Jane Molofsky

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Jane Molofsky is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane Molofsky has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jane Molofsky's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (37 papers), Plant and animal studies (20 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (11 papers). Jane Molofsky is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (37 papers), Plant and animal studies (20 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (11 papers). Jane Molofsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Jane Molofsky's co-authors include Sébastien Lavergne, Ann K. Sakai, Norman C. Ellstrand, Fred W. Allendorf, John N. Thompson, Ingrid M. Parker, Stephen G. Weller, Joel E. Cohen, David M. Lodge and Robert J. Cabin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jane Molofsky

55 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Population Biology of Invasive Species

2001 3.0k citations Jane Molofsky et al. profile →
Increased genetic variation and evolutionary potential drive the success of an invasive grass

2007 718 citations Sébastien Lavergne, Jane Molofsky Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jane Molofsky United States	25	2.8k	2.6k	2.3k	1.7k	1.3k	55	6.2k
Robert I. Colautti Canada	25	2.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	43	5.8k
Pekka Niemelä Finland	41	2.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	168	6.5k
Lloyd L. Loope United States	28	2.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	914 0.7×	86	5.7k
Robert J. Cabin United States	20	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	824 0.7×	34	4.4k
Andrew P. Beckerman United Kingdom	39	2.1k 0.7×	3.1k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	793 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	110	6.9k
Ann K. Sakai United States	33	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	3.7k 1.6×	2.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	91	6.5k
I. P. Woiwod United Kingdom	42	2.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	111	6.8k
Élisa Thébault France	31	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	729 0.6×	58	4.8k
R. L. Kitching Australia	41	2.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	3.0k 1.3×	889 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	216	5.9k
Marc T. J. Johnson Canada	43	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	111	7.7k

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Kaproth, Matthew A., Maarten B. Eppinga, & Jane Molofsky. (2023). Evolutionary history and intraspecific competition mediate ballistic seed dispersal. Functional Ecology. 37(7). 1935–1947. 2 indexed citations

Molofsky, Jane, Daniel Park, David M. Richardson, et al.. (2022). Optimal differentiation to the edge of trait space (EoTS). Evolutionary Ecology. 36(5). 743–752. 3 indexed citations

Palacio‐López, Kattia & Jane Molofsky. (2021). Phenotypic shifts following admixture in recombinant offspring of Arabidopsis thaliana. Evolutionary Ecology. 35(4). 575–593. 3 indexed citations

Hui, Cang, David M. Richardson, Pietro Landi, et al.. (2021). Trait positions for elevated invasiveness in adaptive ecological networks. Biological Invasions. 23(6). 1965–1985. 21 indexed citations

Braun, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Simulating phase transitions and control measures for network epidemics caused by infections with presymptomatic, asymptomatic, and symptomatic stages. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238412–e0238412. 14 indexed citations

Braun, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Phase transitions and social distancing control measures for SARS-CoV-2 on small world networks. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 1 indexed citations

Divíšek, Jan, Milan Chytrý, Brian Beckage, et al.. (2018). Similarity of introduced plant species to native ones facilitates naturalization, but differences enhance invasion success. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4631–4631. 166 indexed citations

Beckage, Brian, et al.. (2017). Small-scale genotypic richness stabilizes plot biomass and increases phenotypic variance in the invasive grass Phalaris arundinacea. Journal of Plant Ecology. 11(1). 47–55. 6 indexed citations

Molofsky, Jane, et al.. (2014). Using native and invasive populations as surrogate 'species' to predict the potential for native and invasive populations to shift their range. Evolutionary ecology research. 16(6). 505–516. 2 indexed citations

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Visser, Vernon & Jane Molofsky. (2014). Ecological niche differentiation of polyploidization is not supported by environmental differences among species in a cosmopolitan grass genus. American Journal of Botany. 102(1). 36–49. 21 indexed citations

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Gaertner, Mirijam, Reinette Biggs, Mariska te Beest, et al.. (2014). Invasive plants as drivers of regime shifts: identifying high‐priority invaders that alter feedback relationships. Diversity and Distributions. 20(7). 733–744. 203 indexed citations

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Lavergne, Sébastien, et al.. (2011). Comparing the genetic architecture and potential response to selection of invasive and native populations of reed canary grass. Evolutionary Applications. 4(6). 726–735. 24 indexed citations

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Hart, Edmund, et al.. (2010). Differential response to frequency-dependent interactions: an experimental test using genotypes of an invasive grass. Oecologia. 164(4). 959–969. 11 indexed citations

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Putten, Wim H. van der, Richard D. Bardgett, Peter C. de Ruiter, et al.. (2009). Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground–belowground ecology. Oecologia. 161(1). 1–14. 195 indexed citations

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Lavergne, Sébastien & Jane Molofsky. (2007). Increased genetic variation and evolutionary potential drive the success of an invasive grass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(10). 3883–3888. 718 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eppstein, Margaret J. & Jane Molofsky. (2007). Invasiveness in plant communities with feedbacks. Ecology Letters. 10(4). 253–263. 77 indexed citations

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Molofsky, Jane & Jean‐Baptiste Ferdy. (2005). Extinction dynamics in experimental metapopulations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(10). 3726–3731. 43 indexed citations

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Lavergne, Sébastien & Jane Molofsky. (2004). Reed Canary Grass ( Phalaris arundinacea ) as a Biological Model in the Study of Plant Invasions. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 23(5). 415–429. 172 indexed citations

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Ferdy, Jean‐Baptiste & Jane Molofsky. (2002). Allee Effect, Spatial Structure and Species Coexistence. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 217(4). 413–424. 36 indexed citations

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Molofsky, Jane, James D. Bever, Janis Antonovics, & T. J. Newman. (2002). Negative Frequency Dependence and the Importance of Spatial Scale. Ecology. 83(1). 21–21. 1 indexed citations

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