Emma E. Goldberg

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Emma E. Goldberg is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma E. Goldberg has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Genetics, 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Emma E. Goldberg's work include Plant and animal studies (17 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Emma E. Goldberg is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (17 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Emma E. Goldberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Emma E. Goldberg's co-authors include Boris Igić, Daniel L. Rabosky, Russell Lande, Lesley T. Lancaster, Richard H. Ree, Kaustuv Roy, Yaniv Brandvain, Joshua R. Kohn, Stephen A. Smith and Itay Mayrose and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Emma E. Goldberg

43 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Model Inadequacy and Mistaken Inferences of Trait-Depende... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Model Inadequacy and Mistaken Inferences of Trait-Dependent Speciation
    2015 372 citations Emma E. Goldberg et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Emma E. Goldberg United States 26 1.7k 1.3k 986 934 777 43 3.3k
Fabien L. Condamine France 36 2.6k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 975 1.0× 1.4k 1.8× 120 4.6k
Dimitar Dimitrov Norway 28 1.6k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 714 0.7× 785 0.8× 870 1.1× 92 3.8k
Matthew W. Pennell United States 33 1.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 995 1.1× 1.4k 1.8× 57 4.4k
Jonathan M. Eastman United States 13 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 800 0.8× 706 0.8× 972 1.3× 19 2.9k
David K. Yeates Australia 38 3.2k 1.9× 1.7k 1.3× 616 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 559 0.7× 175 6.0k
Lyn G. Cook Australia 32 3.0k 1.8× 1.2k 1.0× 1.8k 1.8× 1.1k 1.2× 877 1.1× 102 5.8k
Brian C. O’Meara United States 29 2.1k 1.3× 2.1k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 1.8k 2.3× 65 5.4k
Brian Tilston Smith United States 25 928 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 792 0.8× 753 0.8× 698 0.9× 57 2.9k
Alan de Queiroz United States 25 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 540 0.5× 691 0.7× 751 1.0× 39 3.3k
Mary Morgan‐Richards New Zealand 26 1.2k 0.7× 909 0.7× 656 0.7× 304 0.3× 367 0.5× 123 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emma E. Goldberg

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma E. Goldberg

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, Qianying, Emma E. Goldberg, Thomas Leitner, et al.. (2024). The Number and Pattern of Viral Genomic Reassortments are not Necessarily Identifiable from Segment Trees. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(6). 1 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Emma E., Qianying Lin, Ethan Romero-Severson, & Ruian Ke. (2023). Swift and extensive Omicron outbreak in China after sudden exit from ‘zero-COVID’ policy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3888–3888. 43 indexed citations
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Dorp, Christiaan H. van, Emma E. Goldberg, Ruian Ke, Nicolas Hengartner, & Ethan Romero-Severson. (2022). Global estimates of the fitness advantage of SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron. Virus Evolution. 8(2). veac089–veac089. 6 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Emma E. & Trevor D. Price. (2022). Effects of Plasticity on Elevational Range Size and Species Richness. The American Naturalist. 200(3). 316–329. 4 indexed citations
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Dorp, Christiaan H. van, Emma E. Goldberg, Nicolas Hengartner, Ruian Ke, & Ethan Romero-Severson. (2021). Estimating the strength of selection for new SARS-CoV-2 variants. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7239–7239. 21 indexed citations
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Harmon, Luke J., Cecilia S. Andreazzi, Florence Débarre, et al.. (2019). Detecting the macroevolutionary signal of species interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32(8). 769–782. 63 indexed citations
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Brandvain, Yaniv, et al.. (2019). The evolutionary response of mating system to heterosis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32(5). 476–490. 9 indexed citations
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Zhan, Shing H., et al.. (2016). Phylogenetic evidence for cladogenetic polyploidization in land plants. American Journal of Botany. 103(7). 1252–1258. 24 indexed citations
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Grossenbacher, Dena L., Ryan D. Briscoe Runquist, Emma E. Goldberg, & Yaniv Brandvain. (2015). Geographic range size is predicted by plant mating system. Ecology Letters. 18(7). 706–713. 106 indexed citations
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Smith, Stacey D. & Emma E. Goldberg. (2015). Tempo and mode of flower color evolution. American Journal of Botany. 102(7). 1014–1025. 37 indexed citations
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Ashman, Tia‐Lynn, Doris Bachtrog, Heath Blackmon, et al.. (2014). Tree of Sex: A database of sexual systems. Scientific Data. 1(1). 140015–140015. 196 indexed citations
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Servedio, Maria R., Yaniv Brandvain, Sumit Dhole, et al.. (2014). Not Just a Theory—The Utility of Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Biology. PLoS Biology. 12(12). e1002017–e1002017. 144 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Emma E. & Boris Igić. (2012). TEMPO AND MODE IN PLANT BREEDING SYSTEM EVOLUTION. Evolution. 66(12). 3701–3709. 174 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Emma E., et al.. (2010). Species Selection Maintains Self-Incompatibility. Science. 330(6003). 493–495. 368 indexed citations
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Anacker, Brian L., Justen B. Whittall, Emma E. Goldberg, & Susan Harrison. (2010). ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SERPENTINE ENDEMISM IN THE CALIFORNIA FLORA. Evolution. 65(2). 365–376. 111 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Emma E., Heather J. Lynch, Michael G. Neubert, & William F. Fagan. (2009). Effects of branching spatial structure and life history on the asymptotic growth rate of a population. Theoretical Ecology. 3(3). 137–152. 28 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Emma E. & Boris Igić. (2008). ON PHYLOGENETIC TESTS OF IRREVERSIBLE EVOLUTION. Evolution. 62(11). 2727–2741. 189 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Emma E. & Russell Lande. (2007). Species’ Borders and Dispersal Barriers. The American Naturalist. 170(2). 297–304. 81 indexed citations
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Roy, Kaustuv & Emma E. Goldberg. (2007). Origination, Extinction, and Dispersal: Integrative Models for Understanding Present‐Day Diversity Gradients. The American Naturalist. 170(S2). S71–S85. 89 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Emma E., Kaustuv Roy, Russell Lande, & David Jablonski. (2005). Diversity, Endemism, and Age Distributions in Macroevolutionary Sources and Sinks. The American Naturalist. 165(6). 623–633. 87 indexed citations

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