Kevin E. Omland

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
118 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Kevin E. Omland is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin E. Omland has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 63 papers in Genetics and 47 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kevin E. Omland's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (50 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (46 papers). Kevin E. Omland is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (59 papers), Plant and animal studies (50 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (46 papers). Kevin E. Omland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Australia. Kevin E. Omland's co-authors include Daniel J. Funk, Scott M. Lanyon, Cliff Cunningham, Todd H. Oakley, Jeffrey L. Peters, Karan J. Odom, J. Jordan Price, Christopher M. Hofmann, Leo Joseph and Nicholas R. Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kevin E. Omland

116 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Species-Level Paraphyly and Polyphyly: Frequency, Causes, and Consequences, with Insights from Animal Mitochondrial DNA

2003 1.8k citations Kevin E. Omland et al. profile →
Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds

2014 286 citations Karan J. Odom, Michelle L. Hall et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin E. Omland United States	38	3.1k	3.1k	2.3k	1.5k	815	118	6.4k
Michael D. Sorenson United States	44	4.2k 1.3×	2.3k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	818 1.0×	110	6.9k
Darren E. Irwin Canada	37	3.3k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	924 0.6×	272 0.3×	81	5.7k
Rebecca T. Kimball United States	40	2.8k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	1.8k 2.2×	158	6.7k
H. Lisle Gibbs United States	44	3.5k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	3.3k 1.5×	884 0.6×	433 0.5×	171	6.8k
Anne D. Yoder United States	47	2.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.8×	1.4k 1.7×	140	7.5k
Stephen C. Lougheed Canada	38	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	887 0.6×	373 0.5×	157	5.4k
Irby J. Lovette United States	51	4.2k 1.4×	3.9k 1.3×	4.1k 1.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	193	9.1k
Rauri C. K. Bowie United States	38	3.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 2.1×	204	6.8k
Robb T. Brumfield United States	52	5.5k 1.8×	3.6k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	3.0k 2.0×	1.9k 2.3×	150	10.0k
Jason T. Weir Canada	32	3.0k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	2.3k 2.8×	60	6.5k

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Moyer, Michelle M., et al.. (2024). Sex-specific responses to simulated territorial intrusions provide evidence for relaxed selection pressure on female song in Orchard Orioles. Journal of Field Ornithology. 95(3). 2 indexed citations

Johnson, Scott, et al.. (2021). Comparing global and local maps of the Caribbean pine forests of Andros, home of the critically endangered Bahama Oriole. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193(12). 817–817. 2 indexed citations

Johnson, Scott, et al.. (2020). Nest site characteristics of the Critically Endangered Bahama Oriole (<em>Icterus northropi</em>). Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 33. 95–103. 2 indexed citations

Cibois, Alice, Jean‐Claude Thibault, Nicholas R. Friedman, et al.. (2019). Reed warblers in the Marquesas Islands: song divergence and plumage convergence of two distinct lineages. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 119(3). 251–263. 4 indexed citations

Lai, Yu-Ting, Carol K. L. Yeung, Kevin E. Omland, et al.. (2019). Standing genetic variation as the predominant source for adaptation of a songbird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(6). 2152–2157. 105 indexed citations

Kearns, Anna M., Marco Restani, Ildikò Szabó, et al.. (2018). Genomic evidence of speciation reversal in ravens. Nature Communications. 9(1). 906–906. 105 indexed citations

Johnsen, Arild, Anna M. Kearns, Kevin E. Omland, & Jarl Andreas Anmarkrud. (2017). Sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome of the common raven Corvus corax (Aves: Corvidae) confirms mitogenome-wide deep lineages and a paraphyletic relationship with the Chihuahuan raven C. cryptoleucus. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0187316–e0187316. 9 indexed citations

Muellerklein, Oliver, et al.. (2016). Documentation of female song in a newly recognized species, the Puerto Rican Oriole (<em>Icterus portoricensis</em>). Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 29. 28–36. 7 indexed citations

Friedman, Nicholas R., Kevin J. McGraw, & Kevin E. Omland. (2014). History and mechanisms of carotenoid plumage evolution in the New World orioles ( Icterus ). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 172-173. 1–8. 8 indexed citations

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Odom, Karan J., Michelle L. Hall, Katharina Riebel, Kevin E. Omland, & Naomi E. Langmore. (2014). Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3379–3379. 286 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marzluff, John M., et al.. (2011). Random interbreeding between cryptic lineages of the Common Raven: evidence for speciation in reverse. Molecular Ecology. 20(11). 2390–2402. 70 indexed citations

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Jacobsen, Frode F. & Kevin E. Omland. (2011). Species tree inference in a recent radiation of orioles (Genus Icterus): Multiple markers and methods reveal cytonuclear discordance in the northern oriole group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61(2). 460–469. 27 indexed citations

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Jacobsen, Frode F., Nicholas R. Friedman, & Kevin E. Omland. (2010). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA: Combination of multiple nuclear introns resolves a well-supported phylogeny of New World orioles (Icterus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56(1). 419–427. 29 indexed citations

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Humphries, Elizabeth, et al.. (2009). Genetic Differentiation between Sympatric and Allopatric Wintering Populations of Snow Geese. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 121(4). 730–738. 9 indexed citations

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Peters, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2008). COALESCENT ANALYSES OF MULTIPLE LOCI SUPPORT A NEW ROUTE TO SPECIATION IN BIRDS. Evolution. 62(5). 1182–1191. 40 indexed citations

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Peters, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2008). MULTILOCUS PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF A HOLARCTIC DUCK: COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA FROM EURASIA BY GADWALL (ANAS STREPERA). Evolution. 62(6). 1469–1483. 49 indexed citations

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Price, J. Jordan, Nicholas R. Friedman, & Kevin E. Omland. (2007). SONG AND PLUMAGE EVOLUTION IN THE NEW WORLD ORIOLES (ICTERUS) SHOW SIMILAR LABILITY AND CONVERGENCE IN PATTERNS. Evolution. 61(4). 850–863. 58 indexed citations

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Fleischer, Robert C., William I. Boarman, Elena González, et al.. (2007). As the raven flies: using genetic data to infer the history of invasive common raven (Corvus corax) populations in the Mojave Desert. Molecular Ecology. 17(1). 464–474. 17 indexed citations

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Peters, Jeffrey L., Kevin G. McCracken, Yuri N. Zhuravlev, et al.. (2005). Phylogenetics of wigeons and allies (Anatidae: Anas): the importance of sampling multiple loci and multiple individuals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35(1). 209–224. 55 indexed citations

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Omland, Kevin E. & Scott M. Lanyon. (2000). RECONSTRUCTING PLUMAGE EVOLUTION IN ORIOLES (ICTERUS): REPEATED CONVERGENCE AND REVERSAL IN PATTERNS. Evolution. 54(6). 2119–2133. 150 indexed citations

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