F J Ayala

1.3k total citations
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

F J Ayala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, F J Ayala has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Insect Science and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in F J Ayala's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (3 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (2 papers). F J Ayala is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (3 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (2 papers). F J Ayala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. F J Ayala's co-authors include Douglas Skarecky, Ananías A. Escalante, Karen M. Bailey, Michel Tibayrenc, F. Guerrini, Christian Barnabé, Katrin Neubauer, R R Hudson, David J. Friedman and W M Fitch and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genetics and Journal of Molecular Evolution.

In The Last Decade

F J Ayala

18 papers receiving 998 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F J Ayala United States 11 397 320 236 233 177 21 1.1k
O. Mukabayire United States 15 463 1.2× 218 0.7× 93 0.4× 282 1.2× 225 1.3× 22 919
Ellen Sherwood Sweden 10 393 1.0× 565 1.8× 156 0.7× 103 0.4× 84 0.5× 14 1.3k
Francisco J. Ayala United States 16 234 0.6× 331 1.0× 171 0.7× 133 0.6× 177 1.0× 28 933
Fernando Álvarez-Valín Uruguay 20 658 1.7× 172 0.5× 256 1.1× 159 0.7× 111 0.6× 40 1.1k
Daniel C. Desrosiers United States 16 521 1.3× 152 0.5× 168 0.7× 104 0.4× 175 1.0× 17 1.5k
R. H. Gooding Canada 22 406 1.0× 273 0.9× 412 1.7× 352 1.5× 980 5.5× 97 1.5k
J. H. Bryan Australia 15 192 0.5× 149 0.5× 89 0.4× 567 2.4× 113 0.6× 44 857
Stephen M. Beckstrom‐Sternberg United States 22 715 1.8× 541 1.7× 357 1.5× 88 0.4× 55 0.3× 33 1.7k
Rita V. M. Rio United States 20 216 0.5× 142 0.4× 232 1.0× 171 0.7× 846 4.8× 37 1.2k
Jessica B. Hostetler United States 18 606 1.5× 91 0.3× 88 0.4× 268 1.2× 177 1.0× 23 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F J Ayala

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ayala, F J & Mathurin Koffi. (2011). Population Genetics of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: A Clone in the Dark. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J, et al.. (2010). Global Drosophila Research: a bibliometric analysis.. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 93. 6 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J, et al.. (2010). Global Drosophila melanogaster Research: a bibliometric analysis. 1 indexed citations
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Koffi, Mathurin, Thierry De Meeûs, Bruno Bucheton, et al.. (2009). Population genetics of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the agent of sleeping sickness in Western Africa [plus supporting information]. 106(1). 1 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J. (2000). An American malaise: The debate between Darwin and Christian fundamentalism. History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 22(2). 273–293. 1 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J, et al.. (1999). Religion and science [1] (multiple letters). eScholarship (California Digital Library). 284(5412). 1773–1774. 1 indexed citations
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Kwiatowski, Jan, et al.. (1997). Erratic Evolution of Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Drosophila, Chymomyza, and Ceratitis. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 44(1). 9–22. 30 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J, et al.. (1996). Molecular clock or erratic evolution? A tale of two genes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(21). 11729–11734. 30 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J. (1996). Gene lineages and human evolution - Reply. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 272(5266). 1363–1364. 1 indexed citations
10.
Escalante, Ananías A. & F J Ayala. (1995). Evolutionary origin of Plasmodium and other Apicomplexa based on rRNA genes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(13). 5793–5797. 169 indexed citations
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Krawczyk, Michał, et al.. (1995). Evidence against the exon theory of genes derived from the triose-phosphate isomerase gene.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(18). 8503–8506. 38 indexed citations
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Hudson, R R, et al.. (1994). Evidence for positive selection in the superoxide dismutase (Sod) region of Drosophila melanogaster.. Genetics. 136(4). 1329–1340. 238 indexed citations
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Fitch, W M & F J Ayala. (1994). The superoxide dismutase molecular clock revisited.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(15). 6802–6807. 42 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J, et al.. (1994). Molecular genetics of speciation and human origins.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(15). 6787–6794. 63 indexed citations
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Tibayrenc, Michel, Katrin Neubauer, Christian Barnabé, et al.. (1993). Genetic characterization of six parasitic protozoa: parity between random-primer DNA typing and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(4). 1335–1339. 294 indexed citations
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Moyá, Andrés, et al.. (1986). Irradiation-resistance conferred by superoxide dismutase: possible adaptive role of a natural polymorphism in Drosophila melanogaster.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(3). 684–687. 36 indexed citations
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Friedman, David J., et al.. (1985). Superoxide dismutase: an evolutionary puzzle.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(3). 824–828. 64 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J. (1984). NEUTRALITY VERSUS NATURAL-SELECTION - WHY IS THERE SO MUCH POLYMORPHISM. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 101(2). 270–271. 1 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J. (1975). THEODOSIUS DOBZHANSKY January 25, 1900–December 18, 1975. Zygon®. 10(4). 163–213. 6 indexed citations
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Ayala, F J & Th. Dobzhansky. (1974). A New Subspecies of Drosophila pseudoobscura (Diptera: Drosophilidae).. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 22 indexed citations

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