Susumu Tomiya

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Susumu Tomiya is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Susumu Tomiya has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Paleontology, 11 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Susumu Tomiya's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (12 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (9 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (6 papers). Susumu Tomiya is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (12 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (9 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (6 papers). Susumu Tomiya collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Susumu Tomiya's co-authors include Guinevere O. U. Wogan, Charles R. Marshall, Emily Lindsey, Anthony D. Barnosky, Jenny L. McGuire, Nicholas J. Matzke, Brian Swartz, Tiago B. Quental, Kaitlin C. Maguire and Z. Jack Tseng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Susumu Tomiya

12 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived? 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?
    2011 2.6k citations Anthony D. Barnosky, Nicholas J. Matzke et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Susumu Tomiya United States 7 1.1k 784 777 649 541 13 2.7k
Brian Swartz United States 7 1.1k 1.0× 846 1.1× 774 1.0× 665 1.0× 514 1.0× 7 2.8k
Kaitlin C. Maguire United States 11 1.3k 1.2× 970 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 723 1.1× 603 1.1× 20 3.1k
Emily Lindsey United States 13 1.3k 1.2× 839 1.1× 828 1.1× 718 1.1× 597 1.1× 30 3.3k
Guinevere O. U. Wogan United States 16 1.4k 1.2× 933 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 974 1.5× 705 1.3× 36 3.4k
Andrés García Mexico 14 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 1.1k 1.6× 860 1.6× 34 3.8k
Simone Des Roches United States 16 998 0.9× 880 1.1× 436 0.6× 692 1.1× 844 1.6× 27 2.7k
Marcelo M. Rivadeneira Chile 26 1.8k 1.5× 1.0k 1.3× 675 0.9× 772 1.2× 666 1.2× 80 3.9k
Ana D. Davidson United States 28 2.1k 1.8× 1.2k 1.5× 966 1.2× 739 1.1× 576 1.1× 46 3.3k
Mary E. Blair United States 14 1.3k 1.1× 692 0.9× 1.6k 2.0× 586 0.9× 602 1.1× 49 2.8k
Christopher J. Sandom United Kingdom 23 1.9k 1.7× 1.7k 2.2× 668 0.9× 1.2k 1.8× 368 0.7× 43 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Susumu Tomiya

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Fields of papers citing papers by Susumu Tomiya

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Susumu Tomiya. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Susumu Tomiya. The network helps show where Susumu Tomiya may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susumu Tomiya

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Susumu Tomiya. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Susumu Tomiya 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 Susumu Tomiya. Susumu Tomiya is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Tomiya, Susumu, et al.. (2022). An early nimravid from California and the rise of hypercarnivorous mammals after the middle Eocene climatic optimum. Biology Letters. 18(10). 1 indexed citations
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Tomiya, Susumu, Shawn P. Zack, Michelle Spaulding, & John J. Flynn. (2021). Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world. Journal of Paleontology. 95(S82). 1–115. 9 indexed citations
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Tomiya, Susumu & Lauren Miller. (2021). Why aren't rabbits and hares larger?. Evolution. 75(4). 847–860. 6 indexed citations
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Tomiya, Susumu, et al.. (2020). REIDENTIFICATION OF LATE MIDDLE EOCENE “UINTACYON” FROM THE GALISTEO FORMATION (NEW MEXICO, U.S.A.) AS AN EARLY BEARDOG (MAMMALIA, CARNIVORA, AMPHICYONIDAE). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 567(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Tomiya, Susumu & Julie Meachen. (2018). Postcranial diversity and recent ecomorphic impoverishment of North American gray wolves. Biology Letters. 14(1). 20170613–20170613. 9 indexed citations
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Tomiya, Susumu & Z. Jack Tseng. (2016). Whence the beardogs? Reappraisal of the Middle to Late Eocene ‘Miacis’ from Texas, USA, and the origin of Amphicyonidae (Mammalia, Carnivora). Royal Society Open Science. 3(10). 160518–160518. 25 indexed citations
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Tomiya, Susumu. (2013). Body Size and Extinction Risk in Terrestrial Mammals Above the Species Level. The American Naturalist. 182(6). E196–E214. 42 indexed citations
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Tomiya, Susumu. (2012). Ecological Aspects of the Diversity Dynamics of North American Fossil Mammals. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Barnosky, Anthony D., Nicholas J. Matzke, Susumu Tomiya, et al.. (2011). Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?. Nature. 471(7336). 51–57. 2567 indexed citations breakdown →

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