Colin Patterson

8.2k citations
99 papers · 6.9k · 3 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

  • Paleontology top 0.1%
    • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
    • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
    • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
    • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
    • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Papers in

    • Ichthyology and Marine Biology 38
    • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior 20
    • Fish Ecology and Management Studies 4
    • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology 30
    • Evolution and Paleontology Studies 24
    • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 5

Colin Patterson

95 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Colin Patterson's Hit Papers

Problems of Phylogenetic Reconstruction. 1983 · 684 citations
6840+16+32Years since publication200400600

Peers

Colin Patterson
Comparison fields: 5 of 156
  • Paleontology 3.2k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 3.4k
  • Aquatic Science 1.3k
  • History and Philosophy of Science 304
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.1k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Colin Patterson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Problems of Phylogenetic Reconstruction.
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1983684
2
Morphological characters and homology
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1982664
3
Review of Ichthyodectiform and Other Mesozoic Teleost Fishes and the Theory and Practice of Classifying Fossils.
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1977458
4 1988350
5 1981322
6
Percomorph phylogeny: a survey of acanthomorphs and a new proposal
1993319
7 1981251
8 1995245
9 1975225
10 1982221
11 1996207
12 1970190
13 1965180
14 1993179
15 1988166
16 2003147
17 1964142
18 1977137
19
Cladistics and classification
1982119
20 1966119

About Colin Patterson

Colin Patterson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology, Aquatic Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology, having authored 99 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (38 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (30 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (20 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (16 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (5 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (4 papers) and Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (3.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.4k citations), Aquatic Science (1.3k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (304 citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.1k citations). Colin Patterson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include G. David Johnson, A. E. Friday, Donn Eric Rosen, Chris Humphries, K. A. Joysey, Philip D. Gingerich, Andrew B. Smith, Peter L. Forey, David M. Hillis and B. G. Gardiner. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Copeia, American Museum Novitates, Science and Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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