Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2 papers). Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2 papers). Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski collaborates with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski's co-authors include Allan C. Wilson, Joël Cracraft, Mark Stoneking, Steven M. Carr, Stephen R. Palumbi, Ellen M. Prager, Matthew George, Russell Higuchi, Richard D. Sage and Rebecca L. Cann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Biology and Evolution and Journal of Phycology.

In The Last Decade

Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski

6 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary ge... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics
    1985 986 citations Allan C. Wilson, Rebecca L. Cann et al. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski United States 6 910 637 508 264 209 6 1.4k
Robert DeSalle United States 16 566 0.6× 560 0.9× 448 0.9× 387 1.5× 180 0.9× 27 1.4k
Kornelia Rassmann Germany 11 930 1.0× 320 0.5× 572 1.1× 298 1.1× 371 1.8× 15 1.4k
Steven M. Carr Canada 19 1.4k 1.5× 995 1.6× 797 1.6× 250 0.9× 483 2.3× 39 2.1k
Simon Tillier France 21 372 0.4× 372 0.6× 1.0k 2.0× 303 1.1× 322 1.5× 42 1.7k
Jeffrey A. Markert United States 17 1.2k 1.3× 387 0.6× 695 1.4× 565 2.1× 539 2.6× 23 1.9k
Henrietta Brown Croom United States 8 774 0.9× 724 1.1× 724 1.4× 403 1.5× 459 2.2× 8 2.0k
Jeff G. Groth United States 13 694 0.8× 344 0.5× 462 0.9× 364 1.4× 302 1.4× 24 1.3k
DeEtte Walker United States 18 1.1k 1.2× 374 0.6× 670 1.3× 626 2.4× 530 2.5× 27 1.9k
Terry Bertozzi Australia 20 391 0.4× 540 0.8× 428 0.8× 192 0.7× 216 1.0× 60 1.3k
Ira F. Greenbaum United States 23 937 1.0× 281 0.4× 500 1.0× 379 1.4× 108 0.5× 86 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski. Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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McCourt, Richard M., et al.. (2000). PHYLOGENY OF THE CONJUGATING GREEN ALGAE (ZYGNEMOPHYCEAE) BASED ON rbc  L SEQUENCES. Journal of Phycology. 36(4). 747–758. 94 indexed citations
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Cracraft, Joël, Julie Feinstein, Jeffrey L. Vaughn, & Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski. (1998). Sorting out tigers (Panthera tigris): mitochondrial sequences, nuclear inserts, systematics, and conservation genetics. Animal Conservation. 1(2). 139–150. 82 indexed citations
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Cracraft, Joël, Julie Feinstein, Jeffrey L. Vaughn, & Kathleen Helm‐Bychowski. (1998). Sorting out tigers (Panthera tigris): mitochondrial sequences, nuclear inserts, systematics, and conservation genetics. Animal Conservation. 1(2). 139–150. 7 indexed citations
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Helm‐Bychowski, Kathleen & Joël Cracraft. (1993). Recovering phylogenetic signal from DNA sequences: relationships within the corvine assemblage (class aves) as inferred from complete sequences of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome-b gene.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 10(6). 1196–214. 179 indexed citations
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Helm‐Bychowski, Kathleen & Allan C. Wilson. (1986). Rates of nuclear DNA evolution in pheasant-like birds: evidence from restriction maps.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(3). 688–692. 80 indexed citations
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Wilson, Allan C., Rebecca L. Cann, Steven M. Carr, et al.. (1985). Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 26(4). 375–400. 986 indexed citations breakdown →

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