Chris Simon

14.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
138 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Chris Simon is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Simon has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 52 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Chris Simon's work include Plant and animal studies (64 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (35 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (31 papers). Chris Simon is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (64 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (35 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (31 papers). Chris Simon collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Japan. Chris Simon's co-authors include Francesco Frati, Andrew T. Beckenbach, P.K. Flook, Hong Liu, Thomas R. Buckley, David C. Marshall, Geoffrey K. Chambers, Jack Sullivan, John R. Cooley and Karl Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Chris Simon

134 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Evolution, Weighting, and Phylogenetic Utility of Mitochondrial Gene Sequences and a Compilation of Conserved Polymerase Chain Reaction Primers

1994 5.2k citations Chris Simon et al. profile →
Incorporating Molecular Evolution into Phylogenetic Analysis, and a New Compilation of Conserved Polymerase Chain Reaction Primers for Animal Mitochondrial DNA

2006 517 citations Chris Simon, Thomas R. Buckley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Simon United States	44	6.0k	4.5k	3.7k	2.7k	2.6k	138	11.3k
Michael F. Whiting United States	55	6.2k 1.0×	4.6k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	131	10.7k
Francesco Frati Italy	32	4.8k 0.8×	3.3k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	136	9.4k
Paul Sunnucks Australia	54	3.7k 0.6×	5.3k 1.2×	2.5k 0.7×	4.4k 1.6×	2.2k 0.8×	194	11.3k
Andrew T. Beckenbach Canada	33	3.9k 0.7×	4.0k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	57	9.1k
Jeffrey L. Feder United States	55	4.6k 0.8×	5.6k 1.2×	4.4k 1.2×	4.2k 1.5×	1.8k 0.7×	204	11.7k
Jeremy R deWaard Canada	26	4.7k 0.8×	4.8k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	5.4k 2.0×	5.7k 2.2×	52	14.4k
James Mallet United Kingdom	71	9.1k 1.5×	10.6k 2.3×	2.5k 0.7×	3.2k 1.2×	3.6k 1.4×	178	17.4k
Shelley L. Ball Canada	13	3.3k 0.5×	3.2k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	4.2k 1.5×	4.7k 1.8×	16	11.0k
Brett Calcott Australia	13	4.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	2.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	21	9.9k
Felix A. H. Sperling Canada	45	3.9k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	184	7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Simon

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Chris Simon's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Chris Simon with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Chris Simon more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Simon

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chris Simon. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chris Simon. The network helps show where Chris Simon may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Simon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Simon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Simon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Simon. Chris Simon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Saito, Norihiro, Satoshi Yamamoto, Satoshi Kakishima, et al.. (2025). When and how do 17-year periodical cicada nymphs decide to emerge? A field test of the 4-year-gate hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2053). 20251306–20251306. 1 indexed citations

Shepherd, Lara D., et al.. (2022). Insights into Aotearoa New Zealand's biogeographic history provided by the study of natural hybrid zones. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 54(1). 55–74. 9 indexed citations

Sanborn, Allen, et al.. (2021). Thirteen new species of Chilecicada Sanborn, 2014 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae: Tibicininae) expand the highly endemic cicada fauna of Chile. Zootaxa. 5078(1). 170–170. 3 indexed citations

Campbell, Matthew A., Piotr Łukasik, Chris Simon, et al.. (2018). Changes in Endosymbiont Complexity Drive Host-Level Compensatory Adaptations in Cicadas. mBio. 9(6). 31 indexed citations

Cooley, John R., Stephen M. Chiswell, Marten J. Edwards, et al.. (2018). The periodical cicada four-year acceleration hypothesis revisited and the polyphyletic nature of Brood V, including an updated crowd-source enhanced map (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada ). PeerJ. 6. e5282–e5282. 10 indexed citations

Price, Benjamin, et al.. (2016). The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography. Biodiversity Data Journal. 4(4). e8051–e8051. 5 indexed citations

Owen, Christopher L., David C. Marshall, Kathy B. R. Hill, & Chris Simon. (2016). How the Aridification of Australia Structured the Biogeography and Influenced the Diversification of a Large Lineage of Australian Cicadas. Systematic Biology. 66(4). syw078–syw078. 30 indexed citations

Koyama, T, Hiromu Ito, Satoshi Kakishima, et al.. (2015). Geographic body size variation in the periodical cicadas Magicicada : implications for life cycle divergence and local adaptation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 28(6). 1270–1277. 14 indexed citations

Ellis, E. Ann, David C. Marshall, Kathy B. R. Hill, et al.. (2015). Phylogeography of six codistributed New Zealand cicadas and their relationship to multiple biogeographical boundaries suggest a re‐evaluation of the Taupo Line. Journal of Biogeography. 42(9). 1761–1775. 22 indexed citations

10.

Gogala, Matija, et al.. (2015). Molecular species delimitation methods recover most song‐delimited cicada species in the European Cicadetta montana complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 28(12). 2318–2336. 13 indexed citations

11.

Marshall, David C., Kathy B. R. Hill, M. S. Moulds, et al.. (2015). Inflation of Molecular Clock Rates and Dates: Molecular Phylogenetics, Biogeography, and Diversification of a Global Cicada Radiation from Australasia (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini). Systematic Biology. 65(1). 16–34. 40 indexed citations

12.

Cooley, John R., Gene Kritsky, Marten J. Edwards, et al.. (2011). Periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.): A GIS-based map of Broods XIV in 2008 and “XV” in 2009. American Entomologist. 57(3). 144–151. 14 indexed citations

13.

Marshall, David C., Chris Simon, & Thomas R. Buckley. (2006). Accurate Branch Length Estimation in Partitioned Bayesian Analyses Requires Accommodation of Among-Partition Rate Variation and Attention to Branch Length Priors. Systematic Biology. 55(6). 993–1003. 126 indexed citations

14.

Simon, Chris, et al.. (2002). Making more of pharma's sales force: pharmaceutical companies have lost their focus on doctors. The key to higher sales is regaining it. The McKinsey Quarterly. 86–96. 14 indexed citations

15.

Simon, Chris. (2002). Bayesian Analysis, Data Combinability, Tree Rooting, Nodal Support, Species': Radiations, Supertrees, and Phylogenetic Uncertainty. Systematic Biology. 51(1). 1–3. 9 indexed citations

16.

Schultz, Ted R., et al.. (2001). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the Dragonfly Genera Libellula, Ladona, and Plathemis (Odonata: Libellulidae) Based on Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I and 16S rRNA Sequence Data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 18(3). 348–361. 35 indexed citations

17.

Cooley, John R., et al.. (2001). Allochronic speciation, secondary contact, and reproductive character displacement in periodical cicadas (Hemiptera:Magicicadaspp.): genetic, morphological, and behavioural evidence. Molecular Ecology. 10(3). 661–671. 66 indexed citations

18.

Simon, Chris, et al.. (2000). GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR ASSORTATIVE MATING BETWEEN 13-YEAR CICADAS AND SYMPATRIC "17-YEAR CICADAS WITH 13-YEAR LIFE CYCLES" PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR ALLOCHRONIC SPECIATION. Evolution. 54(4). 1326–1336. 64 indexed citations

19.

Simon, Chris, Loredana Nigro, Jack Sullivan, et al.. (1996). Large differences in substitutional pattern and evolutionary rate of 12S ribosomal RNA genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 13(7). 923–932. 37 indexed citations

20.

Simon, Chris. (1983). MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION IN WING VENATION AMONG BROODS OF 13‐ AND 17‐YEAR PERIODICAL CICADAS. Evolution. 37(1). 104–115. 25 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact