Kevin M. Kocot

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kevin M. Kocot is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin M. Kocot has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Oceanography, 33 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kevin M. Kocot's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (48 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (16 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Kevin M. Kocot is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (48 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (16 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers). Kevin M. Kocot collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Kevin M. Kocot's co-authors include Kenneth M. Halanych, Leonid L. Moroz, Nathan V. Whelan, Scott R. Santos, Christiane Todt, Mathew R. Citarella, Johanna T. Cannon, Christoffer Schänder, Bernhard Lieb and Bernard M. Degnan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kevin M. Kocot

77 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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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. Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships
    2011 376 citations Kevin M. Kocot, Johanna T. Cannon et al. 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 M. Kocot United States 27 1.2k 998 923 799 772 81 3.1k
Prashant P. Sharma United States 33 1.4k 1.2× 864 0.9× 925 1.0× 1.6k 2.0× 674 0.9× 126 3.5k
Dirk Erpenbeck Germany 38 1.3k 1.1× 388 0.4× 1.6k 1.8× 619 0.8× 857 1.1× 123 4.3k
Douglas J. Eernisse United States 23 622 0.5× 857 0.9× 697 0.8× 476 0.6× 605 0.8× 53 2.1k
Daniel J. Jackson Germany 26 828 0.7× 474 0.5× 555 0.6× 680 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 82 3.2k
Andreas Wanninger Austria 35 770 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 928 1.0× 908 1.1× 1.4k 1.8× 138 3.4k
Sandie M. Degnan Australia 32 1.0k 0.9× 329 0.3× 1.2k 1.2× 464 0.6× 914 1.2× 82 3.5k
Michaël Manuel France 33 2.0k 1.7× 441 0.4× 807 0.9× 1.8k 2.3× 1.1k 1.5× 67 4.1k
Manabu Fujie Japan 24 881 0.8× 353 0.4× 861 0.9× 265 0.3× 516 0.7× 55 2.6k
Frederick W. Harrison United States 18 821 0.7× 771 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 560 0.7× 676 0.9× 57 3.3k
Christoph Bleidorn Germany 37 1.4k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 1.8k 1.9× 551 0.7× 907 1.2× 104 4.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin M. Kocot

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All Works

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Baeza, J. Antonio, Chong Chen, María Teresa González, et al.. (2025). A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology. Science. 387(6737). 1001–1007. 11 indexed citations
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Lawniczak, Mara, Kevin M. Kocot, Jonas J. Astrin, et al.. (2025). Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation. GigaScience. 14. 1 indexed citations
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Brachmann, Andreas, Kevin M. Kocot, Francesca Leasi, et al.. (2024). Complementing aculiferan mitogenomics: comparative characterization of mitochondrial genomes of Solenogastres (Mollusca, Aplacophora). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(1). 128–128.
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Kocot, Kevin M., M. Hirose, Andrew Calcino, et al.. (2022). Phylogenomics reveals deep relationships and diversification within phylactolaemate bryozoans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1986). 20221504–20221504. 11 indexed citations
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Kocot, Kevin M., Kenneth M. Halanych, Todd H. Oakley, et al.. (2022). Different phylogenomic methods support monophyly of enigmatic ‘Mesozoa’ (Dicyemida + Orthonectida, Lophotrochozoa). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1978). 20220683–20220683. 8 indexed citations
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Brenzinger, Bastian, et al.. (2021). Assessment of mitochondrial genomes for heterobranch gastropod phylogenetics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 6–6. 22 indexed citations
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Speiser, Daniel I., et al.. (2020). The Iron-Responsive Genome of the Chiton Acanthopleura granulata. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(1). 43 indexed citations
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Kocot, Kevin M., Christiane Todt, Nina T. Mikkelsen, & Kenneth M. Halanych. (2019). Phylogenomics of Aplacophora (Mollusca, Aculifera) and a solenogaster without a foot. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1902). 20190115–20190115. 32 indexed citations
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Laumer, Christopher, Rosa Fernández, Sarah Lemer, et al.. (2019). Revisiting metazoan phylogeny with genomic sampling of all phyla. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1906). 20190831–20190831. 225 indexed citations
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Mikkelsen, Nina T., Kevin M. Kocot, & Kenneth M. Halanych. (2018). Mitogenomics reveals phylogenetic relationships of caudofoveate aplacophoran molluscs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127. 429–436. 20 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Juanita, Tappey H. Jones, Petra Sierwald, et al.. (2018). Step-wise evolution of complex chemical defenses in millipedes: a phylogenomic approach. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3209–3209. 38 indexed citations
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Tanner, Alastair R., Dirk Fuchs, Inger E. Winkelmann, et al.. (2017). Molecular clocks indicate turnover and diversification of modern coleoid cephalopods during the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1850). 20162818–20162818. 96 indexed citations
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Kocot, Kevin M., Felipe Aguilera, Carmel McDougall, Daniel J. Jackson, & Bernard M. Degnan. (2016). Sea shell diversity and rapidly evolving secretomes: insights into the evolution of biomineralization. Frontiers in Zoology. 13(1). 23–23. 136 indexed citations
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Whelan, Nathan V., Kevin M. Kocot, & Kenneth M. Halanych. (2015). Resolving the metazoan tree of life with advanced bioinformatic pipelines and phylogenetic methods. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55. 1 indexed citations
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Havird, Justin C., Kevin M. Kocot, Pamela M. Brannock, et al.. (2015). Reconstruction of Cyclooxygenase Evolution in Animals Suggests Variable, Lineage-Specific Duplications, and Homologs with Low Sequence Identity. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 80(3-4). 193–208. 7 indexed citations
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Brix, Saskia, Karin Meißner, Kenneth M. Halanych, et al.. (2014). Preface. Polish Polar Research. 35(2). 141–150. 24 indexed citations

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