Ben D. Marks

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ben D. Marks is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben D. Marks has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ben D. Marks's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (5 papers). Ben D. Marks is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (5 papers). Ben D. Marks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa. Ben D. Marks's co-authors include Shannon J. Hackett, Frederick H. Sheldon, Sushma Reddy, John Harshman, Christopher J. Huddleston, Rebecca T. Kimball, William S. Moore, Christopher C. Witt, Tamaki Yuri and Edward L. Braun and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ben D. Marks

22 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

2008 1.6k citations Shannon J. Hackett, Rebecca T. Kimball et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ben D. Marks	922	888	881	838	645	26	2.5k
Jena L. Chojnowski	853 0.9×	758 0.9×	770 0.9×	723 0.9×	548 0.8×	14	2.4k
John Harshman	1.1k 1.2×	902 1.0×	888 1.0×	837 1.0×	678 1.1×	18	2.7k
Christopher J. Huddleston	951 1.0×	674 0.8×	773 0.9×	733 0.9×	596 0.9×	12	2.3k
Kathleen J. Miglia	818 0.9×	679 0.8×	779 0.9×	904 1.1×	637 1.0×	17	2.4k
Ulf S. Johansson	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	967 1.1×	804 1.0×	855 1.3×	46	2.8k
Sushma Reddy	1.0k 1.1×	973 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	975 1.2×	835 1.3×	32	3.0k
Tamaki Yuri	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	787 1.2×	16	3.3k
Jacob S. Berv	1.0k 1.1×	760 0.9×	522 0.6×	624 0.7×	530 0.8×	17	2.3k
Wendell Challenger	749 0.8×	513 0.6×	586 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	586 0.9×	6	2.1k
F. Keith Barker	1.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.8×	1.4k 1.6×	1.5k 1.8×	733 1.1×	57	3.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Manthey, Joseph D., et al.. (2025). Temporal Genomics Reveal a Century of Genomic Diversity Shifts Across a Biodiversity Hotspot Avian Assemblage. Genome Biology and Evolution. 17(10).

Marks, Ben D., et al.. (2023). Library preparation method and DNA source influence endogenous DNA recovery from 100‐year‐old avian museum specimens. Ecology and Evolution. 13(8). e10407–e10407. 2 indexed citations

Johnson, Kevin P., et al.. (2019). Two lineages of kingfisher feather lice exhibit differing degrees of cospeciation with their hosts. Parasitology. 146(8). 1083–1095. 9 indexed citations

Reddy, Sushma, Rebecca T. Kimball, Akanksha Pandey, et al.. (2017). Why Do Phylogenomic Data Sets Yield Conflicting Trees? Data Type Influences the Avian Tree of Life more than Taxon Sampling. Systematic Biology. 66(5). 857–879. 202 indexed citations

Andersen, Michael J., Carl H. Oliveros, Lem’s N. Kalemba, et al.. (2015). Birds of the Man and Biosphere Reserve of Luki, Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Check List. 11(5). 1755–1755.

Peterhans, Julian C. Kerbis, et al.. (2013). Bats (Chiroptera) from the Albertine Rift, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with the description of two new species of the Rhinolophus maclaudi group. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 62(2). 186–202. 10 indexed citations

Braun, Edward L., Rebecca T. Kimball, Jena L. Chojnowski, et al.. (2011). Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 141–141. 32 indexed citations

Lim, Haw Chuan, Fasheng Zou, Sabrina S. Taylor, et al.. (2010). Phylogeny of magpie‐robins and shamas (Aves: Turdidae: Copsychus and Trichixos): implications for island biogeography in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography. 37(10). 1894–1906. 38 indexed citations

Voelker, Gary, Sushma Reddy, Michael Tobler, et al.. (2010). A New Species of Boubou (Malaconotidae:Laniarius) From the Albertine Rift. The Auk. 127(3). 678–689. 16 indexed citations

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Marks, Ben D.. (2009). Are lowland rainforests really evolutionary museums? Phylogeography of the green hylia (Hylia prasina) in the Afrotropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(1). 178–184. 37 indexed citations

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Hackett, Shannon J., Rebecca T. Kimball, Sushma Reddy, et al.. (2008). A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History. Science. 320(5884). 1763–1768. 1618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marks, Ben D., Jason D. Weckstein, & Robert G. Moyle. (2007). Molecular phylogenetics of the bee-eaters (Aves: Meropidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45(1). 23–32. 18 indexed citations

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Moyle, Robert G., Jérôme Fuchs, Éric Pasquet, & Ben D. Marks. (2007). Feeding behavior, toe count, and the phylogenetic relationships among alcedinine kingfishers (Alcedininae). Journal of Avian Biology. 38(3). 317–326. 23 indexed citations

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Zou, Fasheng, Haw Chuan Lim, Ben D. Marks, Robert G. Moyle, & Frederick H. Sheldon. (2006). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Grey-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia) of China and Indochina: A case of remarkable genetic divergence in a “species”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44(1). 165–174. 61 indexed citations

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Moyle, Robert G. & Ben D. Marks. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships of the bulbuls (Aves: Pycnonotidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40(3). 687–695. 42 indexed citations

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Marks, Ben D. & David E. Willard. (2005). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina Madagascariensis). The Auk. 122(4). 1271–1280. 4 indexed citations

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Marks, Ben D. & David E. Willard. (2005). PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE MADAGASCAR PYGMY KINGFISHER (ISPIDINA MADAGASCARIENSIS). The Auk. 122(4). 1271–1271. 17 indexed citations

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Marks, Ben D., et al.. (2004). Rediscovery of the White-necked picathartes Picathartes gymnocephalus in Ghana. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Marks, Ben D., et al.. (2003). Additions to the avifauna of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Echuya Forest Reserve, Uganda. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Marks, Ben D., Shannon J. Hackett, & Angelo P. Capparella. (2002). Historical relationships among Neotropical lowland forest areas of endemism as determined by mitochondrial DNA sequence variation within the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae: Glyphorynchus spirurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 24(1). 153–167. 110 indexed citations

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