Simon Conway Morris

11.2k total citations
167 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Conway Morris is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Conway Morris has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Paleontology, 48 papers in Oceanography and 33 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Simon Conway Morris's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (79 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (45 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (32 papers). Simon Conway Morris is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (79 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (45 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (32 papers). Simon Conway Morris collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Canada. Simon Conway Morris's co-authors include John S. Peel, Degan Shu, Jean‐Bernard Caron, Richard A. Robison, Jian Han, Alberto M. Simonetta, Michael T. Ghiselin, Stefan Bengtson, Zhifei Zhang and Desmond Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Simon Conway Morris

163 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Peers

Simon Conway Morris
Comparison fields: 5 of 165
  • Paleontology 5.2k
  • Oceanography 2.7k
  • Atmospheric Science 1.9k
  • Molecular Biology 1.4k
  • Ecology 955
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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Conway Morris

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Conway Morris

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 2
2 17
3 42
4
Water and Life : The Unique Properties of H2O
31
5 1
6 21
7 21
8 1
9 124
10
The crucible of creation
100
11
Lower Cambrian cambroclaves (incertae sedis) from Xinjiang, China, with comments on the morphological variability of sclerites
17
12 55
13 257
14
Solnhofen : a study in Mesozoic palaeontology
118
15
Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale-type faunas of North America
153
16
The Early evolution of Metazoa and the significance of problematic taxa : proceedings of an international symposium held at the University of Camerino, 27-31 March 1989
13
17 15
18
The enigmatic medusoid Peytoia and a comparison of some Cambrian biotas
27
19
Laggania cambria Walcott; a composite fossil
15
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A new entoproct-like organism from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia
25

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