Elsevier Publishing, one of the largest international publishers of scientific journals, has informed Dr. Bill Shear that his article (coauthored with Dr. Greg Edgecombe of the British Museum of Natural History) is one of the top five most-cited articles in the journal Arthropod Structure and Development for 2009-2011.

Recognition as “most-cited” means that other articles published subsequently have referenced Shear & Edgecombe’s article more often than any others.

The article, “The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda,” brings together current and past information on fossils and molecular relationships of this important mega-diverse class of animals, which includes millipedes and centipedes.  Dr. Shear is recognized as a leading authority on millipedes, and Dr. Edgecombe on centipedes.

Full citation:  Shear, W. A., & Edgecombe, G. D.  2009.  The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda.  Arthropod Structure and Development 39(2-3):174-190.