Stephen A. Smith
Impact in
- Paleontology top 0.1%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
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- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
Papers in
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- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 46
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions 11
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- Plant Diversity and Evolution 42
- Plant and animal studies 27
- Co-authors
- Richard H. Ree (1 shared paper)Michael J. Donoghue (9 shared papers)Joseph W. Brown (13 shared papers)Casey W. Dunn (7 shared papers)Ya Yang (13 shared papers)Brian C. O’Meara (3 shared papers)Joseph F. Walker (15 shared papers)Jeremy M. Beaulieu (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Systematic Biology (13 papers)American Journal of Botany (11 papers)New Phytologist (11 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (7 papers)Bioinformatics (6 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomChina
In The Last Decade
Stephen A. Smith
135 papers receiving 14.6k citations
Stephen A. Smith's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 166
- Paleontology 2.9k
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6.5k
- Ecological Modeling 1.2k
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 2.6k
- Genetics 3.2k
Countries citing papers authored by Stephen A. Smith
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| 1 | Maximum Likelihood Inference of Geographic Range Evolution by Dispersal, Local Extinction, and Cladogenesis Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 1865 |
| 2 | Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 1446 |
| 3 | Constructing a broadly inclusive seed plant phylogeny Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 731 |
| 4 | Rates of Molecular Evolution Are Linked to Life History in Flowering Plants Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 603 |
| 5 | treePL: divergence time estimation using penalized likelihood for large phylogenies Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 593 |
| 6 | Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 512 |
| 7 | The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 499 |
| 8 | Phyutility: a phyloinformatics tool for trees, alignments and molecular data Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 497 |
| 9 | 2015 | 372 | |
| 10 | 2010 | 367 | |
| 11 | 2011 | 340 | |
| 12 | 2010 | 305 | |
| 13 | 2004 | 301 | |
| 14 | 2014 | 283 | |
| 15 | 2008 | 281 | |
| 16 | 2010 | 274 | |
| 17 | 2007 | 234 | |
| 18 | 2017 | 218 | |
| 19 | 2018 | 207 | |
| 20 | 2009 | 197 |
About Stephen A. Smith
Stephen A. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Paleontology, having authored 139 papers that have together received 14.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (46 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (42 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (35 papers), Plant and animal studies (27 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (23 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (20 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (13 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (2.9k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (6.5k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.6k citations) and Genetics (3.2k citations). Stephen A. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Frequent co-authors include Richard H. Ree, Michael J. Donoghue, Joseph W. Brown, Casey W. Dunn, Ya Yang, Brian C. O’Meara, Joseph F. Walker, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Michael J. Moore and Erika J. Edwards. Their work appears in journals such as Systematic Biology, American Journal of Botany, New Phytologist, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution and Bioinformatics.
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