D. J. Colgan

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

D. J. Colgan is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. J. Colgan has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Ecology, 35 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in D. J. Colgan's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (28 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (25 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (21 papers). D. J. Colgan is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (28 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (25 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (21 papers). D. J. Colgan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Colombia. D. J. Colgan's co-authors include Winston F. Ponder, J.M. Macaranas, Michael R. Gray, Gerasimos Cassis, Gregory D. Edgecombe, A McLauchlan, Wilson Gs, Peter Eggler, Pat Hutchings and Lyda R. Castro and has published in prestigious journals such as Genetics, Evolution and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

D. J. Colgan

102 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Histone H3 and U2 snRNA DNA sequences and arthropod molecular evolution

1999 835 citations D. J. Colgan, A McLauchlan et al. Australian Journal of Zoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. J. Colgan Australia	26	1.8k	1.2k	638	630	622	106	3.1k
Sarah Samadi France	35	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	481 0.8×	787 1.2×	840 1.4×	90	3.1k
Benoı̂t Dayrat United States	17	996 0.6×	670 0.6×	736 1.2×	431 0.7×	596 1.0×	45	2.5k
Christoffer Schänder Norway	22	1.2k 0.7×	926 0.8×	493 0.8×	548 0.9×	250 0.4×	65	2.4k
Sophie Brouillet France	6	1.5k 0.8×	793 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	645 1.0×	997 1.6×	7	3.6k
Adam Petrusek Czechia	39	3.8k 2.1×	737 0.6×	528 0.8×	577 0.9×	642 1.0×	176	4.9k
Annie Machordom Spain	33	1.9k 1.1×	696 0.6×	359 0.6×	688 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	156	3.4k
Brenden S. Holland United States	20	1.0k 0.6×	357 0.3×	618 1.0×	530 0.8×	775 1.2×	43	2.2k
Bernhard Hausdorf Germany	37	1.9k 1.1×	837 0.7×	1.3k 2.0×	720 1.1×	704 1.1×	170	4.3k
Christoph Bleidorn Germany	37	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.9×	907 1.4×	900 1.4×	104	4.4k
J. Grahame United Kingdom	27	945 0.5×	783 0.7×	420 0.7×	555 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	71	2.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Colgan, D. J. & John Stanisic. (2023). The Phylogenetic Relationships of Australian Species within Charopidae (Gastropoda: Punctoidea). Diversity. 15(11). 1124–1124.

Colgan, D. J., Shane T. Ahyong, Karine Mardon, & Ian M. Brereton. (2021). Rare specimen identification in an un-integrated taxonomy: implications of DNA sequences from a Taiwanese Philine (Mollusca, Philinidae). ZooKeys. 1060. 93–110. 2 indexed citations

Uribe, Juan E., D. J. Colgan, Lyda R. Castro, Yasunori Kano, & Rafael Zardoya. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Neritimorpha (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 104. 21–31. 47 indexed citations

Hobbs, Matthew, Andrew King, Peter J. Prentis, et al.. (2014). A transcriptome resource for the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) and its use in the investigation of koala retrovirus transcription and sequence diversity. BMC Genomics. 15. 1 indexed citations

Colgan, D. J., et al.. (2014). Sequence and comparison of mitochondrial genomes in the genus Nerita (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha: Neritidae) and phylogenetic considerations among gastropods. Marine Genomics. 15. 45–54. 34 indexed citations

Castro, Lyda R. & D. J. Colgan. (2010). The phylogenetic position of Neritimorpha based on the mitochondrial genome of Nerita melanotragus (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57(2). 918–923. 29 indexed citations

Holznagel, Wallace E., D. J. Colgan, & Charles Lydeard. (2010). Pulmonate phylogeny based on 28S rRNA gene sequences: A framework for discussing habitat transitions and character transformation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57(3). 1017–1025. 25 indexed citations

Colgan, D. J. & Paulo Martins da Costa. (2009). The mitochondrial DNA haplotypes of snails of the estuarine hydrobiid genus Tatea cross species and biogeographic boundaries. Marine and Freshwater Research. 60(8). 861–872. 13 indexed citations

Wilson, George D. F., Christopher L. Humphrey, D. J. Colgan, Karen-Ann Gray, & Rebecca N. Johnson. (2009). Monsoon-influenced speciation patterns in a species flock of Eophreatoicus Nicholls (Isopoda; Crustacea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51(2). 349–364. 22 indexed citations

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Colgan, D. J., et al.. (2008). Multi-Gene Analyses of the Phylogenetic Relationships among the Mollusca, Annelida, and Arthropoda. Zoological studies. 47(3). 338–351. 17 indexed citations

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Colgan, D. J., et al.. (2006). Molecular phylogenetics of Caenogastropoda (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42(3). 717–737. 149 indexed citations

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Perez, Kathryn E., Winston F. Ponder, D. J. Colgan, Stephanie A. Clark, & Charles Lydeard. (2005). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of spring-associated hydrobiid snails of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34(3). 545–556. 41 indexed citations

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Ponder, Winston F. & D. J. Colgan. (2002). What makes a narrow-range taxon? Insights from Australian freshwater snails.. Invertebrate taxonomy. 16(4). 571–582. 59 indexed citations

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Colgan, D. J., Sarah M. Brown, Richard E. Major, et al.. (2002). Population genetics of wolf spiders of fragmented habitat in the wheat belt of New South Wales. Molecular Ecology. 11(11). 2295–2305. 14 indexed citations

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Colgan, D. J., et al.. (2000). Phylogenetic Investigations of the Stephanoberyciformes and Beryciformes, Particularly Whalefishes (Euteleostei: Cetomimidae), Based on Partial 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 17(1). 15–25. 19 indexed citations

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Rose, H. A., et al.. (1998). Electrophoretic studies of cockroaches of the Australian endemic subfamily Geoscapheinae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 124(3). 209–234. 5 indexed citations

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Colgan, D. J., A McLauchlan, George D. F. Wilson, et al.. (1998). Molecular phylogenetics of the Arthropoda: relationships based on histone H3 and U2 snRNA DNA sequences. Australian Journal of Zoology. 46. 33 indexed citations

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Colgan, D. J.. (1996). Electrophoretic variation in the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea. Australian Zoologist. 30(2). 170–176. 6 indexed citations

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Sadlier, Ross A., D. J. Colgan, & Glenn M. Shea. (1993). Taxonomy and distribution of the Australian scincid lizard Saproscincus challengeri and related species in southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 34(1). 8 indexed citations

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Colgan, D. J.. (1981). The Relative Viabilities of Alternative Human Genotypes. Human Heredity. 31(3). 172–179. 2 indexed citations

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