Ian Wang

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Ian Wang is a scholar working on Genetics, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Wang has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Genetics, 37 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ian Wang's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (36 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (34 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). Ian Wang is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (36 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (34 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers). Ian Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Ian Wang's co-authors include Gideon S. Bradburd, H. Bradley Shaffer, Kyle Summers, Ian Taylor, Matt Shields, Jonathan B. Losos, Richard E. Glor, Sydney I. Glassman, Thomas D. Bruns and Wesley K. Savage and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ian Wang

91 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

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Countries citing papers authored by Ian Wang

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Wang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ian Wang. Ian Wang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A chromosome-level reference genome assembly for Gilbert’s skink Plestiodon gilberti 2025 ·Journal of Heredity ·Jonathan Q. Richmond, Merly Escalona, Mohan P A Marimuthu, (unknown), Samuel Sacco, (unknown), Erin Toffelmier, Benjamin R. Karin, Robert D. Cooper, Robert N. Fisher, Ian Wang, H. Bradley Shaffer	0
2	Loss of pigments in females is associated with sexual dichromatism in an ornamental trait 2025 ·Evolution ·(unknown), Guinevere O. U. Wogan, Ian Wang, Michael L. Yuan	0
3	Optimising Sampling Design for Landscape Genomics 2024 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·(unknown), (unknown), Ian Wang	2
4	Early predictors for maltreatment-related injuries in infancy and long-term mortality: a population-based study 2023 ·BMC Public Health ·Hsin‐Hung Chen, Ian Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Chuan‐Yu Chen	0
5	Reference genome of the black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis 2023 ·Journal of Heredity ·Laurie A. Hall, Ian Wang, Merly Escalona, (unknown), Samuel Sacco, Ruta Sahasrabudhe, (unknown), Erin Toffelmier, H. Bradley Shaffer, Steven R. Beissinger	1
6	Generating continuous maps of genetic diversity using moving windows 2023 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), E. Anne Chambers, Ian Wang	10
7	Some like it hotter: Differential thermal preferences among lizard color morphs 2023 ·Journal of Thermal Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Heather E. M. Liwanag, Panayiotis Pafilis, Ian Wang, Kinsey M. Brock	4
8	Assembly of the largest squamate reference genome to date: The western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis 2023 ·Journal of Heredity ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael L. Yuan, Merly Escalona, (unknown), (unknown), Mohan P A Marimuthu, (unknown), (unknown), Erin Toffelmier, Robert N. Fisher, H. Bradley Shaffer, Ian Wang	2
9	Reference genome of an iconic lizard in western North America, Blainville’s horned lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii 2023 ·Journal of Heredity ·Jonathan Q. Richmond, Jimmy A. McGuire, Merly Escalona, Mohan P A Marimuthu, (unknown), Samuel Sacco, (unknown), Erin Toffelmier, Robert N. Fisher, Ian Wang, H. Bradley Shaffer	2
10	Reference Genome of the Northwestern Pond Turtle,Actinemys marmorata 2022 ·Journal of Heredity ·Brian D. Todd, Thomas S. Jenkinson, Merly Escalona, (unknown), (unknown), Ruta Sahasrabudhe, Peter Scott, Erin Toffelmier, Ian Wang, H. Bradley Shaffer	9
11	Association between childhood negative life events with alcohol expectancies in early adolescence: Cumulative risk and latent class approaches 2021 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·(unknown), Wan‐Ting Chen, Ian Wang, (unknown), Wei J. Chen, Chuan‐Yu Chen	6
12	Family and school social capitals in late childhood predict youthful drinking behaviors and problems 2019 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·(unknown), Wan‐Ting Chen, Ian Wang, Chieh‐Yu Liu, Wei J. Chen, Chuan‐Yu Chen	2
13	Inferring spatial patterns and drivers of population divergence of Neolitsea sericea (Lauraceae), based on molecular phylogeography and landscape genomics 2018 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Yanan Cao, Ian Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Luxian Liu, Yingxiong Qiu	23
14	Population genetic structure is shaped by historical, geographic, and environmental factors in the leguminous shrub Caragana microphylla on the Inner Mongolia Plateau of China 2017 ·BMC Plant Biology ·Bo Xu, Guoli Sun, Xuemin Wang, (unknown), Ian Wang, Zan Wang	20
15	Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 inhibition attenuates cardiac hypertrophy and cardiorenal fibrosis induced by uremic toxins: Implications for cardiorenal syndrome 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Feby Savira, Longxing Cao, Ian Wang, Wendi Yang, (unknown), Hua Yue, Beat M. Jucker, Robert N. Willette, Li Huang, Henry Krum, Zhiliang Li, Qiang Fu, Bing H. Wang	29
16	The financial consequences of abolishing a carbon trading system 2016 ·Applied Economics Letters ·Vikash Ramiah, Huy Pham, Ian Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	6
17	Environmental and topographic variables shape genetic structure and effective population sizes in the endangered Yosemite toad 2012 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Ian Wang	40
18	Genetic structure is correlated with phenotypic divergence rather than geographic isolation in the highly polymorphic strawberry poison-dart frog 2009 ·Molecular Ecology ·Ian Wang, Kyle Summers	188
19	Landscape genetics and least‐cost path analysis reveal unexpected dispersal routes in the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 2009 ·Molecular Ecology ·Ian Wang, Wesley K. Savage, H. Bradley Shaffer	153
20	Distributed computing with Triana on the Grid: Research Articles 2005 ·Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience ·Ian Taylor, Ian Wang, Matt Shields, Shalil Majithia	4

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