William A. Shear
Impact in
- Paleontology top 0.5%
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
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- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Plant and animal studies
Papers in
- Paleontology 127
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy 116
- Oceanography 42
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 39
- Co-authors
- Patricia M. BonamoPaul A. SeldenRichard L. HoffmanJarmila Kukalová-PeckRoy A. NortonZhi‐Qiang ZhangJames D. GriersonGregory D. Edgecombe
- Journals
- Zootaxa (50 papers)American Museum Novitates (16 papers)Journal of Arachnology (9 papers)Nature (6 papers)ZooKeys (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomGermany
In The Last Decade
William A. Shear
158 papers receiving 3.1k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 110
- Paleontology 1.7k
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.4k
- Genetics 1.5k
- Oceanography 516
- Ecological Modeling 122
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Co-authors
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All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2023 | 1 | |
| 3 | 2022 | 3 | |
| 4 | 2019 | 1 | |
| 5 | 2004 | 3 | |
| 6 | 2000 | 15 | |
| 7 | Centiped legs (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha) from the Silurian and Devonian of Britain and the Devonian of North America | 1998 | 28 |
| 8 | 1998 | 108 | |
| 9 | 1997 | 6 | |
| 10 | The genus Troglosiro and the new family Troglosironidae (Opiliones, Cyphophthalm) | 1993 | 16 |
| 11 | Early Life on Land | 1992 | 38 |
| 12 | The first paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida) | 1991 | 34 |
| 13 | Devonobiomorpha, a new order of centipeds (Chilopoda) from the Middle Devonian of Gilboa, New York State, USA, and the phylogeny of centiped orders. | 1988 | 66 |
| 14 | Ortholasma setulipes Shear and Gruber is a synonym of Ortholasma coronadense Cockerell | 1987 | 3 |
| 15 | Spiders : webs, behavior, and evolution | 1986 | 372 |
| 16 | A cladistic analysis of the opilionid superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea, with descriptions of the new family Ceratolasmatidae, the new genus Acuclavella, and four new species | 1986 | 31 |
| 17 | The opilionid subfamily Ortholasmatinae (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Nemastomatidae) | 1983 | 24 |
| 18 | A review of the Cyphophthalmi of the United States and Mexico, with a proposed reclassification of the suborder (Arachnida, Opiliones) | 1980 | 28 |
| 19 | The Opilionid Genus Neogovea Hintonc with a Description of the First Troglobitic Cyphophthalmid from the Western Hemisphere lOpilionesc Cyphophthalmir | 1977 | 11 |
| 20 | 1972 | 41 |
About William A. Shear
William A. Shear is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology, having authored 163 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (116 papers), Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (71 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (39 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (21 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (21 papers), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (15 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (15 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (1.7k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.4k citations), Genetics (1.5k citations), Oceanography (516 citations) and Ecological Modeling (122 citations). William A. Shear has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Patricia M. Bonamo, Paul A. Selden, Richard L. Hoffman, Jarmila Kukalová-Peck, Roy A. Norton, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang, James D. Grierson, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Rowland M. Shelley and Andrew J. Jeram. Their work appears in journals such as Zootaxa, American Museum Novitates, Journal of Arachnology, Nature and ZooKeys.
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