Steven M. Stanley

12.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
100 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Steven M. Stanley is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven M. Stanley has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Paleontology, 31 papers in Oceanography and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Steven M. Stanley's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (33 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (26 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers). Steven M. Stanley is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (33 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (26 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers). Steven M. Stanley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Steven M. Stanley's co-authors include Lawrence A. Hardie, Xiu‐Qun Yang, Michael J. Novacek, David M. Raup, Justin B. Ries, William A. Newman, Matthew G. Powell, A. Hallam, Xiangning Yang and Sergio Raffi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Steven M. Stanley

95 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Macroevolution, pattern and process

1979 723 citations Steven M. Stanley profile →
Secular oscillations in the carbonate mineralogy of reef-building and sediment-producing organisms driven by tectonically forced shifts in seawater chemistry

1998 638 citations Steven M. Stanley et al. profile →
AN EXPLANATION FOR COPE'S RULE

1973 463 citations Steven M. Stanley profile →
A theory of evolution above the species level.

1975 454 citations Steven M. Stanley profile →
Estimates of the magnitudes of major marine mass extinctions in earth history

2016 253 citations Steven M. Stanley profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven M. Stanley

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evidence that more than a third of Paleozoic articulate brachiopod genera (Strophomenata) lived infaunally 2020 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	9
2	Predation defeats competition on the seafloor 2008 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	110
3	An Analysis of the History of Marine Animal Diversity 2007 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	146
4	Memoir 4: An Analysis of the History of Marine Animal Diversity 2007 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	8
5	Disembodiment Is a Cyberspace Myth: Discourse and the Self in Real Space 2001 ·CyberPsychology & Behavior ·Steven M. Stanley	3
6	Delayed recovery and the spacing of major extinctions 1990 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	56
7	Book-Review - OASIS in Space - Earth History from the Beginning 1988 ·Nature ·Preston E. Cloud, Steven M. Stanley	2
8	Macroevolutionary differences between the two major clades of Neogene planktonic foraminifera 1988 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley, (unknown), James P. Kennett	60
9	Approximate evolutionary stasis for bivalve morphology over millions of years: a multivariate, multilineage study 1987 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley, Xiangning Yang	90
10	Population size, extinction, and speciation: the fission effect in Neogene Bivalvia 1986 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	155
11	Biogeographic patterns and Plio-Pleistocene extinction of Bivalvia in the Mediterranean and southern North Sea 1985 ·Paleobiology ·Sergio Raffi, Steven M. Stanley, (unknown)	98
12	Competition wins out overall: Reply to Paine 1981 ·Paleobiology ·William A. Newman, Steven M. Stanley	24
13	Natural clades differ from “random” clades: simulations and analyses 1981 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley, Philip W. Signor, Scott Lidgard, (unknown)	70
14	Infaunal survival: alternative functions of shell ornamentation in the Bivalvia (Mollusca) 1981 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	67
15	Competitive exclusion in evolutionary time: the case of the acorn barnacles 1980 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley, William A. Newman	66
16	Chronospecies' longevities, the origin of genera, and the punctuational model of evolution 1978 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	59
17	Ideas on the timing of metazoan diversification 1976 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	35
18	Why clams have the shape they have: an experimental analysis of burrowing 1975 ·Paleobiology ·Steven M. Stanley	75
19	Functional morphology and evolution of byssally attached bivalve mollusks 1972 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Steven M. Stanley	300
20	Post-Paleozoic adaptive radiation of infaunal bivalve molluscs; a consequence of mantle fusion and siphon formation 1968 ·Journal of Paleontology ·Steven M. Stanley	179

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