Joseph W. Brown

8.4k citations

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

Paleontology top 1%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 15
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology 4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.2%
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 8
- Plant and animal studies 5
Ecological Modeling top 1%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
Genetics top 1%
- Genetic diversity and population structure 17
Molecular Biology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 15
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions 4
Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 4

Co-authors: Stephen A. Smith Joseph F. Walker Luke J. Harmon Matthew W. Pennell Jonathan M. Eastman David J. Winter François Michonneau Ya Yang
Cited by: Paleontology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Ecological Modeling
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research (2 papers)Bioinformatics (3 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Joseph W. Brown

37 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

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.

2018 American Journal of Botany
2018 American Journal of Botany
2016 Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2015 BMC Evolutionary Biology
2014 Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2014 Bioinformatics

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