Sankar Chatterjee

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sankar Chatterjee is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sankar Chatterjee has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Paleontology, 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sankar Chatterjee's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (51 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (34 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (29 papers). Sankar Chatterjee is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (51 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (34 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (29 papers). Sankar Chatterjee collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Argentina. Sankar Chatterjee's co-authors include Arghya Goswami, Christopher R. Scotese, Xiaochun Wu, R. J. Templin, Lawrence M. Witmer, Timothy Rowe, Bryan J. Small, T. S. Kutty, Nicholas Hotton and Zhong Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sankar Chatterjee

110 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

The longest voyage: Tectonic, magmatic, and paleoclimatic... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. The longest voyage: Tectonic, magmatic, and paleoclimatic evolution of the Indian plate during its northward flight from Gondwana to Asia
    2012 418 citations Sankar Chatterjee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sankar Chatterjee United States 37 2.4k 1.5k 724 460 316 111 3.9k
Patrick M. O’Connor United States 41 3.0k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 2.1k 2.9× 635 1.4× 279 0.9× 127 6.6k
Peter J. Wagner United States 36 2.2k 0.9× 406 0.3× 1.5k 2.1× 244 0.5× 115 0.4× 98 5.9k
Marta Fernández Argentina 35 2.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.3× 646 0.9× 378 0.8× 45 0.1× 141 3.8k
Robert L. Carroll United States 40 3.0k 1.3× 1.9k 1.3× 521 0.7× 1.3k 2.8× 27 0.1× 150 5.4k
Louis L. Jacobs United States 38 3.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 376 0.5× 600 1.3× 173 0.5× 136 4.4k
Hai‐Lu You China 34 3.0k 1.2× 1.8k 1.2× 168 0.2× 510 1.1× 125 0.4× 155 3.9k
Luis M. Chiappe United States 55 8.2k 3.4× 4.9k 3.4× 291 0.4× 955 2.1× 138 0.4× 196 9.0k
John J. Flynn United States 47 4.7k 2.0× 910 0.6× 697 1.0× 559 1.2× 833 2.6× 204 7.4k
Xiaoming Wang China 36 2.2k 0.9× 367 0.2× 434 0.6× 232 0.5× 651 2.1× 180 4.5k
Malcolm C. McKenna United States 35 2.8k 1.2× 433 0.3× 446 0.6× 372 0.8× 189 0.6× 121 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sankar Chatterjee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sankar Chatterjee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sankar Chatterjee

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sankar Chatterjee. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sankar Chatterjee 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 Sankar Chatterjee. Sankar Chatterjee 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
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Ezcurra, Martín D., Maurício Silva Garcia, Fernando E. Novas, et al.. (2025). A new herrerasaurian dinosaur from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri Formation of south-central India. Royal Society Open Science. 12(5). 250081–250081. 5 indexed citations
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Small, Bryan J., et al.. (2023). Cranial anatomy of Libognathus sheddiSmall, 1997 (Parareptilia, Procolophonidae) from the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of West Texas, USA. The Anatomical Record. 307(4). 1421–1441. 7 indexed citations
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Tewari, Rajni, et al.. (2018). Geochemistry of coal–bearing Permo−Triassic strata in Allan Hills, South Victoria Land, Antarctica: Implications for palaeoclimate. Journal of Palaeosciences. 67((1-2)). 89–97. 1 indexed citations
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Dunn, Derek W., et al.. (2012). Wake-promoting agents: Search for next generation modafinil: Part II. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(6). 2315–2317. 2 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Mohamed, Derek Dunn, Satish Mallya, et al.. (2012). Proteasome inhibitors for cancer therapy. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 20(7). 2362–2368. 8 indexed citations
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Dunn, Derek, Mohamed Iqbal, Val R. Marcy, et al.. (2012). Wake promoting agents: Search for next generation modafinil, lessons learned: Part III. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(11). 3751–3753. 13 indexed citations
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Marcy, Val R., et al.. (2012). Wake-promoting agents: Search for next generation modafinil: Part IV. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 54. 949–951. 1 indexed citations
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Dunn, Derek, Mohamed Iqbal, John A. Gruner, et al.. (2011). Wake-promoting agents: Search for next generation modafinil: Part I. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(6). 2312–2314. 7 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sankar, Zhijun Dong, & Paul Upchurch. (2010). A complete skeleton of a basal sauropod dinosaur from the early jurassic of china and the origin of sauropoda.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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D’Emic, Michael D., Jeffrey A. Wilson, & Sankar Chatterjee. (2009). The titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) osteoderm record: review and first definitive specimen from India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29(1). 165–177. 57 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sankar, et al.. (2008). Shiva impact event and its implications for Deccan Volcanism and Dinosaur Extinction. Journal of Palaeosciences. 57((1-3)). 235–250.
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Barhorst, Alan A., et al.. (2005). Nonlinear dynamical model and response of avian cranial kinesis. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 240(1). 32–47. 11 indexed citations
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Harding, Clifford V., J. France, Rui Song, et al.. (1995). Novel dipeptide aldehydes are proteasome inhibitors and block the MHC-I antigen-processing pathway. The Journal of Immunology. 155(4). 1767–1775. 93 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sankar. (1991). Cranial anatomy and relationships of a new Triassic bird from Texas. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 332(1265). 277–346. 71 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sankar. (1990). A Possible K/T Impact Site at the India-Seychelles Boundary. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 21. 182. 2 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sankar. (1982). A new cynodont reptile from the Triassic of India. Journal of Paleontology. 56. 203–214. 47 indexed citations
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Sohn, I. G. & Sankar Chatterjee. (1979). Freshwater ostracodes from Late Triassic coprolite in central India. Journal of Paleontology. 53(3). 578–586. 29 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sankar. (1978). Indosuchus and Indosaurus, Cretaceous carnosaurs from India. Journal of Paleontology. 52(3). 570–580. 60 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sankar. (1975). Gene physiological studies on polytene chromosomes and dosage compensation in drosophila. Shodhganga. 1 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Sankar. (1969). A rhynchosaur from the maleri formation of India with a consideration of the evolution and stratigraphic significance of the triassic rhynchosauridae. Shodhganga. 2 indexed citations

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