James A. Schulte

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

James A. Schulte is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Schulte has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 24 papers in Ecological Modeling and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in James A. Schulte's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (51 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers). James A. Schulte is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (51 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (24 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers). James A. Schulte collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Russia. James A. Schulte's co-authors include Allan Larson, Jonathan B. Losos, Jonathan R. Macey, Theodore J. Papenfuss, Luke J. Harmon, Jane Melville, Félix B. Cruz, Robert E. Espinoza, Natalia B. Ananjeva and Nasrullah Rastegar‐Pouyani and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Evolution and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James A. Schulte

59 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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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.

EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA

2010 667 citations Luke J. Harmon, Jonathan B. Losos et al. Evolution profile →
Tempo and Mode of Evolutionary Radiation in Iguanian Lizards

2003 571 citations Luke J. Harmon, James A. Schulte et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
James A. Schulte	2.8k	2.0k	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	60	4.9k
Tod W. Reeder	3.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	2.5k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	63	6.0k
J. Scott Keogh	3.3k 1.2×	2.7k 1.4×	2.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	185	6.6k
Roger S. Thorpe	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	3.4k 1.9×	920 0.7×	951 0.7×	137	5.9k
Todd R. Jackman	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	657 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	83	4.5k
E. N. Arnold	3.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.4×	650 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	79	5.3k
Kenneth H. Kozak	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.8×	41	5.9k
Theodore J. Papenfuss	3.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.4×	815 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	94	5.2k
Mark Wilkinson	2.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	994 0.6×	880 0.6×	535 0.4×	123	3.8k
Mark N. Hutchinson	1.8k 0.7×	878 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	843 0.6×	831 0.6×	114	3.2k
Salvador Carranza	3.6k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	3.2k 1.8×	763 0.5×	2.2k 1.7×	198	6.5k

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Melville, Jane, Euan G. Ritchie, Stephanie N. J. Chapple, Richard E. Glor, & James A. Schulte. (2018). Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 77. 41–61. 6 indexed citations

Macey, Jonathan R., James A. Schulte, Natalia B. Ananjeva, et al.. (2018). A molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the Asian agamid lizard genus Phrynocephalus reveals discrete biogeographic clades implicated by plate tectonics. Zootaxa. 4467(1). 1–81. 14 indexed citations

Bonino, Marcelo F., Débora Lina Moreno Azócar, James A. Schulte, Cristian Simón Abdala, & Félix B. Cruz. (2015). Thermal sensitivity of cold climate lizards and the importance of distributional ranges. Zoology. 118(4). 281–290. 40 indexed citations

Azócar, Débora Lina Moreno, Bieke Vanhooydonck, Marcelo F. Bonino, et al.. (2012). Chasing the Patagonian sun: comparative thermal biology of Liolaemus lizards. Oecologia. 171(4). 773–788. 58 indexed citations

Collar, David C., James A. Schulte, & Jonathan B. Losos. (2011). EVOLUTION OF EXTREME BODY SIZE DISPARITY IN MONITOR LIZARDS (VARANUS). Evolution. 65(9). 2664–2680. 72 indexed citations

Collar, David C., James A. Schulte, Brian C. O’Meara, & Jonathan B. Losos. (2010). Habitat use affects morphological diversification in dragon lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23(5). 1033–1049. 78 indexed citations

Melville, Jane, Euan G. Ritchie, Stephanie N. J. Chapple, Richard E. Glor, & James A. Schulte. (2010). Evolutionary origins and diversification of dragon lizards in Australia’s tropical savannas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58(2). 257–270. 54 indexed citations

Harmon, Luke J., Jonathan B. Losos, T. Jonathan Davies, et al.. (2010). EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA. Evolution. 64(8). no–no. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

Wyngaard, Grace A., Maria Hołyńska, & James A. Schulte. (2010). Phylogeny of the freshwater copepod Mesocyclops (Crustacea: Cyclopidae) based on combined molecular and morphological data, with notes on biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(3). 753–764. 39 indexed citations

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Schulte, James A., et al.. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships among iguanian lizards using alternative partitioning methods and TSHZ1: A new phylogenetic marker for reptiles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 50(2). 391–396. 18 indexed citations

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Schulte, James A., Jonathan R. Macey, & Theodore J. Papenfuss. (2006). A genetic perspective on the geographic association of taxa among arid North American lizards of the Sceloporus magister complex (Squamata: Iguanidae: Phrynosomatinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39(3). 873–880. 13 indexed citations

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Torres‐Carvajal, Omar, James A. Schulte, & John E. Cadle. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships of South American lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania): A new approach using a general mixture model for gene sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39(1). 171–185. 23 indexed citations

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Cruz, Félix B., Lee A. Fitzgerald, Robert E. Espinoza, & James A. Schulte. (2005). The importance of phylogenetic scale in tests of Bergmann's and Rapoport's rules: lessons from a clade of South American lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 18(6). 1559–1574. 166 indexed citations

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Schulte, James A., Jonathan R. Macey, Rohan Pethiyagoda, & Allan Larson. (2002). Rostral Horn Evolution among Agamid Lizards of the Genus Ceratophora Endemic to Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 22(1). 111–117. 26 indexed citations

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Núñez, Herman, et al.. (2001). Liolaemus josephorum, nueva especie de lagartija para el Norte de Chile. Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. 50. 91–107. 6 indexed citations

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Macey, Jonathan R., James A. Schulte, Allan Larson, et al.. (2000). Evaluating Trans-Tethys Migration: An Example Using Acrodont Lizard Phylogenetics. Systematic Biology. 49(2). 233–256. 249 indexed citations

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Macey, Jonathan R., James A. Schulte, Haji Gholi Kami, et al.. (2000). Testing Hypotheses of Vicariance in the Agamid Lizard Laudakia caucasia from Mountain Ranges on the Northern Iranian Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 14(3). 479–483. 19 indexed citations

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Macey, Jonathan R., James A. Schulte, Natalia B. Ananjeva, et al.. (1998). Phylogenetic Relationships among Agamid Lizards of theLaudakia caucasiaSpecies Group: Testing Hypotheses of Biogeographic Fragmentation and an Area Cladogram for the Iranian Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10(1). 118–131. 227 indexed citations

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Schulte, James A., Jonathan R. Macey, Allan Larson, & Theodore J. Papenfuss. (1998). Molecular Tests of Phylogenetic Taxonomies: A General Procedure and Example Using Four Subfamilies of the Lizard Family Iguanidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10(3). 367–376. 84 indexed citations

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Macey, Jonathan R., et al.. (1998). Phylogenetic Relationships of Toads in theBufo bufoSpecies Group from the Eastern Escarpment of the Tibetan Plateau: A Case of Vicariance and Dispersal. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9(1). 80–87. 206 indexed citations

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