5× 91 0.7× 51 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert S. Sansom

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All Works

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Garwood, Russell J., Alan R.T. Spencer, Frances S. Dunn, et al.. (2024). TREvoSim v3: An individual based simulation forgenerating trees and character data. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(101). 6722–6722.
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Wogelius, Roy A., et al.. (2023). Lasanius, an exceptionally preserved Silurian jawless fish from Scotland. Palaeontology. 66(2). 6 indexed citations
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Sansom, Robert S., et al.. (2023). Multivariate mapping of ontogeny, taphonomy and phylogeny to reconstruct problematic fossil taxa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1999). 20230333–20230333. 4 indexed citations
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Keating, Joseph N., Russell J. Garwood, & Robert S. Sansom. (2023). Phylogenetic congruence, conflict and consilience between molecular and morphological data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(1). 30–30. 14 indexed citations
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Brazeau, Martin, et al.. (2023). A well-preserved ‘placoderm’ (stem-group Gnathostomata) upper jaw from the Early Devonian of Mongolia clarifies jaw evolution. Royal Society Open Science. 10(2). 221452–221452. 5 indexed citations
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Brazeau, Martin, et al.. (2020). Endochondral bone in an Early Devonian ‘placoderm’ from Mongolia. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(11). 1477–1484. 37 indexed citations
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Zhai, Dayou, Mark Williams, David J. Siveter, et al.. (2019). Variation in appendages in early Cambrian bradoriids reveals a wide range of body plans in stem-euarthropods. Communications Biology. 2(1). 329–329. 21 indexed citations
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Sansom, Robert S., et al.. (2019). Bite marks and predation of fossil jawless fish during the rise of jawed vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1917). 20191596–20191596. 14 indexed citations
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Sallan, Lauren, et al.. (2018). THE NEARSHORE CRADLE OF EARLY VERTEBRATE DIVERSIFICATION. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Sallan, Lauren, et al.. (2018). The nearshore cradle of early vertebrate diversification. Science. 362(6413). 460–464. 55 indexed citations
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Sansom, Robert S., et al.. (2016). Dental data perform relatively poorly in reconstructing mammal phylogenies: Morphological partitions evaluated with molecular benchmarks. Systematic Biology. 66(5). syw116–syw116. 51 indexed citations
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Sansom, Robert S.. (2016). Preservation and phylogeny of Cambrian ecdysozoans tested by experimental decay of Priapulus. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 32817–32817. 52 indexed citations
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Gabbott, Sarah E., Philip C. J. Donoghue, Robert S. Sansom, et al.. (2016). Pigmented anatomy in Carboniferous cyclostomes and the evolution of the vertebrate eye. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1836). 20161151–20161151. 43 indexed citations
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Mounce, Ross, Robert S. Sansom, & Matthew A. Wills. (2016). Sampling diverse characters improves phylogenies: Craniodental and postcranial characters of vertebrates often imply different trees. Evolution. 70(3). 666–686. 31 indexed citations
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Sansom, Robert S., et al.. (2014). Discriminating signal from noise in the fossil record of early vertebrates reveals cryptic evolutionary history. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1800). 20142245–20142245. 33 indexed citations
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Sansom, Robert S., Sarah E. Gabbott, & Mark A. Purnell. (2013). Atlas of vertebrate decay: a visual and taphonomic guide to fossil interpretation. Palaeontology. 56(3). 457–474. 56 indexed citations
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Sansom, Robert S. & Matthew A. Wills. (2013). Fossilization causes organisms to appear erroneously primitive by distorting evolutionary trees. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2545–2545. 83 indexed citations
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Keating, Joseph N., Robert S. Sansom, & Mark A. Purnell. (2012). A new osteostracan fauna from the Devonian of the Welsh Borderlands and observations on the taxonomy and growth of Osteostraci. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32(5). 1002–1017. 11 indexed citations
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Sansom, Robert S.. (2009). Endemicity and palaeobiogeography of the Osteostraci and Galeaspida: a test of scenarios of gnathostome evolution. Palaeontology. 52(6). 1257–1273. 24 indexed citations

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