Fraser Simpson

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Fraser Simpson is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fraser Simpson has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Fraser Simpson's work include Plant and animal studies (6 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (5 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (4 papers). Fraser Simpson is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (6 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (5 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (4 papers). Fraser Simpson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Fraser Simpson's co-authors include Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, James Mallet, Chris D. Jiggins, James R. Walters, Mark Blaxter, Simon H. Martin, Nicola J. Nadeau, Camilo Salazar, Andrea Manica and John W. Davey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

Fraser Simpson

19 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies

2013 468 citations Simon H. Martin, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra et al. Genome Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fraser Simpson United Kingdom	13	884	410	398	217	181	19	1.3k
Carolina Pardo‐Díaz Colombia	20	1.0k 1.2×	608 1.5×	717 1.8×	161 0.7×	211 1.2×	49	1.8k
Raymond Tobler Australia	19	1.1k 1.2×	512 1.2×	337 0.8×	352 1.6×	276 1.5×	32	1.8k
Konrad Lohse United Kingdom	19	683 0.8×	266 0.6×	460 1.2×	181 0.8×	154 0.9×	43	1.0k
Álvaro Martínez Barrio Sweden	14	1.1k 1.2×	640 1.6×	252 0.6×	275 1.3×	175 1.0×	24	1.7k
Samuel Neuenschwander Switzerland	20	1.2k 1.4×	441 1.1×	356 0.9×	319 1.5×	314 1.7×	43	1.8k
Mary G. Egan United States	17	504 0.6×	542 1.3×	383 1.0×	455 2.1×	138 0.8×	22	1.4k
Tyler Linderoth United States	9	615 0.7×	446 1.1×	199 0.5×	351 1.6×	122 0.7×	18	1.0k
Vincent Cahais France	17	750 0.8×	831 2.0×	258 0.6×	290 1.3×	189 1.0×	28	1.7k
Anthony J. Geneva United States	17	500 0.6×	457 1.1×	371 0.9×	306 1.4×	287 1.6×	42	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fraser Simpson

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19 of 19 papers shown

Schiffer, Philipp H., Daniel J. Leite, Helen E. Robertson, et al.. (2024). Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations

Simpson, Fraser, et al.. (2024). Percutaneous thrombolysis via cholecystostomy catheter to dissolve biliary clots causing obstructive jaundice. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2024(2). rjae055–rjae055. 1 indexed citations

Leite, Daniel J., Luis Alfonso Yáñez-Guerra, Fraser Simpson, et al.. (2023). Single-cell atlases of two lophotrochozoan larvae highlight their complex evolutionary histories. Science Advances. 9(31). eadg6034–eadg6034. 15 indexed citations

Samardzija, Marijana, Federica Storti, Vyara Todorova, et al.. (2021). Transcriptomic analysis of the mouse retina after acute and chronic normobaric and hypobaric hypoxia. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 16666–16666. 2 indexed citations

Fessas, Petros, Paolo Spina, Renzo Boldorini, et al.. (2021). Phenotypic Characteristics of the Tumour Microenvironment in Primary and Secondary Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancers. 13(9). 2137–2137. 12 indexed citations

Simpson, Fraser, et al.. (2020). Pleomorphic Giant Cell Carcinoma of Urinary Bladder with Brain Metastases Despite Initial Response to Cisplatin and Gemcitabine: A Case Report. 4(3). 46–50. 1 indexed citations

Rawlinson, Kate A., François Lapraz, Edward R. Ballister, et al.. (2019). Extraocular, rod-like photoreceptors in a flatworm express xenopsin photopigment. eLife. 8. 29 indexed citations

Webb, Kate, Hannah Peckham, Anna Radziszewska, et al.. (2019). Sex and Pubertal Differences in the Type 1 Interferon Pathway Associate With Both X Chromosome Number and Serum Sex Hormone Concentration. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 3167–3167. 104 indexed citations

Rosser, Neil, Blanca Huertas, Mathieu Joron, et al.. (2018). Cryptic speciation associated with geographic and ecological divergence in two Amazonian Heliconius butterflies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186(1). 233–249. 15 indexed citations

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Davey, John W., Mathieu Chouteau, Sarah L. Barker, et al.. (2016). Major Improvements to the Heliconius melpomene Genome Assembly Used to Confirm 10 Chromosome Fusion Events in 6 Million Years of Butterfly Evolution. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 6(3). 695–708. 102 indexed citations

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Girstmair, Johannes, François Lapraz, Mette Handberg-Thorsager, et al.. (2016). Light-sheet microscopy for everyone? Experience of building an OpenSPIM to study flatworm development. BMC Developmental Biology. 16(1). 22–22. 25 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Joseph I., Fraser Simpson, Patrice David, et al.. (2014). High-throughput sequencing reveals inbreeding depression in a natural population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(10). 3775–3780. 198 indexed citations

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Keightley, Peter D., Ana Pinharanda, Rob W. Ness, et al.. (2014). Estimation of the Spontaneous Mutation Rate in Heliconius melpomene. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32(1). 239–243. 183 indexed citations

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Martin, Simon H., Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Nicola J. Nadeau, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 32 indexed citations

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Martin, Simon H., Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Nicola J. Nadeau, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies. Genome Research. 23(11). 1817–1828. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dasmahapatra, Kanchon K., Gerardo Lamas, Fraser Simpson, & James Mallet. (2010). The anatomy of a ‘suture zone’ in Amazonian butterflies: a coalescent-based test for vicariant geographic divergence and speciation. Molecular Ecology. 19(19). 4283–4301. 49 indexed citations

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Willmott, Keith R., Ricardo Mallarino, Fraser Simpson, et al.. (2005). Strikingly variable divergence times inferred across an Amazonian butterfly ‘suture zone’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 272(1580). 2525–2533. 63 indexed citations

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Willmott, Keith R., et al.. (2005). Mitochondrial DNA provides an insight into the mechanisms driving diversification in the ithomiine butterfly Hyposcada anchiala (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae). European Journal of Entomology. 102(4). 633–639. 6 indexed citations

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Simpson, Fraser, et al.. (1998). Leptospirosis associated with severe pulmonary haemorrhage in Far North Queensland. The Medical Journal of Australia. 169(3). 151–153. 30 indexed citations

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