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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
10275
World Ranking
4187
National Ranking
225

Gerald Mayr publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 339 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Gerald Mayr D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald Mayr sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gerald Mayr is affiliated with the Senckenberg Naturmuseum in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on paleontology and evolutionary biology.

The primary fields of study in Mayr's work include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader areas, Mayr's focus narrows to specific subfields such as:

  • Paleontology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atmospheric Science

Their main research topics cover various aspects of paleontology, evolution, and biology:

  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Gerald Mayr has a significant publication record in several scientific journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
  • Historical Biology
  • Journal für Ornithologie
  • Paläontologische Zeitschrift
  • The Anatomical Record

Select recent papers authored by Mayr include:

  • "A Nearly Complete Skeleton of the Fossil Galliform Bird Palaeortyx from the Late Oligocene of Germany," 2022, Acta Ornithologica
  • "First Complete Wing of a Stem Group Sphenisciform from the Paleocene of New Zealand Sheds Light on the Evolution of the Penguin Flipper," 2020, Diversity
  • "Reanalysis of putative ovarian follicles suggests that Early Cretaceous birds were feeding not breeding," 2020, Scientific Reports

Mayr has also contributed to collaborative research works where they are not the primary author, including:

  • "An Unbiased Molecular Approach Using 3'-UTRs Resolves the Avian Family-Level Tree of Life," 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds," 2022, Avian Research

Throughout their career, Mayr has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrew C. Kitchener
  • Vanesa L. De Pietri
  • R. Paul Scofield
  • James L. Goedert
  • Madelaine Böhme

Best Publications

  • Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils.

    Per G. P. Ericson;Cajsa Lisa Anderson;Tom Britton;Andrzej Elzanowski

  • Paleogene Fossil Birds

    Gerald Mayr

  • The deep divergences of neornithine birds: a phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters

    Gerald Mayr;Julia Allison Clarke

  • The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe

    Gerald Mayr

  • An Unbiased Molecular Approach Using 3'-UTRs Resolves the Avian Family-Level Tree of Life.

    Heiner Kuhl;Heiner Kuhl;Carolina Frankl-Vilches;Antje Bakker;Gerald Mayr

  • Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance

    Gerald Mayr

  • A Well-Preserved Archaeopteryx Specimen with Theropod Features

    Gerald Mayr;Burkhard Pohl;D. Stefan Peters

  • Structural coloration in a fossil feather.

    Jakob Vinther;Derek E.G. Briggs;Derek E.G. Briggs;Julia Allison Clarke;Julia Allison Clarke;Gerald Mayr

  • Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus.

    Gerald Mayr;Stefan D. Peters;Gerhard Plodowski;Olaf Vogel

  • The tenth skeletal specimen of Archaeopteryx

    Gerald Mayr;Burkhard Pohl;Scott Hartman;D. Stefan Peters

  • Old World fossil record of modern-type hummingbirds.

    Gerald Mayr

  • Metaves, Mirandornithes, Strisores and other novelties – a critical review of the higher‐level phylogeny of neornithine birds

    Gerald Mayr

  • Monophyletic groups within 'higher land birds' - comparison of morphological and molecular data

    Gerald Mayr;Albrecht Manegold;Ulf S. Johansson;Ulf S. Johansson

  • 3D Camouflage in an Ornithischian Dinosaur

    Jakob Vinther;Robert Nicholls;Stephan Lautenschlager;Michael Pittman

  • Osteological evidence for paraphyly of the avian order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies)@@@Osteologische Hinweise auf Paraphylie der Vogelordnung Caprimulgiformes (Schwalmv:ogel)

    Gerald Mayr

  • Morphological evidence for sister group relationship between flamingos (Aves: Phoenicopteridae) and grebes (Podicipedidae)

    Gerald Mayr

  • Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes).

    Jan Ole Kriegs;Andreas Matzke;Gennady Churakov;Andrej Kuritzin

  • Variations in the hypotarsus morphology of birds and their evolutionary significance

    Gerald Mayr

  • Osteological evidence for paraphyly of the avian order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies)

    Gerald Mayr

  • Osteology of a New Giant Bony-Toothed Bird from the Miocene of Chile, with a Revision of the Taxonomy of Neogene Pelagornithidae

    Gerald Mayr;David Rubilar-Rogers

  • Ducks, rails, and limicoline waders (Aves: Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes) from the lowermost Oligocene of Belgium

    Gerald Mayr;Richard Smith

  • Avian higher-level phylogeny: well-supported clades and what we can learn from a phylogenetic analysis of 2954 morphological characters

    G. Mayr

  • The phylogeny of charadriiform birds (shorebirds and allies) – reassessing the conflict between morphology and molecules

    Gerald Mayr

  • The origins of crown group birds: molecules and fossils

    Gerald Mayr

  • The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany

    Gerald Mayr;Albrecht Manegold

  • Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) : research article

    Jan Ole Kriegs;Andreas Matzke;Gennady Churakov;Andrej Kuritzin

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry Smith
Thierry Smith Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Jakob Vinther
Jakob Vinther University of Bristol
Julia A. Clarke
Julia A. Clarke The University of Texas at Austin
Per G. P. Ericson
Per G. P. Ericson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Ashok Sahni
Ashok Sahni Panjab University
Gareth J. Dyke
Gareth J. Dyke University of Debrecen
Kenneth D. Rose
Kenneth D. Rose Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Richard O. Prum
Richard O. Prum Yale University
Min Wang
Min Wang Qingdao University
Jürgen Brosius
Jürgen Brosius University of Münster

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