George F. Turner

13.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

George F. Turner is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, George F. Turner has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 81 papers in Ecology and 61 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in George F. Turner's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (76 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (63 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (58 papers). George F. Turner is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (76 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (63 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (58 papers). George F. Turner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Tanzania and Switzerland. George F. Turner's co-authors include Martin J. Genner, Mairi E. Knight, Ciro Rico, Ole Seehausen, R. L. Robinson, Tony J. Pitcher, Michael T. Burrows, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Alexandra M. Tyers and Eric A. Miska and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

George F. Turner

145 papers receiving 7.2k 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. Whole-genome sequences of Malawi cichlids reveal multiple radiations interconnected by gene flow
    2018 357 citations Milan Malinsky, Hannes Svardal et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George F. Turner United Kingdom 46 3.2k 3.1k 2.9k 1.9k 1.8k 154 7.5k
Michael M. Hansen Denmark 55 2.8k 0.9× 4.8k 1.5× 5.6k 1.9× 958 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 193 9.2k
Michael T. Kinnison United States 44 4.1k 1.3× 4.3k 1.4× 3.4k 1.2× 2.9k 1.5× 718 0.4× 123 9.1k
Martin Plath Germany 40 2.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 2.1k 1.1× 751 0.4× 247 6.1k
Simon Blanchet France 39 2.6k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 736 0.4× 136 5.6k
Paul Bentzen Canada 55 3.3k 1.0× 5.1k 1.6× 6.4k 2.2× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 205 10.3k
Joseph Travis United States 53 3.4k 1.1× 3.9k 1.2× 2.4k 0.8× 4.8k 2.5× 654 0.4× 213 9.9k
Martin J. Genner United Kingdom 41 3.4k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 807 0.4× 957 0.5× 143 6.3k
Neil J. Gemmell New Zealand 54 3.9k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 3.4k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 464 0.3× 236 10.6k
Thierry Oberdorff France 53 5.6k 1.8× 7.9k 2.5× 776 0.3× 1.5k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 104 10.8k
Emili García‐Berthou Spain 49 5.2k 1.6× 5.9k 1.9× 824 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 2.5k 1.4× 172 9.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George F. Turner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Almeida, Miguel Vasconcelos, Moritz Blumer, Bettina Fischer, et al.. (2025). Lake Malawi cichlid pangenome graph reveals extensive structural variation driven by transposable elements. Genome Research. 35(5). 1094–1107. 3 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Madeleine, Alan Smith, Domino A. Joyce, et al.. (2024). Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(1). 24–24. 2 indexed citations
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Genner, Martin J., et al.. (2024). A whole-body micro-CT scan library that captures the skeletal diversity of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Scientific Data. 11(1). 984–984. 2 indexed citations
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Shechonge, Asilatu, Wanja Dorothy Nyingi, Antonia G. P. Ford, et al.. (2023). Sympatric and allopatric Alcolapia soda lake cichlid species show similar levels of assortative mating. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Svensson, Ola, et al.. (2023). Sympatry and parapatry among rocky reef cichlids of Lake Victoria explained by female mating preferences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 37(1). 51–61.
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Turner, George F., Alan Smith, Domino A. Joyce, et al.. (2022). Oca2 targeting using CRISPR/Cas9 in the Malawi cichlid Astatotilapia calliptera. Royal Society Open Science. 9(4). 220077–220077. 15 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Madeleine, Asilatu Shechonge, Eric A. Miska, et al.. (2022). Ecological Speciation Promoted by Divergent Regulation of Functional Genes Within African Cichlid Fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(11). 16 indexed citations
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Turner, George F.. (2022). A new species of deep‐water Lethrinops (Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. Journal of Fish Biology. 101(6). 1405–1410. 3 indexed citations
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Vernaz, Grégoire, A. Hudson, M. Emília Santos, et al.. (2022). Epigenetic divergence during early stages of speciation in an African crater lake cichlid fish. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(12). 1940–1951. 21 indexed citations
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Tyers, Alexandra M., Gavan M. Cooke, & George F. Turner. (2021). Rare morph Lake Malawi mbuna cichlids benefit from reduced aggression from con‐ and hetero‐specifics. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(11). 1678–1690. 6 indexed citations
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Ford, Antonia G. P., Alan Smith, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, et al.. (2020). Newly discovered cichlid fish biodiversity threatened by hybridization with non‐native species. Molecular Ecology. 30(4). 895–911. 27 indexed citations
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Svardal, Hannes, Milan Malinsky, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, et al.. (2019). Ancestral Hybridization Facilitated Species Diversification in the Lake Malawi Cichlid Fish Adaptive Radiation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(4). 1100–1113. 96 indexed citations
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Malinsky, Milan, Hannes Svardal, Alexandra M. Tyers, et al.. (2018). Whole-genome sequences of Malawi cichlids reveal multiple radiations interconnected by gene flow. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(12). 1940–1955. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Attard, Karl M., Henrik Ståhl, Nicholas A. Kamenos, et al.. (2015). Benthic oxygen exchange in a live coralline algal bed and an adjacent sandy habitat: an eddy covariance study. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 535. 99–115. 40 indexed citations
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Goldacre, M J, et al.. (2005). Career choices for psychiatry - National surveys of graduates of 1974-2000 from UK Medical-Schools (vol 186, pg 158, 2005). The British Journal of Psychiatry. 186. 357–357. 16 indexed citations
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Turner, George F.. (2001). The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation. Heredity. 86(6). 749–750. 443 indexed citations
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Turner, George F., Sarah Tyson, & Jenny M. Lewis. (1994). Southampton stroke audit; final report. University of Salford Institutional Repository (University of Salford). 1 indexed citations

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