Ailene MacPherson

513 total citations
21 papers, 262 citations indexed

About

Ailene MacPherson is a scholar working on Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ailene MacPherson has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 262 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ailene MacPherson's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (14 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (6 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers). Ailene MacPherson is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (14 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (6 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers). Ailene MacPherson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Ailene MacPherson's co-authors include Scott L. Nuismer, Sarah P. Otto, Matthew W. Pennell, Stilianos Louca, Jeffrey B. Joy, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Caroline Colijn, Silu Wang, Matt J. Keeling and Erica Bree Rosenblum and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ailene MacPherson

18 papers receiving 259 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ailene MacPherson Canada 10 176 56 45 41 37 21 262
Hilde Wilkinson‐Herbots United Kingdom 9 269 1.5× 89 1.6× 44 1.0× 37 0.9× 13 0.4× 13 332
Mason Liang United States 6 353 2.0× 126 2.3× 26 0.6× 37 0.9× 76 2.1× 8 462
Ben J. Novak United States 9 103 0.6× 88 1.6× 34 0.8× 30 0.7× 30 0.8× 20 287
Thijs Janzen Netherlands 12 131 0.7× 81 1.4× 78 1.7× 32 0.8× 37 1.0× 23 304
Cheng-Te Yao Taiwan 10 216 1.2× 98 1.8× 101 2.2× 31 0.8× 15 0.4× 14 356
Melanie Pierson New Zealand 4 251 1.4× 175 3.1× 42 0.9× 22 0.5× 23 0.6× 8 407
Veronika Bošková Switzerland 7 95 0.5× 107 1.9× 25 0.6× 21 0.5× 36 1.0× 7 234
Yves Caubet France 12 159 0.9× 17 0.3× 150 3.3× 26 0.6× 39 1.1× 21 407
Graham Bell Canada 6 229 1.3× 133 2.4× 96 2.1× 84 2.0× 11 0.3× 8 368
Toshihide Kato Japan 6 84 0.5× 79 1.4× 123 2.7× 56 1.4× 8 0.2× 9 285

Countries citing papers authored by Ailene MacPherson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ailene MacPherson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ailene MacPherson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ailene MacPherson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ailene MacPherson. Ailene MacPherson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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MacPherson, Ailene & Matthew W. Pennell. (2025). Computing tree size under dynamical models of diversification. Theoretical Population Biology. 166. 80–91.
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Pennell, Matthew W. & Ailene MacPherson. (2025). Reading Yule in light of the history and present of macroevolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1919). 20230299–20230299. 3 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene, et al.. (2025). Local adaptation of life-history traits in a seasonal environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38(11). 1496–1506.
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Otto, Sarah P., Ailene MacPherson, & Caroline Colijn. (2024). Endemic does not mean constant as SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve. Evolution. 78(6). 1092–1108. 5 indexed citations
5.
MacPherson, Ailene, et al.. (2024). Seed masting as a mechanism for escape from pathogens. Current Biology. 34(4). R120–R125. 1 indexed citations
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Mideo, Nicole, et al.. (2023). The maintenance of genetic diversity under host–parasite coevolution in finite, structured populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 36(9). 1328–1341.
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Clancey, Erin, Ailene MacPherson, T. Scott Sillett, et al.. (2023). Unraveling Adaptive Evolutionary Divergence at Microgeographic Scales. The American Naturalist. 203(2). E35–E49. 3 indexed citations
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Angert, Amy L., et al.. (2023). Density-Dependent Selection during Range Expansion Affects Expansion Load in Life History Traits. The American Naturalist. 203(3). 382–392. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Silu, Matthew J. Nalley, Kamalakar Chatla, et al.. (2022). Neo-sex chromosome evolution shapes sex-dependent asymmetrical introgression barrier. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(19). e2119382119–e2119382119. 15 indexed citations
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Colijn, Caroline, et al.. (2022). The impact of sampling bias on viral phylogeographic reconstruction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(9). e0000577–e0000577. 18 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene, Silu Wang, Ryo Yamaguchi, Loren H. Rieseberg, & Sarah P. Otto. (2022). Parental Population Range Expansion before Secondary Contact Promotes Heterosis. The American Naturalist. 200(1). E1–E15. 15 indexed citations
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Louca, Stilianos, et al.. (2021). Fundamental Identifiability Limits in Molecular Epidemiology. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(9). 4010–4024. 30 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene, Matt J. Keeling, & Sarah P. Otto. (2021). Feedback between coevolution and epidemiology can help or hinder the maintenance of genetic variation in host‐parasite models. Evolution. 75(3). 582–599. 5 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene, et al.. (2021). Unifying Phylogenetic Birth–Death Models in Epidemiology and Macroevolution. Systematic Biology. 71(1). 172–189. 33 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene, Matt J. Keeling, & Sarah P. Otto. (2020). Coevolution fails to maintain genetic variation in a host–parasite model with constant finite population size. Theoretical Population Biology. 137. 10–21. 6 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene & Sarah P. Otto. (2017). Joint coevolutionary–epidemiological models dampen Red Queen cycles and alter conditions for epidemics. Theoretical Population Biology. 122. 137–148. 15 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene, Sarah P. Otto, & Scott L. Nuismer. (2017). Keeping Pace with the Red Queen: Identifying the Genetic Basis of Susceptibility to Infectious Disease. Genetics. 208(2). 779–789. 25 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene & Scott L. Nuismer. (2016). The probability of parallel genetic evolution from standing genetic variation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30(2). 326–337. 51 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene, Paul A. Hohenlohe, & Scott L. Nuismer. (2015). Trait dimensionality explains widespread variation in local adaptation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1802). 20141570–20141570. 21 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Ailene & Anthony S. Wohl. (1985). Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Journal of Public Health Policy. 6(3). 418–418. 4 indexed citations

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