Aurélien Miralles

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Aurélien Miralles is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Aurélien Miralles has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 29 papers in Genetics and 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Aurélien Miralles's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (47 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers). Aurélien Miralles is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (47 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers). Aurélien Miralles collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Aurélien Miralles's co-authors include Miguel Vences, Ignacio De la Riva, José M. Padial, Guillaume Lecointre, Michel Raymond, Juan M. Guayasamin, Salvador Carranza, Frank Glaw, Nicolas Puillandre and D. James Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Aurélien Miralles

58 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

The integrative future of taxonomy 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The integrative future of taxonomy
    2010 1.4k citations José M. Padial, Aurélien Miralles et al. Frontiers in Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aurélien Miralles France 18 1.1k 982 918 640 614 64 2.6k
Jonathon C. Marshall United States 16 567 0.5× 874 0.9× 964 1.1× 695 1.1× 472 0.8× 26 2.3k
Andrew F. Hugall Australia 32 884 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 872 0.9× 1.1k 1.7× 516 0.8× 61 3.3k
José M. Padial Spain 23 1.7k 1.6× 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 745 1.2× 1.1k 1.8× 71 3.2k
Juan C. Santos United States 20 991 0.9× 724 0.7× 759 0.8× 393 0.6× 706 1.1× 46 2.0k
Robert W. Bryson United States 25 775 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 673 0.7× 439 0.7× 577 0.9× 66 2.0k
Brian I. Crother United States 22 975 0.9× 916 0.9× 694 0.8× 575 0.9× 451 0.7× 82 2.4k
Sebastian Steinfartz Germany 33 1.7k 1.6× 948 1.0× 901 1.0× 968 1.5× 694 1.1× 123 2.8k
Matthew K. Fujita United States 28 1.1k 1.1× 1.9k 1.9× 968 1.1× 680 1.1× 883 1.4× 77 3.4k
Chris R. Feldman United States 23 806 0.8× 679 0.7× 579 0.6× 630 1.0× 335 0.5× 53 2.0k
Jane Melville Australia 25 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 779 1.2× 910 1.5× 83 2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aurélien Miralles

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All Works

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Miralles, Aurélien, Jean Secondi, Maciej Pabijan, et al.. (2023). Inconsistent estimates of hybridization frequency in newts revealed by SNPs and microsatellites. Conservation Genetics. 25(1). 215–225. 10 indexed citations
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Rancilhac, Loïs, José Carlos Brito, Aurélien Miralles, et al.. (2023). Combining RADseq and contact zone analysis to decipher cryptic diversification in reptiles: Insights from the Spiny‐footed Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta. 53(1). 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Aurélien Miralles, Angelica Crottini, et al.. (2022). Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest. Zootaxa. 5179(1). 1–61. 9 indexed citations
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Miralles, Aurélien, Sophie Brouillet, Tomáš Flouri, et al.. (2021). SPART: A versatile and standardized data exchange format for species partition information. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(1). 430–438. 11 indexed citations
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Scherz, Mark D., Angelica Crottini, Aurélien Miralles, et al.. (2021). Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae. Zootaxa. 4938(4). zootaxa.4938.4.2–zootaxa.4938.4.2. 3 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Aurélien Miralles, Sophie Brouillet, et al.. (2021). iTaxoTools 0.1: Kickstarting a specimen-based software toolkit for taxonomists. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 6(2). 97 indexed citations
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Miralles, Aurélien, et al.. (2020). Morphology and multilocus phylogeny of the Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) complex reveal two new mountain species from the Moroccan Atlas. Zootaxa. 4747(2). zootaxa.4747.2.4–zootaxa.4747.2.4. 8 indexed citations
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Miralles, Aurélien, Michel Raymond, & Guillaume Lecointre. (2019). Empathy and compassion toward other species decrease with evolutionary divergence time. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19555–19555. 101 indexed citations
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Cornelis, Guillaume, Cécile Vernochet, Francisca Leal, et al.. (2017). An endogenous retroviral envelope syncytin and its cognate receptor identified in the viviparous placental Mabuya lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(51). E10991–E11000. 75 indexed citations
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Miralles, Aurélien, et al.. (2016). Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107. 466–472. 13 indexed citations
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Miralles, Aurélien, Christy A. Hipsley, Marcelo Gehara, et al.. (2015). Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae). PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0126074–e0126074. 26 indexed citations
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Calderón‐Espinosa, Martha L., et al.. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Neotropical skink genus Mabuya Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) with emphasis on Colombian populations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93. 188–211. 26 indexed citations
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Miralles, Aurélien, Frank Glaw, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, & Miguel Vences. (2015). A likely microendemic new species of terrestrial iguana, genus Chalarodon, from Madagascar. Zootaxa. 3946(2). 201–20. 4 indexed citations
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Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M., et al.. (2015). A new leaf-tailed gecko of the Uroplatus ebenaui group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar's central eastern rainforests. Zootaxa. 4006(1). 143–60. 3 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Juan M. Guayasamin, Aurélien Miralles, & Ignacio De la Riva. (2013). To name or not to name: Criteria to promote economy of change in Linnaean classification schemes. Zootaxa. 3636(2). 201–44. 139 indexed citations
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Padial, José M., Aurélien Miralles, Ignacio De la Riva, & Miguel Vences. (2010). The integrative future of taxonomy. Frontiers in Zoology. 7(1). 16–16. 1399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miralles, Aurélien & Salvador Carranza. (2009). Systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical genus Mabuya, with special emphasis on the Amazonian skink Mabuya nigropunctata (Reptilia, Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54(3). 857–869. 49 indexed citations

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