Michael J. Benton

562(top 0.1%)

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22.8K(top 1%)

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1.9K

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1^st most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (1992) [with 26 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (2020) [with 47 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (lifetime) [with 494 citations of 35 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (1981) [with 40 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2014) [with 121 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Lethaia (2012) [with 80 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Communication Research (1976) [with 126 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Communication Research (1976) [with 126 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Palaeontology (2008) [with 146 citations of 4 articles]

1^st most published author in Palaeontology (2017) [with 6 articles having 120 citations]

1^st most published author in Palaeontology (lifetime) [with 45 articles having 1129 citations]

1^st most cited author in Palaeontology (lifetime) [with 1129 citations of 45 articles]

1^st most cited author in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences (1983) [with 114 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences (1983) [with 114 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences (1989) [with 50 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society (1984) [with 48 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Historical Biology (1991) [with 62 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Acta Biotheoretica (2007) [with 80 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Scottish Journal of Geology (1995) [with 22 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Comptes Rendus De L'Académie Des Sciences Earth & Planetary Sciences Série II, Sciences De La Terre Et Des Planètes = (1999) [with 33 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Neues Jahrbuch Fur Geologie Und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen (2008) [with 102 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Neues Jahrbuch Fur Geologie Und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen (2008) [with 102 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Neues Jahrbuch Fur Geologie Und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen (lifetime) [with 102 citations of an article]

1^st most cited author in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2006) [with 190 citations of 1 articles]

1^st most cited paper in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2006) [with 190 citations of an article]

1^st most cited paper in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences (1982) [with 53 citations of an article]

2^nd most published author in Nature (1985) [with 7 articles having 148 citations]

2^nd most cited author in Quarterly Review of Biology (1983) [with 178 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Quarterly Review of Biology (1983) [with 178 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Cryobiology (1987) [with 37 citations of an article]

2^nd most published author in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (lifetime) [with 35 articles having 494 citations]

2^nd most cited paper in Geobios (1999) [with 61 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2011) [with 100 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Geological Journal (2001) [with 97 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Palaeontology (2017) [with 120 citations of 6 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Historical Biology (1995) [with 63 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2010) [with 202 citations of 1 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2010) [with 202 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited author in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (lifetime) [with 494 citations of 6 articles]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Mechanical Design (1978) [with 30 citations of an article]

2^nd most cited paper in Journal of Mechanical Design (1981) [with 30 citations of an article]

3^rd most published author in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2019) [with 6 articles having 115 citations]

3^rd most published author in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (lifetime) [with 26 articles having 1633 citations]

3^rd most cited author in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (1985) [with 270 citations of 1 articles]

3^rd most cited paper in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (1985) [with 270 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited paper in Lethaia (1982) [with 23 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited paper in Palaios (2000) [with 45 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited author in Palaeontology (2007) [with 245 citations of 4 articles]

3^rd most cited paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences (1990) [with 63 citations of an article]

3^rd most cited paper in Historical Biology (1996) [with 45 citations of an article]

3^rd most published author in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (lifetime) [with 6 articles having 146 citations]

4^th most cited paper in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (1987) [with 104 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (1982) [with 94 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Pediatric Pulmonology (2015) [with 116 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (2008) [with 63 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (2015) [with 98 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2006) [with 76 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (1989) [with 69 citations of an article]

4^th most cited author in Biological Reviews (1987) [with 159 citations of 1 articles]

4^th most cited paper in Biological Reviews (1987) [with 159 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society (lifetime) [with 48 citations of an article]

4^th most cited paper in Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2010) [with 78 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (1994) [with 56 citations of an article]

5^th most cited author in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2019) [with 115 citations of 6 articles]

5^th most published author in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (lifetime) [with 39 articles having 1313 citations]

5^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (2016) [with 52 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Acta Geologica Sinica (2017) [with 45 citations of an article]

5^th most cited author in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2014) [with 121 citations of 1 articles]

5^th most cited paper in Journal of the North American Benthological Society (1990) [with 27 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Paleobiology (2016) [with 62 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Comptes Rendus De L'Académie Des Sciences Earth & Planetary Sciences Série II, Sciences De La Terre Et Des Planètes = (lifetime) [with 33 citations of an article]

5^th most cited paper in Journal of Mechanical Design (lifetime) [with 74 citations of an article]

6^th most published author in New Scientist (lifetime) [with 6 articles having 5 citations]

6^th most cited author in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2012) [with 170 citations of 3 articles]

6^th most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (1999) [with 120 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2000) [with 120 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Lethaia (2010) [with 79 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Paleobiology (1990) [with 57 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2007) [with 245 citations of an article]

6^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2021) [with 24 citations of an article]

7^th most cited author in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (1987) [with 104 citations of 1 articles]

7^th most cited author in Journal of Molecular Evolution (1990) [with 224 citations of 1 articles]

7^th most cited paper in Journal of Molecular Evolution (1990) [with 224 citations of an article]

7^th most cited author in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2000) [with 120 citations of 1 articles]

7^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2020) [with 55 citations of an article]

7^th most cited author in Historical Biology (lifetime) [with 188 citations of 6 articles]

7^th most cited paper in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2011) [with 49 citations of an article]

7^th most cited paper in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (lifetime) [with 494 citations of an article]

8^th most cited author in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (lifetime) [with 533 citations of 10 articles]

8^th most cited author in Palaeontology (2015) [with 137 citations of 4 articles]

9^th most cited paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2012) [with 170 citations of an article]

9^th most cited author in Journal of the Geological Society (1999) [with 120 citations of 1 articles]

9^th most cited paper in Science Bulletin (2009) [with 128 citations of an article]

9^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2004) [with 48 citations of an article]

9^th most cited paper in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2007) [with 35 citations of an article]

10^th most cited paper in Anatomical Record (2021) [with 21 citations of an article]

10^th most cited paper in Acta Geologica Sinica (2012) [with 31 citations of an article]

10^th most cited paper in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (lifetime) [with 533 citations of an article]

10^th most cited paper in Environmental Toxicology (1999) [with 44 citations of an article]

10^th most cited author in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences (lifetime) [with 227 citations of 3 articles]

10^th most cited author in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (lifetime) [with 146 citations of 6 articles]

11^th most cited paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution (2006) [with 843 citations of an article]

11^th most cited author in Pediatric Pulmonology (2015) [with 116 citations of 1 articles]

11^th most published author in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (lifetime) [with 10 articles having 533 citations]

11^th most published author in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (lifetime) [with 6 articles having 494 citations]

12^th most cited paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1995) [with 42 citations of an article]

12^th most cited author in Molecular Biology and Evolution (2006) [with 843 citations of 2 articles]

12^th most cited author in Science Bulletin (2009) [with 128 citations of 1 articles]

13^th most cited author in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2008) [with 521 citations of 2 articles]

13^th most cited author in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2010) [with 243 citations of 4 articles]

13^th most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (2018) [with 46 citations of an article]

13^th most published author in Lethaia (lifetime) [with 10 articles having 219 citations]

13^th most cited paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences (lifetime) [with 227 citations of an article]

13^th most cited paper in Children's Literature in Education (lifetime) [with 28 citations of an article]

13^th most cited paper in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (2010) [with 56 citations of an article]

14^th most published author in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (lifetime) [with 21 articles having 1470 citations]

14^th most cited paper in Geological Society Special Publication (2011) [with 76 citations of an article]

14^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (2018) [with 49 citations of an article]

14^th most cited paper in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2002) [with 51 citations of an article]

14^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2017) [with 120 citations of an article]

14^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2019) [with 73 citations of an article]

16^th most published author in Earth-Science Reviews (lifetime) [with 10 articles having 724 citations]

16^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (lifetime) [with 1129 citations of an article]

16^th most cited author in Neues Jahrbuch Fur Geologie Und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen (lifetime) [with 102 citations of 1 articles]

17^th most cited paper in Clinica Chimica Acta (1988) [with 22 citations of an article]

17^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (2012) [with 48 citations of an article]

17^th most cited paper in Palaios (2013) [with 34 citations of an article]

18^th most published author in Nature (lifetime) [with 40 articles having 1746 citations]

18^th most cited paper in Journal of Paleontology (2018) [with 21 citations of an article]

18^th most cited paper in Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences (2008) [with 82 citations of an article]

18^th most cited paper in Palaios (2011) [with 26 citations of an article]

18^th most cited paper in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (2011) [with 46 citations of an article]

19^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (2014) [with 25 citations of an article]

19^th most cited paper in Geobios (2010) [with 34 citations of an article]

19^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2009) [with 53 citations of an article]

20^th most cited author in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (lifetime) [with 1313 citations of 39 articles]

20^th most cited paper in Sedimentary Geology (1999) [with 104 citations of an article]

20^th most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (2006) [with 91 citations of an article]

20^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2020) [with 21 citations of an article]

20^th most cited author in Biological Reviews (2000) [with 129 citations of 1 articles]

20^th most cited paper in Biological Reviews (2000) [with 129 citations of an article]

20^th most cited paper in Paleobiology (1997) [with 54 citations of an article]

20^th most cited paper in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (2012) [with 36 citations of an article]

21^st most published author in Paleobiology (lifetime) [with 9 articles having 272 citations]

22^nd most cited author in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1999) [with 205 citations of 2 articles]

22^nd most cited paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1988) [with 22 citations of an article]

22^nd most cited author in Sedimentary Geology (1999) [with 104 citations of 1 articles]

22^nd most published author in Journal of the Geological Society (lifetime) [with 13 articles having 598 citations]

22^nd most cited paper in Systematic Biology (2012) [with 616 citations of an article]

22^nd most cited paper in Palaeontology (2008) [with 146 citations of an article]

23^rd most cited author in Geology (1995) [with 267 citations of 2 articles]

23^rd most cited author in Systematic Biology (2012) [with 616 citations of 1 articles]

25^th most cited paper in Animal Behaviour (2018) [with 53 citations of an article]

25^th most cited paper in Acta Biotheoretica (lifetime) [with 80 citations of an article]

26^th most cited paper in New Phytologist (2022) [with 119 citations of an article]

26^th most cited paper in Geological Journal (lifetime) [with 119 citations of an article]

27^th most cited paper in Nature Geoscience (2012) [with 614 citations of an article]

27^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2012) [with 64 citations of an article]

28^th most cited paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2010) [with 243 citations of an article]

28^th most cited paper in Earth-Science Reviews (2003) [with 63 citations of an article]

28^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (1997) [with 31 citations of an article]

28^th most cited paper in Cretaceous Research (2011) [with 52 citations of an article]

28^th most cited author in Nature Geoscience (2012) [with 614 citations of 1 articles]

29^th most cited author in New Phytologist (2022) [with 119 citations of 1 articles]

29^th most cited paper in Geology (1995) [with 267 citations of an article]

29^th most cited paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1996) [with 36 citations of an article]

29^th most cited paper in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1999) [with 205 citations of an article]

29^th most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (2010) [with 74 citations of an article]

30^th most cited paper in Historical Biology (lifetime) [with 188 citations of an article]

31^st most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (2008) [with 96 citations of an article]

31^st most cited author in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (lifetime) [with 540 citations of 15 articles]

32^nd most cited paper in Systematic Biology (1997) [with 31 citations of an article]

33^rd most cited author in BioEssays (1999) [with 112 citations of 3 articles]

33^rd most published author in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (lifetime) [with 15 articles having 540 citations]

34^th most cited paper in Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2005) [with 86 citations of an article]

34^th most cited paper in Paleobiology (2008) [with 43 citations of an article]

35^th most cited paper in Geology (1994) [with 137 citations of an article]

35^th most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (2015) [with 34 citations of an article]

36^th most cited paper in Annals of Internal Medicine (1991) [with 82 citations of an article]

36^th most cited author in Geology (1994) [with 137 citations of 1 articles]

37^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2008) [with 521 citations of an article]

37^th most cited paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2000) [with 107 citations of an article]

37^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Geologists Association (lifetime) [with 494 citations of an article]

38^th most cited paper in BioEssays (1999) [with 112 citations of an article]

38^th most cited author in Biology Letters (2010) [with 140 citations of 1 articles]

38^th most cited paper in Biology Letters (2010) [with 140 citations of an article]

38^th most published author in Historical Biology (lifetime) [with 6 articles having 188 citations]

39^th most cited paper in Gondwana Research (2014) [with 209 citations of an article]

40^th most cited paper in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences (lifetime) [with 53 citations of an article]

41^st most cited author in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2000) [with 107 citations of 1 articles]

42^nd most cited author in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2003) [with 436 citations of 1 articles]

42^nd most cited paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2003) [with 436 citations of an article]

42^nd most cited paper in Systematic Biology (1999) [with 50 citations of an article]

42^nd most cited paper in Journal of South American Earth Sciences (2005) [with 34 citations of an article]

43^rd most cited author in Lethaia (lifetime) [with 219 citations of 10 articles]

44^th most cited author in Earth-Science Reviews (2010) [with 224 citations of 1 articles]

44^th most cited paper in Earth-Science Reviews (2010) [with 224 citations of an article]

44^th most cited paper in Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (lifetime) [with 78 citations of an article]

45^th most cited paper in Scottish Journal of Geology (lifetime) [with 27 citations of an article]

47^th most cited author in Biology Letters (2008) [with 146 citations of 2 articles]

48^th most cited paper in Earth-Science Reviews (2005) [with 62 citations of an article]

48^th most cited author in Gondwana Research (2014) [with 209 citations of 1 articles]

48^th most cited author in Geological Journal (lifetime) [with 119 citations of 5 articles]

49^th most cited paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1994) [with 52 citations of an article]

49^th most cited author in Journal of the Geological Society (lifetime) [with 598 citations of 13 articles]

50^th most cited paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1997) [with 83 citations of an article]

50^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2005) [with 38 citations of an article]

51^st most cited paper in Geology (2010) [with 150 citations of an article]

53^rd most cited paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (1996) [with 27 citations of an article]

53^rd most cited paper in Journal of Zoology (2013) [with 27 citations of an article]

54^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (lifetime) [with 540 citations of an article]

54^th most cited paper in Gondwana Research (2021) [with 36 citations of an article]

55^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2015) [with 137 citations of an article]

56^th most cited paper in Die Naturwissenschaften (2009) [with 55 citations of an article]

56^th most cited paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1996) [with 42 citations of an article]

59^th most cited paper in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (1992) [with 54 citations of an article]

60^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2012) [with 26 citations of an article]

64^th most cited author in Geology (2010) [with 150 citations of 1 articles]

66^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2011) [with 72 citations of an article]

67^th most cited paper in Lethaia (lifetime) [with 219 citations of an article]

71^st most cited author in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1999) [with 167 citations of 1 articles]

71^st most cited paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1999) [with 167 citations of an article]

72^nd most cited paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2007) [with 360 citations of an article]

73^rd most cited paper in Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2008) [with 59 citations of an article]

73^rd most cited paper in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (lifetime) [with 146 citations of an article]

74^th most cited author in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2007) [with 360 citations of 1 articles]

74^th most cited paper in Acta Geologica Sinica (lifetime) [with 76 citations of an article]

74^th most cited paper in Geobios (lifetime) [with 95 citations of an article]

75^th most cited paper in Palaeontology (2013) [with 27 citations of an article]

76^th most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (2007) [with 47 citations of an article]

78^th most cited paper in Geology (1997) [with 108 citations of an article]

80^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2008) [with 21 citations of an article]

81^st most cited author in Geology (1997) [with 108 citations of 1 articles]

81^st most cited paper in Philosophical Transactions Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences (2018) [with 73 citations of an article]

82^nd most cited paper in Oecologia (1986) [with 28 citations of an article]

82^nd most published author in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (lifetime) [with 6 articles having 438 citations]

83^rd most published author in Current Biology (lifetime) [with 14 articles having 285 citations]

83^rd most cited paper in Journal of the Geological Society (2000) [with 23 citations of an article]

84^th most cited paper in Sedimentology (2007) [with 21 citations of an article]

86^th most cited author in Paleobiology (lifetime) [with 272 citations of 9 articles]

87^th most cited paper in Die Naturwissenschaften (2014) [with 25 citations of an article]

89^th most cited paper in Oecologia (1990) [with 50 citations of an article]

89^th most cited author in Earth-Science Reviews (2015) [with 174 citations of 2 articles]

90^th most cited paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2013) [with 69 citations of an article]

91^st most cited paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (1997) [with 26 citations of an article]

91^st most cited paper in Biology Letters (2016) [with 85 citations of an article]

93^rd most cited paper in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (1998) [with 32 citations of an article]

93^rd most cited paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2001) [with 128 citations of an article]

94^th most cited author in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2001) [with 128 citations of 1 articles]

94^th most cited paper in Earth-Science Reviews (2013) [with 123 citations of an article]

95^th most cited author in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (lifetime) [with 1470 citations of 21 articles]

95^th most cited paper in Biology Letters (2008) [with 146 citations of an article]

96^th most cited paper in Quarterly Review of Biology (lifetime) [with 178 citations of an article]

97^th most cited paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2011) [with 25 citations of an article]

98^th most cited author in Earth-Science Reviews (2013) [with 123 citations of 1 articles]

99^th most cited paper in Zootaxa (2010) [with 35 citations of an article]

99^th most cited author in Quarterly Review of Biology (lifetime) [with 178 citations of 4 articles]

99^th most published author in Journal of Evolutionary Biology (lifetime) [with 7 articles having 219 citations]

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Michael J. Benton

Queen's University Belfast