David C. Collar

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

David C. Collar is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Collar has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 18 papers in Paleontology and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David C. Collar's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (17 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (12 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (10 papers). David C. Collar is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (17 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (12 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (10 papers). David C. Collar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. David C. Collar's co-authors include Peter C. Wainwright, Liam J. Revell, Luke J. Harmon, Vida Praitis, Elizabeth Casey, Judith Austin, Thomas J. Near, Roi Holzman, Andrew M. Carroll and Rita S. Mehta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The American Naturalist and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

David C. Collar

33 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Creation of Low-Copy Integrated Transgenic Lines in Caenorhabditis elegans

2001 727 citations David C. Collar et al. profile →
Phylogenetic Signal, Evolutionary Process, and Rate

2008 660 citations Liam J. Revell, David C. Collar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David C. Collar United States	23	1.1k	898	731	673	659	34	3.1k
Ehab Abouheif Canada	28	314 0.3×	321 0.4×	634 0.9×	827 1.2×	1.6k 2.4×	49	3.3k
Eric J. Routman United States	31	572 0.5×	311 0.3×	823 1.1×	859 1.3×	742 1.1×	54	4.3k
Matthew D. McGee United States	19	516 0.4×	192 0.2×	368 0.5×	356 0.5×	297 0.5×	37	1.4k
Vincent Debat France	25	333 0.3×	263 0.3×	604 0.8×	252 0.4×	775 1.2×	67	2.4k
Christophe Pélabon Norway	37	1.2k 1.1×	463 0.5×	1.3k 1.8×	427 0.6×	2.4k 3.7×	95	4.2k
Meredith Protas United States	16	419 0.4×	745 0.8×	367 0.5×	716 1.1×	384 0.6×	22	2.2k
Kathryn R. Elmer United Kingdom	30	1.1k 1.0×	198 0.2×	741 1.0×	689 1.0×	565 0.9×	90	2.8k
Patricia Gibert France	37	545 0.5×	100 0.1×	2.5k 3.4×	523 0.8×	2.6k 4.0×	90	6.0k
Josef C. Uyeda United States	18	534 0.5×	942 1.0×	595 0.8×	403 0.6×	977 1.5×	41	2.4k
Dorothée Huchon Israel	30	128 0.1×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	1.2k 1.9×	612 0.9×	69	3.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Collar, David C., et al.. (2023). Scaling of fast‐start performance and its thermal dependence in mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus. Journal of Fish Biology. 104(3). 611–623.

Steven, Janet C., et al.. (2022). A Comparative Approach to Understanding Floral Adaptation to Climate and Pollinators During Diversification in European and Mediterranean Silene. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 62(3). 496–508. 3 indexed citations

Collar, David C., Mauricio Diazgranados, Félix Forest, et al.. (2022). Global plant diversity as a reservoir of micronutrients for humanity. Nature Plants. 8(3). 225–232. 42 indexed citations

Wainwright, Dylan K., et al.. (2021). Evolutionary patterns of scale morphology in damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135(1). 138–158. 6 indexed citations

Collar, David C., et al.. (2021). Body shape transformations by alternate anatomical adaptive peak shifts in blenniiform fishes. Evolution. 75(6). 1552–1566. 2 indexed citations

Vaitla, Bapu, David C. Collar, Matthew R. Smith, et al.. (2018). Predicting nutrient content of ray-finned fishes using phylogenetic information. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3742–3742. 24 indexed citations

Collar, David C., et al.. (2016). Body shape transformation along a shared axis of anatomical evolution in labyrinth fishes (Anabantoidei). Evolution. 70(3). 555–567. 15 indexed citations

Collar, David C., Peter C. Wainwright, Michael E. Alfaro, Liam J. Revell, & Rita S. Mehta. (2014). Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5505–5505. 58 indexed citations

Collar, David C., Joshua S. Reece, Michael E. Alfaro, Peter C. Wainwright, & Rita S. Mehta. (2014). Imperfect Morphological Convergence: Variable Changes in Cranial Structures Underlie Transitions to Durophagy in Moray Eels. The American Naturalist. 183(6). E168–E184. 61 indexed citations

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Collar, David C., et al.. (2013). A revised metric for quantifying body shape in vertebrates. Zoology. 116(4). 246–257. 23 indexed citations

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Ord, Terry J., David C. Collar, & Thomas J. Sanger. (2013). The biomechanical basis of evolutionary change in a territorial display. Functional Ecology. 27(5). 1186–1200. 10 indexed citations

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Collar, David C., James A. Schulte, & Jonathan B. Losos. (2011). EVOLUTION OF EXTREME BODY SIZE DISPARITY IN MONITOR LIZARDS (VARANUS). Evolution. 65(9). 2664–2680. 72 indexed citations

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Holzman, Roi, David C. Collar, Rita S. Mehta, & Peter C. Wainwright. (2011). Functional Complexity Can Mitigate Performance Trade-Offs. The American Naturalist. 177(3). E69–E83. 57 indexed citations

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Holzman, Roi, David C. Collar, Rita S. Mehta, & Peter C. Wainwright. (2011). An integrative modeling approach to elucidate suction-feeding performance. Journal of Experimental Biology. 215(1). 1–13. 70 indexed citations

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Price, Samantha A., Peter C. Wainwright, David R. Bellwood, et al.. (2010). FUNCTIONAL INNOVATIONS AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN PARROTFISH. Evolution. 64(10). no–no. 92 indexed citations

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Collar, David C., James A. Schulte, Brian C. O’Meara, & Jonathan B. Losos. (2010). Habitat use affects morphological diversification in dragon lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23(5). 1033–1049. 78 indexed citations

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Collar, David C., Brian C. O’Meara, Peter C. Wainwright, & Thomas J. Near. (2009). PISCIVORY LIMITS DIVERSIFICATION OF FEEDING MORPHOLOGY IN CENTRARCHID FISHES. Evolution. 63(6). 1557–1573. 138 indexed citations

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Revell, Liam J. & David C. Collar. (2009). PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTIONARY CORRELATION USING LIKELIHOOD. Evolution. 63(4). 1090–1100. 114 indexed citations

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Wainwright, Peter C., Andrew M. Carroll, David C. Collar, et al.. (2007). Suction feeding mechanics, performance, and diversity in fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 47(1). 96–106. 147 indexed citations

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Collar, David C., Thomas J. Near, & Peter C. Wainwright. (2005). COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: DOES DISPARITY ACCUMULATE AT THE SAME RATE IN TWO LINEAGES OF CENTRARCHID FISHES?. Evolution. 59(8). 1783–1783. 10 indexed citations

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