Ethan Linck

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 588 citations indexed

About

Ethan Linck is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ethan Linck has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 588 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecological Modeling, 11 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ethan Linck's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5 papers). Ethan Linck is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5 papers). Ethan Linck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. Ethan Linck's co-authors include C.J. Battey, John P. Dumbacher, Kimberly S. Sheldon, Daniel K. Gibson‐Reinemer, Benjamin G. Freeman, Carlos Daniel Cadena, Zachary R. Hanna, Anna B. Sellas, John Klicka and Per Alström and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Ethan Linck

20 papers receiving 581 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Minor allele frequency thresholds strongly affect population structure inference with genomic data sets
    2019 248 citations Ethan Linck, C.J. Battey Molecular Ecology Resources profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ethan Linck United States 12 333 204 156 137 131 21 588
Carol K. L. Yeung Taiwan 12 344 1.0× 157 0.8× 89 0.6× 137 1.0× 149 1.1× 18 524
Martina Podnar Croatia 13 303 0.9× 291 1.4× 133 0.9× 163 1.2× 138 1.1× 37 694
Bailey D. McKay United States 13 373 1.1× 216 1.1× 146 0.9× 151 1.1× 205 1.6× 21 564
Molly R. Stephens United States 11 244 0.7× 304 1.5× 109 0.7× 139 1.0× 133 1.0× 22 676
Elizabeth Christina Miller United States 13 180 0.5× 196 1.0× 122 0.8× 125 0.9× 143 1.1× 21 590
Andreia Miraldo Finland 11 321 1.0× 178 0.9× 199 1.3× 82 0.6× 178 1.4× 24 592
Tomasz Suchan Poland 14 364 1.1× 175 0.9× 119 0.8× 239 1.7× 268 2.0× 32 655
Diego F. Alvarado‐Serrano United States 11 319 1.0× 245 1.2× 336 2.2× 74 0.5× 167 1.3× 15 611
Siri Birkeland Norway 8 216 0.6× 164 0.8× 79 0.5× 157 1.1× 217 1.7× 14 588
Mari Kekkonen Finland 5 236 0.7× 157 0.8× 83 0.5× 182 1.3× 199 1.5× 8 528

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ethan Linck

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ethan Linck

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Linck, Ethan. (2025). What Is an Elevational Range?. The American Naturalist. 206(4). 299–317. 1 indexed citations
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Semenov, Georgy А., William Anderson, John J. Spinelli, et al.. (2025). Replicate geographic transects across a hybrid zone reveal parallelism and differences in the genetic architecture of reproductive isolation. Evolution Letters. 9(4). 421–433. 1 indexed citations
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Badenes, Carles, et al.. (2025). Calibration of binary population synthesis models using white dwarf binaries from APOGEE, GALEX, and Gaia. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 704. A6–A6. 1 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan & Carlos Daniel Cadena. (2024). A Latitudinal Gradient of Reference Genomes. Molecular Ecology. 34(23). e17551–e17551. 10 indexed citations
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Jones, Gavin M., Joshua F. Goldberg, Taylor M. Wilcox, et al.. (2023). Fire-driven animal evolution in the Pyrocene. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(11). 1072–1084. 23 indexed citations
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Pujolar, José Martín, Mozes P. K. Blom, Andrew Hart Reeve, et al.. (2022). The formation of avian montane diversity across barriers and along elevational gradients. Nature Communications. 13(1). 268–268. 27 indexed citations
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Semenov, Georgy А., Ethan Linck, Erik D. Enbody, et al.. (2021). Asymmetric introgression reveals the genetic architecture of a plumage trait. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1019–1019. 35 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan, Benjamin G. Freeman, Carlos Daniel Cadena, & Cameron K. Ghalambor. (2021). Evolutionary conservatism will limit responses to climate change in the tropics. Biology Letters. 17(10). 20210363–20210363. 15 indexed citations
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Gibson‐Reinemer, Daniel K., et al.. (2021). Climate‐driven range shifts of montane species vary with elevation. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30(4). 784–794. 69 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan, Benjamin G. Freeman, & John P. Dumbacher. (2020). Speciation and gene flow across an elevational gradient in New Guinea kingfishers. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(11). 1643–1652. 31 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan, Jorge Celi, & Kimberly S. Sheldon. (2020). Panmixia across elevation in thermally sensitive Andean dung beetles. Ecology and Evolution. 10(9). 4143–4155. 5 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan. (2020). Bird Species: How They Arise, Modify and Vanish. The Auk. 137(2). 23 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan, Evan C. Fricke, & Haldre S. Rogers. (2020). Varied abundance and functional diversity across native forest bird communities in the Mariana Islands. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 132(1). 22–28. 3 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan & C.J. Battey. (2019). Minor allele frequency thresholds strongly affect population structure inference with genomic data sets. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(3). 639–647. 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Linck, Ethan, Paul van, Garth M. Spellman, et al.. (2019). Dense Geographic and Genomic Sampling Reveals Paraphyly and a Cryptic Lineage in a Classic Sibling Species Complex. Systematic Biology. 68(6). 956–966. 19 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan, et al.. (2019). NESTING BIOLOGY OF THE BLUE-AND-WHITE SWALLOW (PYGOCHELIDON CYANOLEUCA) IN NORTHEASTERN ECUADOR. Ornitología Neotropical. 30. 5–10. 2 indexed citations
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Battey, C.J., et al.. (2017). A Migratory Divide in the Painted Bunting ( Passerina ciris ). The American Naturalist. 191(2). 259–268. 21 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan, Zachary R. Hanna, Anna B. Sellas, & John P. Dumbacher. (2017). Evaluating hybridization capture with RAD probes as a tool for museum genomics with historical bird specimens. Ecology and Evolution. 7(13). 4755–4767. 30 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan, et al.. (2016). Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource. PeerJ. 4. e1871–e1871. 7 indexed citations
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Linck, Ethan, Sarah Schaack, & John P. Dumbacher. (2015). Genetic differentiation within a widespread “supertramp” taxon: Molecular phylogenetics of the Louisiade White-eye ( Zosterops griseotinctus ). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94(Pt A). 113–121. 13 indexed citations

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