Stephen Pates

1.3k total citations
50 papers, 892 citations indexed

About

Stephen Pates is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Pates has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 892 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Atmospheric Science and 21 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Stephen Pates's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (37 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (21 papers). Stephen Pates is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (37 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (21 papers). Stephen Pates collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Stephen Pates's co-authors include Allison C. Daley, Russell D. C. Bicknell, Rudy Lerosey‐Aubril, Javier Ortega‐Hernández, Harriet B. Drage, Jonathan B. Antcliffe, Peiyun Cong, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Bruce S. Lieberman and Xianguang Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Pates

46 papers receiving 855 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Pates United Kingdom 20 813 411 349 99 89 50 892
Khadija El Hariri Morocco 15 666 0.8× 304 0.7× 302 0.9× 46 0.5× 43 0.5× 38 818
Rudy Lerosey‐Aubril United States 24 1.2k 1.5× 638 1.6× 515 1.5× 65 0.7× 128 1.4× 68 1.4k
Vincent Perrier France 13 496 0.6× 223 0.5× 215 0.6× 50 0.5× 48 0.5× 42 602
Russell D. C. Bicknell Australia 18 897 1.1× 374 0.9× 271 0.8× 258 2.6× 129 1.4× 87 1.0k
Donald G. Mikulic United States 14 467 0.6× 253 0.6× 193 0.6× 55 0.6× 102 1.1× 53 623
Gengo Tanaka Japan 16 465 0.6× 336 0.8× 343 1.0× 45 0.5× 135 1.5× 72 850
Martin Košťák Czechia 16 599 0.7× 140 0.3× 229 0.7× 98 1.0× 106 1.2× 61 778
Christina Ifrim Germany 17 537 0.7× 190 0.5× 194 0.6× 143 1.4× 155 1.7× 52 684
Peiyun Cong China 13 612 0.8× 345 0.8× 263 0.8× 31 0.3× 121 1.4× 33 736
Thomas A. Hegna United States 16 469 0.6× 215 0.5× 142 0.4× 76 0.8× 146 1.6× 43 675

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Pates

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Pates

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mitchell, Emily G. & Stephen Pates. (2025). From organisms to biodiversity: the ecology of the Ediacaran/Cambrian transition. Paleobiology. 51(1). 150–173. 3 indexed citations
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Kimmig, Julien, et al.. (2025). Novel information on Caryosyntrips based on new appendages from China and the USA. Arthropod Structure & Development. 87. 101448–101448.
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Pates, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Impact of ontogeny and spines on the hydrodynamic performance of the Cambrian arthropod Isoxys. Royal Society Open Science. 11(12). 240894–240894. 2 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Hydrodynamic performance of Ordovician archaeostracan carapaces. PLoS ONE. 19(5). e0304559–e0304559. 2 indexed citations
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Drage, Harriet B. & Stephen Pates. (2024). Distinct causes underlie double-peaked trilobite morphological disparity in cephalic shape. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1490–1490. 2 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Multiple origins of dorsal ecdysial sutures in trilobites and their relatives. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Kimmig, Julien, et al.. (2023). New soft-bodied panarthropods from diverse Spence Shale (Cambrian; Miaolingian; Wuliuan) depositional environments. Journal of Paleontology. 97(5). 1025–1048. 5 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen & Samuel Zamora. (2023). Large euarthropod carapaces from a high latitude Cambrian (Drumian) deposit in Spain. Royal Society Open Science. 10(10). 230935–230935. 1 indexed citations
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Botting, Joseph P., Lucy A. Muir, Stephen Pates, et al.. (2023). A Middle Ordovician Burgess Shale-type fauna from Castle Bank, Wales (UK). Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(5). 666–674. 7 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen, et al.. (2023). Rapid growth in a large Cambrian apex predator. National Science Review. 11(3). 7 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen, et al.. (2023). Ontogeny and brooding strategy of the early Cambrian arthropod Isoxys minor from the Qingjiang biota. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 7 indexed citations
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Guo, Jin, et al.. (2023). Multiple origins of dorsal ecdysial sutures in trilobites and their relatives. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen, et al.. (2021). The diverse radiodont fauna from the Marjum Formation of Utah, USA (Cambrian: Drumian). PeerJ. 9. e10509–e10509. 27 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen, Allison C. Daley, & Nicholas J. Butterfield. (2019). First report of paired ventral endites in a hurdiid radiodont. Zoological Letters. 5(1). 18–18. 22 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen & Allison C. Daley. (2018). The Kinzers Formation (Pennsylvania, USA): the most diverse assemblage of Cambrian Stage 4 radiodonts. Geological Magazine. 156(7). 1233–1246. 31 indexed citations
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Guo, Jin, Stephen Pates, Peiyun Cong, et al.. (2018). A new radiodont (stem Euarthropoda) frontal appendage with a mosaic of characters from the Cambrian (Series 2 Stage 3) Chengjiang biota. Papers in Palaeontology. 5(1). 99–110. 32 indexed citations
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Lerosey‐Aubril, Rudy & Stephen Pates. (2018). New suspension-feeding radiodont suggests evolution of microplanktivory in Cambrian macronekton. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3774–3774. 60 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen & Allison C. Daley. (2017). Caryosyntrips : a radiodontan from the Cambrian of Spain, USA and Canada. Papers in Palaeontology. 3(3). 461–470. 29 indexed citations
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Pates, Stephen, Allison C. Daley, & Bruce S. Lieberman. (2017). Hurdiid radiodontans from the middle Cambrian (Series 3) of Utah. Journal of Paleontology. 92(1). 99–113. 31 indexed citations

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