Jeffrey W. Shultz

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Jeffrey W. Shultz is a scholar working on Paleontology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeffrey W. Shultz has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Paleontology, 25 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jeffrey W. Shultz's work include Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (34 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (11 papers). Jeffrey W. Shultz is often cited by papers focused on Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (34 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers) and Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (11 papers). Jeffrey W. Shultz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and United Kingdom. Jeffrey W. Shultz's co-authors include Jerome C. Regier, Robert E. Kambic, Cliff Cunningham, Joel W. Martin, Bernard Ball, Andreas Zwick, Regina Wetzer, Jon Mallatt, James R. Garey and Andrew T. Sensenig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jeffrey W. Shultz

62 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences

2010 723 citations Jerome C. Regier, Jeffrey W. Shultz et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jeffrey W. Shultz United States	30	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	900	63	3.7k
William A. Shear United States	30	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	493 0.5×	720 0.8×	163	3.4k
Maximilian J. Telford United Kingdom	41	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	3.5k 3.4×	1.6k 1.8×	95	6.7k
Jason A. Dunlop Germany	32	2.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	525 0.5×	335 0.4×	217	3.6k
John Gatesy United States	28	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.9×	55	4.4k
Christoph Bleidorn Germany	37	551 0.4×	900 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.9×	104	4.4k
Mario dos Reis United Kingdom	33	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	2.7k 2.6×	686 0.8×	52	4.9k
Marshal Hedin United States	40	992 0.7×	3.3k 2.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	796 0.9×	93	4.5k
Jason E. Bond United States	39	805 0.6×	3.6k 2.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	596 0.7×	127	5.0k
Andrew F. Hugall Australia	32	512 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	872 0.8×	609 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	61	3.3k
Dorothée Huchon Israel	30	1.1k 0.8×	931 0.7×	612 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	69	3.4k

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Wood, Hannah M. & Jeffrey W. Shultz. (2025). The role of hydraulic pressure in spider cheliceral function. Arthropod Structure & Development. 88. 101475–101475. 1 indexed citations

Shultz, Jeffrey W., et al.. (2024). Extended phenotype affects somatic phenotype in spiders: web builders have lower estimated biting forces than free hunters. Evolution. 79(3). 380–392. 1 indexed citations

Pérez‐González, Abel, Luis E. Acosta, Daniel N. Proud, & Jeffrey W. Shultz. (2021). Harvestmen in the first twenty years: a scientometric analysis of Zootaxa’s contribution to opilionology (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones). Zootaxa. 4979(1). 102114–102114. 2 indexed citations

Shultz, Jeffrey W.. (2019). Opiliones of Canada. ZooKeys. 819(819). 57–65. 3 indexed citations

Shultz, Jeffrey W.. (2018). A guide to the identification of the terrestrial Isopoda of Maryland, U.S.A. (Crustacea). ZooKeys. 801(801). 207–228. 17 indexed citations

Shultz, Jeffrey W.. (2018). A Guide to the Identification of the Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) of Maryland. Northeastern Naturalist. 25(1). 21–49. 4 indexed citations

Shultz, Jeffrey W., et al.. (2015). Biomechanical Diversity of Mating Structures among Harvestmen Species Is Consistent with a Spectrum of Precopulatory Strategies. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0137181–e0137181. 26 indexed citations

Hedin, Marshal, James Starrett, Sajia Akhter, Axel L. Schönhofer, & Jeffrey W. Shultz. (2012). Phylogenomic Resolution of Paleozoic Divergences in Harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) via Analysis of Next-Generation Transcriptome Data. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42888–e42888. 54 indexed citations

Hedin, Marshal, et al.. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of the leiobunine harvestmen of eastern North America (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Leiobuninae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63(2). 291–298. 23 indexed citations

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Hedin, Marshal, Nobuo Tsurusaki, Rogelio Macías‐Ordóñez, & Jeffrey W. Shultz. (2011). Molecular systematics of sclerosomatid harvestmen (Opiliones, Phalangioidea, Sclerosomatidae): Geography is better than taxonomy in predicting phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(1). 224–236. 59 indexed citations

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Regier, Jerome C., Jeffrey W. Shultz, Andreas Zwick, et al.. (2010). Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences. Nature. 463(7284). 1079–1083. 723 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shultz, Jeffrey W.. (2007). A phylogenetic analysis of the arachnid orders based on morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150(2). 221–265. 230 indexed citations

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Shultz, Jeffrey W.. (2006). Morphology of the prosomal endoskeleton of Scorpiones (Arachnida) and a new hypothesis for the evolution of cuticular cephalic endoskeletons in arthropods. Arthropod Structure & Development. 36(1). 77–102. 21 indexed citations

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Regier, Jerome C., Heather Wilson‐Robles, & Jeffrey W. Shultz. (2004). Phylogenetic analysis of Myriapoda using three nuclear protein-coding genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34(1). 147–158. 68 indexed citations

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Mallatt, Jon, James R. Garey, & Jeffrey W. Shultz. (2003). Ecdysozoan phylogeny and Bayesian inference: first use of nearly complete 28S and 18S rRNA gene sequences to classify the arthropods and their kin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31(1). 178–191. 262 indexed citations

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Shultz, Jeffrey W., et al.. (2003). FIRST SPECIES OF AUSTROPSOPILIO (OPILIONES, CADDOIDEA, CADDIDAE) FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Journal of Arachnology. 31(1). 20–27. 5 indexed citations

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Regier, Jerome C. & Jeffrey W. Shultz. (2001). Elongation Factor-2: A Useful Gene for Arthropod Phylogenetics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20(1). 136–148. 90 indexed citations

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Regier, Jerome C. & Jeffrey W. Shultz. (2001). A phylogenetic analysis of Myriapoda (Arthropoda) using two nuclear protein-encoding genes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 132(4). 469–486. 44 indexed citations

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Shultz, Jeffrey W.. (1991). Evolution of locomotion in arachnida: The hydraulic pressure pump of the giant whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus Giganteus (Uropygi). Journal of Morphology. 210(1). 13–31. 31 indexed citations

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Shultz, Jeffrey W.. (1987). Walking and Surface Film Locomotion in Terrestrial and Semi-Aquatic Spiders. Journal of Experimental Biology. 128(1). 427–444. 42 indexed citations

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