Thomas Cavalier‐Smith

28.9k citations
186 papers · 20.0k · 5 hit papers · h-index 81

Impact in

  • Ecology top 0.05%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Parasitology top 0.2%
    • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Papers in

    • Protist diversity and phylogeny 139
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 39
    • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 13
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 92
    • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies 18

Thomas Cavalier‐Smith

186 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Thomas Cavalier‐Smith's Hit Papers

The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa. 2002 · 696 citations
6960+16+32Years since publication200400600

Peers

Thomas Cavalier‐Smith
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  • Ecology 8.7k
  • Parasitology 1.6k
  • Molecular Biology 14.9k
  • Oceanography 2.5k
  • Paleontology 1.2k
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All Works

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A revised six-kingdom system of life
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1998735
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The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa.
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2002696
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Kingdom protozoa and its 18 phyla
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1993689
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Nuclear volume control by nucleoskeletal DNA, selection for cell volume and cell growth rate, and the solution of the DNA C-value paradox
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1978535
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DNA Tumor Viruses
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1982445
6 1993354
7 2000350
8 2001319
9 2015312
10 1991307
11 2005296
12 2004295
13 1981292
14 2002291
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The Evolution of genome size
1985278
16 1987269
17 2001268
18 1999268
19 2002268
20 2002250

About Thomas Cavalier‐Smith

Thomas Cavalier‐Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science, having authored 186 papers that have together received 20.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (139 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (92 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (39 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (19 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (18 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (13 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (8.7k citations), Parasitology (1.6k citations), Molecular Biology (14.9k citations), Oceanography (2.5k citations) and Paleontology (1.2k citations). Thomas Cavalier‐Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include Ema E. Chao, E. E. Chao, David Bass, John Tooze, Beverley R. Green, Alexandra Stechmann, M.T.E.P. Allsopp, Thomas A. Richards, Sophie von der Heyden and Zhaoduo Zhang. Their work appears in journals such as Protist, Nature, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

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