Keith R. Willmott

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Keith R. Willmott is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith R. Willmott has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Genetics, 103 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 47 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Keith R. Willmott's work include Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (114 papers), Plant and animal studies (81 papers) and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (47 papers). Keith R. Willmott is often cited by papers focused on Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (114 papers), Plant and animal studies (81 papers) and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (47 papers). Keith R. Willmott collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Keith R. Willmott's co-authors include James Mallet, Chris D. Jiggins, Marianne Élias, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Jason P. W.‏ Hall, Gerardo Lamas, Andrew V. Z. Brower, Ryan I. Hill, Ricardo Mallarino and Zachariah Gompert and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Keith R. Willmott

124 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butter... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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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. A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butterflies
    2018 235 citations Marianne Espeland, Jesse W. Breinholt et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keith R. Willmott United States 30 2.0k 1.8k 652 566 395 135 2.8k
Michael F. Braby Australia 24 1.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 649 1.0× 581 1.0× 176 0.4× 115 2.9k
Mary Morgan‐Richards New Zealand 26 1.2k 0.6× 909 0.5× 656 1.0× 362 0.6× 367 0.9× 123 2.2k
Antônio D. Brescovit Brazil 23 1.4k 0.7× 2.2k 1.2× 538 0.8× 431 0.8× 575 1.5× 426 3.3k
Steven M. Vamosi Canada 29 1.4k 0.7× 850 0.5× 1.2k 1.9× 369 0.7× 255 0.6× 71 2.7k
Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra United Kingdom 29 1.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 498 0.8× 281 0.5× 149 0.4× 59 3.6k
Jochen Martens Germany 30 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 516 0.8× 596 1.1× 662 1.7× 165 3.0k
Tomochika Fujisawa Japan 13 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 480 0.7× 391 0.7× 236 0.6× 22 2.8k
Marko Mutanen Finland 34 2.3k 1.1× 2.4k 1.3× 407 0.6× 770 1.4× 94 0.2× 124 3.6k
Andreas Zwick Australia 25 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 176 0.3× 326 0.6× 322 0.8× 58 3.1k
Karl M. Kjer United States 30 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 341 0.5× 258 0.5× 363 0.9× 55 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith R. Willmott

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dietz, Lars, Jonas Eberle, Christoph Mayer, et al.. (2022). Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). 543–555. 31 indexed citations
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Valkonen, Janne K., et al.. (2021). Hard to catch: experimental evidence supports evasive mimicry. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1946). 20203052–20203052. 23 indexed citations
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Huertas, Blanca, et al.. (2021). Fifty years without a name: a new species of Splendeuptychia Forster (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa. 5061(1). 95–114. 4 indexed citations
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Zacca, Thamara, Mirna Martins Casagrande, Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke, et al.. (2020). Revalidation of Vareuptychia Forster, 1964, description of Vanima gen. nov., and notes on Euptychia cleophes Godman & Salvin, 1889 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa. 4858(1). zootaxa.4858.1.1–zootaxa.4858.1.1. 1 indexed citations
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Zacca, Thamara, Mirna Martins Casagrande, Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke, et al.. (2020). Description of Emeryus Zacca, Mielke & Casagrande gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) to accommodate three species formerly placed in Paryphthimoides Forster, 1964. Austral Entomology. 59(3). 505–523. 1 indexed citations
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Chazot, Nicolas, Keith R. Willmott, Gerardo Lamas, et al.. (2019). Renewed diversification following Miocene landscape turnover in a Neotropical butterfly radiation. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(8). 1118–1132. 32 indexed citations
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Espeland, Marianne, Jesse W. Breinholt, Eduardo P. Barbosa, et al.. (2018). Four hundred shades of brown: Higher level phylogeny of the problematic Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) based on hybrid enrichment data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 131. 116–124. 31 indexed citations
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Willmott, Keith R., et al.. (2017). Maintaining mimicry diversity: optimal warning colour patterns differ among microhabitats in Amazonian clearwing butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1855). 20170744–20170744. 51 indexed citations
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Willmott, Keith R.. (2017). A new subspecies of Cithaerias pyropina (Salvin & Godman, 1868) from the Cordillera de Cutucú in southeastern Ecuador (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae).. Tropical lepidoptera research. 25(1). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Chazot, Nicolas, Keith R. Willmott, Fabien L. Condamine, et al.. (2016). Into the Andes: multiple independent colonizations drive montane diversity in the Neotropical clearwing butterflies Godyridina. Molecular Ecology. 25(22). 5765–5784. 48 indexed citations
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Hall, Jason P. W.‏, et al.. (2015). Seven new species and one new subspecies of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the tropical Andes. Tropical lepidoptera research. 25(2). 8 indexed citations
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Willmott, Keith R. & Jason P. W.‏ Hall. (2010). A new species of Dynamine Hübner, [1819] from northwestern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae).. Tropical lepidoptera research. 20(1). 23–27. 4 indexed citations
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Élias, Marianne, Ryan I. Hill, Keith R. Willmott, et al.. (2007). Limited performance of DNA barcoding in a diverse community of tropical butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 274(1627). 2881–2889. 233 indexed citations
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Hall, Jason P. W.‏ & Keith R. Willmott. (2005). Four new species of Symmachiini from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae).. Tropical lepidoptera research. 16. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Willmott, Keith R. & Jason P. W.‏ Hall. (1999). Taxonomic notes on Ecuadorian Adelpha, with the description of two new species and seven new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae).. Tropical lepidoptera research. 10(1). 1–17. 3 indexed citations
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Hall, Jason P. W.‏, et al.. (1996). A new genus of "elfin" butterflies from the northern high Andes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).. Tropical lepidoptera research. 7(1). 81–86. 6 indexed citations
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Hall, Jason P. W.‏ & Keith R. Willmott. (1995). Notes on the genus Argyrogrammana, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae).. Tropical lepidoptera research. 6(2). 136–143. 7 indexed citations

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