Mark S. Springer

23.3k citations

161 papers · 13.3k · 4 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

Paleontology top 0.02%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.1%
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Papers in

Molecular Biology 92
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 71
Paleontology 86
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 85
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology 14

Co-authors: William J. Murphy (21 shared papers)Ole Madsen (13 shared papers)Michael J. Stanhope (22 shared papers)Stephen J. O’Brien (7 shared papers)Emma C. Teeling (12 shared papers)Robert W. Meredith (30 shared papers)Wilfried W. de Jong (10 shared papers)Eduardo Eizirik (6 shared papers)
Journals: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (31 papers)Journal of Mammalian Evolution (21 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (11 papers)Molecular Biology and Evolution (10 papers)Science (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia United Kingdom

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Mark S. Springer

160 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Mark S. Springer's Hit Papers

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A Molecular Phylogeny for Bats Illuminates Biogeography and the Fossil Record 2005 · 854 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 Science
2003 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 Science
2001 Nature

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1	Resolution of the Early Placental Mammal Radiation Using Bayesian Phylogenetics Science ·William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik, Stephen J. O’Brien, Ole Madsen, Mark Scally, Christophe J. Douady, Emma C. Teeling, Oliver A. Ryder, Michael J. Stanhope, Wilfried W. de Jong, Mark S. Springer Hit paper breakdown →	2001	1005
2	A Molecular Phylogeny for Bats Illuminates Biogeography and the Fossil Record Science ·Emma C. Teeling, Mark S. Springer, Ole Madsen, Paul J. J. Bates, Stephen J. O’Brien, William J. Murphy Hit paper breakdown →	2005	854
3	Placental mammal diversification and the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mark S. Springer, William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik, Stephen J. O’Brien Hit paper breakdown →	2003	631
4	Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals Nature ·Ole Madsen, Mark Scally, Christophe J. Douady, Diana J. Kao, Ronald W. DeBry, Ronald M. Adkins, Heather M. Amrine, Michael J. Stanhope, Wilfried W. de Jong, Mark S. Springer Hit paper breakdown →	2001	522
5	Using genomic data to unravel the root of the placental mammal phylogeny Genome Research ·William J. Murphy, Thomas H. Pringle, Tess A. Crider, Mark S. Springer, Webb Miller	2007	340
6	Molecular evidence for multiple origins of Insectivora and for a new order of endemic African insectivore mammals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael J. Stanhope, Victor Waddell, Ole Madsen, Wilfried de Jong, S. Blair Hedges, Gregory C. Cleven, Diana J. Kao, Mark S. Springer	1998	321
7	Molecules consolidate the placental mammal tree Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Mark S. Springer	2004	314
8	Macroevolutionary Dynamics and Historical Biogeography of Primate Diversification Inferred from a Species Supermatrix PLoS ONE ·Mark S. Springer, Robert W. Meredith, John Gatesy, Christopher A. Emerling, Jong Seok Park, Daniel L. Rabosky, Tanja Stadler, Cynthia Steiner, Oliver A. Ryder, Jan E. Janečka, Colleen A. Fisher, William J. Murphy	2012	313
9	Endemic African mammals shake the phylogenetic tree Nature ·Mark S. Springer, Gregory C. Cleven, Ole Madsen, Wilfried W. de Jong, Victor Waddell, Heather M. Amrine, Michael J. Stanhope	1997	272
10	DNA-hybridisation Studies of Marsupials and their Implications for Metatherian Classification Australian Journal of Zoology ·John A. W. Kirsch, Mark S. Springer, François‐Joseph Lapointe	1997	253
11	Molecular evidence regarding the origin of echolocation and flight in bats Nature ·Emma C. Teeling, Mark Scally, Diana J. Kao, Michael L. Romagnoli, Mark S. Springer, Michael J. Stanhope	2000	234
12	Molecular and Genomic Data Identify the Closest Living Relative of Primates Science ·Jan E. Janečka, Webb Miller, Thomas H. Pringle, Frank Wiens, Annette Zitzmann, Kristofer M. Helgen, Mark S. Springer, William J. Murphy	2007	232
13	Phylogenetic analysis at deep timescales: Unreliable gene trees, bypassed hidden support, and the coalescence/concatalescence conundrum Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·John Gatesy, Mark S. Springer	2014	219
14	Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mark S. Springer, Emma C. Teeling, Ole Madsen, Michael J. Stanhope, Wilfried W. de Jong	2001	212
15	Secondary structure and patterns of evolution among mammalian mitochondrial 12S rRNA molecules Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Mark S. Springer, Emmanuel Douzery	1996	202
16	Molecular Phylogeny of Living Xenarthrans and the Impact of Character and Taxon Sampling on the Placental Tree Rooting Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Frédéric Delsuc, Mark Scally, Ole Madsen, Michael J. Stanhope, Wilfried W. de Jong, François Catzeflis, Mark S. Springer, Emmanuel Douzery	2002	199
17	The gene tree delusion Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark S. Springer, John Gatesy	2015	191
18	The evolution of tribospheny and the antiquity of mammalian clades Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Michael O. Woodburne, Thomas H. Rich, Mark S. Springer	2003	185
19	A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·John Gatesy, Jonathan H. Geisler, J. Chang, Carl Buell, Annalisa Berta, Robert W. Meredith, Mark S. Springer, Michael R. McGowen	2012	182
20	Mitochondrial Versus Nuclear Gene Sequences in Deep-Level Mammalian Phylogeny Reconstruction Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Mark S. Springer, Ronald W. DeBry, Christophe J. Douady, Heather M. Amrine, Ole Madsen, Wilfried W. de Jong, Michael J. Stanhope	2001	174

About Mark S. Springer

Mark S. Springer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Paleontology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology, having authored 161 papers that have together received 13.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (85 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (71 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (46 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (27 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (14 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (5.6k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (4.1k citations), Developmental Biology (316 citations), Genetics (3.8k citations) and Ecological Modeling (573 citations). Mark S. Springer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include William J. Murphy, Ole Madsen, Michael J. Stanhope, Stephen J. O’Brien, Emma C. Teeling, Robert W. Meredith, Wilfried W. de Jong, Eduardo Eizirik, John Gatesy and Mark Scally. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Biology and Evolution and Science.

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