W. Ronald Heyer

8.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
178 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

W. Ronald Heyer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Ronald Heyer has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 56 papers in Ecological Modeling and 40 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in W. Ronald Heyer's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (123 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (56 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (37 papers). W. Ronald Heyer is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (123 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (56 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (37 papers). W. Ronald Heyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Brazil. W. Ronald Heyer's co-authors include Roy W. McDiarmid, Lee‐Ann C. Hayek, Maureen A. Donnelly, Mercedes S. Foster, Jeffrey R. Parmelee, Jay M. Savage, A. Stanley Rand, John D. Krenz, Diana L. Weigmann and Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

W. Ronald Heyer

171 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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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.

Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians.

1995 1.1k citations W. Ronald Heyer, Lee‐Ann C. Hayek et al. profile →
Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians

1995 789 citations W. Ronald Heyer, Lee‐Ann C. Hayek et al. profile →
Frogs of Boracéia

1990 502 citations W. Ronald Heyer, A. Stanley Rand et al. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Ronald Heyer United States	36	5.4k	2.5k	2.3k	1.8k	1.7k	178	6.8k
Maureen A. Donnelly United States	42	4.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	112	6.4k
Roy W. McDiarmid United States	29	3.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	112	4.8k
Darrel R. Frost United States	25	5.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	49	6.8k
Ronald A. Nussbaum United States	36	4.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	117	6.8k
Janalee P. Caldwell United States	36	3.9k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	72	5.0k
Célio F. B. Haddad Brazil	42	4.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	213	5.9k
Jay M. Savage United States	32	3.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	157	5.3k
Célio F. B. Haddad Brazil	42	8.1k 1.5×	4.4k 1.8×	3.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	215	10.7k
Michael Veith Germany	42	3.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	206	7.0k
Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues Brazil	44	5.7k 1.0×	3.5k 1.4×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	363	8.5k

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Heyer, W. Ronald. (2017). Studies on the genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). II. Diagnosis and distribution of the Leptodactylus of Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 16(2). 171–205. 3 indexed citations

Heyer, W. Ronald. (2007). Obituary: in celebration of A. Stanley Rand (1932 - 2005). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Heyer, W. Ronald, Ulisses Caramaschi, & Rafael O. de Sá. (2006). Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Leptodactylus ocellatus; Amphibia, Anura): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by the designation of a neotype. Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution). 63(3). 184–186. 5 indexed citations

Sá, Rafael O. de, W. Ronald Heyer, & Arley Camargo. (2005). Are Leptodactylus didymus and L. mystaceus Phylogenetically Sibling Species (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)?. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 12. 90–92. 7 indexed citations

Heyer, W. Ronald, et al.. (2005). Sibling Species, Advertisement Calls, and Reproductive Isolation in Frogs of the Leptodactylus pentadactylus Species Cluster (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology. 12. 35–39. 13 indexed citations

Hayek, Lee‐Ann C., W. Ronald Heyer, & Claude Gascon. (2001). Frog morphometrics : a cautionary tale. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 18. 153–177. 88 indexed citations

Heyer, W. Ronald. (1998). The relationships of Leptodactylus diedrus (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 16. 1–24. 31 indexed citations

Cardoso, Adão J. & W. Ronald Heyer. (1995). Advertisement, aggressive, and possible seismic signals of the frog Leptodactylus syphax (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 13(2). 67–76. 16 indexed citations

Heyer, W. Ronald. (1994). Präsenz epigäischer Raubarthropoden in Apfelanlagen - Ansatz zu einer Gefährdungsbeurteilung. Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (Julius Kühn-Institut). 46(10). 218–218. 1 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald, et al.. (1990). Frogs of Boracéia. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heyer, W. Ronald & Alexander J. Wolf. (1989). Physalaemus-Crombiei lAmphibiac Leptodactylidaerc A New Frog Species From Espirito-Santoc Brazil With Comments On The Physalaemus-Signifer Group. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.. 102(2). 500–506. 14 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald & Reginald B. Cocroft. (1986). Descriptions of two new species of Hylodes from the Atlantic forests of Brazil (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.. 99(1). 100–109. 26 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald. (1985). Taxonômic and natural history notes on frogs of the genus centrolenella (Amphibia; Centrolenidae) from Southeastern Brasil and adjacent Argentina. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 36. 1–21. 19 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald. (1983). Notes on the frog genus Cycloramphus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae), with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 96(3). 548–559. 16 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald. (1982). TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE FROG GENUS HYLODES FROM CAPARAO, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL (AMPHIBIA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 95(2). 377–385. 28 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald. (1979). Annual variation in larva amphibian populations within a temperate pond. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 21 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald, et al.. (1976). Descriptions of the Eggs and Reproductive Patterns of Leptodactylus Pentadactylus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution). 24(5). 1081–9. 28 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald, et al.. (1976). Notes on Tadpoles as Prey for Naiads and Turtles. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 66. 235–239. 23 indexed citations

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Heyer, W. Ronald. (1969). Studies on frogs of the genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae). 5. Taxonomic notes on L. latinasus, Rhodonotus, Romani and Wuchereri. Current Eye Research. 11(10). 963–70. 8 indexed citations

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Dixon, James R. & W. Ronald Heyer. (1968). Anuran Succession in a Temporary Pond in Colina, Mexico. Occidental College Scholar (Occidental College). 67(3). 129–137. 20 indexed citations

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