Eduardo Eizirik

14.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
112 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Eduardo Eizirik is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eduardo Eizirik has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Ecology, 63 papers in Genetics and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Eduardo Eizirik's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (57 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (51 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers). Eduardo Eizirik is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (57 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (51 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers). Eduardo Eizirik collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Argentina. Eduardo Eizirik's co-authors include Stephen J. O’Brien, William J. Murphy, Warren E. Johnson, Mark S. Springer, Oliver A. Ryder, Ya Zhang, Emma C. Teeling, Marilyn Menotti‐Raymond, Christophe J. Douady and Ole Madsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eduardo Eizirik

107 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals

2001 1.1k citations William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik et al. profile →
Resolution of the Early Placental Mammal Radiation Using Bayesian Phylogenetics

2001 1.0k citations William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik et al. profile →
Placental mammal diversification and the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary

2003 632 citations William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik et al. profile →
The Late Miocene Radiation of Modern Felidae: A Genetic Assessment

2006 538 citations Warren E. Johnson, Eduardo Eizirik et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eduardo Eizirik Brazil	36	2.9k	2.8k	2.5k	2.0k	1.4k	112	7.2k
Warren E. Johnson United States	51	4.2k 1.5×	4.3k 1.6×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	191	10.6k
Emmanuel Douzery France	56	3.0k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	3.7k 1.5×	2.9k 1.4×	2.3k 1.7×	108	9.0k
Frédéric Delsuc France	46	3.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	6.0k 2.4×	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.6×	108	11.0k
Michael J. Stanhope United States	54	2.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	3.9k 1.6×	2.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.5×	127	10.1k
Michael Hofreiter Germany	67	8.4k 2.9×	5.1k 1.8×	4.6k 1.9×	3.8k 1.9×	1.3k 1.0×	243	15.4k
Ole Madsen Netherlands	63	6.5k 2.2×	1.4k 0.5×	6.3k 2.6×	2.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	202	15.6k
Christophe J. Douady France	40	1.8k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	86	6.5k
Axel Janke Germany	46	3.1k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	3.4k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	977 0.7×	119	6.7k
Anne D. Yoder United States	47	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	2.7k 2.0×	140	7.5k
Matthias Meyer Germany	46	6.0k 2.1×	2.6k 0.9×	4.1k 1.7×	2.9k 1.4×	744 0.5×	93	11.4k

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Armstrong, Ellie E., Sarah B. Carey, Alex Harkess, et al.. (2025). Parameterizing Pantherinae: De Novo Mutation Rate Estimates from Panthera and Neofelis Pedigrees. Genome Biology and Evolution. 17(4). 1 indexed citations

Calchi, Ana Cláudia, Joares Adenílson May-Júnior, Ricardo Bassini‐Silva, et al.. (2025). Diversity of Cytauxzoon spp. (Piroplasmida: Theileriidae) in Wild Felids from Brazil and Argentina. Pathogens. 14(2). 148–148. 2 indexed citations

Figueiró, Henrique V., Tomáš Flouri, Emiliano Esterci Ramalho, et al.. (2025). Massive Inter-species Introgression Overwhelms Phylogenomic Relationships Among Jaguar, Lion, and Leopard. Systematic Biology. 74(4). 583–599. 2 indexed citations

Figueiró, Henrique V., et al.. (2024). Comparative assessment of genotyping-by-sequencing and whole-exome sequencing for estimating genetic diversity and geographic structure in small sample sizes: insights from wild jaguar populations. Genetica. 152(4-6). 133–144.

Napolitano, Constanza, Héctor E. Ramírez-Cháves, Paola Pulido‐Santacruz, et al.. (2023). Extensive Phylogenomic Discordance and the Complex Evolutionary History of the Neotropical Cat Genus Leopardus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(12). 11 indexed citations

Simão, Taiz L. L., Gabriel S. Macedo, Larissa Rosa de Oliveira, et al.. (2022). Complex Evolutionary History of the South American Fox Genus Lycalopex (Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae) Inferred from Multiple Mitochondrial and Nuclear Markers. Diversity. 14(8). 642–642. 6 indexed citations

Figueiró, Henrique V., Fernanda J. Trindade, Oliver Smith, et al.. (2022). Phylogenomics of the world’s otters. Current Biology. 32(16). 3650–3658.e4. 14 indexed citations

Cushman, Samuel A., Ho Yi Wan, Rafael Kretschmer, et al.. (2021). The role of the environment in the spatial dynamics of an extensive hybrid zone between two neotropical cats. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(4). 614–627. 14 indexed citations

Kantek, Daniel Luis Zanella, Cristine Silveira Trinca, Fernando Rodrigo Tortato, et al.. (2021). Jaguars from the Brazilian Pantanal: Low genetic structure, male-biased dispersal, and implications for long-term conservation. Biological Conservation. 259. 109153–109153. 14 indexed citations

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Tirelli, Flávia Pereira, Tatiane Campos Trigo, Diego Queirolo, et al.. (2021). High extinction risk and limited habitat connectivity of Muñoa’s pampas cat, an endemic felid of the Uruguayan Savanna ecoregion. Journal for Nature Conservation. 62. 126009–126009. 7 indexed citations

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Silva, Lucas Gonçalves da, Kae Kawanishi, Philipp Henschel, et al.. (2017). Mapping black panthers: Macroecological modeling of melanism in leopards (Panthera pardus). PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0170378–e0170378. 40 indexed citations

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Michalski, Fernanda, Darren Norris, Cyntia Kayo Kashivakura, et al.. (2011). Successful carnivore identification with faecal DNA across a fragmented Amazonian landscape. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(5). 862–871. 31 indexed citations

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Eizirik, Eduardo, William J. Murphy, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, et al.. (2010). Pattern and timing of diversification of the mammalian order Carnivora inferred from multiple nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56(1). 49–63. 162 indexed citations

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Schipper, Jan, et al.. (2009). Small carnivores in the Americas: reflections, future research and conservation priorities. Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution). 4 indexed citations

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Haag, Taiana, Carlos De Angelo, Ana Carolina Srbek‐Araujo, et al.. (2009). Development and testing of an optimized method for DNA-based identification of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) faecal samples for use in ecological and genetic studies. Genetica. 136(3). 505–512. 44 indexed citations

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Tchaicka, Lígia, Flávio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues, Rogério Cunha de Paula, et al.. (2008). Cross‐amplification and characterization of 13 tetranucleotide microsatellites in multiple species of Neotropical canids. Molecular Ecology Resources. 8(4). 898–900. 8 indexed citations

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Ishida, Yasuko, Victor A. David, Eduardo Eizirik, et al.. (2006). A homozygous single-base deletion in MLPH causes the dilute coat color phenotype in the domestic cat. Genomics. 88(6). 698–705. 82 indexed citations

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Tchaicka, Lígia, et al.. (2006). Phylogeography and population history of the crab‐eating fox (Cerdocyon thous). Molecular Ecology. 16(4). 819–838. 76 indexed citations

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Schmidt‐Küntzel, Anne, Eduardo Eizirik, Stephen J. O’Brien, & Marilyn Menotti‐Raymond. (2005). Tyrosinase and Tyrosinase Related Protein 1 Alleles Specify Domestic Cat Coat Color Phenotypes of the albino and brown Loci. Journal of Heredity. 96(4). 289–301. 84 indexed citations

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Eizirik, Eduardo, et al.. (2001). Phylogeography, population history and conservation genetics of jaguars (Panthera onca, Mammalia, Felidae). Molecular Ecology. 10(1). 65–79. 180 indexed citations

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