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Most cited papers from National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
What are the most cited papers from National Evolutionary Synthesis Center?
The most cited paper from National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is "Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?" (Anthony D. Barnosky, Nicholas Joseph Matzke, Susumu Tomiya et al., 2011), with 4,393 citations. Next come "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution" (2,883) and "The delayed rise of present-day mammals" (2,132).
Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 189 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived? Anthony D. Barnosky, Nicholas Joseph Matzke, Susumu Tomiya et al. · Nature | 2 Mar 2011 | 4,393 |
| 2 | Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution Bernhard Y. Misof et al. · Science | 6 Nov 2014 | 2,883 |
| 3 | The delayed rise of present-day mammals Olaf R. P. Bininda‐Emonds, Marcel Cardillo, Kate E. Jones et al. · Nature | 28 Mar 2007 | 2,132 |
| 4 | PanTHERIA: a species‐level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals Kate E. Jones et al. · Ecology | 17 Aug 2009 | 1,733 |
| 5 | The distribution of fitness effects of new mutations Adam Eyre‐Walker, Peter D. Keightley · Nature Reviews Genetics | 18 Jul 2007 | 1,664 |
| 6 | A Quantitative Survey of Local Adaptation and Fitness Trade‐Offs Joe Hereford · The American Naturalist | 9 Mar 2009 | 1,320 |
| 7 | The Origins of C 4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science Erika J. Edwards et al. · Science | 29 Apr 2010 | 1,095 |
| 8 | Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data Liam J. Revell · Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 30 Jun 2010 | 985 |
| 9 | Estimating Gene Gain and Loss Rates in the Presence of Error in Genome Assembly and Annotation Using CAFE 3 Mira Han, Gregg W.C. Thomas, Jose Lugo-Martinez et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution | 24 May 2013 | 921 |
| 10 | EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA Luke J. Harmon, Jonathan B. Losos, T. Jonathan Davies et al. · Evolution | 29 Apr 2010 | 892 |
| 11 | Global patterns in plant height Angela T. Moles, David I. Warton, Laura Warman et al. · Journal of Ecology | 15 Jun 2009 | 883 |
| 12 | Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life Cody E. Hinchliff et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 18 Sep 2015 | 832 |
| 13 | Selecting optimal partitioning schemes for phylogenomic datasets Robert Lanfear, Brett Calcott, David Kainer et al. · BMC Evolutionary Biology | 2014 | 804 |
| 14 | Molecular Poltergeists: Mitochondrial DNA Copies (numts) in Sequenced Nuclear Genomes Einat Hazkani‐Covo, Raymond M. Zeller, William Martin · PLoS Genetics | 11 Feb 2010 | 687 |
| 15 | Data reuse and the open data citation advantage Heather Piwowar, Todd Vision · PeerJ | Oct 2013 | 625 |
| 16 | Genome sequence of the model medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum Shilin Chen et al. · Nature Communications | 26 Jun 2012 | 606 |
| 17 | A framework for understanding noise impacts on wildlife: an urgent conservation priority Clinton D. Francis, Jesse R. Barber · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 15 Jul 2013 | 586 |
| 18 | Plant traits that predict resistance to herbivores Diego Carmona, Marc J. Lajeunesse, Marc T. J. Johnson · Functional Ecology | 13 Oct 2010 | 583 |
| 19 | Species Selection Maintains Self-Incompatibility Emma E. Goldberg, Joshua R. Kohn, Russell Lande et al. · Science | 21 Oct 2010 | 546 |
| 20 | Global meta‐analysis of wood decomposition rates: a role for trait variation among tree species? James T. Weedon, William K. Cornwell, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen et al. · Ecology Letters | 6 Nov 2008 | 518 |
| 21 | ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY AND THE RATE OF MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THE DIVERSIFICATION OF GREATER ANTILLEAN ANOLES D. Luke Mahler, Liam J. Revell, Richard E. Glor et al. · Evolution | 30 Apr 2010 | 488 |
| 22 | Population size and the rate of evolution Robert Lanfear, Hanna Kokko, Adam Eyre‐Walker · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 20 Oct 2013 | 474 |
| 23 | The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure for Plant Biology Stephen A. Goff et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science | 2011 | 466 |
| 24 | CONTINUOUS AND ARRESTED MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN SISTER CLADES OF CHARACIFORM FISHES: A PHYLOMORPHOSPACE APPROACH Brian L. Sidlauskas · Evolution | 11 Sep 2008 | 460 |
| 25 | The Distribution of Fitness Effects of New Deleterious Amino Acid Mutations in Humans Adam Eyre‐Walker, Megan Woolfit, Ted Phelps · Genetics | 17 Mar 2006 | 440 |
| 26 | Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed? William K. Cornwell, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Steven Allison et al. · Global Change Biology | 13 Mar 2009 | 419 |
| 27 | Value all research products Heather Piwowar · Nature | 8 Jan 2013 | 412 |
| 28 | The evolution of seed dormancy: environmental cues, evolutionary hubs, and diversification of the seed plants Charles G. Willis, Carol Caudle Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin et al. · New Phytologist | 28 Mar 2014 | 409 |
| 29 | An uncorrelated relaxed-clock analysis suggests an earlier origin for flowering plants Stephen A. Smith, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Michael J. Donoghue · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 16 Mar 2010 | 401 |
| 30 | The Cell Ontology 2016: enhanced content, modularization, and ontology interoperability Alexander D. Diehl, Terrence F. Meehan, Yvonne M. Bradford et al. · Journal of Biomedical Semantics | 4 Jul 2016 | 388 |
| 31 | Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C 4 grasses Erika J. Edwards, Stephen A. Smith · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 8 Feb 2010 | 365 |
| 32 | Synonymous Codon Usage in Escherichia coli: Selection for Translational Accuracy Nina Stoletzki, Adam Eyre‐Walker · Molecular Biology and Evolution | 13 Nov 2006 | 358 |
| 33 | The genomic rate of adaptive evolution Adam Eyre‐Walker · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 6 Jul 2006 | 334 |
| 34 | Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans Graham J. Slater, Samantha A. Price, Francesco Santini et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 19 May 2010 | 332 |
| 35 | Fitness benefits of coalitionary aggression in male chimpanzees Ian C. Gilby, Lauren J. N. Brent, Emily E. Wroblewski et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 29 Nov 2012 | 307 |
| 36 | Extinctions in ancient and modern seas Paul G. Harnik, Heike K. Lotze, Sean C. Anderson et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 10 Aug 2012 | 306 |
| 37 | Exploring power and parameter estimation of the BiSSE method for analyzing species diversification Matthew P. Davis, Peter E Midford, Wayne P. Maddison · BMC Evolutionary Biology | 2013 | 297 |
| 38 | An integrative view of phylogenetic comparative methods: connections to population genetics, community ecology, and paleobiology Matthew W. Pennell, Luke J. Harmon · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | Jun 2013 | 288 |
| 39 | The origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes Catherine Helen Graham, Ana Carolina Carnaval, Carlos Daniel Cadena et al. · Ecography | 2 Jun 2014 | 287 |
| 40 | Not Just a Theory—The Utility of Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Biology Maria R. Servedio, Yaniv J Brandvain, Sumit Dhole et al. · PLoS Biology | 9 Dec 2014 | 286 |
| 41 | A Meta‐Analysis of Factors Affecting Local Adaptation between Interacting Species Jason D. Hoeksema, Samantha E. Forde · The American Naturalist | 18 Jan 2008 | 272 |
| 42 | The dynamics of biogeographic ranges in the deep sea Craig R. McClain, Sarah L. Mincks · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 28 Jul 2010 | 266 |
| 43 | Mega-phylogeny approach for comparative biology: an alternative to supertree and supermatrix approaches Stephen A. Smith, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Michael J. Donoghue · BMC Evolutionary Biology | 2009 | 264 |
| 44 | Latitude, elevational climatic zonation and speciation in New World vertebrates Carlos Daniel Cadena, Kenneth H. Kozak, Juan Pablo Gómez et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | Jun 2011 | 256 |
| 45 | Fictive Reward Signals in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Benjamin Y. Hayden, John Michael Pearson, Michael L. Platt · Science | 14 May 2009 | 256 |
| 46 | Noise pollution alters ecological services: enhanced pollination and disrupted seed dispersal Clinton D. Francis, Nathan J. Kleist, Catherine P. Ortega et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 21 Mar 2012 | 239 |
| 47 | Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits Louise H. Comas, Kevin E. Mueller, Lyla L. Taylor et al. · International Journal of Plant Sciences | Jul 2012 | 239 |
| 48 | Habitat heterogeneity, disturbance, and productivity work in concert to regulate biodiversity in deep submarine canyons Craig R. McClain, James Barry · Ecology | Apr 2010 | 237 |
| 49 | Hunter‐gatherers as models in public health Herman Pontzer, Brian M. Wood, David A. Raichlen · Obesity Reviews | Dec 2018 | 233 |
| 50 | Development and application of a phylogenomic toolkit: Resolving the evolutionary history of Madagascar’s lemurs Julie E. Horvath, David W. Weisrock, Stephanie L. Embry et al. · Genome Research | Feb 2008 | 229 |
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