Scott Lidgard

3.7k total citations
45 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Scott Lidgard is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Lidgard has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Paleontology, 17 papers in Oceanography and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Scott Lidgard's work include Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (16 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (16 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (9 papers). Scott Lidgard is often cited by papers focused on Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (16 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (16 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (9 papers). Scott Lidgard collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Scott Lidgard's co-authors include Peter R. Crane, Melanie J. Hopkins, Frank K. McKinney, Paul D. Taylor, Andrew Clarke, Richard Lupia, Matthew A. Kosnik, Peter J. Wagner, Andrew N. Ostrovsky and J. John Sepkoski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott Lidgard

43 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott Lidgard United States 25 943 796 557 539 494 45 2.3k
Matthew A. Wills United Kingdom 33 2.1k 2.2× 749 0.9× 703 1.3× 332 0.6× 701 1.4× 67 3.5k
Anthony G. Coates Panama 19 649 0.7× 414 0.5× 751 1.3× 458 0.8× 977 2.0× 29 2.3k
Gene Hunt United States 31 1.6k 1.7× 484 0.6× 813 1.5× 317 0.6× 1.0k 2.1× 70 3.0k
Akiko Okusu United States 14 762 0.8× 524 0.7× 558 1.0× 511 0.9× 480 1.0× 15 2.1k
Frederick R. Schram United States 28 1.2k 1.3× 424 0.5× 1.1k 2.0× 340 0.6× 1.3k 2.7× 164 2.6k
Gongle Shi China 30 751 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 189 0.3× 282 0.5× 193 0.4× 76 2.6k
Nick Porch Australia 18 624 0.7× 565 0.7× 105 0.2× 273 0.5× 583 1.2× 49 2.0k
Dieter Waloszek Germany 34 2.0k 2.1× 774 1.0× 1.4k 2.4× 243 0.5× 875 1.8× 78 3.2k
Jørgen Olesen Denmark 28 615 0.7× 348 0.4× 1.2k 2.2× 199 0.4× 1.3k 2.5× 95 2.2k
Camilo Montes Colombia 29 587 0.6× 531 0.7× 129 0.2× 204 0.4× 355 0.7× 72 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Lidgard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Lidgard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott Lidgard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott Lidgard 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 Scott Lidgard. Scott Lidgard 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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Lidgard, Scott, et al.. (2023). Revealing the rise of a living fossil menagerie. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 2 indexed citations
2.
Kopperud, Bjørn Tore, Scott Lidgard, & Lee Hsiang Liow. (2022). Enhancing georeferenced biodiversity inventories: automated information extraction from literature records reveal the gaps. PeerJ. 10. e13921–e13921. 1 indexed citations
3.
Lidgard, Scott & Alan C. Love. (2021). The living fossil concept: reply to Turner. Biology & Philosophy. 36(2). 11 indexed citations
4.
Sterner, Beckett & Scott Lidgard. (2017). Moving Past the Systematics Wars. Journal of the History of Biology. 51(1). 31–67. 14 indexed citations
5.
McCoy, Victoria E., Erin E. Saupe, James C. Lamsdell, et al.. (2016). The ‘Tully monster’ is a vertebrate. Nature. 532(7600). 496–499. 36 indexed citations
6.
Hunt, Gene, Melanie J. Hopkins, & Scott Lidgard. (2015). Simple versus complex models of trait evolution and stasis as a response to environmental change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(16). 4885–4890. 113 indexed citations
7.
Sterner, Beckett & Scott Lidgard. (2014). The normative structure of mathematization in systematic biology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 46. 44–54. 7 indexed citations
8.
Hopkins, Melanie J. & Scott Lidgard. (2012). Evolutionary mode routinely varies among morphological traits within fossil species lineages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(50). 20520–20525. 63 indexed citations
9.
Nyhart, Lynn K. & Scott Lidgard. (2011). Individuals at the Center of Biology: Rudolf Leuckart’s Polymorphismus der Individuen and the Ongoing Narrative of Parts and Wholes. With an Annotated Translation. Journal of the History of Biology. 44(3). 373–443. 16 indexed citations
10.
Lidgard, Scott. (2007). Predation on marine bryozoan colonies: taxa, traits and trophic groups. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 359. 117–131. 53 indexed citations
11.
Cheetham, Alan H., Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Scott Lidgard, & Frank K. McKinney. (2001). Evolutionary patterns : growth, form, and tempo in the fossil record : in honor of Allan Cheetham. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Sepkoski, J. John, Frank K. McKinney, & Scott Lidgard. (2000). Competitive displacement among post-Paleozoic cyclostome and cheilostome bryozoans. Paleobiology. 26(1). 7–18. 68 indexed citations
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Clarke, Andrew & Scott Lidgard. (2000). Spatial patterns of diversity in the sea: bryozoan species richness in the North Atlantic. Journal of Animal Ecology. 69(5). 799–814. 126 indexed citations
14.
Lupia, Richard, Scott Lidgard, & Peter R. Crane. (1999). Comparing palynological abundance and diversity: implications for biotic replacement during the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation. Paleobiology. 25(3). 305–340. 175 indexed citations
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Lidgard, Scott, Frank K. McKinney, & Paul D. Taylor. (1993). Competition, clade replacement, and a history of cyclostome and cheilostome bryozoan diversity. Paleobiology. 19(3). 352–371. 74 indexed citations
16.
McKinney, Frank K. & Scott Lidgard. (1992). Competitive overgrowth and post-Paleozoic macroevolution of marine bryozoa. The Paleontological Society Special Publications. 6. 205–205. 1 indexed citations
17.
Lidgard, Scott & Peter R. Crane. (1990). Angiosperm diversification and Cretaceous floristic trends: a comparison of palynofloras and leaf macrofloras. Paleobiology. 16(1). 77–93. 165 indexed citations
18.
Lidgard, Scott. (1990). Growth in encrusting cheilostome bryozoans: II. Circum-Atlantic distribution patterns. Paleobiology. 16(3). 304–321. 21 indexed citations
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Lidgard, Scott & Jeremy B. C. Jackson. (1989). Growth in encrusting cheilostome bryozoans: I. Evolutionary trends. Paleobiology. 15(3). 255–282. 48 indexed citations
20.
Stanley, Steven M., et al.. (1981). Natural clades differ from “random” clades: simulations and analyses. Paleobiology. 7(1). 115–127. 70 indexed citations

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