Palaeontology

2.6k papers and 64.9k indexed citations i.

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The 2.6k papers published in Palaeontology in the last decades have received a total of 64.9k indexed citations. Papers published in Palaeontology usually cover Paleontology (1.9k papers), Oceanography (556 papers) and Atmospheric Science (489 papers) specifically the topics of Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (1.1k papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (874 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (781 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Palaeontology are Michael J. Benton, Nicholas J. Butterfield, Richard G. Bromley, Richard A. Fortey, Andrew B. Smith, Douglas H. Erwin, Paul D. Taylor, L. R. M. Cocks, Charlie J. Underwood and Simon Conway Morris.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Palaeontology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in Palaeontology. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Palaeontology.

Countries where authors publish in Palaeontology

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Palaeontology. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Palaeontology with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Palaeontology more than expected).

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar’s output or impact.

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