Christine E. Thacker

2.2k citations

56 papers · 1.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 23

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Aquatic Science top 0.5%
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Nature and Landscape Conservation 40
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology 25
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior 21
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 14
Aquatic Science 21
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies 20

Co-authors: Thomas J. Near (9 shared papers)David P. Mindell (1 shared paper)Peter J. Unmack (11 shared papers)Michael Hardman (1 shared paper)Michael E. Alfaro (4 shared papers)Daniel L. Geiger (6 shared papers)Richard Harrington (6 shared papers)Andrew R. Thompson (6 shared papers)
Journals: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (9 papers)Copeia (3 papers)Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2 papers)BMC Evolutionary Biology (2 papers)Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Christine E. Thacker

53 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) 2024 · 49 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)
2022 Nature Ecology & Evolution

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1	Explosive diversification of marine fishes at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Michael E. Alfaro, Brant C. Faircloth, Richard Harrington, Laurie Sorenson, Matt Friedman, Christine E. Thacker, Carl H. Oliveros, David Černý, Thomas J. Near	2018	152
2	Molecular phylogeny of the gobioid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobioidei) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Christine E. Thacker	2003	144
3	Phylogeny of Gobiidae and identification of gobiid lineages Systematics and Biodiversity ·Christine E. Thacker, Dawn M. Roje	2011	121
4	RATES OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION: Phylogenetic Issues and Applications Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics ·David P. Mindell, Christine E. Thacker	1996	115
5	Molecular phylogeny of basal gobioid fishes: Rhyacichthyidae, Odontobutidae, Xenisthmidae, Eleotridae (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobioidei) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Christine E. Thacker, Michael Hardman	2005	94
6	Comparative phylogeography of five sympatric Hypseleotris species (Teleostei: Eleotridae) in south‐eastern Australia reveals a complex pattern of drainage basin exchanges with little congruence across species Journal of Biogeography ·Christine E. Thacker, Peter J. Unmack, Lauren Matsui, Neil Rifenbark	2007	76
7	Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Ava Ghezelayagh, Richard Harrington, Edward D. Burress, Matthew A. Campbell, Janet C. Buckner, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Jessica R. Glass, W. Tyler McCraney, Peter J. Unmack, Christine E. Thacker, Michael E. Alfaro, Sarah T. Friedman, William B. Ludt, Peter F. Cowman, Matt Friedman, Samantha A. Price, Alex Dornburg, Brant C. Faircloth, Peter C. Wainwright, Thomas J. Near Hit paper breakdown →	2022	75
8	Biogeography of goby lineages (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei): origin, invasions and extinction throughout the Cenozoic Journal of Biogeography ·Christine E. Thacker	2015	60
9	Identification of the notothenioid sister lineage illuminates the biogeographic history of an Antarctic adaptive radiation BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Thomas J. Near, Alex Dornburg, Richard Harrington, Cláudio Oliveira, Theodore W. Pietsch, Christine E. Thacker, Takashi Satoh, Eri Katayama, Peter C. Wainwright, Joseph T. Eastman, Jeremy M. Beaulieu	2015	49
10	Molecular phylogeny of Vetigastropoda reveals non-monophyletic Scissurellidae, Trochoidea, and Fissurelloidea Molluscan Research ·Daniel L. Geiger, Christine E. Thacker	2005	49
11	Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Christine E. Thacker, Dawn M. Roje	2009	49
12	Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) Thomas J. Near, Christine E. Thacker Hit paper breakdown →	2024	49
13	Phylogenetic placement of the European sand gobies in Gobionellidae and characterization of gobionellid lineages (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei) Zootaxa ·Christine E. Thacker	2013	45
14	Molecular phylogeny of Percomorpha resolves Trichonotus as the sister lineage to Gobioidei (Teleostei: Gobiiformes) and confirms the polyphyly of Trachinoidei Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Christine E. Thacker, Takashi Satoh, Eri Katayama, Richard Harrington, Ron I. Eytan, Thomas J. Near	2015	44
15	Supermatrix phylogeny resolves goby lineages and reveals unstable root of Gobiaria Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·W. Tyler McCraney, Christine E. Thacker, Michael E. Alfaro	2020	42
16	Species and shape diversification are inversely correlated among gobies and cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes) Organisms Diversity & Evolution ·Christine E. Thacker	2014	35
17	Patterns of divergence in fish species separated by the Isthmus of Panama BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Christine E. Thacker	2017	31
18	Population structure in two species of the reef goby Gnatholepis (Teleostei: Perciformes) among four South Pacific island groups Coral Reefs ·Christine E. Thacker	2004	31
19	Phylogeny and evolution of Indo-Pacific shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Christine E. Thacker, Andrew R. Thompson, Dawn M. Roje	2011	28
20	Phylogeny of the Wormfishes (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Microdesmidae) Copeia ·Christine E. Thacker	2000	28

About Christine E. Thacker

Christine E. Thacker is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, Paleontology, Ecology and Genetics, having authored 56 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (25 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (21 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (20 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (9 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.1k citations), Aquatic Science (506 citations), Paleontology (287 citations), Ecology (496 citations) and Genetics (419 citations). Christine E. Thacker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Thomas J. Near, David P. Mindell, Peter J. Unmack, Michael Hardman, Michael E. Alfaro, Daniel L. Geiger, Richard Harrington, Andrew R. Thompson, Brant C. Faircloth and Matt Friedman. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Copeia, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, BMC Evolutionary Biology and Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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