Kenneth H. Kozak

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Kenneth H. Kozak is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth H. Kozak has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecological Modeling, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kenneth H. Kozak's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (26 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (26 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers). Kenneth H. Kozak is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (26 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (26 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (17 papers). Kenneth H. Kozak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Kenneth H. Kozak's co-authors include John J. Wiens, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Steven W. Kembel, Paul V. A. Fine, Allan Larson, Catherine H. Graham, David W. Weisrock, Luke J. Harmon, Matthew E. Gifford and Chelsea M. Berns and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth H. Kozak

40 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology

2009 1.7k citations Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Kenneth H. Kozak et al. Ecology Letters profile →
EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA

2010 667 citations Luke J. Harmon, Jonathan B. Losos et al. Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth H. Kozak United States	25	2.4k	2.4k	2.3k	1.8k	1.7k	41	5.9k
Jason T. Weir Canada	32	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	3.0k 1.7×	1.9k 1.1×	60	6.5k
Mark V. Lomolino United States	39	2.9k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	3.9k 2.3×	90	6.6k
Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues Brazil	44	2.1k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	3.5k 1.5×	2.9k 1.6×	1.6k 0.9×	363	8.5k
Guarino Rinaldi Colli Brazil	45	2.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	204	6.8k
Christy M. McCain United States	29	2.8k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	805 0.5×	2.6k 1.5×	59	5.8k
Leo Joseph Australia	38	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	195	6.3k
Stephen C. Lougheed Canada	38	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	157	5.4k
Ronald A. Nussbaum United States	36	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	117	6.8k
Ana Carolina Carnaval United States	34	1.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	75	4.9k
Indraneil Das Malaysia	28	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	283	5.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kozak, Kenneth H., et al.. (2024). Landscape Distribution of South Mountains Gray-Cheeked Salamanders (Plethodon meridianus). Herpetologica. 80(2).

Pierson, Todd W., Kenneth H. Kozak, Travis C. Glenn, & Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick. (2023). River Drainage Reorganization and Reticulate Evolution in the Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) Species Complex. Systematic Biology. 73(1). 26–35. 7 indexed citations

Shepard, Donald B., et al.. (2020). Developmental life history is associated with variation in rates of climatic niche evolution in a salamander adaptive radiation*. Evolution. 74(8). 1804–1814. 7 indexed citations

Kozak, Kenneth H. & John J. Wiens. (2016). Testing the Relationships between Diversification, Species Richness, and Trait Evolution. Systematic Biology. 65(6). 975–988. 58 indexed citations

Kozak, Kenneth H. & John J. Wiens. (2016). What explains patterns of species richness? The relative importance of climatic‐niche evolution, morphological evolution, and ecological limits in salamanders. Ecology and Evolution. 6(16). 5940–5949. 23 indexed citations

Fisher‐Reid, M. Caitlin, Kenneth H. Kozak, & John J. Wiens. (2012). HOW IS THE RATE OF CLIMATIC-NICHE EVOLUTION RELATED TO CLIMATIC-NICHE BREADTH?. Evolution. 66(12). 3836–3851. 42 indexed citations

Peterman, William E., Grant M. Connette, Donald B. Shepard, et al.. (2012). Development of microsatellite loci for the western slimy salamander (Plethodon albagula) using 454 sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources. 5(1). 267–270. 6 indexed citations

Kozak, Kenneth H. & John J. Wiens. (2010). Niche Conservatism Drives Elevational Diversity Patterns in Appalachian Salamanders. The American Naturalist. 176(1). 40–54. 240 indexed citations

Kozak, Kenneth H., et al.. (2010). Patterns of differential introgression in a salamander hybrid zone: inferences from genetic data and ecological niche modelling. Molecular Ecology. 19(19). 4265–4282. 46 indexed citations

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Harmon, Luke J., Jonathan B. Losos, T. Jonathan Davies, et al.. (2010). EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA. Evolution. 64(8). no–no. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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McKay, Bailey D., et al.. (2010). Recent range-wide demographic expansion in a Taiwan endemic montane bird, Steere's Liocichla (Liocichla steerii). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 71–71. 11 indexed citations

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Adams, Dean C., Chelsea M. Berns, Kenneth H. Kozak, & John J. Wiens. (2009). Are rates of species diversification correlated with rates of morphological evolution?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1668). 2729–2738. 217 indexed citations

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Kozak, Kenneth H., et al.. (2009). CAN PARALLEL DIVERSIFICATION OCCUR IN SYMPATRY? REPEATED PATTERNS OF BODY-SIZE EVOLUTION IN COEXISTING CLADES OF NORTH AMERICAN SALAMANDERS. Evolution. 63(7). 1769–1784. 89 indexed citations

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Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine, Kenneth H. Kozak, Paul V. A. Fine, & Steven W. Kembel. (2009). The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology. Ecology Letters. 12(7). 693–715. 1707 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kozak, Kenneth H., Catherine H. Graham, & John J. Wiens. (2008). Integrating GIS-based environmental data into evolutionary biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 23(3). 141–148. 380 indexed citations

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Bonett, Ronald M., et al.. (2007). The importance of comparative phylogeography in diagnosing introduced species: a lesson from the seal salamander, Desmognathus monticola. BMC Ecology. 7(1). 7–7. 18 indexed citations

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Kozak, Kenneth H. & John J. Wiens. (2006). DOES NICHE CONSERVATISM PROMOTE SPECIATION? A CASE STUDY IN NORTH AMERICAN SALAMANDERS. Evolution. 60(12). 2604–2604. 339 indexed citations

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Weisrock, David W., Kenneth H. Kozak, & A. Larson. (2005). Phylogeographic analysis of mitochondrial gene flow and introgression in the salamander,Plethodon shermani. Molecular Ecology. 14(5). 1457–1472. 66 indexed citations

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Kozak, Kenneth H., Allan Larson, Ronald M. Bonett, & Luke J. Harmon. (2005). PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF ECOMORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE, COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, AND DIVERSIFICATION RATES IN DUSKY SALAMANDERS (PLETHODONTIDAE: DESMOGNATHUS). Evolution. 59(9). 2000–2000. 16 indexed citations

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Kozak, Kenneth H., David W. Weisrock, & Allan Larson. (2005). Rapid lineage accumulation in a non-adaptive radiation: phylogenetic analysis of diversification rates in eastern North American woodland salamanders (Plethodontidae:Plethodon). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 273(1586). 539–546. 232 indexed citations

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