Luis Espinasa

1.4k total citations
74 papers, 834 citations indexed

About

Luis Espinasa is a scholar working on Paleontology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis Espinasa has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 834 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Paleontology, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Luis Espinasa's work include Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (53 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (17 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (16 papers). Luis Espinasa is often cited by papers focused on Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy (53 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (17 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (16 papers). Luis Espinasa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and France. Luis Espinasa's co-authors include William R. Jeffery, Sylvie Rétaux, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Richard Borowsky, Jonathan Bibliowicz, David W. Stock, Laurent Legendre, Maryline Blin, Claudia Patricia Ornelas‐García and Masato Yoshizawa and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Developmental Biology and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Luis Espinasa

71 papers receiving 812 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luis Espinasa United States 16 610 388 358 160 154 74 834
Ulrike Strecker Germany 15 358 0.6× 275 0.7× 404 1.1× 205 1.3× 229 1.5× 20 778
Helena Bilandžija Croatia 11 314 0.5× 210 0.5× 134 0.4× 175 1.1× 98 0.6× 27 552
Pedro Gnaspini Brazil 19 721 1.2× 413 1.1× 278 0.8× 261 1.6× 266 1.7× 63 1.0k
Christopher J. Winchell United States 11 197 0.3× 239 0.6× 177 0.5× 205 1.3× 112 0.7× 15 868
Špela Gorički Slovenia 8 376 0.6× 231 0.6× 142 0.4× 301 1.9× 77 0.5× 14 604
Ariel C. Aspiras United States 10 228 0.4× 161 0.4× 120 0.3× 116 0.7× 135 0.9× 12 544
Kelly E. O’Quin United States 14 315 0.5× 258 0.7× 392 1.1× 219 1.4× 136 0.9× 18 897
Christopher A. Sheil United States 14 359 0.6× 386 1.0× 414 1.2× 149 0.9× 86 0.6× 21 809
Bruno Frédérich Belgium 22 210 0.3× 385 1.0× 623 1.7× 686 4.3× 147 1.0× 72 1.3k
Tiago R. Simões United States 21 867 1.4× 551 1.4× 386 1.1× 108 0.7× 139 0.9× 49 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luis Espinasa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luis Espinasa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luis Espinasa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luis Espinasa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Luis Espinasa. Luis Espinasa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2024). Cavefish dorsoventral axis angle during wall swimming: laterality asymmetry. Subterranean Biology. 49. 19–29. 1 indexed citations
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Legendre, Laurent, et al.. (2024). The nature and distribution of putative non-functional alleles suggest only two independent events at the origins of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish populations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(1). 41–41. 7 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2024). Population Size and Spatial Distribution of the Mexican Blind Cavefish (Astyanax) within the Caves. Fishes. 9(9). 334–334. 1 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2023). A new cave population of Astyanax mexicanus from Northern Sierra de El Abra, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Subterranean Biology. 45. 95–117. 10 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2023). Eye convergence is evoked during larval prey capture (LPC) without visual stimulus and in blind cavefish. Subterranean Biology. 46. 147–60. 2 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary modifications of <i>Astyanax</i> larval prey capture (LPC) in a dark environment. 动物学研究. 44(4). 750–760. 4 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2023). Protocol for lens removal in embryonic fish and its application on the developmental effects of eye regression. Subterranean Biology. 45. 39–52. 1 indexed citations
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Herman, Adam, Yaniv Brandvain, James Weagley, et al.. (2018). The role of gene flow in rapid and repeated evolution of cave‐related traits in Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus. Molecular Ecology. 27(22). 4397–4416. 120 indexed citations
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Blin, Maryline, et al.. (2018). Developmental evolution and developmental plasticity of the olfactory epithelium and olfactory skills in Mexican cavefish. Developmental Biology. 441(2). 242–251. 36 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2018). Mc1r gene in Astroblepus pholeter and Astyanax mexicanus: Convergent regressive evolution of pigmentation across cavefish species. Developmental Biology. 441(2). 305–310. 12 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2015). Cave dwelling Onychophora from a Lava Tube in the Galapagos. Subterranean Biology. 15. 1–10. 4 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, Jonathan Bibliowicz, William R. Jeffery, & Sylvie Rétaux. (2014). Enhanced prey capture skills in Astyanax cavefish larvae are independent from eye loss. EvoDevo. 5(1). 35–35. 36 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2008). Losing Sight of Regressive Evolution. Evolution Education and Outreach. 1(4). 509–516. 13 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis & William R. Jeffery. (2006). Conservation of retinal circadian rhythms during cavefish eye degeneration. Evolution & Development. 8(1). 16–22. 22 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis, et al.. (2005). Why Do Cave Fish Lose Their Eyes. Natural history. 114(5). 44–49. 1 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki, Luis Espinasa, David W. Stock, & William R. Jeffery. (2003). Development and evolution of craniofacial patterning is mediated by eye‐dependent and ‐independent processes in the cavefish Astyanax. Evolution & Development. 5(5). 435–446. 81 indexed citations
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Espinasa, Luis & Richard Borowsky. (1998). Evolutionary divergence of AP-PCR (RAPD) patterns. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15(4). 408–414. 22 indexed citations

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