William L. Fink

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
59 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

William L. Fink is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Fink has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 22 papers in Paleontology and 21 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in William L. Fink's work include Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (21 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (18 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (18 papers). William L. Fink is often cited by papers focused on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (21 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (18 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (18 papers). William L. Fink collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Austria. William L. Fink's co-authors include Miriam Leah Zelditch, Donald L. Swiderski, H. David Sheets, Sara V. Fink, Stanley H. Weitzman, Elliott Sober, E. O. Wiley, James S. Albert, H. J. Fyhn and Bonnie J. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

William L. Fink

56 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Geometric morphometrics for biologists: a primer

2004 2.7k citations Miriam Leah Zelditch, Donald L. Swiderski et al. Elsevier eBooks profile →
Interrelationships of the ostariophysan fishes (Teleostei)

1981 518 citations William L. Fink et al. profile →
Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology.

1984 301 citations William L. Fink et al. Systematic Zoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William L. Fink United States	25	2.1k	2.0k	1.7k	1.3k	1.1k	59	5.7k
Miriam Leah Zelditch United States	35	1.1k 0.5×	3.5k 1.7×	2.7k 1.6×	390 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	75	5.9k
Leslie F. Marcus United States	21	648 0.3×	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	339 0.3×	931 0.9×	42	3.8k
H. David Sheets United States	23	812 0.4×	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	335 0.2×	1.1k 1.0×	70	4.9k
A. Richard Palmer Canada	42	1.1k 0.5×	2.3k 1.1×	794 0.5×	327 0.2×	2.5k 2.3×	95	7.4k
Gavin J. P. Naylor United States	32	2.6k 1.2×	506 0.2×	940 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	134	4.8k
Michael L. Collyer United States	26	932 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	198 0.1×	1.2k 1.1×	43	3.8k
Marta Barluenga Spain	19	922 0.4×	849 0.4×	425 0.2×	461 0.3×	688 0.6×	42	2.6k
Marcelo R. Sánchez‐Villagra Switzerland	47	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	4.9k 2.9×	177 0.1×	1.8k 1.7×	261	7.3k
Pere Alberch United States	29	831 0.4×	916 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	129 0.1×	846 0.8×	53	5.9k
R. Craig Albertson United States	33	1.4k 0.7×	780 0.4×	717 0.4×	710 0.5×	817 0.8×	98	4.0k

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Zelditch, Miriam Leah, Donald L. Swiderski, H. David Sheets, & William L. Fink. (2004). Geometric morphometrics for biologists: a primer. Elsevier eBooks. 2684 indexed citations breakdown →

Zelditch, Miriam Leah, H. David Sheets, & William L. Fink. (2003). The ontogenetic dynamics of shape disparity. Paleobiology. 29(1). 139–156. 124 indexed citations

Swiderski, Donald L., Miriam Leah Zelditch, & William L. Fink. (2000). Phylogenetic analysis of skull shape evolution in marmotine squirrels using landmarks and thin-plate splines. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15 indexed citations

Zelditch, Miriam Leah, H. David Sheets, & William L. Fink. (2000). SPATIOTEMPORAL REORGANIZATION OF GROWTH RATES IN THE EVOLUTION OF ONTOGENY. Evolution. 54(4). 1363–1371. 79 indexed citations

Swiderski, Donald L., Miriam Leah Zelditch, & William L. Fink. (1998). Why morphometrics is not special: coding quantitative data for phylogenetic analysis.. PubMed. 47(3). 508–19. 52 indexed citations

Reis, Roberto Esser dos, Miriam Leah Zelditch, & William L. Fink. (1998). Ontogenetic Allometry of Body Shape in the Neotropical Catfish Callichthys (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Copeia. 1998(1). 177–177. 18 indexed citations

Fink, William L. & Miriam Leah Zelditch. (1997). Shape Analysis and Taxonomic Status of Pygocentrus Piranhas (Ostariophysi, Characiformes) from the Paraguay and Paraná River Basins of South America. Copeia. 1997(1). 179–179. 12 indexed citations

Zelditch, Miriam Leah & William L. Fink. (1996). Heterochrony and heterotopy: stability and innovation in the evolution of form. Paleobiology. 22(2). 241–254. 92 indexed citations

Zelditch, Miriam Leah, William L. Fink, & Donald L. Swiderski. (1995). Morphometrics, Homology, and Phylogenetics: Quantified Characters as Synapomorphies. Systematic Biology. 44(2). 179–189. 95 indexed citations

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Zelditch, Miriam Leah & William L. Fink. (1995). Allometry and developmental integration of body growth in a piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Journal of Morphology. 223(3). 341–355. 60 indexed citations

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Fink, William L., et al.. (1989). Revision del genero serrasalmus lacepede, 1803 y generos relacionados en venezuela: i. Notas sobre la morfologia y sistematica de pristobrycon striolatus (steindachner, 1908). 12. 140–171. 6 indexed citations

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Weitzman, Stanley H. & William L. Fink. (1983). Relationships of the neon tetrasc a group of South American freshwater fishes lTeleosteic Characidaerc with comments on the phylogeny of New World characiforms. 150. 339–395. 75 indexed citations

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Fink, William L.. (1982). The conceptual relationship between ontogeny and phylogeny. Paleobiology. 8(3). 254–264. 221 indexed citations

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Lammer, Jan, Roberto Nicoletti, G. F. Fueger, & William L. Fink. (1982). Osteoscintimetry ? A method of semiquantitative evaluation of skeletal scintigrams by use of profiles and a macro function for computer processing. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 7(8). 364–9. 4 indexed citations

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Fink, William L.. (1982). Cladistics in Action: Advances in Cladistics . Papers from a meeting, Oct. 1980. V. A. Funk and D. R. Brooks, Eds. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y., 1981. xii, 250 pp., illus. Paper, $29.50.. Science. 216(4548). 872–873.

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Fink, William L.. (1981). Ontogeny and phylogeny of tooth attachment modes in actinopterygian fishes. Journal of Morphology. 167(2). 167–184. 116 indexed citations

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Fink, William L.. (1979). A new species of Moenkhausia from the Mato Grosso region of Brazil (Pisces: Characidae). 450. 1–12. 19 indexed citations

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Fink, William L. & E. O. Wiley. (1979). Cladism defended. Nature. 280(5723). 542–542. 3 indexed citations

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Fink, William L.. (1979). Optimal Classifications. Systematic Zoology. 28(3). 371–371. 20 indexed citations

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Weitzman, Stanley H. & William L. Fink. (1971). A new species of characid fish of the genus Nematobrycon from the Rio Calima of Colombia (Pisces, Characoidei, Characidae). Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 19(248). 57–77. 1 indexed citations

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