OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Systematic Palaeontology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Phylogenetic analysis of the gastropod genus Calliotropis Seguenza, 1902 (Vetigastropoda: Calliotropidae), including fossil and living species	20
Towards a unifying systematic scheme of fossil and living billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoridae)	18
The first evidence of Heosminthus from North America and the phylogenetics of Sminthidae (Mammalia, Rodentia, Dipodoidea): biogeographical implications	17
Revision of Romanian sauropod dinosaurs reveals high titanosaur diversity and body-size disparity on the latest Cretaceous Haţeg Island, with implications for titanosaurian biogeography	15
A new stem geomyoid helps elucidate the palaeoecology and evolutionary history of geomorph rodents	14
Catapleura Cope, 1870 is Euclastes Cope, 1867 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae): synonymy revealed by a new specimen from New Jersey	13
The postcranial skeleton of Amphimoschus Bourgeois, 1873 (Cetartiodactyla, Ruminantia, Pecora) sheds light on its phylogeny and the evolution of the clade Cervoidea	12
Total-evidence dating and the phylogenetic affinities of early fossil passerines	11
Cranial anatomy of Bagualia alba (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia and the implications for sauropod cranial evolution	10
The phylogeny of Macraucheniidae (Mammalia, Panperissodactyla, Litopterna) at the genus level	10
A new species of Maomingosuchus from the Eocene of the Na Duong Basin (northern Vietnam) sheds new light on the phylogenetic relationship of tomistomine crocodylians and their dispersal from Eu	9
Phylogenetic implications of the systematic reassessment of Xenacanthiformes and ‘Ctenacanthiformes’ (Chondrichthyes) neurocrania from the Carboniferous–Permian Autun Basin (France)	9
Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi, a new rorqual from the late Miocene of Peru (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) and its impact in reconstructing body size evolution, ecomorphology and palaeobiog	9
Comparative cladistics: identifying the sources for differing phylogenetic results between competing morphology-based datasets	9
A new ‘rauisuchian’ archosaur from the Middle Triassic Omingonde Formation (Karoo Supergroup) of Namibia	8
New material of the Early Devonian sarcopterygian Styloichthys changae illuminates the origin of cosmine	8
X-ray microtomography of the late Carboniferous whip scorpions (Arachnida, Thelyphonida) Geralinura britannica and Proschizomus petrunkevitchi	8
Assessing conflict between early neornithischian tree topologies	8
New material of Miotragocerus (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) from northern China and its systematic implications	7
Presence of Cernictis and Lutravus (Ictonychinae, Mustelidae, Carnivora) in eastern Asia and the dispersal of Ictonychinae during the Late	7
Two new genera of killifish (Cyprinodontiformes) from the Middle Miocene of the Bugojno Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina: insights into the lost diversity of Valenciidae	7
Redescription, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships ofBoavusMarsh, 1871 (Serpentes: Booidea) from the early–middle Eocene of the USA	7
Stromatoporoids of the Katian (Upper Ordovician) Beiguoshan Formation, North China	7
Individual, ontogenetic, and phylogenetic variation in the dentition of hadrosaurids (Iguanodontia: Ornithischia)	7
A new Caloneurodea family (Insecta, Archaeorthoptera) increases the insect palaeodiversity of the middle Permian Salagou Formation (southern France)	6

A new genus of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany	6
A nearly complete skeleton of a new eusphenodontian from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA, provides insight into the evolution and diversity of Rhynchocephalia (Reptilia: Lepidosaur	6
A re-appraisal of Parvicursor remotus from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia: implications for the phylogeny and taxonomy of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaurs	6
Re-description of the sexually dimorphic peltopleuriform fishWushaichthys exquisitus(Middle Triassic, China): taxonomic implications and phylogenetic relationships	6
Ontogenetic changes in the postcranial skeleton ofMussaurus patagonicus(Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) and their impact on the phylogenetic relationships of early sauropodomorphs	6
Editorial	5
Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum Russell and Zheng, 1993, and the evolution of exceptionally long necks in mamenchisaurids	5
A new elasmothere genus and species from the middle Miocene of Tongxin, Ningxia, China, and its phylogenetic relationship	5
Unravelling the identity of the platanistoid Notocetus vanbenedeni Moreno, 1892 (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina)	5
Organ reconstruction and systematic relationships of Late Cretaceous palm stems and roots	5
A new podocnemidid (Pleurodira: Pelomedusoides) from the Eocene of north-western Argentina, with comments on its evolutionary relationships and palaeoenvironmental settings	5
A new entelodont (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the late Eocene of China and its phylogenetic implications	5
A new radiodont from the lower Cambrian (Series 2 Stage 3) Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China informs the evolution of feeding structures in radiodonts	5
Tentacular nature of the ‘column’ of the Cambrian diploblastic Xianguangia sinica	4
A new small-bodied ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia (Río Negro Province, Argentina)	4
A new Interatheriinae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Cerro Boleadoras Formation (Santa Cruz, Argentina) and the evolution of the tarsus within the lineage during the Miocene	4
Echoes from the Miocene: tracing the anatomy and phylogeny of Prosqualodon australis (Cetacea: Odontoceti)	4
The early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale radiodonts revisited: morphology and systematics	4
A new proterochampsid (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsia) from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the emergence of archosaurian hind limb traits	4
Species of Inversiulidae Vigneaux, 1949 (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) in the early Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina), with a phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical analysis of the family	4
Gujaratia indica, the oldest artiodactyl (Mammalia) from South Asia: new dental material and phylogenetic relationships	4
Mesozoic stem-group zoroasterid sea stars imply a delayed radiation of the crown group and adaptation to the deep seas	4
Comment on ‘Objective identification of Lepidocyclina (Foraminifera) species from the Eocene of Cuba based on growth-invariant morphometric characters’	3
Re-appearance of hypercarnivore ichthyosaurs in the Cretaceous with differentiated dentition: revision of ‘Platypterygius’ sachicarum (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae) from Co	3
A new tanystropheid (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and the biogeographical origin of Tanystropheidae	3
A new species of Araripesuchus with durophagous dentition increases the ecological disparity among uruguaysuchid crocodyliforms	3
Phylogenetic affinities and evolution of the Early Cambrian hexangulaconulariids	3
The earliest chimaeriform fish from the Carboniferous of Central Russia	3
A new latest Cretaceous pleurodiran turtle (Testudinata: Dortokidae) from the Haţeg Basin (Romania) documents end-Cretaceous faunal provinciality and selective survival during the K-Pg extincti	3
Systematic significance of wing morphology in extinct Prophalangopsidae (Insecta, Ensifera) revealed by geometric morphometrics and description of two new species	3
A new cryptodire from the Eocene of the Na Duong Basin (northern Vietnam) sheds new light on Pan-Trionychidae from Southeast Asia	3
Silicified cupulate seed-bearing structures from the Early Cretaceous of eastern Inner Mongolia, China: rethinking the corystosperm concept	3
Reappraisal of New Zealand and Australian Ordovician caryocaridids presents insight into phyllocarid phylogeny	3
Editorial	3
The fossil record of sabre-tooth characins (Teleostei: Characiformes: Cynodontinae), their phylogenetic relationships and palaeobiogeographical implications	3
A new tiny eutherian from the Late Cretaceous of Alaska	3
A new, exceptionally well-preserved Permian actinopterygian fish from the Minnekahta Limestone of South Dakota, USA	3
New rodents shed light on the age and ecology of late Miocene ape locality of Tapar (Gujarat, India)	3
Redescription of ‘Amyzon’ brevipinne and remarks on North American Eocene catostomids (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae)	2
Phylogeny of Middle–Late Ordovician lituitid cephalopods based on cladistic analysis	2
Careful amendment of morphological data sets improves phylogenetic frameworks: re-evaluating placement of the fossil Amiskwia sagittiformis	2
Revised anatomy, taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Notochampsa istedana Broom, 1904, a Lower Jurassic crocodyliform from the Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), and its implications for early cr	2
New odonatans (Odonata: Gomphaeschnidae; Synlestidae) from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation: systematic and biogeographical implications	2
TheTapirusfrom Camp dels Ninots (NE Iberia): implications for morphology, morphometry and phylogeny of Neogene Tapiridae	2
Occurrence of Styxosaurus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) in the Cenomanian: implications for relationships of elasmosaurids of the Western Interior Seaway	2
First Byzantinia from Afro-Arabia and the evolutionary history of extinct cricetodontine rodents investigated through Bayesian phylogenetic inference	2
A new aetiocetid (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Aetiocetidae) from the late Oligocene of Mexico	2
Phylogeny of the amphibamiform temnospondyls: the relationship of taxa known by adults, larvae and neotenes	2
The Ordovician diversification of sea urchins: systematics of the Bothriocidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)	2
The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Brachylepadomorpha and Verrucomorpha	2

Double-armoured herrings (Clupeomorpha: Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Pietraroja (Southern Italy)	2
Re-description and phylogenetic relationships of † Protosyngnathus sumatrensis (Teleostei: Syngnathoidei), a freshwater pipefish from the Eocene of Sumatra, Indonesia	2
A skeletally immature specimen provides new information on the cranial osteology and intraspecific variation of Soturnia caliodon (Procolophonidae: Leptopleuroninae), Up	2
Reply to the comment on ‘Objective identification of Lepidocyclina (Foraminifera) species from the Eocene of Cuba based on growth-invariant morphometric characters’	2