Jacob A. Esselstyn

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Jacob A. Esselstyn is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob A. Esselstyn has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Paleontology, 39 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jacob A. Esselstyn's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (41 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (34 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers). Jacob A. Esselstyn is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (41 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (34 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers). Jacob A. Esselstyn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Indonesia and Australia. Jacob A. Esselstyn's co-authors include Nathan S. Upham, Walter Jetz, Rafe M. Brown, Anang S. Achmadi, Kevin C. Rowe, Lawrence R. Heaney, Carl H. Oliveros, Thomas C. Giarla, Cameron D. Siler and Ben J. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jacob A. Esselstyn

71 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation

2019 724 citations Nathan S. Upham, Jacob A. Esselstyn et al. profile →

Peers

Jacob A. Esselstyn

PALEO

EEBS

ECOLO

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Pierre‐Henri Fabre France

Kristofer M. Helgen United States

Sharon A. Jansa United States

Sushma Reddy United States

Helen F. James United States

Dimitar Dimitrov Norway

Kevin C. Rowe Australia

Alan de Queiroz United States

Jonathan M. Eastman United States

Conrad A. Matthee South Africa

Pierre‐Henri Fabre France

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1.1k ×1.0

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954 ×0.9

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575 ×0.7

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Giarla, Thomas C., Anang S. Achmadi, Pierre‐Henri Fabre, et al.. (2025). Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy. 106(4). 832–858. 1 indexed citations

Hutterer, Rainer, Mark T. Swanson, Jacob A. Esselstyn, & Lawrence R. Heaney. (2025). The Shrew of Nagaland: A Remarkable New Genus and Species from Northeast India, With A Discussion of The Phylogeny and Classification of The Soricidae (Mammalia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2025(474).

Thomas, Gregg W.C., Carl R. Hutter, Colin M. Callahan, et al.. (2024). Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents. Evolution. 79(1). 11–27.

Achmadi, Anang S., et al.. (2024). The roles of isolation and interspecific interaction in generating the functional diversity of an insular mammal radiation. Oikos. 2025(3).

Esselstyn, Jacob A., et al.. (2022). Predicting Species Boundaries and Assessing Undescribed Diversity in Pneumocystis, an Obligate Lung Symbiont. Journal of Fungi. 8(8). 799–799. 3 indexed citations

León‐Paniagua, Livia, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial DNA and other lines of evidence clarify species diversity in the Peromyscus truei species group (Cricetidae: Neotominae). Mammalia. 86(4). 380–392. 1 indexed citations

Giarla, Thomas C., et al.. (2022). Molecular data from the holotype of the enigmatic Bornean Black Shrew, Suncus ater Medway, 1965 (Soricidae, Crocidurinae), place it in the genus Palawanosorex. ZooKeys. 1137. 17–31. 2 indexed citations

Upham, Nathan S., Jacob A. Esselstyn, & Walter Jetz. (2021). Molecules and fossils tell distinct yet complementary stories of mammal diversification. Current Biology. 31(19). 4195–4206.e3. 26 indexed citations

Swanson, Mark T., Carl H. Oliveros, & Jacob A. Esselstyn. (2019). A phylogenomic rodent tree reveals the repeated evolution of masseter architectures. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1902). 20190672–20190672. 47 indexed citations

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Martinez, Quentin, Renaud Lebrun, Anang S. Achmadi, et al.. (2018). Convergent evolution of an extreme dietary specialisation, the olfactory system of worm-eating rodents. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17806–17806. 41 indexed citations

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Achmadi, Anang S., et al.. (2017). Geographic isolation and elevational gradients promote diversification in an endemic shrew on Sulawesi. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118. 306–317. 14 indexed citations

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Giarla, Thomas C. & Jacob A. Esselstyn. (2015). The Challenges of Resolving a Rapid, Recent Radiation: Empirical and Simulated Phylogenomics of Philippine Shrews. Systematic Biology. 64(5). 727–740. 117 indexed citations

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Brown, Rafe M., Anthony J. Barley, Melizar V. Duya, et al.. (2014). Conservation Genetics of the Philippine Tarsier: Cryptic Genetic Variation Restructures Conservation Priorities for an Island Archipelago Primate. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e104340–e104340. 32 indexed citations

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Rowe, Kevin C., Anang S. Achmadi, & Jacob A. Esselstyn. (2014). Convergent evolution of aquatic foraging in a new genus and species (Rodentia: Muridae) from Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa. 3815(4). 541–64. 21 indexed citations

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Brown, Rafe M., Charles W. Linkem, Cameron D. Siler, et al.. (2010). Phylogeography and historical demography of Polypedates leucomystax in the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines: Evidence for recent human-mediated range expansion?. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57(2). 598–619. 62 indexed citations

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Siler, Cameron D., Jamie R. Oaks, Jacob A. Esselstyn, Arvin C. Diesmos, & Rafe M. Brown. (2010). Phylogeny and biogeography of Philippine bent-toed geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) contradict a prevailing model of Pleistocene diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(2). 699–710. 95 indexed citations

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Esselstyn, Jacob A. & Rafe M. Brown. (2009). The role of repeated sea-level fluctuations in the generation of shrew (Soricidae: Crocidura) diversity in the Philippine Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53(1). 171–181. 86 indexed citations

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Esselstyn, Jacob A., Robert M. Timm, & Rafe M. Brown. (2009). DO GEOLOGICAL OR CLIMATIC PROCESSES DRIVE SPECIATION IN DYNAMIC ARCHIPELAGOS? THE TEMPO AND MODE OF DIVERSIFICATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN SHREWS. Evolution. 63(10). 2595–2610. 139 indexed citations

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Esselstyn, Jacob A.. (2007). Should universal guidelines be applied to taxonomic research?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 90(4). 761–764. 8 indexed citations

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Esselstyn, Jacob A., Gary J. Wiles, & Arjun Amar. (2004). Habitat use of the Pacific Sheath-Tailed Bat (Emballonura semicaudata) on Aguiguan, Mariana Islands. Acta Chiropterologica. 6(2). 303–308. 9 indexed citations

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