Sam W. Heads

1.1k total citations
55 papers, 747 citations indexed

About

Sam W. Heads is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam W. Heads has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 747 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Paleontology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sam W. Heads's work include Fossil Insects in Amber (36 papers), Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy (27 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Sam W. Heads is often cited by papers focused on Fossil Insects in Amber (36 papers), Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy (27 papers) and Plant and animal studies (17 papers). Sam W. Heads collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Sam W. Heads's co-authors include David M. Martill, Daniel Otte, Yuan Huang, María Marta Cigliano, Christiane Amédégnato, Michael F. Whiting, Hojun Song, Laure Desutter‐Grandcolas, Vladimir N. Makarkin and Yinan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cladistics and Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

In The Last Decade

Sam W. Heads

53 papers receiving 725 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam W. Heads United States 15 635 218 210 83 77 55 747
Aaron D. Pan United States 13 377 0.6× 62 0.3× 124 0.6× 94 1.1× 86 1.1× 27 489
Uwe Kaulfuß New Zealand 15 331 0.5× 61 0.3× 132 0.6× 73 0.9× 52 0.7× 46 488
Д. E. Щербаков Russia 17 585 0.9× 141 0.6× 203 1.0× 39 0.5× 168 2.2× 65 712
Julián F. Petrulevičius Argentina 14 443 0.7× 221 1.0× 106 0.5× 74 0.9× 47 0.6× 57 536
Didier Néraudeau France 13 346 0.5× 153 0.7× 291 1.4× 42 0.5× 17 0.2× 34 551
Heriberto López Spain 13 231 0.4× 166 0.8× 113 0.5× 69 0.8× 66 0.9× 46 527
David B. Nicholson United Kingdom 10 245 0.4× 143 0.7× 148 0.7× 96 1.2× 25 0.3× 12 439
John T. Clarke Estonia 8 178 0.3× 62 0.3× 123 0.6× 86 1.0× 145 1.9× 13 418
Arnaud Faille Germany 13 354 0.6× 179 0.8× 338 1.6× 28 0.3× 43 0.6× 69 573
Dmitry V. Vasilenko Russia 18 962 1.5× 431 2.0× 204 1.0× 21 0.3× 128 1.7× 116 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam W. Heads

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Sam W. Heads's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sam W. Heads with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sam W. Heads more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Sam W. Heads

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sam W. Heads. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sam W. Heads. The network helps show where Sam W. Heads may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam W. Heads

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam W. Heads. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam W. Heads based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sam W. Heads. Sam W. Heads is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
2.
Skejo, Josip, et al.. (2024). A new long-winged pygmy grasshopper in Eocene Baltic amber raises questions about the evolution of reduced tegmenula in Tetrigidae (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research. 33(1). 21–26. 3 indexed citations
3.
4.
Skejo, Josip, et al.. (2019). The last batrachideine of Europe: A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa. 4686(3). zootaxa.4686.3.9–zootaxa.4686.3.9. 2 indexed citations
5.
Heads, Sam W., et al.. (2018). Comments on the neglected nymphs of mud crickets in the genus Mirhipipteryx (Caelifera: Tridactyloidea: Ripipterygidae). Zootaxa. 4486(2). 180–188. 4 indexed citations
6.
Heads, Sam W., et al.. (2018). A new genus and species of Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa. 4527(4). 575–580. 14 indexed citations
7.
Heads, Sam W., Andrew N. Miller, J. L. Crane, et al.. (2017). The oldest fossil mushroom. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0178327–e0178327. 16 indexed citations
8.
Swanson, Daniel R., Steven J. Taylor, & Sam W. Heads. (2017). Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly-discovered in Illinois. Zootaxa. 4269(4). 571–585. 4 indexed citations
9.
Heads, Sam W., et al.. (2016). Fossil Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Zootaxa. 4098(1). 134–44. 6 indexed citations
10.
Heads, Sam W., et al.. (2015). Three new species of the genus Ripipteryx from Colombia (Orthoptera, Ripipterygidae). ZooKeys. 502(502). 129–143. 5 indexed citations
11.
Engel, Michael S., et al.. (2014). THE FOSSIL INSECT COLLABORATIVE: AN NSF-FUNDED PALEONTOLOGY COLLECTIONS DIGITIZATION PROJECT. 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014). 1 indexed citations
12.
Heads, Sam W., et al.. (2014). A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys. 429(429). 87–100. 11 indexed citations
13.
Heads, Sam W., et al.. (2013). First Record ofScapteriscus abbreviatusfrom Belize (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Entomological News. 123(3). 241–244.
14.
15.
Heads, Sam W. & Steven J. Taylor. (2012). A new species of Ripipteryx from Belize with a key to the species of the Scrofulosa Group (Orthoptera, Ripipterygidae). ZooKeys. 169(169). 1–8. 4 indexed citations
16.
17.
Heads, Sam W.. (2010). The first fossil spider cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Phalangopsinae): 20 million years of troglobiomorphosis or exaptation in the dark?. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 158(1). 56–65. 20 indexed citations
18.
Heads, Sam W.. (2009). New pygmy grasshoppers in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). 26. 9 indexed citations
19.
Heads, Sam W.. (2009). A new pygmy mole cricket in Cretaceous amber from Burma (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae). 26. 17 indexed citations
20.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Aaron D. Pan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Uwe Kaulfuß Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Д. E. Щербаков Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Julián F. Petrulevičius Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Didier Néraudeau Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Heriberto López Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David B. Nicholson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by John T. Clarke Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Arnaud Faille Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dmitry V. Vasilenko
Rankless by CCL
2026