Don E. Wilson

14.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
173 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Don E. Wilson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Don E. Wilson has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 70 papers in Ecology and 57 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Don E. Wilson's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (78 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (57 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (34 papers). Don E. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (78 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (57 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (34 papers). Don E. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. Don E. Wilson's co-authors include DeeAnn M. Reeder, Rudolf Schmid, F. Russell Cole, Theodore H. Fleming, Russell A. Mittermeier, John F. Eisenberg, Rasanayagam Rudran, Mercedes S. Foster, James D. Nichols and James S. Findley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Don E. Wilson

166 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference

1993 4.7k citations Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder et al. profile →
Mammal Species of the World

2005 1.3k citations Don E. Wilson Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks profile →
Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammals

1996 746 citations Don E. Wilson, F. Russell Cole et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Don E. Wilson United States	38	6.4k	5.7k	3.3k	2.2k	2.1k	173	11.3k
Bruce D. Patterson United States	47	5.3k 0.8×	4.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	186	9.7k
Steven M. Goodman United States	45	3.4k 0.5×	4.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	385	9.7k
Daniel R. Brooks Canada	51	5.7k 0.9×	3.0k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	2.9k 1.3×	754 0.4×	297	11.8k
Olaf R. P. Bininda‐Emonds Germany	49	4.7k 0.7×	3.4k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	3.8k 1.7×	1.6k 0.7×	112	12.1k
James L. Patton United States	57	5.4k 0.8×	3.6k 0.6×	3.9k 1.2×	5.1k 2.3×	2.2k 1.0×	184	11.1k
DeeAnn M. Reeder United States	29	3.4k 0.5×	3.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	945 0.4×	63	7.4k
Julien Claude France	29	3.2k 0.5×	3.8k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	955 0.4×	130	12.4k
Robert C. Fleischer United States	58	5.7k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	832 0.2×	4.9k 2.2×	1.1k 0.5×	304	12.4k
Theodore H. Fleming United States	48	4.0k 0.6×	6.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.3×	816 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	116	8.2k
M. Brock Fenton Canada	64	8.9k 1.4×	11.8k 2.1×	1.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	289	13.7k

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Novaes, Roberto Leonan Morim, et al.. (2025). Islands in the stream: Distribution of Myotis attenboroughi (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Grenada and mainland South America illuminates the evolutionary history of Caribbean Myotis. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 9(1). 107–122.

Abreu, Edson F., Joyce Rodrigues do Prado, Jesús E. Maldonado, et al.. (2025). Recent, Intricate Speciation in Amazonia Uncovered by a Multilayered Genomic Analysis of Tree Squirrels. Systematic Biology. 74(5). 778–798. 1 indexed citations

Novaes, Roberto Leonan Morim, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the shelf life: a new cryptic species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from South America revealed by an integrative taxonomy approach. Journal of Mammalogy. 1 indexed citations

Novaes, Roberto Leonan Morim, et al.. (2023). Integrative taxonomy and evolutionary history reveal cryptic diversity in Myotis riparius (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 142(1). 91–112. 3 indexed citations

Novaes, Roberto Leonan Morim, Alfred L. Gardner, Marcelo R. Nogueira, et al.. (2023). Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia (Curitiba). 40. 12 indexed citations

Novaes, Roberto Leonan Morim, et al.. (2022). Argentinean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), including the description of a new species from the Yungas. Vertebrate Zoology. 72. 1187–1216. 7 indexed citations

Abreu, Edson F., Silvia Pavan, Mirian T. N. Tsuchiya, et al.. (2022). Old specimens for old branches: Assessing effects of sample age in resolving a rapid Neotropical radiation of squirrels. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175. 107576–107576. 9 indexed citations

Novaes, Roberto Leonan Morim, et al.. (2021). Variation in the Myotis keaysi complex (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Ecuador. Journal of Mammalogy. 103(3). 540–559. 9 indexed citations

Novaes, Roberto Leonan Morim, et al.. (2021). The taxonomic status of Myotis nesopolus larensis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) and new insights on the diversity of Caribbean Myotis. ZooKeys. 1015. 145–167. 10 indexed citations

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Genoways, Hugh H., et al.. (2012). Genetic Diversity of Neotropical Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with an Emphasis on South American Species. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46578–e46578. 55 indexed citations

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Wilson, Don E. & DeeAnn M. Reeder. (2011). Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Zootaxa. 56. 8 indexed citations

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Cole, F. Russell & Don E. Wilson. (2006). Leptonycteris curasoae. Mammalian Species. 796. 1–3. 16 indexed citations

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Rodríguez‐Herrera, Bernal, et al.. (2005). La mastozoología en Costa Rica: historia, recolecta, localidades y composición de especies. Brenesia. 89–112. 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, Don E.. (2005). Mammal Species of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 1345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wilson, Don E., et al.. (1991). El murciélago Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) en Paraguay. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 10. 33–35. 3 indexed citations

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Wilson, Don E.. (1991). Especímenes tipo de mamíferos mexicanos en el National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C., EUA.. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, Don E.. (1985). New Mammal Records from Sinaloa: Nyctinomops aurispinosa and Onychomys torridus. The Southwestern Naturalist. 30(2). 323–323. 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, Don E., et al.. (1982). Vampyrum spectrum. Mammalian Species. 1–1. 5 indexed citations

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Wilson, Don E.. (1978). Thyroptera discifera. Mammalian Species. 1–1. 5 indexed citations

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Greenbaum, Ira F., Robert J. Baker, & Don E. Wilson. (1975). Evolutionary Implications of the Karyotypes of the Stenodermine Genera Ardops, Ariteus, Phyllops, and Ectophylla. Occidental College Scholar (Occidental College). 74(3). 156–159. 20 indexed citations

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