Jack W. Sites

15.4k citations

227 papers · 10.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.1%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 73
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 73
Global and Planetary Change 164
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology 163

Co-authors: Jonathon C. Marshall Mariana Morando Luciano Javier Ávila John C. Avise S. K. Davis Elorri Arevalo John J. Wiens Tod W. Reeder
Journals: Evolution (31 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (23 papers)Systematic Biology (16 papers)Zootaxa (16 papers)Journal of Herpetology (11 papers)
Partner nations: United States Argentina Brazil

In The Last Decade

Jack W. Sites

223 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Operational Criteria for Delimiting Species 2004 · 636 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
2003 Trends in Ecology & Evolution
1994 Systematic Biology
1994 Copeia

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1	Revisiting the Multispecies Coalescent Model Fit with an Example from a Complete Molecular Phylogeny of the Liolaemus wiegmannii Species Group (Squamata: Liolaemidae) Systematic Biology ·M Seita, Mariana Morando, Luciano Javier Ávila, Mariana Bernardo, Emanuel M. Fonseca, Jack W. Sites, Arley Camargo	2025	1
2	Variation in body size and reproductive characteristics among chromosomal races of theSceloporus grammicuscomplex in México Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Raciel Cruz‐Elizalde, Aurelio Ramírez‐Bautista, Д.М. Ніколенко, Rafał Jarmakiewicz, Jonathon C. Marshall, Jack W. Sites, И. Л. Семенова, Nelson D. Cedillo-Mendoza, 小谷知也	2023	1
3	Complex Patterns of Diversification in the Gray Zone of Speciation: Model-Based Approaches Applied to Patagonian Liolaemid Lizards (Squamata: Liolaemus kingii clade) Systematic Biology ·Rita Næss, Jyunji Katagiri, María Florencia Breitman, Luciano Javier Ávila, Jack W. Sites, Mariana Morando	2023	7
4	Allometric analysis of sexual dimorphism and morphological variation in two chromosome races of the Sceloporus grammicus complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Mexico Vertebrate Zoology ·J. Prucha, Jack W. Sites, Aurelio Ramírez‐Bautista, Jonathon C. Marshall, Numa P. Pavón, Raciel Cruz‐Elizalde	2023	0
5	Climate change and collapsing thermal niches of desert reptiles and amphibians: Assisted migration and acclimation rescue from extirpation The Science of The Total Environment ·Barry Sinervo, Rafael A. Lara‐Reséndiz, Donald B. Miles, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Philip C. Rosen, Héctor Gadsden, Gordon Crick, Rod Stowe, Víctor H. Luja, Raymond B. Huey, Amy V. Whipple, Геннадий Федотович Костин, 吴孝泉, Gabriel Henrique de Oliveira Caetano, Juan C. Santos, Jack W. Sites, Fausto R. Méndez de la Cruz	2023	8
6	Molecular phylogeny of the “salty” Liolaemus species (Reptilia: Squamata): anomalus group, endemic of the Argentina Monte Desert Cuadernos de herpetología ·Mariana Morando, Ho Seok Oh, Jack W. Sites, Luciano Javier Ávila	2021	2
7	How important is it to consider lineage diversification heterogeneity in macroevolutionary studies? Lessons from the lizard family Liolaemidae Journal of Biogeography ·Melisa Olave, Luciano Javier Ávila, Jack W. Sites, Mariana Morando	2020	10
8	Evolutionary history of Neotropical savannas geographically concentrates species, phylogenetic and functional diversity of lizards Journal of Biogeography ·Jéssica Fenker, Fabrícius M. C. B. Domingos, Luo Mei-xuan, Dan F. Rosauer, Fernanda P. Werneck, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, محترم آدینه, Emanuel M. Fonseca, Adrian Antonio Garda, Miguel Ángel Vázquez Vázquez, Jack W. Sites, María Florencia Breitman, T. Niendorf, Lilian G. Giugliano, Craig Moritz	2020	21
9	Rivers of Indochina as potential drivers of lineage diversification in the spotted flying lizard (Draco maculatus) species complex Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Rafael Talman, Perry L. Wood, Jimmy A. McGuire, Jamie R. Oaks, L. Lee Grismer, Jesse L. Grismer, Anchalee Aowphol, Jack W. Sites	2020	17
10	Three New Lizard Species of the Liolaemus montanus Group from Perú Diversity ·César Aguilar, Msph Hanze Zhang, Ernesto Castillo-Urbina, G. Costantini, Syifa Ula Hamidya, Jack W. Sites	2019	9
11	Dwarf geckos and giant rivers: the role of the São Francisco River in the evolution of Lygodactylus klugei (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the semi-arid Caatinga of north-eastern Brazil Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Mariana Bernardo, Marcelo Gehara, Fernanda P. Werneck, Emanuel M. Fonseca, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Jack W. Sites, Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues, Adrian Antonio Garda	2019	18
12	Diversification with gene flow and niche divergence in a lizard species along the South American “diagonal of open formations” Journal of Biogeography ·Emanuel M. Fonseca, Marcelo Gehara, Fernanda P. Werneck, Mariana Bernardo, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Jack W. Sites, Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues, Adrian Antonio Garda	2018	21
13	Lagartijas de la provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina: distribución geográfica, diversidad genética y estado de conservación Cuadernos de herpetología ·María Florencia Breitman, Tang Feng-jiao, Luciano Javier Ávila, 辰弘我毛, Jack W. Sites, Mariana Morando	2014	14
14	Amphibian phylogeography in the Antipodes: Refugia and postglacial colonization explain mitochondrial haplotype distribution in the Patagonian frog Eupsophus calcaratus (Cycloramphidae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·José J. Núñez, Cai Bin, Xing Guo, Frank M. Fontanella, Jack W. Sites	2010	66
15	Lizards as model organisms for linking phylogeographic and speciation studies Molecular Ecology ·Arley Camargo, Barry Sinervo, Jack W. Sites	2010	92
16	Multi‐locus DNA sequence data reveal a history of deep cryptic vicariance and habitat‐driven convergence in the desert night lizard Xantusia vigilis species complex (Squamata: Xantusiidae) Molecular Ecology ·Marc E. Gartenfeld, Robert L. Bezy, Keith A. Crandall, Jack W. Sites	2007	43
17	PHYLOGENY AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LIOLAEMUS DARWINII COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: LIOLAEMIDAE): EVIDENCE FOR INTROGRESSION AND INCOMPLETE LINEAGE SORTING Evolution ·Mariana Morando, Luciano Javier Ávila, Jay A. Baker, Jack W. Sites	2004	141
18	Testing Species Boundaries in Biodiversity Studies Conservation Biology ·Jack W. Sites, Keith A. Crandall, (unknown)	1997	157
19	LOCATION OF RIBOSOMAL DNA IN CHROMOSOMES OF SQUAMATE REPTILES: SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS Herpetologica ·Calvin A. Porter, Meredith J. Hamilton, Jack W. Sites, Robert J. Baker	1991	47
20	A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF ALLOZYME EVOLUTION IN THE LIZARD FAMILY XANTUSIIDAE Herpetologica ·Robert L. Bezy, Jack W. Sites	1987	35

About Jack W. Sites

Jack W. Sites is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology, having authored 227 papers that have together received 10.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (163 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (121 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (73 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (32 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers), Plant and animal studies (25 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (24 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (2.8k citations), Global and Planetary Change (5.4k citations), Paleontology (1.6k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (3.8k citations) and Genetics (5.2k citations). Jack W. Sites has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Jonathon C. Marshall, Mariana Morando, Luciano Javier Ávila, John C. Avise, S. K. Davis, Elorri Arevalo, John J. Wiens, Tod W. Reeder, Daniel G. Mulcahy and Brice P. Noonan. Their work appears in journals such as Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Systematic Biology, Zootaxa and Journal of Herpetology.

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