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Cope's Rule

Cope's Rule is an evolutionary theory proposing that lineages tend to increase in body size over geological time, distinguishing it from other tempo-related patterns by emphasizing directional trends in size evolution.

45

Publications

5.2K

Citations

124

Authors

84

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

Variants

Cope's Law

Parents

Publications

45

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Authors

124

  1. RB
    Roger Benson

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 459 citations

    4

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  2. JT
    Jerzy Trammer

    University of Warsaw, Poland

    3 publications · 50 citations

    3

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  3. RJ
    Richard J. Butler

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 308 citations

    3

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  4. MF
    Mikael Fortelius

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    3 publications · 130 citations

    3

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  5. PR
    Pasquale Raia

    University of Naples Federico II, Italy

    3 publications · 130 citations

    3

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Institutions

84

  1. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    472 citations

  2. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    880 citations

  4. University of Naples Federico II

    Naples, Italy

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    449 citations

  5. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    827 citations

  6. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    101 citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    328 citations

  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    232 citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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  2. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 5 publications · 357 citations

    5

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 4 publications · 470 citations

    4

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  5. Nature

    3 publications · 912 citations

    3

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