Brian Tilston Smith

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Brian Tilston Smith is a scholar working on Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Tilston Smith has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Genetics, 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brian Tilston Smith's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (44 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). Brian Tilston Smith is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (44 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (18 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). Brian Tilston Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Australia. Brian Tilston Smith's co-authors include John Klicka, Robb T. Brumfield, Michael Harvey, Brant C. Faircloth, Travis C. Glenn, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Daniele Silvestro, Christine D. Bacon, Carlos Jaramillo and Prosanta Chakrabarty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Brian Tilston Smith

56 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

The drivers of tropical speciation 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 2021 100 200 300 400
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 drivers of tropical speciation
    2014 441 citations Brian Tilston Smith, Andrés M. Cuervo et al. profile →
  2. Biological evidence supports an early and complex emergence of the Isthmus of Panama
    2015 433 citations Brian Tilston Smith et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Mining museums for historical DNA: advances and challenges in museomics
    2021 170 citations Brian Tilston Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Tilston Smith United States 25 1.6k 928 802 792 753 57 2.9k
Cristina Yumi Miyaki Brazil 31 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 881 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 632 0.8× 96 3.0k
Pascal O. Title United States 16 807 0.5× 895 1.0× 703 0.9× 836 1.1× 452 0.6× 22 2.4k
Jonathan M. Eastman United States 13 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 629 0.8× 800 1.0× 706 0.9× 19 2.9k
Dimitar Dimitrov Norway 28 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.7× 872 1.1× 714 0.9× 785 1.0× 92 3.8k
Albert B. Phillimore United Kingdom 34 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.5× 1.4k 1.8× 1.1k 1.4× 486 0.6× 55 3.6k
Brian S. Arbogast United States 16 1.5k 1.0× 668 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 421 0.5× 602 0.8× 25 2.5k
Martin Irestedt Sweden 34 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 814 1.0× 923 1.2× 134 3.6k
Martin Päckert Germany 24 1.0k 0.7× 954 1.0× 759 0.9× 578 0.7× 511 0.7× 76 2.2k
Jochen Martens Germany 30 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 516 0.7× 465 0.6× 165 3.0k
Brett R. Riddle United States 33 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 800 1.0× 532 0.7× 74 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Tilston Smith

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Brian Tilston, et al.. (2025). Phylogenomics of African Labeo (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) emphasizing central African species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 213. 108427–108427.
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Moreira, Lucas R., John Klicka, & Brian Tilston Smith. (2023). Demography and linked selection interact to shape the genomic landscape of codistributed woodpeckers during the Ice Age. Molecular Ecology. 32(7). 1739–1759. 6 indexed citations
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Reeve, Andrew Hart, Graham Gower, José Martín Pujolar, et al.. (2023). Population genomics of the island thrush elucidates one of earth’s great archipelagic radiations. Evolution Letters. 7(1). 24–36. 4 indexed citations
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Wood, Andrew W., Zachary A. Szpiech, Irby J. Lovette, Brian Tilston Smith, & David P. L. Toews. (2023). Genomes of the extinct Bachman’s warbler show high divergence and no evidence of admixture with other extant Vermivora warblers. Current Biology. 33(13). 2823–2829.e4. 6 indexed citations
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Oswald, Jessica A., Brian Tilston Smith, Julie M. Allen, et al.. (2023). Changes in parrot diversity after human arrival to the Caribbean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(41). e2301128120–e2301128120. 13 indexed citations
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Provost, Kaiya L., et al.. (2022). The Genomic Landscapes of Desert Birds Form over Multiple Time Scales. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(10). 4 indexed citations
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Provost, Kaiya L., Edward A. Myers, & Brian Tilston Smith. (2021). Community phylogeographic patterns reveal how a barrier filters and structures taxa in North American warm deserts. Journal of Biogeography. 48(6). 1267–1283. 19 indexed citations
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Thom, Gregory, Marcelo Gehara, Brian Tilston Smith, Cristina Yumi Miyaki, & Fábio Raposo do Amaral. (2021). Microevolutionary dynamics show tropical valleys are deeper for montane birds of the Atlantic Forest. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6269–6269. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Brian Tilston, William M. Mauck, Brett W. Benz, & Michael J. Andersen. (2020). Uneven Missing Data Skew Phylogenomic Relationships within the Lories and Lorikeets. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(7). 1131–1147. 38 indexed citations
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Thom, Gregory, Brian Tilston Smith, Marcelo Gehara, et al.. (2020). Climatic dynamics and topography control genetic variation in Atlantic Forest montane birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 148. 106812–106812. 16 indexed citations
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Seeholzer, Glenn F., et al.. (2020). Macroevolutionary bursts and constraints generate a rainbow in a clade of tropical birds. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1). 32–32. 18 indexed citations
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Kimball, Rebecca T., Carl H. Oliveros, Ning Wang, et al.. (2019). A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds. Diversity. 11(7). 109–109. 97 indexed citations
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Smith, Brian Tilston, Robert W. Bryson, William M. Mauck, et al.. (2018). Species delimitation and biogeography of the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens (Aves: Polioptilidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126. 45–57. 18 indexed citations
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Harvey, Michael, Glenn F. Seeholzer, Brian Tilston Smith, et al.. (2017). Positive association between population genetic differentiation and speciation rates in New World birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(24). 6328–6333. 79 indexed citations
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Smith, Brian Tilston, Ryan C. Burner, Mustafa Abdul Rahman, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary and ecological forces influencing population diversification in Bornean montane passerines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 113. 139–149. 9 indexed citations
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Houston, Derek D., Dennis K. Shiozawa, Brian Tilston Smith, & Brett R. Riddle. (2014). Investigating the effects of Pleistocene events on genetic divergence within Richardsonius balteatus, a widely distributed western North American minnow. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14(1). 111–111. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Brian Tilston & John Klicka. (2013). Examining the Role of Effective Population Size on Mitochondrial and Multilocus Divergence Time Discordance in a Songbird. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55161–e55161. 36 indexed citations
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Smith, Brian Tilston, et al.. (2013). Multilocus phylogeny and biogeography of the New World Pheucticus grosbeaks (Aves: Cardinalidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69(3). 1222–1227. 10 indexed citations
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Bryson, Robert W., Brett R. Riddle, Matthew R. Graham, Brian Tilston Smith, & Lorenzo Prendini. (2013). As Old as the Hills: Montane Scorpions in Southwestern North America Reveal Ancient Associations between Biotic Diversification and Landscape History. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e52822–e52822. 67 indexed citations
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Smith, Brian Tilston, Robert W. Bryson, Derek D. Houston, & John Klicka. (2012). An asymmetry in niche conservatism contributes to the latitudinal species diversity gradient in New World vertebrates. Ecology Letters. 15(11). 1318–1325. 57 indexed citations

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