Calvin A. Porter

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Calvin A. Porter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Calvin A. Porter has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Calvin A. Porter's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (12 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (10 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers). Calvin A. Porter is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (12 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (10 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers). Calvin A. Porter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. Calvin A. Porter's co-authors include Morris Goodman, Robert J. Baker, John Czelusniak, Craig Moritz, David M. Hillis, Scott L. Page, Jeheskel Shoshani, Gregg F. Gunnell, Colin P. Groves and Jack W. Sites and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Gene.

In The Last Decade

Calvin A. Porter

34 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Toward a Phylogenetic Classification of Primates Based on DNA Evidence Complemented by Fossil Evidence

1998 530 citations Morris Goodman, Calvin A. Porter et al. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Calvin A. Porter United States	20	795	593	454	424	379	35	1.8k
Mark Scally United States	15	1.1k 1.4×	819 1.4×	651 1.4×	584 1.4×	988 2.6×	17	2.9k
John A. W. Kirsch United States	30	696 0.9×	567 1.0×	872 1.9×	220 0.5×	1.2k 3.3×	61	2.3k
Jeheskel Shoshani United States	21	604 0.8×	618 1.0×	394 0.9×	142 0.3×	775 2.0×	56	2.2k
Caro‐Beth Stewart United States	15	704 0.9×	514 0.9×	247 0.5×	192 0.5×	143 0.4×	21	1.5k
Juan C. Opazo Chile	31	918 1.2×	634 1.1×	416 0.9×	181 0.4×	395 1.0×	87	2.5k
Cynthia Steiner United States	16	508 0.6×	664 1.1×	341 0.8×	216 0.5×	304 0.8×	36	1.5k
Maria A. Nilsson Germany	19	804 1.0×	667 1.1×	335 0.7×	215 0.5×	508 1.3×	46	2.0k
Jean M.P. Joss Australia	28	607 0.8×	667 1.1×	383 0.8×	102 0.2×	241 0.6×	102	2.4k
Céline Poux France	13	429 0.5×	355 0.6×	382 0.8×	168 0.4×	357 0.9×	21	1.2k
Masato Nikaido Japan	28	1.3k 1.6×	794 1.3×	527 1.2×	458 1.1×	542 1.4×	76	2.5k

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Porter, Richard D. & Calvin A. Porter. (2011). Movements, populations, and habitat preferences of three species of pocket mice (Perognathinae) in the Big Bend Region of Texas /. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution).

Porter, Calvin A.. (2010). Karyology of five species of bats (Vespertilionidae, Hipposideridae, and Nycteridae) from Gabon with comments on the taxonomy of Glauconycteris. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 7 indexed citations

Porter, Calvin A. & Robert J. Baker. (2004). Systematics of Vampyressa and Related Genera of Phyllostomid Bats as Determined by Cytochrome-BSequences. Journal of Mammalogy. 85(1). 126–132. 28 indexed citations

Porter, Calvin A., et al.. (2001). Molecular Systematics of the Family Mormoopidae (Chiroptera) Based on Cytochrome b and Recombination Activating Gene 2 Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20(3). 426–436. 38 indexed citations

Miyamoto, Michael M., Calvin A. Porter, & Morris Goodman. (2000). c-Myc Gene Sequences and the Phylogeny of Bats and Other Eutherian Mammals. Systematic Biology. 49(3). 501–514. 24 indexed citations

Lee, Dennis K, Tuan Nguyen, Calvin A. Porter, et al.. (1999). Two related G protein-coupled receptors: The distribution of GPR7 in rat brain and the absence of GPR8 in rodents. Molecular Brain Research. 71(1). 96–103. 91 indexed citations

Porter, Calvin A., John Czelusniak, Horácio Schneider, et al.. (1999). Sequences from the 5? flanking region of the ?-globin gene support the relationship ofCallicebuswith the pitheciins. American Journal of Primatology. 48(1). 69–75. 21 indexed citations

Lovejoy, David A., et al.. (1998). Evolutionarily Conserved, “Acatalytic” Carbonic Anhydrase-Related Protein XI Contains a Sequence Motif Present in the Neuropeptide Sauvagine: The Human CA-RP XI Gene (CA11) Is Embedded between theSecretorGene Cluster and theDBPGene at 19q13.3. Genomics. 54(3). 484–493. 29 indexed citations

Goodman, Morris, Calvin A. Porter, John Czelusniak, et al.. (1998). Toward a Phylogenetic Classification of Primates Based on DNA Evidence Complemented by Fossil Evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9(3). 585–598. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Porter, Calvin A., John Czelusniak, Horácio Schneider, et al.. (1997). Sequences of the primate ϵ-globin gene: implications for systematics of the marmosets and other New World primates. Gene. 205(1-2). 59–71. 47 indexed citations

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Porter, Calvin A., Morris Goodman, & Michael J. Stanhope. (1996). Evidence on Mammalian Phylogeny from Sequences of Exon 28 of the von Willebrand Factor Gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 5(1). 89–101. 110 indexed citations

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Stanhope, Michael J., et al.. (1996). Mammalian evolution and the interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP) gene: Convincing evidence for several superordinal clades. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 43(2). 83–92. 112 indexed citations

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Porter, Calvin A., Iracilda Sampaio, Horácio Schneider, et al.. (1995). Evidence on primate phylogeny from ?-globin gene sequences and flanking regions. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 40(1). 30–55. 62 indexed citations

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Porter, Calvin A.. (1994). Organization and chromosomal location of repetitive DNA sequences in three species of squamate reptiles. Chromosome Research. 2(4). 263–273. 6 indexed citations

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Porter, Calvin A., et al.. (1994). Evolution and Phylogenetic Significance of Ribosomal Gene Location in Chromosomes of Squamate Reptiles. Copeia. 1994(2). 302–302. 43 indexed citations

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Marchese, Adriano, Richard Cheng, Calvin A. Porter, et al.. (1994). Mapping Studies of Two G Protein-Coupled Receptor Genes: An Amino Acid Difference May Confer a Functional Variation Between a Human and Rodent Receptor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 205(3). 1952–1958. 16 indexed citations

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Porter, Calvin A., Meredith J. Hamilton, Jack W. Sites, & Robert J. Baker. (1991). LOCATION OF RIBOSOMAL DNA IN CHROMOSOMES OF SQUAMATE REPTILES: SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS. Herpetologica. 47(3). 271–280. 47 indexed citations

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Porter, Calvin A., et al.. (1989). Karyotypes of five species of Cuban lizards /. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations

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Porter, Calvin A. & Jack W. Sites. (1986). Evolution of Sceloporus grammicus Complex (Sauria: Iguanidae) in Central Mexico: Population Cytogenetics. Systematic Zoology. 35(3). 334–334. 14 indexed citations

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Porter, Calvin A. & Jack W. Sites. (1985). Normal disjunction in Robertsonian heterozygotes from a highly polymorphic lizard population. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 39(4). 250–257. 34 indexed citations

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