David C. Tank

6.1k total citations
59 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

David C. Tank is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Tank has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David C. Tank's work include Plant and animal studies (27 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (21 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (19 papers). David C. Tank is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (27 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (21 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (19 papers). David C. Tank collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. David C. Tank's co-authors include Richard G. Olmstead, Tao Sang, Hannah E. Marx, Pamela S. Soltis, Michael J. Donoghue, Xiaoquan Wang, Simon Uribe‐Convers, Diego F. Morales‐Briones, Luke J. Harmon and Jonathan M. Eastman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

David C. Tank

58 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David C. Tank United States 27 1.5k 1.2k 972 598 423 59 2.4k
Sven Buerki United States 27 1.7k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 802 0.8× 416 0.7× 381 0.9× 123 2.5k
Stefanie M. Ickert‐Bond United States 31 1.6k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 360 0.6× 324 0.8× 75 2.6k
Mark A. Carine United Kingdom 28 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 677 1.1× 358 0.8× 88 2.9k
Kangshan Mao China 26 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 732 0.8× 1.1k 1.8× 489 1.2× 79 2.4k
Leigh A. Johnson United States 22 1.9k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 565 0.9× 237 0.6× 56 2.6k
Peter B. Heenan New Zealand 23 1.3k 0.8× 720 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 414 0.7× 502 1.2× 160 2.2k
Naoki Takebayashi United States 15 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 999 1.7× 453 1.1× 26 2.6k
Niklas Wikström Sweden 26 2.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 358 0.6× 564 1.3× 43 3.0k
Zhenxiang Xi China 32 1.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.7× 1.2k 1.2× 985 1.6× 306 0.7× 54 3.5k
Myriam Gaudeul France 27 1.4k 1.0× 863 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.9× 477 1.1× 58 2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David C. Tank

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David C. Tank. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David C. Tank 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 David C. Tank. David C. Tank is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schwery, Orlando, et al.. (2025). Fire in the tree: The origin and distribution of fire–adapted traits within conifers and their influence on speciation rates across the conifer phylogeny. American Journal of Botany. 112(1). e16454–e16454. 2 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Jack, et al.. (2023). Reduced representation approaches produce similar results to whole genome sequencing for some common phylogeographic analyses. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0291941–e0291941. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Megan L., et al.. (2022). The role of multiple Pleistocene refugia in promoting diversification in the Pacific Northwest. Molecular Ecology. 31(16). 4402–4416. 8 indexed citations
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Ruffley, Megan, Megan L. Smith, Anahí Espíndola, et al.. (2022). Genomic evidence of an ancient inland temperate rainforest in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Molecular Ecology. 31(10). 2985–3001. 5 indexed citations
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Morales‐Briones, Diego F., Berit Gehrke, Chien‐Hsun Huang, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Paralogs in Target Enrichment Data Pinpoints Multiple Ancient Polyploidy Events in Alchemilla s.l. (Rosaceae). Systematic Biology. 71(1). 190–207. 43 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Jack, Megan L. Smith, Anahí Espíndola, et al.. (2019). Integrating life history traits into predictive phylogeography. Molecular Ecology. 28(8). 2062–2073. 13 indexed citations
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Martine, Christopher T., Ingrid Jordon‐Thaden, Angela McDonnell, et al.. (2019). Phylogeny of the Australian Solanum dioicum group using seven nuclear genes, with consideration of Symon’s fruit and seed dispersal hypotheses. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0207564–e0207564. 19 indexed citations
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Herzog, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Quantifying morphological variation in the Castilleja pilosa species complex (Orobanchaceae). PeerJ. 7. e7090–e7090. 4 indexed citations
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Ruffley, Megan, Megan L. Smith, Anahí Espíndola, et al.. (2018). Combining allele frequency and tree‐based approaches improves phylogeographic inference from natural history collections. Molecular Ecology. 27(4). 1012–1024. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Megan L., Megan Ruffley, Anahí Espíndola, et al.. (2017). Demographic model selection using random forests and the site frequency spectrum. Molecular Ecology. 26(17). 4562–4573. 38 indexed citations
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Morales‐Briones, Diego F., et al.. (2017). Primers for Castilleja and their utility across Orobanchaceae: I. Chloroplast primers1. Applications in Plant Sciences. 5(9). 7 indexed citations
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Uribe‐Convers, Simon, Matthew L. Settles, & David C. Tank. (2016). A Phylogenomic Approach Based on PCR Target Enrichment and High Throughput Sequencing: Resolving the Diversity within the South American Species of Bartsia L. (Orobanchaceae). PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0148203–e0148203. 58 indexed citations
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Uribe‐Convers, Simon & David C. Tank. (2015). Shifts in diversification rates linked to biogeographic movement into new areas: An example of a recent radiation in the Andes. American Journal of Botany. 102(11). 1854–1869. 41 indexed citations
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Marx, Hannah E., et al.. (2015). Deconstructing Darwin's Naturalization Conundrum in the San Juan Islands using community phylogenetics and functional traits. Diversity and Distributions. 22(3). 318–331. 42 indexed citations
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Uribe‐Convers, Simon, et al.. (2014). A long PCR–based approach for DNA enrichment prior to next‐generation sequencing for systematic studies. Applications in Plant Sciences. 2(1). 35 indexed citations
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Beaulieu, Jeremy M., David C. Tank, & Michael J. Donoghue. (2013). A Southern Hemisphere origin for campanulid angiosperms, with traces of the break-up of Gondwana. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 80–80. 117 indexed citations
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Fant, Jeremie B., et al.. (2013). Characterization of microsatellite loci in Castilleja sessiliflora and transferability to 24 Castilleja species (Orobanchaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences. 1(6). 5 indexed citations
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Tank, David C., et al.. (2012). Castilleja ambigua var. meadii (Orobanchaceae): A new variety from Napa County, California. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations
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Novak, Stephen J., et al.. (2012). Homoploid hybrid speciation in a rare endemic Castilleja from Idaho (Castilleja christii, Orobanchaceae). American Journal of Botany. 99(12). 1976–1990. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoquan, David C. Tank, & Tao Sang. (2000). Phylogeny and Divergence Times in Pinaceae: Evidence from Three Genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17(5). 773–781. 218 indexed citations

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