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Norman I. Platnick, Margaret Mead and Vladimir Nabokov rank highest among 157 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is American Museum of Natural History.

The ranking

  1. 1 Norman I. PlatnickUnited States · #4,849 worldwide893 citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Margaret MeadUnited States · #25,080 worldwide519 citations · 178 works
  3. 3 Vladimir NabokovUnited States · #26,078 worldwide195 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Gareth NelsonUnited States · #27,417 worldwide520 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Joël CracraftUnited States · #29,079 worldwide679 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Charles M. BrederUnited States · #44,916 worldwide414 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Libbie H. HymanUnited States · #45,563 worldwide334 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 John J. FlynnUnited States · #58,200 worldwide575 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Niles EldredgeUnited States · #59,604 worldwide279 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 David Hurst ThomasUnited States · #84,207 worldwide110 citations · 45 works
  11. 11 Clark WisslerUnited States · #85,817 worldwide108 citations · 52 works
  12. 12 Donn Eric RosenUnited States · #87,816 worldwide684 citations · 23 works
  13. 13 Michael J. NovacekUnited States · #92,405 worldwide329 citations · 35 works
  14. 14 Lee HermanUnited States · #98,986 worldwide334 citations · 23 works
  15. 15 Robert L. CarneiroUnited States · #99,879 worldwide123 citations · 48 works
  16. 16 Norman D. NewellUnited States · #109,015 worldwide263 citations · 45 works
  17. 17 Charles G. SibleyUnited States · #114,874 worldwide203 citations · 25 works
  18. 18 Frank E. EglerUnited States · #117,625 worldwide110 citations · 31 works
  19. 19 Laurel KendallUnited States · #129,813 worldwide41 citations · 48 works
  20. 20 Melanie L. J. StiassnyUnited States · #135,566 worldwide200 citations · 35 works
  21. 21 Cam SmithUnited States · #136,647 worldwide114 citations · 45 works
  22. 22 Richard F. JohnstonUnited States · #139,532 worldwide211 citations · 31 works
  23. 23 Mark A. NorellUnited States · #145,515 worldwide489 citations · 92 works
  24. 24 Rebecca OppenheimerUnited States · #152,613 worldwide380 citations · 64 works
  25. 25 David A. GrimaldiUnited States · #157,275 worldwide264 citations · 86 works
  26. 26 Eugene S. GaffneyUnited States · #158,681 worldwide221 citations · 29 works
  27. 27 Franz WeidenreichUnited States · #163,965 worldwide89 citations · 25 works
  28. 28 Randall T. SchuhUnited States · #167,649 worldwide122 citations · 32 works
  29. 29 James D. WebsterUnited States · #172,728 worldwide260 citations · 32 works
  30. 30 Roger PasquierUnited States · #176,344 worldwide42 citations · 52 works
  31. 31 Milo HellmanUnited States · #178,280 worldwide87 citations · 22 works
  32. 32 Mordecai‐Mark Mac LowUnited States · #201,633 worldwide603 citations · 115 works
  33. 33 Charles S. SpencerUnited States · #213,050 worldwide134 citations · 19 works
  34. 34 M. K. WeisbergUnited States · #235,947 worldwide222 citations · 73 works
  35. 35 T. C. SchneirlaUnited States · #238,029 worldwide201 citations · 18 works
  36. 36 Ward C. WheelerUnited States · #239,142 worldwide154 citations · 32 works
  37. 37 Robert Cushman MurphyUnited States · #242,138 worldwide73 citations · 43 works
  38. 38 Nancy B. SimmonsUnited States · #249,197 worldwide236 citations · 47 works
  39. 39 Robert S. VossUnited States · #261,959 worldwide241 citations · 37 works
  40. 40 Rob DeSalleUnited States · #264,932 worldwide233 citations · 79 works
  41. 41 Malcolm C. McKennaUnited States · #271,099 worldwide216 citations · 40 works
  42. 42 James W. AtzUnited States · #274,160 worldwide130 citations · 18 works
  43. 43 George F. BarrowcloughUnited States · #290,624 worldwide113 citations · 19 works
  44. 44 Norberto P. GianniniUnited States · #295,712 worldwide131 citations · 22 works
  45. 45 Beata M. PokryszkoUnited States · #320,416 worldwide59 citations · 24 works
  46. 46 Richard H. TedfordUnited States · #321,056 worldwide168 citations · 17 works
  47. 47 William K. GregoryUnited States · #325,613 worldwide216 citations · 75 works
  48. 48 Mark E. SiddallUnited States · #326,916 worldwide194 citations · 58 works
  49. 49 Lorenzo PrendiniUnited States · #366,454 worldwide76 citations · 45 works
  50. 50 Harry L. ShapiroUnited States · #366,994 worldwide29 citations · 28 works
  51. 51 Gladwyn Kingsley NobleUnited States · #373,715 worldwide100 citations · 23 works
  52. 52 Robert F. RockwellUnited States · #386,236 worldwide136 citations · 30 works
  53. 53 Dorothy E. BlissUnited States · #427,124 worldwide34 citations · 20 works
  54. 54 George E. HarlowUnited States · #439,208 worldwide233 citations · 52 works
  55. 55 Barnum. BrownUnited States · #440,604 worldwide85 citations · 39 works
  56. 56 Charles W. MyersUnited States · #441,077 worldwide130 citations · 35 works
  57. 57 Nadine DupérréUnited States · #450,656 worldwide41 citations · 38 works
  58. 58 Charles W. MandevilleUnited States · #456,025 worldwide164 citations · 16 works
  59. 59 Enid SchildkroutUnited States · #460,141 worldwide26 citations · 18 works
  60. 60 Michael S. EngelUnited States · #471,350 worldwide556 citations · 217 works
  61. 61 E. A. MathezUnited States · #488,209 worldwide117 citations · 20 works
  62. 62 Edwin H. ColbertUnited States · #491,181 worldwide104 citations · 57 works
  63. 63 Susan L. PerkinsUnited States · #497,080 worldwide77 citations · 24 works
  64. 64 Dean AmadonUnited States · #507,650 worldwide73 citations · 39 works
  65. 65 R. D. E. MacPheeUnited States · #508,273 worldwide153 citations · 38 works
  66. 66 Howard R. FeldmanUnited States · #524,514 worldwide131 citations · 39 works
  67. 67 Stanley A. FreedUnited States · #542,596 worldwide13 citations · 20 works
  68. 68 Tomohide YasunagaUnited States · #554,812 worldwide44 citations · 35 works
  69. 69 Bobb SchaefferUnited States · #571,328 worldwide87 citations · 18 works
  70. 70 Ethel TobachUnited States · #572,206 worldwide76 citations · 29 works
  71. 71 Donat AgostiUnited States · #572,270 worldwide123 citations · 35 works
  72. 72 Ian TattersallUnited States · #575,338 worldwide118 citations · 87 works
  73. 73 Michael M. SharaUnited States · #611,968 worldwide466 citations · 138 works
  74. 74 M. PrinzUnited States · #622,486 worldwide219 citations · 77 works
  75. 75 James M. CarpenterUnited States · #626,578 worldwide181 citations · 96 works
  76. 76 James S. AsheUnited States · #640,465 worldwide33 citations · 20 works
  77. 77 François VuilleumierUnited States · #644,781 worldwide67 citations · 29 works
  78. 78 Guy G. MusserUnited States · #655,771 worldwide112 citations · 23 works
  79. 79 Jin MengUnited States · #662,299 worldwide147 citations · 38 works
  80. 80 E. MayrUnited States · #663,681 worldwide42 citations · 23 works
  81. 81 Nathan W. C. LeighUnited States · #691,178 worldwide146 citations · 26 works
  82. 82 Horace W. StunkardUnited States · #691,983 worldwide103 citations · 58 works
  83. 83 Wesley E. LanyonUnited States · #696,415 worldwide47 citations · 16 works
  84. 84 Christopher J. RaxworthyUnited States · #700,518 worldwide58 citations · 22 works
  85. 85 John G. MaiseyUnited States · #704,651 worldwide64 citations · 30 works
  86. 86 Craig MorrisUnited States · #717,105 worldwide12 citations · 17 works
  87. 87 Kelle L. CruzUnited States · #734,861 worldwide125 citations · 63 works
  88. 88 D. S. EbelUnited States · #736,680 worldwide213 citations · 114 works
  89. 89 Joseph Curtis MooreUnited States · #751,066 worldwide64 citations · 17 works
  90. 90 Paúl M. VelazcoUnited States · #757,995 worldwide90 citations · 24 works
  91. 91 Mary LeCroyUnited States · #767,226 worldwide38 citations · 18 works
  92. 92 John Eric HillUnited States · #769,107 worldwide31 citations · 19 works
  93. 93 Adam C. SchneiderUnited States · #789,145 worldwide114 citations · 57 works
  94. 94 Edmund Otis HoveyUnited States · #792,521 worldwide40 citations · 33 works
  95. 95 Gordon F. EkholmUnited States · #804,237 worldwide3 citations · 16 works
  96. 96 Karl F. KoopmanUnited States · #812,809 worldwide72 citations · 31 works
  97. 97 Michael TesslerUnited States · #832,114 worldwide72 citations · 27 works
  98. 98 Charles. VaurieUnited States · #836,828 worldwide56 citations · 38 works
  99. 99 Lester L. ShortUnited States · #842,888 worldwide78 citations · 31 works
  100. 100 Ruth AngusUnited States · #865,050 worldwide61 citations · 37 works

Output against citations per work

A long record and a heavily-cited one are not the same career, and a list ordered by either buries the other. The upper left is a small body of work that travelled a long way.

02040mean 4.39509works (log) →citations per work →Norman I. Platnick: 105, 8.5Margaret Mead: 178, 2.9Vladimir Nabokov: 45, 4.3Gareth Nelson: 38, 13.7Joël Cracraft: 55, 12.3Charles M. Breder: 52, 8.0Libbie H. Hyman: 36, 9.3John J. Flynn: 81, 7.1Niles Eldredge: 51, 5.5David Hurst Thomas: 45, 2.4Clark Wissler: 52, 2.1Donn Eric Rosen: 23, 29.7Michael J. Novacek: 35, 9.4Lee Herman: 23, 14.5Robert L. Carneiro: 48, 2.6Norman D. Newell: 45, 5.8Charles G. Sibley: 25, 8.1Frank E. Egler: 31, 3.5Laurel Kendall: 48, 0.9Melanie L. J. Stiassny: 35, 5.7Cam Smith: 45, 2.5Richard F. Johnston: 31, 6.8Mark A. Norell: 92, 5.3Rebecca Oppenheimer: 64, 5.9David A. Grimaldi: 86, 3.1Eugene S. Gaffney: 29, 7.6Franz Weidenreich: 25, 3.6Randall T. Schuh: 32, 3.8James D. Webster: 32, 8.1Roger Pasquier: 52, 0.8Milo Hellman: 22, 4.0Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low: 115, 5.2Charles S. Spencer: 19, 7.1M. K. Weisberg: 73, 3.0T. C. Schneirla: 18, 11.2Ward C. Wheeler: 32, 4.8Robert Cushman Murphy: 43, 1.7Nancy B. Simmons: 47, 5.0Robert S. Voss: 37, 6.5Rob DeSalle: 79, 2.9Malcolm C. McKenna: 40, 5.4James W. Atz: 18, 7.2George F. Barrowclough: 19, 5.9Norberto P. Giannini: 22, 6.0Beata M. Pokryszko: 24, 2.5Richard H. Tedford: 17, 9.9William K. Gregory: 75, 2.9Mark E. Siddall: 58, 3.3Lorenzo Prendini: 45, 1.7Harry L. Shapiro: 28, 1.0Gladwyn Kingsley Noble: 23, 4.3Robert F. Rockwell: 30, 4.5Dorothy E. Bliss: 20, 1.7George E. Harlow: 52, 4.5Barnum. Brown: 39, 2.2Charles W. Myers: 35, 3.7Nadine Dupérré: 38, 1.1Charles W. Mandeville: 16, 10.2Enid Schildkrout: 18, 1.4Michael S. Engel: 217, 2.6E. A. Mathez: 20, 5.8Edwin H. Colbert: 57, 1.8Susan L. Perkins: 24, 3.2Dean Amadon: 39, 1.9R. D. E. MacPhee: 38, 4.0Howard R. Feldman: 39, 3.4Stanley A. Freed: 20, 0.7Tomohide Yasunaga: 35, 1.3Bobb Schaeffer: 18, 4.8Ethel Tobach: 29, 2.6Donat Agosti: 35, 3.5Ian Tattersall: 87, 1.4Michael M. Shara: 138, 3.4M. Prinz: 77, 2.8James M. Carpenter: 96, 1.9James S. Ashe: 20, 1.6François Vuilleumier: 29, 2.3Guy G. Musser: 23, 4.9Jin Meng: 38, 3.9E. Mayr: 23, 1.8Nathan W. C. Leigh: 26, 5.6Horace W. Stunkard: 58, 1.8Wesley E. Lanyon: 16, 2.9Christopher J. Raxworthy: 22, 2.6John G. Maisey: 30, 2.1Craig Morris: 17, 0.7Kelle L. Cruz: 63, 2.0D. S. Ebel: 114, 1.9Joseph Curtis Moore: 17, 3.8Paúl M. Velazco: 24, 3.8Mary LeCroy: 18, 2.1John Eric Hill: 19, 1.6Adam C. Schneider: 57, 2.0Edmund Otis Hovey: 33, 1.2Gordon F. Ekholm: 16, 0.2Karl F. Koopman: 31, 2.3Michael Tessler: 27, 2.7Charles. Vaurie: 38, 1.5Lester L. Short: 31, 2.5Ruth Angus: 37, 1.6Gareth NelsonNorman I. PlatnickVladimir NabokovMargaret Mead
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Ranked on the composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.