Catherine E. Wagner

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Catherine E. Wagner is a scholar working on Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine E. Wagner has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Genetics, 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Catherine E. Wagner's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (28 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (20 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (10 papers). Catherine E. Wagner is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (28 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (20 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (10 papers). Catherine E. Wagner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Catherine E. Wagner's co-authors include Ole Seehausen, Salome Mwaiko, Luke J. Harmon, Joana I. Meier, David A. Marques, Laurent Excoffier, Oliver M. Selz, Irene Keller, S. Wittwer and Arjun Sivasundar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Catherine E. Wagner

43 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations

2017 461 citations Joana I. Meier, David A. Marques et al. Nature Communications profile →
Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation

2012 370 citations Catherine E. Wagner, Luke J. Harmon et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine E. Wagner United States	21	1.6k	1.0k	789	674	646	46	2.7k
Kathryn R. Elmer United Kingdom	30	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	741 0.9×	689 1.0×	565 0.9×	90	2.8k
Stephan Koblmüller Austria	32	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.8×	630 0.9×	774 1.2×	141	3.5k
David A. Marques Switzerland	18	1.3k 0.8×	572 0.5×	509 0.6×	568 0.8×	519 0.8×	23	2.0k
Daniel Berner Switzerland	29	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	812 1.0×	498 0.7×	756 1.2×	51	2.8k
Arne W. Nolte Germany	24	1.5k 0.9×	826 0.8×	796 1.0×	822 1.2×	379 0.6×	51	2.6k
Joana I. Meier United Kingdom	19	1.3k 0.8×	511 0.5×	472 0.6×	562 0.8×	584 0.9×	33	2.0k
Salome Mwaiko Switzerland	15	1.1k 0.7×	550 0.5×	466 0.6×	547 0.8×	384 0.6×	27	1.7k
Valerio Sbordoni Italy	31	1.3k 0.8×	574 0.5×	731 0.9×	461 0.7×	945 1.5×	128	2.5k
Jeffrey A. Markert United States	17	1.2k 0.7×	539 0.5×	695 0.9×	387 0.6×	565 0.9×	23	1.9k
Tomas Hrbek Brazil	33	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.8×	899 1.1×	677 1.0×	415 0.6×	153	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine E. Wagner

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20 of 20 papers shown

Larson, Erin I., Halvor M. Halvorson, Catherine E. Wagner, et al.. (2025). Nonlinear thinking in ecology and evolution: applying the threshold elemental ratio across levels of ecological organization. Oecologia. 208(1). 10–10.

Wagner, Catherine E., et al.. (2024). Exploring the nature of engineering during home-based engineering activities designed for Spanish- and English-speaking families with young children (Fundamental, Diversity). Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 1 indexed citations

Wagner, Catherine E., et al.. (2024). Population Genomics of Adaptive Radiation. Molecular Ecology. 34(2). e17574–e17574. 6 indexed citations

Mandeville, Elizabeth G., et al.. (2024). Influence of dams on sauger population structure and hybridization with introduced walleye. Ecology and Evolution. 14(7). e11706–e11706.

Mandeville, Elizabeth G., et al.. (2023). Parallel shifts in trout feeding morphology suggest rapid adaptation to alpine lake environments. Evolution. 77(7). 1522–1538. 1 indexed citations

Rolland, Jonathan, L. Francisco Henao‐Díaz, Michael Doebeli, et al.. (2023). Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(8). 1181–1193. 39 indexed citations

Brock, Chad D., et al.. (2023). Reference Genome Choice and Filtering Thresholds Jointly Influence Phylogenomic Analyses. Systematic Biology. 73(1). 76–101. 11 indexed citations

Callbeck, Cameron M., Christian Dinkel, Ismael A. Kimirei, et al.. (2023). Isotopic signatures induced by upwelling reveal regional fish stocks in Lake Tanganyika. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0281828–e0281828. 3 indexed citations

Brock, Chad D., et al.. (2022). Reference genome choice and filtering thresholds jointly influence phylogenomic analyses. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

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Wagner, Catherine E., et al.. (2022). Variable hybridization between two Lake Tanganyikan cichlid species in recent secondary contact. Molecular Ecology. 31(19). 5041–5059. 3 indexed citations

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Overcast, Isaac, Megan Ruffley, James Rosindell, et al.. (2021). A unified model of species abundance, genetic diversity, and functional diversity reveals the mechanisms structuring ecological communities. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(8). 2782–2800. 29 indexed citations

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Kimirei, Ismael A., et al.. (2021). The Genetic Population Structure of Lake Tanganyika’s Lates Species Flock, an Endemic Radiation of Pelagic Top Predators. Journal of Heredity. 113(2). 145–159. 2 indexed citations

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Mandeville, Elizabeth G., et al.. (2021). Investigating the morphological and genetic divergence of arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)populations in lakes of arctic Alaska. Ecology and Evolution. 11(7). 3040–3057. 5 indexed citations

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McIntyre, Peter B., Ismael A. Kimirei, Bernhard Wehrli, et al.. (2020). Structural genomic variation leads to genetic differentiation in Lake Tanganyika's sardines. Molecular Ecology. 29(17). 3277–3298. 19 indexed citations

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Meier, Joana I., Rike Stelkens, Domino A. Joyce, et al.. (2019). The coincidence of ecological opportunity with hybridization explains rapid adaptive radiation in Lake Mweru cichlid fishes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5391–5391. 81 indexed citations

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Meier, Joana I., David A. Marques, Salome Mwaiko, et al.. (2017). Ancient hybridization fuels rapid cichlid fish adaptive radiations. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14363–14363. 461 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marques, David A., Kay Lucek, Joana I. Meier, et al.. (2016). Genomics of Rapid Incipient Speciation in Sympatric Threespine Stickleback. PLoS Genetics. 12(2). e1005887–e1005887. 178 indexed citations

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Peter, Armin, et al.. (2012). River fragmentation increases localized population genetic structure and enhances asymmetry of dispersal in bullhead (Cottus gobio). Conservation Genetics. 13(2). 545–556. 57 indexed citations

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Wagner, Catherine E., Luke J. Harmon, & Ole Seehausen. (2012). Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation. Nature. 487(7407). 366–369. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wagner, Catherine E., et al.. (2007). Mapping the literature of health care management. Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA. 95(2). e58–e65. 10 indexed citations

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