Craig Moritz

57.3k total citations · 18 hit papers
315 papers, 36.8k citations indexed

About

Craig Moritz is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig Moritz has authored 315 papers receiving a total of 36.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 196 papers in Genetics, 115 papers in Ecology and 114 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Craig Moritz's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (176 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (114 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (99 papers). Craig Moritz is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (176 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (114 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (99 papers). Craig Moritz collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Craig Moritz's co-authors include Barbara K. Mable, Wesley M. Brown, David M. Hillis, Christopher J. Schneider, Ana Carolina Carnaval, David M. Hillis, Catherine H. Graham, Thomas E. Dowling, Stephen R. Palumbi and James L. Patton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Craig Moritz

312 papers receiving 35.0k citations

Hit Papers

Defining ‘Evolutionarily Significant Units’ for conservation 1987 2026 2000 2013 1994 1996 1996 1987 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Defining ‘Evolutionarily Significant Units’ for conservation
    1994 2.7k citations Craig Moritz profile →
  2. Molecular Systematics
    1996 2.1k citations Craig Moritz et al. profile →
  3. Nucleic acids II: the polymerase chain reaction
    1996 1.7k citations Craig Moritz et al. profile →
  4. EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL MITOCHONDRIAL DNA: RELEVANCE FOR POPULATION BIOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS
    1987 1.2k citations Craig Moritz et al. profile →
  5. Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot
    2009 871 citations Ana Carolina Carnaval, Michael J. Hickerson et al. Science profile →
  6. New developments in museum-based informatics and applications in biodiversity analysis
    2004 870 citations Catherine H. Graham, Craig Moritz et al. profile →
  7. Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA
    2008 843 citations Craig Moritz et al. Science profile →
  8. Strategies to Protect Biological Diversity and the Evolutionary Processes That Sustain It
    2002 794 citations Craig Moritz profile →
  9. Diversification of Rainforest Faunas: An Integrated Molecular Approach
    2000 696 citations Craig Moritz et al. profile →
  10. Coalescent-based species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy
    2012 667 citations Craig Moritz et al. profile →
  11. Applications of mitochondrial DNA analysis in conservation: a critical review
    1994 662 citations Craig Moritz Molecular Ecology profile →
  12. Historical climate modelling predicts patterns of current biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic forest
    2008 625 citations Ana Carolina Carnaval, Craig Moritz profile →
  13. Molecular Systematics.
    1996 555 citations Craig Moritz et al. profile →
  14. The Future of Species Under Climate Change: Resilience or Decline?
    2013 545 citations Craig Moritz et al. Science profile →
  15. INTEGRATING PHYLOGENETICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL NICHE MODELS TO EXPLORE SPECIATION MECHANISMS IN DENDROBATID FROGS
    2004 501 citations Catherine H. Graham, Craig Moritz et al. Evolution profile →
  16. Birds track their Grinnellian niche through a century of climate change
    2009 477 citations Craig Moritz et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. Genetic Diversity and Conservation Units: Dealing With the Species-Population Continuum in the Age of Genomics
    2018 297 citations Margaret Byrne, Craig Moritz et al. profile →
  18. The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes
    2024 40 citations Craig Moritz et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Craig Moritz Australia 89 18.0k 13.6k 10.2k 9.9k 9.4k 315 36.8k
Dolph Schluter Canada 84 19.2k 1.1× 12.5k 0.9× 15.5k 1.5× 3.8k 0.4× 12.9k 1.4× 200 38.6k
John J. Wiens United States 94 9.5k 0.5× 7.8k 0.6× 13.1k 1.3× 9.8k 1.0× 9.1k 1.0× 265 32.5k
John C. Avise United States 91 21.7k 1.2× 11.8k 0.9× 8.8k 0.9× 2.3k 0.2× 9.6k 1.0× 367 36.0k
Russell Lande United States 93 22.7k 1.3× 14.5k 1.1× 24.5k 2.4× 4.2k 0.4× 12.7k 1.3× 215 49.2k
Laurent Excoffier Switzerland 85 45.6k 2.5× 19.0k 1.4× 13.4k 1.3× 4.6k 0.5× 10.9k 1.2× 185 70.9k
Robert K. Colwell United States 66 5.0k 0.3× 16.5k 1.2× 13.2k 1.3× 9.3k 0.9× 15.7k 1.7× 136 37.2k
Robert E. Ricklefs United States 106 6.6k 0.4× 22.4k 1.6× 19.9k 2.0× 6.5k 0.7× 14.8k 1.6× 496 43.1k
Jonathan B. Losos United States 87 8.0k 0.4× 7.3k 0.5× 12.8k 1.3× 6.5k 0.7× 6.3k 0.7× 278 26.2k
Pierre Taberlet France 103 18.2k 1.0× 25.5k 1.9× 11.6k 1.1× 5.3k 0.5× 5.4k 0.6× 301 48.4k
Catherine H. Graham United States 65 6.0k 0.3× 13.0k 1.0× 8.2k 0.8× 16.5k 1.7× 11.8k 1.3× 182 28.1k

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All Works

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Fenker, Jéssica, Jane Melville, & Craig Moritz. (2024). Dragons in the tropics – Phylogeography and speciation in Diporiphora lizards and common geographic breaks in co-distributed taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 197. 108090–108090. 1 indexed citations
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Nistelberger, Heidi, Emily Roycroft, Anna J. MacDonald, et al.. (2023). Genetic mixing in conservation translocations increases diversity of a keystone threatened species, Bettongia lesueur. Molecular Ecology. 34(17). e17119–e17119. 9 indexed citations
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Shaw, Robyn E., Peter B. S. Spencer, Lesley Gibson, et al.. (2022). Linking life history to landscape for threatened species conservation in a multiuse region. Conservation Biology. 37(1). e13989–e13989. 12 indexed citations
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Roycroft, Emily, Anna J. MacDonald, Craig Moritz, et al.. (2021). Museum genomics reveals the rapid decline and extinction of Australian rodents since European settlement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(27). 51 indexed citations
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Moritz, Craig, et al.. (2021). Temperature predicts the rate of molecular evolution in Australian Eugongylinae skinks. Evolution. 76(2). 252–261. 12 indexed citations
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Camacho‐Sanchez, Miguel, Guillermo Velo‐Antón, Jeffrey O. Hanson, et al.. (2020). Comparative assessment of range‐wide patterns of genetic diversity and structure with SNPs and microsatellites: A case study with Iberian amphibians. Ecology and Evolution. 10(19). 10353–10363. 26 indexed citations
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Peñalba, Joshua V., Yuan Deng, Qi Fang, et al.. (2019). Genome of an iconic Australian bird: High‐quality assembly and linkage map of the superb fairy‐wren ( Malurus cyaneus ). Molecular Ecology Resources. 20(2). 560–578. 22 indexed citations
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Oliver, Paul M., et al.. (2019). On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19(1). 81–81. 22 indexed citations
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Peñalba, Joshua V., Leo Joseph, & Craig Moritz. (2018). Current geography masks dynamic history of gene flow during speciation in northern Australian birds. Molecular Ecology. 28(3). 630–643. 43 indexed citations
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Bragg, Jason G., et al.. (2018). Phylogenomics of a rapid radiation: the Australian rainbow skinks. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18(1). 15–15. 24 indexed citations
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Martin, Hilary C., Elizabeth M. Batty, Julie Hussin, et al.. (2018). Insights into Platypus Population Structure and History from Whole-Genome Sequencing. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35(5). 1238–1252. 23 indexed citations
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Bi, Ke, et al.. (2017). Range instability leads to cytonuclear discordance in a morphologically cryptic ground squirrel species complex. Molecular Ecology. 26(18). 4743–4755. 27 indexed citations
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Carnaval, Ana Carolina, Michael J. Hickerson, Célio F. B. Haddad, Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues, & Craig Moritz. (2009). Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot. Science. 323(5915). 785–789. 871 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bell, Karen L., Craig Moritz, Adnan Moussalli, & David K. Yeates. (2007). Comparative phylogeography and speciation of dung beetles from the Australian Wet Tropics rainforest. Molecular Ecology. 16(23). 4984–4998. 46 indexed citations
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Graham, Catherine H., Craig Moritz, & Stephen E. Williams. (2006). Habitat history improves prediction of biodiversity in rainforest fauna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(3). 632–636. 315 indexed citations
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Alexandrino, João, Stuart J. E. Baird, Lucinda P. Lawson, et al.. (2005). Strong selection against hybrids at a hybrid zone in the Ensatina ring species complex and its evolutionary implications.. PubMed. 59(6). 1334–47. 62 indexed citations
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Kearney, Michael, Adnan Moussalli, Jared L. Strasburg, David B. Lindenmayer, & Craig Moritz. (2003). Geographic parthenogenesis in the Australian arid zone: I. A climatic analysis of the Heteronotia binoei complex (Gekkonidae). Cureus. 5(7). 953–976. 28 indexed citations
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Purvis, Andy, Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Paul‐Michael Agapow, et al.. (2001). Phylogeny and Conservation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations

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