Carl Gans
Impact in
- Urology top 0.05%
- Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
- Paleontology top 0.5%
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Papers in
- Urology 89
- Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies 89
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- Amphibian and Reptile Biology 133
- Co-authors
- R. Glenn Northcutt (4 shared papers)Abbot S. Gaunt (10 shared papers)Frits De Vree (6 shared papers)Gerard C. Gorniak (7 shared papers)Gerald Eli Loeb (2 shared papers)Thomas S. Parsons (9 shared papers)Karel F. Liem (2 shared papers)Robert Dudley (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Copeia (46 papers)Journal of Morphology (15 papers)Science (11 papers)Evolution (10 papers)Annals of Carnegie Museum (9 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesBelgiumCanada
In The Last Decade
Carl Gans
267 papers receiving 11.2k citations
Carl Gans's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 172
- Urology 2.8k
- Paleontology 2.3k
- Global and Planetary Change 2.9k
- Developmental Biology 265
- Geometry and Topology 703
Countries citing papers authored by Carl Gans
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Fields of papers citing papers by Carl Gans
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Carl Gans, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 273 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biology of the Reptilia Hit paper breakdown → | 1969 | 1511 |
| 2 | Neural Crest and the Origin of Vertebrates: A New Head Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 867 |
| 3 | The Genesis of Neural Crest and Epidermal Placodes: A Reinterpretation of Vertebrate Origins Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 587 |
| 4 | 1982 | 400 | |
| 5 | The functional significance of muscle architecture--a theoretical analysis. | 1965 | 383 |
| 6 | 1987 | 376 | |
| 7 | Biomechanics: An Approach to Vertebrate Biology | 1974 | 311 |
| 8 | 1975 | 283 | |
| 9 | 1995 | 254 | |
| 10 | 1987 | 231 | |
| 11 | 1961 | 220 | |
| 12 | 1989 | 200 | |
| 13 | 1978 | 176 | |
| 14 | 1982 | 144 | |
| 15 | 1969 | 139 | |
| 16 | 1976 | 139 | |
| 17 | 1983 | 138 | |
| 18 | 1991 | 138 | |
| 19 | 1978 | 133 | |
| 20 | 1980 | 125 |
About Carl Gans
Carl Gans is a scholar working on Urology, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 273 papers that have together received 12.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (133 papers), Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies (89 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (24 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (21 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (20 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (17 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (11 papers) and Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Urology (2.8k citations), Paleontology (2.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.9k citations), Developmental Biology (265 citations) and Geometry and Topology (703 citations). Carl Gans has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Canada. Frequent co-authors include R. Glenn Northcutt, Abbot S. Gaunt, Frits De Vree, Gerard C. Gorniak, Gerald Eli Loeb, Thomas S. Parsons, Karel F. Liem, Robert Dudley, Henry J. de Jongh and Jeffrey B. Graham. Their work appears in journals such as Copeia, Journal of Morphology, Science, Evolution and Annals of Carnegie Museum.
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