Guy Leonard

3.4k total citations
33 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Guy Leonard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy Leonard has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Guy Leonard's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers). Guy Leonard is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers). Guy Leonard collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Guy Leonard's co-authors include Thomas A. Richards, Meredith D. M. Jones, David Bass, Darren M. Soanes, Nicholas J. Talbot, Peter G. Foster, Finlay Maguire, Christopher R. Thornton, Gabriela M. Avelar and Suely Lopes Gomes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Plant Cell and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Guy Leonard

31 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guy Leonard United Kingdom 19 934 588 511 339 145 33 1.6k
Olivier Lespinet France 19 1.1k 1.1× 178 0.3× 594 1.2× 234 0.7× 76 0.5× 33 1.7k
Claudio H. Slamovits Canada 30 1.5k 1.6× 811 1.4× 567 1.1× 96 0.3× 209 1.4× 51 2.3k
Sergey A. Karpov Russia 23 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.8× 351 0.7× 239 0.7× 264 1.8× 86 1.9k
Austen R. D. Ganley New Zealand 22 1.2k 1.3× 170 0.3× 618 1.2× 251 0.7× 55 0.4× 44 2.0k
Javier del Campo Spain 30 1.8k 1.9× 1.9k 3.2× 224 0.4× 135 0.4× 548 3.8× 72 2.8k
Stephen Rudd Finland 25 1.5k 1.6× 398 0.7× 1.7k 3.3× 111 0.3× 76 0.5× 46 3.0k
Wenyan Nong Hong Kong 20 581 0.6× 326 0.6× 184 0.4× 37 0.1× 120 0.8× 58 1.2k
Shinichiro Maruyama Japan 18 834 0.9× 417 0.7× 349 0.7× 48 0.1× 197 1.4× 46 1.2k
Heriberto Cerutti United States 28 2.2k 2.3× 223 0.4× 860 1.7× 66 0.2× 172 1.2× 48 2.8k
Peter M. Letcher United States 25 1.4k 1.5× 864 1.5× 994 1.9× 692 2.0× 82 0.6× 80 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Guy Leonard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guy Leonard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guy Leonard

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All Works

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Milner, David S., Yufeng Fang, Yan Xia, et al.. (2024). Duplication and neofunctionalization of a horizontally transferred xyloglucanase as a facet of the Red Queen coevolutionary dynamic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(24). e2218927121–e2218927121. 4 indexed citations
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Barth, Julia M. I., Scott A. Handley, Guy Leonard, et al.. (2023). The history and organization of the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics. Evolution Education and Outreach. 16(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations
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Alacid, Elisabet, Nicholas A. T. Irwin, David S. Milner, et al.. (2022). A diversified and segregated mRNA spliced-leader system in the parasitic Perkinsozoa. Open Biology. 12(8). 220126–220126. 4 indexed citations
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Maguire, Finlay, Guy Leonard, Joshua D Eaton, et al.. (2021). Emergent RNA–RNA interactions can promote stability in a facultative phototrophic endosymbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 9 indexed citations
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Záhonová, Kristína, Gordon Lax, Guy Leonard, et al.. (2021). Single-cell genomics unveils a canonical origin of the diverse mitochondrial genomes of euglenozoans. BMC Biology. 19(1). 103–103. 11 indexed citations
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Kilias, Estelle, et al.. (2020). Chytrid fungi distribution and co-occurrence with diatoms correlate with sea ice melt in the Arctic Ocean. Communications Biology. 3(1). 183–183. 32 indexed citations
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Wideman, Jeremy G., Adam Monier, Raquel Rodríguez‐Martínez, et al.. (2019). Unexpected mitochondrial genome diversity revealed by targeted single-cell genomics of heterotrophic flagellated protists. Nature Microbiology. 5(1). 154–165. 41 indexed citations
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Leonard, Guy, David S. Milner, Adam Monier, et al.. (2018). Comparative genomic analysis of the ‘pseudofungus’Hyphochytrium catenoides. Open Biology. 8(1). 170184–170184. 29 indexed citations
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Strassert, Jürgen F. H., Anna Karnkowska, Elisabeth Hehenberger, et al.. (2017). Single cell genomics of uncultured marine alveolates shows paraphyly of basal dinoflagellates. The ISME Journal. 12(1). 304–308. 28 indexed citations
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Grau‐Bové, Xavier, Guifré Torruella, Stuart P. Donachie, et al.. (2017). Dynamics of genomic innovation in the unicellular ancestry of animals. eLife. 6. 104 indexed citations
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Leonard, Guy, et al.. (2015). The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of the Oomycetes. PLoS Pathogens. 11(5). e1004805–e1004805. 61 indexed citations
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Avelar, Gabriela M., Robert I. Schumacher, Paulo A. Zaini, et al.. (2014). A Rhodopsin-Guanylyl Cyclase Gene Fusion Functions in Visual Perception in a Fungus. Current Biology. 24(11). 1234–1240. 114 indexed citations
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Maguire, Finlay, Fiona L. Henriquez, Guy Leonard, et al.. (2014). Complex Patterns of Gene Fission in the Eukaryotic Folate Biosynthesis Pathway. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6(10). 2709–2720. 10 indexed citations
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Leonard, Guy, Darren M. Soanes, & Jamie R. Stevens. (2011). Resolving the question of trypanosome monophyly: A comparative genomics approach using whole genome data sets with low taxon sampling. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 11(5). 955–959. 12 indexed citations
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Richards, Thomas A., Meredith D. M. Jones, Guy Leonard, & David Bass. (2011). Marine Fungi: Their Ecology and Molecular Diversity. Annual Review of Marine Science. 4(1). 495–522. 307 indexed citations
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Leonard, Guy, Jamie R. Stevens, & Thomas A. Richards. (2009). REFGEN and TREENAMER: Automated Sequence Data Handling for Phylogenetic Analysis in the Genomic Era. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 5. 1–4. 7 indexed citations
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Richards, Thomas A., Darren M. Soanes, Peter G. Foster, et al.. (2009). Phylogenomic Analysis Demonstrates a Pattern of Rare and Ancient Horizontal Gene Transfer between Plants and Fungi. The Plant Cell. 21(7). 1897–1911. 143 indexed citations

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