Diana Lipscomb

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Diana Lipscomb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Diana Lipscomb has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Diana Lipscomb's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). Diana Lipscomb is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers). Diana Lipscomb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Austria. Diana Lipscomb's co-authors include Mari Källersjö, James S. Farris, Victor A. Albert, Arnold G. Kluge, Ellen E. Strong, Norman I. Platnick, Quentin D. Wheeler, Gavin P. Riordan, Arnfried Antonius and Anders Tehler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Diana Lipscomb

37 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

PARSIMONY JACKKNIFING OUTPERFORMS NEIGHBOR‐JOINING 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 400 800 1.2k
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. PARSIMONY JACKKNIFING OUTPERFORMS NEIGHBOR‐JOINING
    1996 1.4k citations James S. Farris, Victor A. Albert et al. Cladistics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Diana Lipscomb United States 18 1.2k 1.0k 721 705 585 37 2.8k
Heike Hadrys Germany 23 826 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 918 1.3× 406 0.6× 1.1k 1.9× 53 2.8k
Christoph Mayer Germany 31 1.3k 1.2× 1.0k 1.0× 717 1.0× 284 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 68 3.1k
A.J. de Winter Netherlands 9 944 0.8× 749 0.7× 868 1.2× 174 0.2× 834 1.4× 38 2.4k
Pedro Oromı́ Spain 31 1.2k 1.0× 368 0.4× 811 1.1× 725 1.0× 1.2k 2.1× 96 2.7k
Omar Rota‐Stabelli Italy 29 781 0.7× 1000 1.0× 687 1.0× 663 0.9× 571 1.0× 61 3.2k
Guido W. Grimm Sweden 37 1.8k 1.6× 1.4k 1.3× 372 0.5× 379 0.5× 585 1.0× 77 3.1k
Steaphan P. Hazell United Kingdom 9 913 0.8× 567 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 215 0.3× 986 1.7× 10 2.6k
W D Sumlin United States 4 767 0.7× 555 0.5× 912 1.3× 218 0.3× 802 1.4× 8 2.2k
A. P. Martin United States 25 1.1k 0.9× 992 1.0× 868 1.2× 282 0.4× 1.4k 2.5× 56 3.4k
Anabela Cardoso Spain 12 1.0k 0.9× 607 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 263 0.4× 936 1.6× 21 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Diana Lipscomb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Diana Lipscomb

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Riordan, Gavin P., et al.. (2009). Phylogeny and Systematic Position of Zosterodasys (Ciliophora, Synhymeniida): A Combined Analysis of Ciliate Relationships Using Morphological and Molecular Data. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 56(4). 323–338. 11 indexed citations
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Cróquer, Aldo, Carolina Bastidas, & Diana Lipscomb. (2006). Folliculinid ciliates: a new threat to Caribbean corals?. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 69(1). 75–78. 48 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana, et al.. (2003). The misleading effects of composite taxa in supermatrices. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27(3). 522–527. 35 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana, Norman I. Platnick, & Quentin D. Wheeler. (2003). The intellectual content of taxonomy: a comment on DNA taxonomy. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 18(2). 65–66. 269 indexed citations
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Daly, Marymegan, Diana Lipscomb, & Marc W. Allard. (2002). A SIMPLE TEST: EVALUATING EXPLANATIONS FOR THE RELATIVE SIMPLICITY OF THE EDWARDSIIDAE (CNIDARIA: ANTHOZOA). Evolution. 56(3). 502–510. 35 indexed citations
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Tehler, Anders, James S. Farris, Diana Lipscomb, & Mari Källersjö. (2000). Phylogenetic analyses of the fungi based on large rDNA data sets. Mycologia. 92(3). 459–474. 11 indexed citations
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Strong, Ellen E. & Diana Lipscomb. (1999). Character Coding and Inapplicable Data. Cladistics. 15(4). 363–371. 266 indexed citations
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Farris, James S., Mari Källersjö, Timothy M. Crowe, Diana Lipscomb, & Ulf S. Johansson. (1999). Frigatebirds, Tropicbirds, and Ciconiida: Excesses of Confidence Probability. Cladistics. 15(1). 1–7. 15 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana, et al.. (1999). Historical Relationships of Atlantic Slope River Drainages. ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University). 50(1). 1. 1 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana, James S. Farris, Mari Källersjö, & Anders Tehler. (1998). Support, Ribosomal Sequences and the Phylogeny Of The Eukaryotes. Cladistics. 14(4). 303–338. 44 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana. (1998). Support, Ribosomal Sequences and the Phylogeny Of The Eukaryotes. Cladistics. 14(4). 303–338. 6 indexed citations
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Farris, James S., Victor A. Albert, Mari Källersjö, Diana Lipscomb, & Arnold G. Kluge. (1996). PARSIMONY JACKKNIFING OUTPERFORMS NEIGHBOR‐JOINING. Cladistics. 12(2). 99–124. 1391 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lipscomb, Diana. (1996). A Survey of Microbial Diversity. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 83(4). 551–551. 3 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana & Gavin P. Riordan. (1995). Ultrastructural examination of virus-like particles in a marine rhizopod [Sarcodina, Protista]. Acta Protozoologica. 34(1). 35–44. 4 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana & Gavin P. Riordan. (1992). A Reexamination of the Ultrastructure of Didinium nasutum and a Reanalysis of the Phylogeny of the Haptorid Ciliates. The Journal of Protozoology. 39(1). 110–121. 15 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana. (1992). PARSIMONY, HOMOLOGY AND THE ANALYSIS OF MULTISTATE CHARACTERS. Cladistics. 8(1). 45–65. 136 indexed citations
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Mickevich, M. F. & Diana Lipscomb. (1991). PARSIMONY AND THE CHOICE BETWEEN DIFFERENT TRANSFORMATIONS FOR THE SAME CHARACTER SET. Cladistics. 7(2). 111–139. 36 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana. (1991). Protoctists Close at Hand Handbook of Protoctista L. Margulis J. O. Corliss M. Melkonian D. J. Chapman. BioScience. 41(3). 169–170. 1 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana. (1985). THE EUKARYOTIC KINGDOMS. Cladistics. 1(2). 127–140. 26 indexed citations
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Lipscomb, Diana & John O. Corliss. (1982). Stephanopogon , a Phylogenetically Important "Ciliate," Shown by Ultrastructural Studies to Be a Flagellate. Science. 215(4530). 303–304. 32 indexed citations

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