Joel Cracraft: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Joel Cracraft's h-index is 77 (172 i10-index, 27,829+ total citations across 20+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Joel Cracraft is affiliated with American Museum of Natural History.
Joel Cracraft is a researcher affiliated with American Museum of Natural History, specializing in Avian systematics and Evolution, Diversification, Historical Biogeography. Their work has been cited 27,829 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in Netherlands.
Joel Cracraft's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 20 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 77
- i10-Index
- 172
- Total Citations
- 27,829
- Citing Countries
- 10
As of June 2026.
Joel Cracraft has an h-index of 77 and 27,829 total citations across 20 publications, with research cited by institutions in 10 countries.
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About Joel Cracraft's research
Joel Cracraft is a researcher in Avian systematics and Evolution, Diversification and Historical Biogeography at American Museum of Natural History. Their work has been cited 27,829 times across 20 publications (h-index 77), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Species concepts and speciation analysis” (1983), has accumulated 2,249 citations. Other influential works include “Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds” (2014) with 2,240 citations and “Phylogenetic patterns and the evolutionary process: method and theory in comparative biology” (1980) with 2,071 citations.
Citations of Joel Cracraft's research come primarily from Netherlands, United States and Denmark, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.











