David Plotkin

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 578 citations indexed

About

David Plotkin is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Plotkin has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 578 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Genetics, 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in David Plotkin's work include Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). David Plotkin is often cited by papers focused on Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (11 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (5 papers). David Plotkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. David Plotkin's co-authors include Akito Y. Kawahara, Jesse R. Barber, Jesse W. Breinholt, Caroline Storer, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Marianne Espeland, Paul B. Frandsen, Karen Meusemann, Christoph Mayer and Shanlin Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

David Plotkin

22 papers receiving 573 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.

Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths

2019 284 citations Akito Y. Kawahara, David Plotkin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Plotkin United States	10	351	333	155	129	85	25	578
Caroline Storer United States	13	312 0.9×	374 1.1×	183 1.2×	165 1.3×	116 1.4×	31	668
Juanita Rodríguez Australia	14	375 1.1×	419 1.3×	144 0.9×	103 0.8×	71 0.8×	45	678
Shen‐Horn Yen Taiwan	10	390 1.1×	380 1.1×	197 1.3×	77 0.6×	65 0.8×	34	551
Jennifer M. Zaspel United States	14	319 0.9×	245 0.7×	159 1.0×	83 0.6×	87 1.0×	37	588
Jonna Kulmuni Finland	15	294 0.8×	477 1.4×	152 1.0×	90 0.7×	77 0.9×	26	622
Rebecca B. Simmons United States	14	248 0.7×	237 0.7×	141 0.9×	132 1.0×	57 0.7×	30	481
Christian Salcedo China	7	228 0.6×	323 1.0×	119 0.8×	81 0.6×	76 0.9×	12	496
France Gimnich Germany	5	227 0.6×	189 0.6×	117 0.8×	92 0.7×	65 0.8×	8	390
Zach Gompert United States	9	266 0.8×	473 1.4×	100 0.6×	126 1.0×	86 1.0×	14	662
Ryan D Bickel United States	11	205 0.6×	185 0.6×	297 1.9×	107 0.8×	117 1.4×	15	614

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Plotkin

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Plotkin, David, Jesse W. Breinholt, & Akito Y. Kawahara. (2025). A target capture‐based phylogeny of emerald moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae) provides new insights into tribal‐level classification. Systematic Entomology. 50(4). 920–939.

Plotkin, David, et al.. (2025). Gene Family Evolution Suggests Correlated Dietary Adaptations in Butterflies and Moths. Genome Biology and Evolution. 17(9).

Shashank, P. R., et al.. (2024). Evolutionary genomics of three agricultural pest moths reveals rapid evolution of host adaptation and immune-related genes. GigaScience. 13. 4 indexed citations

Plotkin, David, et al.. (2024). A near chromosome-level genome assembly of a ghost moth (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae). Scientific Data. 11(1). 1139–1139. 1 indexed citations

Plotkin, David, et al.. (2024). Genome assembly of a nocturnal butterfly (Macrosoma leucophasiata) reveals convergent adaptation of visual genes. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1664–1664.

Heckenhauer, Jacqueline, et al.. (2024). Genomic resources of aquatic Lepidoptera, Elophila obliteralis and Hyposmocoma kahamanoa, reveal similarities with Trichoptera in amino acid composition of major silk genes. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(9). 3 indexed citations

Shashank, P. R., Santosh R. Rananaware, David Plotkin, et al.. (2023). CRISPR‐based diagnostics detects invasive insect pests. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(1). e13881–e13881. 9 indexed citations

Kawahara, Akito Y., Caroline Storer, Jacqueline Heckenhauer, et al.. (2022). Long-read HiFi sequencing correctly assembles repetitive heavy fibroin silk genes in new moth and caddisfly genomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2022. 1–14. 18 indexed citations

Barber, Jesse R., David Plotkin, Nicholas T. Homziak, et al.. (2022). Anti-bat ultrasound production in moths is globally and phylogenetically widespread. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(25). e2117485119–e2117485119. 15 indexed citations

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Rajaei, Hossein, Axel Hausmann, Malcolm J. Scoble, et al.. (2022). An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with an overview of global species richness and systematics. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 5(2). 34 indexed citations

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Plotkin, David & Akito Y. Kawahara. (2020). Review of recent taxonomic changes to the emerald moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae). ZooKeys. 8. e52190–e52190. 2 indexed citations

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Stucky, Brian J., James P. Balhoff, Narayani Barve, et al.. (2019). Developing a vocabulary and ontology for modeling insect natural history data: example data, use cases, and competency questions. Biodiversity Data Journal. 7. e33303–e33303. 6 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Akito Y., David Plotkin, Marianne Espeland, et al.. (2019). Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(45). 22657–22663. 284 indexed citations breakdown →

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Plotkin, David, Vazrick Nazari, Nicholas T. Homziak, & Akito Y. Kawahara. (2018). Large male bias in collection of Micropterix facetella Zeller, 1851 (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 41(1). 119–123. 1 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Akito Y., Jesse W. Breinholt, Marianne Espeland, et al.. (2018). Phylogenetics of moth-like butterflies (Papilionoidea: Hedylidae) based on a new 13-locus target capture probe set. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127. 600–605. 30 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Akito Y., David Plotkin, Chris A. Hamilton, et al.. (2017). Diel behavior in moths and butterflies: a synthesis of data illuminates the evolution of temporal activity. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 18(1). 13–27. 41 indexed citations

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Kawahara, Akito Y., David Plotkin, Issei Ohshima, et al.. (2016). A molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level classification for the leaf‐mining moth family G racillariidae and its implications for larval host‐use evolution. Systematic Entomology. 42(1). 60–81. 52 indexed citations

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Cho, Soowon, Kim T. Mitter, Chris A. Hamilton, et al.. (2016). Preserving and vouchering butterflies and moths for large-scale museum-based molecular research. PeerJ. 4. e2160–e2160. 20 indexed citations

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Sourakov, Andrei, David Plotkin, Akito Y. Kawahara, et al.. (2015). On the taxonomy of the erythrina moths Agathodes and Terastia (Crambidae: Spilomelinae): Two different patterns of haplotype divergence and a new species of Terastia. Tropical lepidoptera research. 25(2). 80–97. 4 indexed citations

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Plotkin, David, et al.. (2015). Postdocs in Science: A Comparison between China and the United States. BioScience. 65(11). 1088–1095. 10 indexed citations

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