Joseph W. Brown

8.4k citations

37 papers · 5.3k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 27

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.2%
Molecular Biology top 5%
Genetics top 1%
Plant Science top 2%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%

Co-authors: Stephen A. Smith Joseph F. Walker Luke J. Harmon Matthew W. Pennell Jonathan M. Eastman David J. Winter François Michonneau Ya Yang
Topics: Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers)Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers)Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 papers)
Cited by: Paleontology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Ecological Modeling
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research Bioinformatics PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Joseph W. Brown

37 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

geiger v2.0: an expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees

2014 753 citations Joseph W. Brown et al. Bioinformatics profile →
BAMMtools: an R package for the analysis of evolutionary dynamics on phylogenetic trees

2014 710 citations Joseph W. Brown et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
Constructing a broadly inclusive seed plant phylogeny

2018 696 citations Stephen A. Smith, Joseph W. Brown American Journal of Botany profile →
Analysis of phylogenomic datasets reveals conflict, concordance, and gene duplications with examples from animals and plants

2015 348 citations Stephen A. Smith, Michael J. Moore et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology profile →
rotl: an R package to interact with the Open Tree of Life data

2016 325 citations François Michonneau, Joseph W. Brown et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
Quartet Sampling distinguishes lack of support from conflicting support in the green plant tree of life

2018 199 citations James B. Pease, Joseph W. Brown et al. American Journal of Botany profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A new time tree of birds reveals the interplay between dispersal, geographic range size, and diversification 2025 ·Current Biology ·Santiago Claramunt,Catherine Sheard,Joseph W. Brown,(unknown),Joël Cracraft,(unknown),Brian C. Weeks,Joseph A. Tobias	2
2	Confidence intervals in molecular dating by maximum likelihood 2022 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Emmanuel Paradis,Santiago Claramunt,Joseph W. Brown,Klaus Schliep	3
3	Phylogenetic Conflicts, Combinability, and Deep Phylogenomics in Plants 2019 ·Systematic Biology ·Stephen A. Smith,Nathanael Walker‐Hale,Joseph F. Walker,Joseph W. Brown	53
4	So many genes, so little time: A practical approach to divergence-time estimation in the genomic era 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Stephen A. Smith,Joseph W. Brown,Joseph F. Walker	175
5	Quartet Sampling distinguishes lack of support from conflicting support in the green plant tree of lifebreakdown → 2018 ·American Journal of Botany ·James B. Pease,Joseph W. Brown,Joseph F. Walker,Cody E. Hinchliff,Stephen A. Smith	199
6	Disparity, diversity, and duplications in the Caryophyllales 2017 ·New Phytologist ·Stephen A. Smith,Joseph W. Brown,Ya Yang,(unknown),Chloe P. Drummond,Samuel F. Brockington,Joseph F. Walker,(unknown),Norman A. Douglas,Michael J. Moore	54
7	The Past Sure is Tense: On Interpreting Phylogenetic Divergence Time Estimates 2017 ·Systematic Biology ·Joseph W. Brown,Stephen A. Smith	66
8	The development of scientific consensus: Analyzing conflict and concordance among avian phylogenies 2017 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Joseph W. Brown,Ning Wang,Stephen A. Smith	19
9	Phyx: phylogenetic tools for unix 2017 ·Bioinformatics ·Joseph W. Brown,Joseph F. Walker,Stephen A. Smith	206
10	rotl: an R package to interact with the Open Tree of Life databreakdown → 2016 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·François Michonneau,Joseph W. Brown,David J. Winter	325
11	Multi-locus phylogenetic inference among New World Vultures (Aves: Cathartidae) 2016 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jeff Johnson,Joseph W. Brown,Jérôme Fuchs,David P. Mindell	29
12	Phylesystem: a git-based data store for community-curated phylogenetic estimates 2015 ·Bioinformatics ·Emily Jane McTavish,Cody E. Hinchliff,(unknown),Joseph W. Brown,Karen Cranston,Mark T. Holder,Jonathan Rees,Stephen A. Smith	26
13	A molecular genetic time scale demonstrates Cretaceous origins and multiple diversification rate shifts within the order Galliformes (Aves) 2015 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Robert W. Stein,Joseph W. Brown,Arne Ø. Mooers	45
14	Analysis of phylogenomic datasets reveals conflict, concordance, and gene duplications with examples from animals and plantsbreakdown → 2015 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Stephen A. Smith,Michael J. Moore,Joseph W. Brown,Ya Yang	348
15	The Use of Genetics for the Management of a Recovering Population: Temporal Assessment of Migratory Peregrine Falcons in North America 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Jeff Johnson,Sandra L. Talbot,George K. Sage,Kurt K. Burnham,Joseph W. Brown,(unknown),William S. Seegar,(unknown),(unknown),David P. Mindell	19
16	The Role of the Plant Nucleolus in Pre-mRNA Processing 2008 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·Joseph W. Brown,Peter Shaw	23
17	Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages 2008 ·BMC Biology ·Joseph W. Brown,Joshua S. Rest,Jaime García‐Moreno,Michael D. Sorenson,David P. Mindell	194
18	Appraisal of the consequences of the DDT‐induced bottleneck on the level and geographic distribution of neutral genetic variation in Canadian peregrine falcons,Falco peregrinus 2007 ·Molecular Ecology ·Joseph W. Brown,Peter J. Van Coeverden de Groot,Tim P. Birt,Gilles Seutin,Peter T. Boag,Vicki L. Friesen	56
19	Arabidopsis nucleolar protein database (AtNoPDB) 2004 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Joseph W. Brown	58
20	Plant snoRNA database 2003 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Joseph W. Brown	77

About Joseph W. Brown

Joseph W. Brown is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecological Modeling and Genetics, having authored 37 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (1.0k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.7k citations) and Ecological Modeling (499 citations). Joseph W. Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Stephen A. Smith, Joseph F. Walker, Luke J. Harmon, Matthew W. Pennell, Jonathan M. Eastman, David J. Winter, François Michonneau, Ya Yang, Michael J. Moore and Graham J. Slater. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

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