Roy E. Plotnick

3.5k total citations
82 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Roy E. Plotnick is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy E. Plotnick has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Paleontology, 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Roy E. Plotnick's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (18 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (11 papers). Roy E. Plotnick is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (18 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (11 papers). Roy E. Plotnick collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Czechia. Roy E. Plotnick's co-authors include Robert H. Gardner, Robert V. O’Neill, William W. Hargrove, K. L. Prestegaard, Martin A. Perlmutter, Tomasz K. Baumiller, Fabien Kenig, Andrew C. Scott, Peter J. Wagner and Ian J. Glasspool and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Naturalist, New Phytologist and Ecology Letters.

In The Last Decade

Roy E. Plotnick

78 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy E. Plotnick United States 28 766 567 547 454 376 82 2.6k
David R. Gray Australia 51 723 0.9× 999 1.8× 529 1.0× 640 1.4× 425 1.1× 232 8.1k
John Haslett Austria 33 305 0.4× 770 1.4× 838 1.5× 1.1k 2.5× 576 1.5× 86 4.1k
John R. Stewart United Kingdom 31 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 2.3× 638 1.2× 201 0.4× 503 1.3× 96 4.2k
Peter A. Allison United Kingdom 35 1.8k 2.4× 619 1.1× 1.3k 2.4× 291 0.6× 259 0.7× 86 3.6k
C. Kevin Boyce United States 35 534 0.7× 502 0.9× 766 1.4× 1.1k 2.5× 550 1.5× 72 3.6k
Martin H. Trauth Germany 36 1.2k 1.6× 990 1.7× 2.3k 4.3× 363 0.8× 142 0.4× 105 4.3k
John O. Dabiri United States 46 599 0.8× 389 0.7× 205 0.4× 347 0.8× 224 0.6× 147 6.9k
Ronald E. Martin United States 28 921 1.2× 652 1.1× 1.0k 1.9× 130 0.3× 84 0.2× 97 2.6k
Robert W. Butler United Kingdom 52 263 0.3× 1.7k 2.9× 1.2k 2.2× 423 0.9× 339 0.9× 243 8.7k
Shanan E. Peters United States 37 2.8k 3.6× 589 1.0× 1.7k 3.1× 292 0.6× 329 0.9× 89 4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy E. Plotnick

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Plotnick, Roy E., et al.. (2025). Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States. Paleobiology. 51(2). 250–260.
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Bicknell, Russell D. C., et al.. (2023). Ex Vivo Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Acutiramus: A Giant Pterygotid Sea Scorpion. American Museum Novitates. 2023(4004). 9 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E., Graham A. Young, & James W. Hagadorn. (2023). An abundant sea anemone from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Lagerstӓtte, USA. Papers in Palaeontology. 9(2). 10 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E., et al.. (2022). The Phanerozoic aftermath of the Cambrian information revolution: sensory and cognitive complexity in marine faunas. Paleobiology. 48(3). 397–419. 10 indexed citations
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Melzer, Roland R., et al.. (2021). Spines and baskets in apex predatory sea scorpions uncover unique feeding strategies using 3D-kinematics. iScience. 25(1). 103662–103662. 15 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E., et al.. (2020). The representation of animal behaviour in the fossil record. Animal Behaviour. 169. 65–80. 18 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E., et al.. (2019). The modern and fossil record of farming behavior. Paleobiology. 45(3). 395–404. 9 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E. & Peter J. Wagner. (2018). The greatest hits of all time: the histories of dominant genera in the fossil record. Paleobiology. 44(3). 368–384. 3 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E., James W. Hagadorn, & Graham A. Young. (2017). THE MAZON CREEK CNIDARIAN ESSEXELLA: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E.. (2012). Behavioral biology of trace fossils. Paleobiology. 38(3). 459–473. 40 indexed citations
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Kosnik, Matthew A., John Alroy, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, et al.. (2011). Changes in shell durability of common marine taxa through the Phanerozoic: evidence for biological rather than taphonomic drivers. Paleobiology. 37(2). 303–331. 31 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E., Stephen Q. Dornbos, & Junyuan Chen. (2010). Information landscapes and sensory ecology of the Cambrian Radiation. Paleobiology. 36(2). 303–317. 64 indexed citations
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Varelas, María, et al.. (2008). Inquiry and Connections in Integrated Science Content Courses for Elementary Education Majors.. The journal of college science teaching. 37(5). 40–47. 13 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E. & Peter J. Wagner. (2006). Round up the usual suspects: common genera in the fossil record and the nature of wastebasket taxa. Paleobiology. 32(1). 126–146. 37 indexed citations
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Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Franz T. Fürsich, Robert A. Gastaldo, et al.. (2005). Are the most durable shelly taxa also the most common in the marine fossil record?. Paleobiology. 31(4). 607–623. 53 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E. & J. John Sepkoski. (2001). A multiplicative multifractal model for originations and extinctions. Paleobiology. 27(1). 126–139. 49 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E. & Tomasz K. Baumiller. (2000). Invention by evolution: Functional analysis in paleobiology. Paleobiology. 26(S4). 305–323. 40 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E., Robert H. Gardner, William W. Hargrove, K. L. Prestegaard, & Martin A. Perlmutter. (1996). Lacunarity analysis: A general technique for the analysis of spatial patterns. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 53(5). 5461–5468. 429 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E. & David K. Elliott. (1995). A Lower Devonian stylonurid eurypterid from Arctic Canada. Journal of Paleontology. 69(2). 399–402. 9 indexed citations
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Plotnick, Roy E., et al.. (1988). Fossilization potential of the mud crab, Panopeus (brachyura: Xanthidae) and temporal variability in crustacean taphonomy. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 63(1-3). 27–43. 61 indexed citations

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