Kevin C. Nixon

18.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
108 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Kevin C. Nixon is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin C. Nixon has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 62 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kevin C. Nixon's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (39 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (38 papers). Kevin C. Nixon is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (39 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (38 papers). Kevin C. Nixon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Argentina. Kevin C. Nixon's co-authors include Pablo A. Goloboff, James S. Farris, William L. Crepet, James M. Carpenter, Jerrold I. Davis, Quentin D. Wheeler, María A. Gandolfo, Jeff J. Doyle, Paul S. Manos and Dennis W. Stevenson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kevin C. Nixon

106 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis 1990 2026 2002 2014 2008 1999 2000 2003 1990 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. TNT, a free program for phylogenetic analysis
    2008 4.4k citations Kevin C. Nixon et al. Cladistics profile →
  2. The Parsimony Ratchet, a New Method for Rapid Parsimony Analysis
    1999 1.5k citations Kevin C. Nixon Cladistics profile →
  3. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences
    2000 787 citations Kevin C. Nixon et al. profile →
  4. T.N.T.: Tree Analysis Using New Technology
    2003 696 citations Kevin C. Nixon et al. profile →
  5. AN AMPLIFICATION OF THE PHYLOGENETIC SPECIES CONCEPT
    1990 690 citations Kevin C. Nixon et al. Cladistics profile →
  6. ON SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS
    1996 564 citations Kevin C. Nixon, James M. Carpenter Cladistics profile →
  7. Populations, Genetic Variation, and the Delimitation of Phylogenetic Species
    1992 540 citations Jerrold I. Davis, Kevin C. Nixon Systematic Biology profile →
  8. ON OUTGROUPS
    1993 506 citations Kevin C. Nixon, James M. Carpenter Cladistics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin C. Nixon United States 46 8.0k 4.8k 4.4k 2.8k 2.8k 108 14.6k
Stephen A. Smith United States 50 6.8k 0.9× 6.1k 1.3× 3.0k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 3.5k 1.3× 140 14.5k
David R. Maddison United States 33 6.2k 0.8× 3.6k 0.8× 2.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 3.3k 1.2× 86 12.7k
Mari Källersjö Sweden 40 6.1k 0.8× 4.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 2.6k 0.9× 77 11.2k
Timothy G. Barraclough United Kingdom 54 6.1k 0.8× 4.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 2.8k 1.0× 5.0k 1.8× 127 14.6k
Richard H. Ree United States 42 5.3k 0.7× 2.9k 0.6× 1.8k 0.4× 2.5k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 66 8.7k
Arnold G. Kluge United States 50 8.6k 1.1× 8.0k 1.6× 5.2k 1.2× 3.0k 1.1× 5.4k 1.9× 122 21.0k
Ward C. Wheeler United States 63 6.6k 0.8× 5.6k 1.2× 4.1k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 5.5k 2.0× 171 17.4k
Bruce Rannala United States 45 4.1k 0.5× 6.4k 1.3× 2.4k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 8.9k 3.2× 105 16.5k
Pablo A. Goloboff Argentina 39 5.5k 0.7× 2.4k 0.5× 7.5k 1.7× 4.3k 1.5× 3.4k 1.2× 101 14.5k
Vincent Savolainen United Kingdom 70 10.9k 1.4× 8.6k 1.8× 1.4k 0.3× 3.4k 1.2× 3.8k 1.4× 177 17.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Waas, Matthew, Christina Karamboulas, Shahbaz Khan, et al.. (2024). Molecular correlates for HPV-negative head and neck cancer engraftment prognosticate patient outcomes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10869–10869. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Jaeil Ahn, Nathan Edwards, et al.. (2022). Extracellular Heparan 6-O-Endosulfatases SULF1 and SULF2 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Other Malignancies. Cancers. 14(22). 5553–5553. 11 indexed citations
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Lai, Yangjun, María A. Gandolfo, William L. Crepet, & Kevin C. Nixon. (2021). Paleoaltingia gen. nov., a new genus of Altingiaceae from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Journal of Botany. 108(3). 461–471. 5 indexed citations
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Zamaloa, María C., María A. Gandolfo, & Kevin C. Nixon. (2020). 52 million years old Eucalyptus flower sheds more than pollen grains. American Journal of Botany. 107(12). 1763–1771. 16 indexed citations
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Groppo, Milton, et al.. (2019). Evolution of phytochemical diversity in Pilocarpus (Rutaceae). Phytochemistry. 163. 132–146. 11 indexed citations
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Crepet, William L., Kevin C. Nixon, David A. Grimaldi, & Mark L. Riccio. (2016). A mosaic Lauralean flower from the Early Cretaceous of Myanmar. American Journal of Botany. 103(2). 290–297. 24 indexed citations
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Escapa, Ignacio H., María A. Gandolfo, William L. Crepet, & Kevin C. Nixon. (2016). A new species of Athrotaxites (Athrotaxoideae, Cupressaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous Raritan Formation, New Jersey, USA. Botany. 94(9). 831–845. 13 indexed citations
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Gandolfo, María A., Kevin C. Nixon, & William L. Crepet. (2002). Triuridaceae fossil flowers from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Journal of Botany. 89(12). 1940–1957. 63 indexed citations
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Crepet, William L., Kevin C. Nixon, & María A. Gandolfo. (2001). TURONIAN FLORA OF NEW JERSEY, USA. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 4 indexed citations
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Nixon, Kevin C., et al.. (2001). Beyond NEXUS: Universal Cladistic Data Objects. Cladistics. 17(1). 2 indexed citations
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Simmons, Mark P., C. Donovan Bailey, & Kevin C. Nixon. (2000). Phylogeny Reconstruction Using Duplicate Genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 17(4). 469–473. 25 indexed citations
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Nixon, Kevin C. & James M. Carpenter. (2000). On the Other “Phylogenetic Systematics”. Cladistics. 16(3). 298–318. 97 indexed citations
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Nixon, Kevin C.. (1996). ON CONSENSUS, COLLAPSIBILITY, AND CLADE CONCORDANCE. Cladistics. 12(4). 305–321. 8 indexed citations
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Nixon, Kevin C. & James M. Carpenter. (1996). ON CONSENSUS, COLLAPSIBILITY, AND CLADE CONCORDANCE. Cladistics. 12(4). 305–321. 118 indexed citations
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Nixon, Kevin C.. (1996). ON SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS. Cladistics. 12(3). 221–241. 35 indexed citations
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Nixon, Kevin C., William L. Crepet, Dennis W. Stevenson, & Else Marie Friis. (1994). A Reevaluation of Seed Plant Phylogeny. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 81(3). 484–484. 259 indexed citations
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Manos, Paul S., Kevin C. Nixon, & Jeff J. Doyle. (1993). Cladistic Analysis of Restriction Site Variation within the Chloroplast DNA Inverted Repeat Region of Selected Hamamelididae. Systematic Botany. 18(4). 551–551. 47 indexed citations
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Nixon, Kevin C., T. P. Ramamoorthy, Robert Bye, Antonio Lot, & Julia E. Fa. (1993). The genus Quercus in Mexico.. 447–458. 80 indexed citations
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Davis, Jerrold I. & Kevin C. Nixon. (1992). Populations, Genetic Variation, and the Delimitation of Phylogenetic Species. Systematic Biology. 41(4). 421–421. 68 indexed citations

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