Benjamin P. Keck

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Benjamin P. Keck is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin P. Keck has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 13 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin P. Keck's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (13 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (11 papers). Benjamin P. Keck is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (13 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (11 papers). Benjamin P. Keck collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Benjamin P. Keck's co-authors include Thomas J. Near, Alex Dornburg, Matt Friedman, Peter C. Wainwright, Ron I. Eytan, Kristen L. Kuhn, Frank T. Burbrink, W. Leo Smith, Jon A. Moore and Samantha A. Price and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin P. Keck

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

2013 398 citations Thomas J. Near, Alex Dornburg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin P. Keck United States	13	749	409	341	277	269	23	1.1k
Omár Domínguez‐Domínguez Mexico	21	856 1.1×	441 1.1×	526 1.5×	490 1.8×	319 1.2×	110	1.4k
Adrian Indermaur Switzerland	12	409 0.5×	343 0.8×	227 0.7×	300 1.1×	191 0.7×	27	908
Fabian Herder Germany	19	567 0.8×	277 0.7×	510 1.5×	374 1.4×	270 1.0×	55	1.1k
Devin D. Bloom United States	16	448 0.6×	249 0.6×	219 0.6×	209 0.8×	185 0.7×	33	785
J. Andrés López United States	20	882 1.2×	359 0.9×	449 1.3×	397 1.4×	431 1.6×	59	1.4k
Christine E. Thacker United States	23	1.1k 1.4×	419 1.0×	506 1.5×	496 1.8×	523 1.9×	56	1.7k
Windsor E. Aguirre United States	19	558 0.7×	457 1.1×	263 0.8×	404 1.5×	121 0.4×	41	1.1k
Oldřich Říčan Czechia	18	735 1.0×	201 0.5×	555 1.6×	179 0.6×	101 0.4×	43	978
Stuart C. Willis United States	16	677 0.9×	452 1.1×	346 1.0×	316 1.1×	245 0.9×	35	1.1k
Takahiko Mukai Japan	16	685 0.9×	467 1.1×	393 1.2×	338 1.2×	671 2.5×	43	1.3k

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Blanton, Rebecca E., Daniel J. MacGuigan, Daemin Kim, et al.. (2025). Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon. Current Biology. 35(2). 398–406.e4. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Daemin, Sean F. Gallen, Edgar Benavides, et al.. (2023). Erosion of heterogeneous rock drives diversification of Appalachian fishes. Science. 380(6647). 855–859. 24 indexed citations

Corush, Joel B., et al.. (2020). Breeding behaviour predicts patterns of natural hybridization in North American minnows (Cyprinidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(3). 486–500. 8 indexed citations

Near, Thomas J., et al.. (2017). A New Species of Logperch Endemic to Tennessee (Percidae: Etheostomatinae:Percina). 58(2). 287–309. 8 indexed citations

MacGuigan, Daniel J., et al.. (2017). Phylogenetic and Morphological Diversity of theEtheostoma zonistiumSpecies Complex with the Description of a New Species Endemic to the Cumberland Plateau of Alabama. 58(2). 263–286. 11 indexed citations

Near, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). Systematics and Taxonomy of the Snubnose Darter,Etheostoma simoterum(Cope). 57(2). 127–145. 4 indexed citations

Keck, Benjamin P. & C. Darrin Hulsey. (2014). Continental monophyly of cichlid fishes and the phylogenetic position of Heterochromis multidens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 73. 53–59. 3 indexed citations

Keck, Benjamin P., et al.. (2014). Fish Functional Traits Correlated with Environmental Variables in a Temperate Biodiversity Hotspot. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e93237–e93237. 45 indexed citations

Keck, Benjamin P. & Thomas J. Near. (2013). A New Species ofNothonotusDarter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Caney Fork in Tennessee, USA. 54(1). 3–21. 10 indexed citations

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Hulsey, C. Darrin, Benjamin P. Keck, Hugo Alamillo, & Brian C. O’Meara. (2013). Mitochondrial genome primers for Lake Malawi cichlids. Molecular Ecology Resources. 13(3). 347–353. 14 indexed citations

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Near, Thomas J., Alex Dornburg, Ron I. Eytan, et al.. (2013). Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(31). 12738–12743. 398 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keck, Benjamin P., et al.. (2013). Pelagic larval duration predicts extinction risk in a freshwater fish clade. Biology Letters. 9(6). 20130672–20130672. 6 indexed citations

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Near, Thomas J. & Benjamin P. Keck. (2012). Free from mitochondrial DNA: Nuclear genes and the inference of species trees among closely related darter lineages (Teleostei: Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66(3). 868–876. 33 indexed citations

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Near, Thomas J., Christen M. Bossu, Gideon S. Bradburd, et al.. (2011). Phylogeny and Temporal Diversification of Darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Systematic Biology. 60(5). 565–595. 152 indexed citations

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Hulsey, C. Darrin, Benjamin P. Keck, & Phillip R. Hollingsworth. (2010). Species tree estimation and the historical biogeography of heroine cichlids. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58(1). 124–131. 20 indexed citations

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Keck, Benjamin P. & Thomas J. Near. (2010). A young clade repeating an old pattern: diversity inNothonotusdarters (Teleostei: Percidae) endemic to the Cumberland River. Molecular Ecology. 19(22). 5030–5042. 18 indexed citations

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Keck, Benjamin P. & Thomas J. Near. (2009). GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT INNOTHONOTUSDARTERS (TELEOSTEI: PERCIDAE: ETHEOSTOMATINAE).. Evolution. 64(5). 1410–28. 37 indexed citations

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Keck, Benjamin P. & Thomas J. Near. (2009). Patterns of Natural Hybridization in Darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Copeia. 2009(4). 758–773. 34 indexed citations

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Keck, Benjamin P. & Thomas J. Near. (2007). Assessing phylogenetic resolution among mitochondrial, nuclear, and morphological datasets in Nothonotus darters (Teleostei: Percidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46(2). 708–720. 28 indexed citations

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Near, Thomas J. & Benjamin P. Keck. (2005). Dispersal, vicariance, and timing of diversification in Nothonotus darters. Molecular Ecology. 14(11). 3485–3496. 77 indexed citations

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