William D. Turnbull

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

William D. Turnbull is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Turnbull has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Paleontology, 16 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in William D. Turnbull's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (26 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (13 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers). William D. Turnbull is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (26 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (13 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers). William D. Turnbull collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. William D. Turnbull's co-authors include Stuart O. Landry, David T. Miller, Ernest L. Lundelius, Timothy J. Gaudin, James A. Hopson, John R. Wible, David M. Martill, Walter Segall, Bruce M. Rothschild and Michael Archer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Annual Review of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

William D. Turnbull

43 papers receiving 917 citations

Hit Papers

Mammalian Masticatory Apparatus 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Mammalian Masticatory Apparatus
    1971 291 citations William D. Turnbull et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William D. Turnbull United States 12 522 235 233 231 154 44 1.0k
Susan Cachel United States 9 482 0.9× 341 1.5× 174 0.7× 130 0.6× 33 0.2× 18 951
Noel T. Boaz United States 19 515 1.0× 247 1.1× 193 0.8× 88 0.4× 92 0.6× 50 1.1k
Adrienne L. Zihlman United States 22 354 0.7× 777 3.3× 253 1.1× 219 0.9× 120 0.8× 58 1.5k
Alan Bilsborough United Kingdom 12 328 0.6× 405 1.7× 175 0.8× 105 0.5× 46 0.3× 21 788
Mark N. Grote United States 20 164 0.3× 189 0.8× 207 0.9× 136 0.6× 80 0.5× 50 1.2k
Stephen L. Zegura United States 22 368 0.7× 227 1.0× 175 0.8× 136 0.6× 69 0.4× 32 3.7k
Robert J. O’Hara United States 14 254 0.5× 111 0.5× 227 1.0× 314 1.4× 56 0.4× 39 1.1k
Luke J. Matthews United States 20 290 0.6× 652 2.8× 198 0.8× 258 1.1× 315 2.0× 58 1.4k
Steven Ward United States 24 699 1.3× 653 2.8× 205 0.9× 144 0.6× 183 1.2× 45 1.8k
John E. Cronin United States 11 266 0.5× 346 1.5× 94 0.4× 137 0.6× 29 0.2× 14 635

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William D. Turnbull

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turnbull, William D., et al.. (2011). Giant Short-Faced Bear (Arctodus Simus Yukonensis) Remains from Fulton County, Northern Indiana. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 2 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D.. (2004). TAENIODONTA OF THE WASHAKIE FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING. BioOne Complete (BioOne). 36. 303–333. 8 indexed citations
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Oldenburg, Ray, et al.. (1995). Parallel utopias : the quest for community : the Sea Ranch, California, Seaside, Florida. 1 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D.. (1995). Postcranial anatomy and habits of Asian multituberculate mammals. Earth-Science Reviews. 39(3-4). 267–268. 4 indexed citations
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Flannery, Tim, Ernest L. Lundelius, Thomas H. Rich, & William D. Turnbull. (1992). The Macropodoidea (Marsupialia) of the early Pliocene Hamilton local fauna, Victoria, Australia /. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 25(1443). 26 indexed citations
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Flannery, Tim, Ernest L. Lundelius, Thomas H. Rich, & William D. Turnbull. (1992). The Macropodoidea (Marsupialia) of the early Pliocene Hamilton local fauna, Victoria, Australia / Timothy F. Flannery --, et al.. Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D.. (1991). Protoptychus hatcheri Scott, 1895 : the mammalian faunas of the Washakie Formation, Eocene age, of southern Wyoming. Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D.. (1990). Fossil Mammals of the Coimadai Local Fauna near Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations
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Patterson, Bryan, Walter Segall, & William D. Turnbull. (1989). The ear region in Xenarthrans ( = Edentata: Mammalia). Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Miller, Dale T., William D. Turnbull, & Cathy McFarland. (1989). When a coincidence is suspicious: The role of mental simulation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 57(4). 581–589. 2 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D. & David M. Martill. (1988). Taphonomy and preservation of a monospecific titanothere assemblage from the Washakie formation (Late Eocene), southern Wyoming. An ecological accident in the fossil record. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 63(1-3). 91–108. 35 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D. & Walter Segall. (1984). The ear region of the marsupial sabertooth, Thylacosmilus: Influence of the sabertooth lifestyle upon it, and convergence with placental sabertooths. Journal of Morphology. 181(3). 239–270. 10 indexed citations
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Richardson, Eugene Stanley & William D. Turnbull. (1981). Introduction and index to Fieldiana: Geology volume 33 /. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D.. (1978). The Mammalian faunas of the Washakie Formation, Eocene Age, of Southern Wyoming. Introduction: The geology, history, and setting. Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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McCarroll, S. M., John J. Flynn, & William D. Turnbull. (1978). The mammalian faunas of the Washakie Formation, Eocene age, of southern Wyoming.. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 5 indexed citations
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Lundelius, Ernest L. & William D. Turnbull. (1975). The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia. Field Museum of Natural History eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D. & Ernest L. Lundelius. (1970). The Hamilton fauna. 4 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D. & Charles A. Reed. (1967). Pseudochrysochloris, a specialized burrowing mammal from the early Oligocene of Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology. 41(3). 623–631. 8 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D.. (1962). A New Year's Message from our President.. PubMed. 3(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Turnbull, William D.. (1958). The type of Phlegethontia Linearis Cope; a notice that both plate and counterplate are preserved in the American Museum of Natural History collections. Journal of Paleontology. 32(1). 245–246. 1 indexed citations

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