Brian I. Crother

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Brian I. Crother is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian I. Crother has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 33 papers in Genetics and 23 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Brian I. Crother's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (41 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (23 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (14 papers). Brian I. Crother is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (41 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (23 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (14 papers). Brian I. Crother collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Brian I. Crother's co-authors include Daniel R. Brooks, Deborah A. McLennan, Joseph B. Slowinski, Frank T. Burbrink, Robin Lawson, Andrew D. Johnson, Rosemary F. Bachvarova, Christopher M. Murray, Mary E. White and Jay M. Savage and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brian I. Crother

77 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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, Ecology, and Behavior. A Research Program in Comparative Biology

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian I. Crother United States	22	975	916	694	575	509	82	2.4k
Aurélien Miralles France	18	1.1k 1.1×	982 1.1×	918 1.3×	640 1.1×	570 1.1×	64	2.6k
Daniel G. Mulcahy United States	23	1.5k 1.6×	927 1.0×	714 1.0×	339 0.6×	476 0.9×	60	2.3k
Matthew C. Brandley United States	28	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	985 1.4×	624 1.1×	629 1.2×	48	2.7k
Ylenia Chiari United States	21	929 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	593 0.9×	729 1.3×	842 1.7×	59	2.6k
David W. Weisrock United States	29	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	697 1.0×	699 1.2×	732 1.4×	61	2.6k
Mario Garcı́a-Parı́s Spain	27	1.5k 1.5×	818 0.9×	826 1.2×	597 1.0×	273 0.5×	84	2.4k
Paul T. Chippindale United States	26	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	961 1.4×	491 0.9×	655 1.3×	44	2.6k
Robert W. Bryson United States	25	775 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	673 1.0×	439 0.8×	442 0.9×	66	2.0k
Ted M. Townsend United States	19	1.6k 1.7×	998 1.1×	857 1.2×	330 0.6×	626 1.2×	19	2.5k
Jane Melville Australia	25	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	779 1.4×	418 0.8×	83	2.8k

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Burbrink, Frank T., Brian I. Crother, Christopher M. Murray, et al.. (2022). Empirical and philosophical problems with the subspecies rank. Ecology and Evolution. 12(7). e9069–e9069. 53 indexed citations

Crother, Brian I., et al.. (2021). Fine‐scale population structure within an Eastern Nearctic snake complex (Pituophis melanoleucus). Zoologica Scripta. 51(2). 133–146. 7 indexed citations

Murray, Christopher M., et al.. (2021). Areas of endemism of Jamaica: inferences from Parsimony Analysis of Endemism based on amphibian and reptile distributions. 36(0). 2 indexed citations

Crother, Brian I., et al.. (2018). Skin glands of an aquatic salamander vary in size and distribution and release antimicrobial secretions effective against chytrid fungal pathogens. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 14). 17 indexed citations

Crother, Brian I., Mary E. White, & Andrew D. Johnson. (2016). Diversification and Germ-Line Determination Revisited: Linking Developmental Mechanism with Species Richness. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4. 7 indexed citations

Murray, Christopher M. & Brian I. Crother. (2015). Entities on a Temporal Scale. Acta Biotheoretica. 64(1). 1–10. 4 indexed citations

Mónge-Nájera, Julían, et al.. (2015). Redescription and validation of Bothriechis supraciliaris (Serpentes: Viperidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Mónge-Nájera, Julían, et al.. (2015). Redescription and validation of <i>Bothriechis supraciliaris</i> (Serpentes: Viperidae). Revista de Biología Tropical. 453–462. 3 indexed citations

Kaiser, Hinrich, Brian I. Crother, Christopher M. R. Kelly, et al.. (2013). Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review. Herpetological review. 44(6). 8–23. 69 indexed citations

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Bonett, Ronald M., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al.. (2012). SCIENTIFIC AND STANDARD ENGLISH NAMES OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF NORTH AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO, WITH COMMENTS REGARDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING. DSpace Repository (Smithsonian). 90 indexed citations

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Johnson, Andrew D., et al.. (2011). Evolution of the germ line–soma relationship in vertebrate embryos. Reproduction. 141(3). 291–300. 73 indexed citations

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Bachvarova, Rosemary F., Brian I. Crother, & Andrew D. Johnson. (2009). Evolution of germ cell development in tetrapods: comparison of urodeles and amniotes. Evolution & Development. 11(5). 603–609. 30 indexed citations

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Crother, Brian I.. (2009). Are Standard Names Lists Taxonomic Straightjackets?. Herpetologica. 65(2). 129–135. 4 indexed citations

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Bachvarova, Rosemary F., Brian I. Crother, Katia Manova, et al.. (2009). Expression ofDazlandVasain turtle embryos and ovaries: evidence for inductive specification of germ cells. Evolution & Development. 11(5). 525–534. 45 indexed citations

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Donnelly, Alison, Brian I. Crother, Craig Guyer, Marvalee H. Wake, & Mary E. White. (2006). Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective. Mau-. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 11(5). 961778747–961778747. 16 indexed citations

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Crother, Brian I., et al.. (2001). Palm‐Pitviper (Bothriechis) Phylogeny, mtDNA, and Consilience. Cladistics. 17(4). 355–370. 14 indexed citations

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Howard, Gary T., et al.. (2001). Cloning, nucleotide sequencing and characterization of a polyurethanase gene (pueB) from Pseudomonas chlororaphis. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 47(3). 141–149. 57 indexed citations

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Haydon, Daniel T., Brian I. Crother, & Eric R. Pianka. (1994). New directions in biogeography?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 9(10). 403–406. 20 indexed citations

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Luykx, Peter, David A. Nickle, & Brian I. Crother. (1990). A morphological, allozymic, and karyotypic assessment of the phylogeny of some lower termites (Isoptera : Kalotermitidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 92(3). 385–399. 7 indexed citations

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Henderson, Robert W., et al.. (1988). The diets of hispaniolan colubrid snakes. II: Prey species, prey size, and phylogeny. Herpetologica. 44(1). 55–70. 10 indexed citations

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