Ryosuke Motani

4.4k total citations
100 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Ryosuke Motani is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryosuke Motani has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Paleontology, 59 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ryosuke Motani's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (91 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (66 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (57 papers). Ryosuke Motani is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (91 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (66 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (57 papers). Ryosuke Motani collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Ryosuke Motani's co-authors include D. Jiang, Lars Schmitz, Olivier Rieppel, Andrea Tintori, Cheng Ji, Hai‐Lu You, Zuo-Yu Sun, Wei-Cheng Hao, Neil P. Kelley and Yuanlin Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ryosuke Motani

98 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryosuke Motani United States 33 2.8k 1.9k 472 336 227 100 3.3k
Jennifer A. Clack United Kingdom 38 3.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 637 1.3× 417 1.2× 263 1.2× 108 3.8k
David W. E. Hone United Kingdom 30 2.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 579 1.2× 286 0.9× 346 1.5× 98 2.9k
Gareth J. Dyke United Kingdom 36 3.4k 1.2× 1.8k 1.0× 491 1.0× 739 2.2× 448 2.0× 162 4.3k
Darren Naish United Kingdom 31 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 411 0.9× 236 0.7× 223 1.0× 93 2.6k
Eberhard Frey Germany 31 2.7k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 393 0.8× 186 0.6× 217 1.0× 133 2.9k
Kevin Padian United States 38 4.2k 1.5× 2.4k 1.3× 742 1.6× 477 1.4× 331 1.5× 134 4.8k
Matthew T. Carrano United States 41 4.9k 1.7× 2.8k 1.5× 1.1k 2.2× 383 1.1× 308 1.4× 81 5.3k
Benjamin P. Kear Sweden 34 3.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.1× 415 0.9× 252 0.8× 343 1.5× 159 3.5k
Graeme T. Lloyd United Kingdom 30 2.5k 0.9× 919 0.5× 521 1.1× 321 1.0× 452 2.0× 51 3.1k
David M. Unwin United Kingdom 36 3.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.1× 475 1.0× 414 1.2× 869 3.8× 100 4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryosuke Motani

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jiang, D., Min Zhou, Ryosuke Motani, et al.. (2023). Emergence and ecological transition of the Mesozoic marine reptiles: Evidence from the Early Triassic Chaohu and the Middle Triassic Xingyi Faunas. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 628. 111750–111750. 12 indexed citations
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Cheng, Long, Benjamin C. Moon, Chunbo Yan, et al.. (2022). The oldest record of Saurosphargiformes (Diapsida) from South China could fill an ecological gap in the Early Triassic biotic recovery. PeerJ. 10. e13569–e13569. 5 indexed citations
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Jiang, D., et al.. (2021). Panzhousaurus rotundirostris Jiang et al., 2019 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the recovery of the monophyly of Pachypleurosauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41(1). 17 indexed citations
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Huang, Jiandong, Ryosuke Motani, D. Jiang, et al.. (2020). Repeated evolution of durophagy during ichthyosaur radiation after mass extinction indicated by hidden dentition. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7798–7798. 21 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke, et al.. (2019). Flipper bone distribution reveals flexible trailing edge in underwater flying marine tetrapods. Journal of Morphology. 280(6). 908–924. 16 indexed citations
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Vermeij, Geerat J. & Ryosuke Motani. (2018). Land to sea transitions in vertebrates: the dynamics of colonization. Paleobiology. 44(2). 237–250. 26 indexed citations
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Kelley, Neil P., et al.. (2016). A new Lower Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblage from Fossil Hill, Nevada. PeerJ. 4. e1626–e1626. 16 indexed citations
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Jiang, D., et al.. (2016). Eccentricity and obliquity paced carbon cycling in the Early Triassic and implications for post-extinction ecosystem recovery. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27793–27793. 22 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaohong, Ryosuke Motani, Long Cheng, D. Jiang, & Olivier Rieppel. (2015). A New Specimen of Carroll’s Mystery Hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of China. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0126024–e0126024. 17 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke & Peter C. Wainwright. (2015). How warm is too warm for the life cycle of actinopterygian fishes?. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 11597–11597. 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaohong, Ryosuke Motani, Long Cheng, D. Jiang, & Olivier Rieppel. (2014). A Small Short-Necked Hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of Hubei Province, China. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115244–e115244. 22 indexed citations
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Jiang, D., Ryosuke Motani, Andrea Tintori, et al.. (2014). The Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis , gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34(5). 1044–1052. 49 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke, D. Jiang, Guan-Bao Chen, et al.. (2014). A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China. Nature. 517(7535). 485–488. 96 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaohong, Ryosuke Motani, Long Cheng, D. Jiang, & Olivier Rieppel. (2014). A Carapace-Like Bony ‘Body Tube’ in an Early Triassic Marine Reptile and the Onset of Marine Tetrapod Predation. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94396–e94396. 29 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke, Cheng Ji, Taketeru Tomita, et al.. (2013). Absence of Suction Feeding Ichthyosaurs and Its Implications for Triassic Mesopelagic Paleoecology. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e66075–e66075. 38 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Lars & Ryosuke Motani. (2010). Morphological differences between the eyeballs of nocturnal and diurnal amniotes revisited from optical perspectives of visual environments. Vision Research. 50(10). 936–946. 62 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke, et al.. (2009). Relationship between osteology and aquatic locomotion in birds: determining modes of locomotion in extinct Ornithurae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23(2). 372–385. 48 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke. (2002). Swimming speed estimation of extinct marine reptiles: energetic approach revisited. Paleobiology. 28(2). 251–262. 41 indexed citations
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Motani, Ryosuke. (2001). Estimating body mass from silhouettes: testing the assumption of elliptical body cross-sections. Paleobiology. 27(4). 735–750. 49 indexed citations

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