Charles J. Goodnight

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Charles J. Goodnight is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles J. Goodnight has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Genetics, 36 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Charles J. Goodnight's work include Plant and animal studies (30 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (21 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (18 papers). Charles J. Goodnight is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (30 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (21 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (18 papers). Charles J. Goodnight collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Indonesia. Charles J. Goodnight's co-authors include Michael J. Wade, Lori Stevens, Leslie Pray, James M. Schwartz, Samuel M. Scheiner, Michael J. Wade, Susan Kalisz, John F. Cryan, Nolwenn M. Dheilly and Elisabeth A. Lloyd and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Charles J. Goodnight

69 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes
    2016 366 citations Kevin R. Theis, Nolwenn M. Dheilly et al. mSystems profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles J. Goodnight United States 31 2.2k 1.6k 785 673 585 69 3.8k
Aneil F. Agrawal Canada 39 3.2k 1.5× 2.7k 1.7× 570 0.7× 511 0.8× 753 1.3× 100 4.8k
Marcy K. Uyenoyama United States 30 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 519 0.7× 823 1.2× 312 0.5× 71 3.2k
Bernard Godelle France 33 1.7k 0.8× 923 0.6× 534 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 405 0.7× 69 3.6k
Ido Pen Netherlands 37 1.7k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 783 1.0× 412 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 108 4.1k
N. H. Barton United Kingdom 22 3.7k 1.7× 2.1k 1.3× 396 0.5× 742 1.1× 1.2k 2.0× 27 5.2k
Jon Seger United States 31 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 323 0.4× 264 0.4× 697 1.2× 66 2.7k
Martijn Egas Netherlands 26 849 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 628 0.8× 441 0.7× 473 0.8× 78 2.6k
Daniel J. Rankin Switzerland 26 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 810 1.0× 171 0.3× 711 1.2× 39 2.9k
Stephen R. Proulx United States 22 1.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 343 0.4× 376 0.6× 496 0.8× 52 2.4k
Rolf F. Hoekstra Netherlands 36 1.6k 0.7× 946 0.6× 702 0.9× 1.3k 1.9× 463 0.8× 102 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles J. Goodnight

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles J. Goodnight

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Theis, Kevin R., Nolwenn M. Dheilly, Jonathan L. Klassen, et al.. (2016). Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes. mSystems. 1(2). 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pruitt, Jonathan N., Charles J. Goodnight, & Susan E. Riechert. (2016). Intense group selection selects for ideal group compositions, but selection within groups maintains them. Animal Behaviour. 124. 15–24. 10 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (2016). On the effectiveness of multilevel selection. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 39. e99–e99. 3 indexed citations
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Mitteldorf, Josh & Charles J. Goodnight. (2013). Post-reproductive life span and demographic stability. Biochemistry (Moscow). 78(9). 1013–1022. 7 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (2012). ON MULTILEVEL SELECTION AND KIN SELECTION: CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS MEETS DIRECT FITNESS. Evolution. 67(6). 1539–1548. 33 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (2011). Evolution in metacommunities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 366(1569). 1401–1409. 30 indexed citations
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Higgins, Linden & Charles J. Goodnight. (2011). Developmental response to low diets by giant Nephila clavipes females (Araneae: Nephilidae). Journal of Arachnology. 39(3). 399–408. 17 indexed citations
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Franks, Steven J., Gregory S. Wheeler, & Charles J. Goodnight. (2011). GENETIC VARIATION AND EVOLUTION OF SECONDARY COMPOUNDS IN NATIVE AND INTRODUCED POPULATIONS OF THE INVASIVE PLANTMELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA. Evolution. 66(5). 1398–1412. 29 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J., et al.. (2009). EMPIRICAL COMPARISON OF G MATRIX TEST STATISTICS: FINDING BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT CHANGE. Evolution. 63(10). 2627–2635. 32 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (2000). Quantitative trait loci and gene interaction: the quantitative genetics of metapopulations. Heredity. 84(5). 587–598. 53 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J. & Michael J. Wade. (2000). THE ONGOING SYNTHESIS: A REPLY TO COYNE, BARTON, AND TURELLI. Evolution. 54(1). 317–324. 74 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J. & Lori Stevens. (1997). Experimental Studies of Group Selection: What Do They Tell US About Group Selection in Nature?. The American Naturalist. 150(S1). S59–S79. 142 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J. & James M. Schwartz. (1997). A Bootstrap Comparison of Genetic Covariance Matrices. Biometrics. 53(3). 1026–1026. 29 indexed citations
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Pray, Leslie, Charles J. Goodnight, Lori Stevens, James M. Schwartz, & Guiyun Yan. (1996). The effect of population size on effective population size: an empirical study in the red flour beetleTribolium castaneum. Genetics Research. 68(2). 151–155. 37 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (1995). EPISTASIS AND THE INCREASE IN ADDITIVE GENETIC VARIANCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PHASE 1 OF WRIGHT'S SHIFTING‐BALANCE PROCESS. Evolution. 49(3). 502–511. 74 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (1995). Epistasis and the Increase in Additive Genetic Variance: Implications for Phase 1 of Wright's Shifting-Balance Process. Evolution. 49(3). 502–502. 28 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (1988). Population Differentiation and the Transmission of Density Effects between Generations. Evolution. 42(2). 399–399. 10 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (1988). POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION AND THE TRANSMISSION OF DENSITY EFFECTS BETWEEN GENERATIONS. Evolution. 42(2). 399–403. 21 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (1987). On the Effect of Founder Events on Epistatic Genetic Variance. Evolution. 41(1). 80–80. 63 indexed citations
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Goodnight, Charles J.. (1957). Two representatives of a tropical suborder of Opilionids (Arachnida) found in Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. 67. 322–323. 4 indexed citations

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