Luke J. Harmon

19.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
114 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Luke J. Harmon is a scholar working on Genetics, Paleontology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luke J. Harmon has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Genetics, 46 papers in Paleontology and 41 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Luke J. Harmon's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (45 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (42 papers) and Plant and animal studies (33 papers). Luke J. Harmon is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (45 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (42 papers) and Plant and animal studies (33 papers). Luke J. Harmon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Luke J. Harmon's co-authors include Richard E. Glor, Chad D. Brock, Jason T. Weir, Jonathan B. Losos, Wendell Challenger, Michael E. Alfaro, Ole Seehausen, Matthew W. Pennell, Liam J. Revell and Josef C. Uyeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Luke J. Harmon

113 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

GEIGER: investigating evolutionary radiations

2007 2.0k citations Luke J. Harmon, Chad D. Brock et al. profile →
geiger v2.0: an expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees

2014 753 citations Matthew W. Pennell, Graham J. Slater et al. profile →
Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates

2009 667 citations Michael E. Alfaro, Francesco Santini et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA

2010 667 citations Luke J. Harmon, Rosemary G. Gillespie et al. Evolution profile →
Phylogenetic Signal, Evolutionary Process, and Rate

2008 660 citations Liam J. Revell, Luke J. Harmon et al. Systematic Biology profile →
Tempo and Mode of Evolutionary Radiation in Iguanian Lizards

2003 571 citations Luke J. Harmon, Allan Larson et al. profile →
Ecological opportunity and the origin of adaptive radiations

2010 549 citations Luke J. Harmon et al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology profile →
Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation

2009 549 citations Luke J. Harmon, Ole Seehausen et al. profile →
Ecological opportunity and sexual selection together predict adaptive radiation

2012 370 citations Catherine E. Wagner, Luke J. Harmon et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Luke J. Harmon	5.1k	4.7k	4.7k	4.0k	3.1k	114	13.0k
Liam J. Revell	5.9k 1.1×	3.8k 0.8×	3.2k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	3.3k 1.1×	74	12.9k
Daniel L. Rabosky	4.8k 0.9×	5.2k 1.1×	4.6k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	119	12.1k
Arne Ø. Mooers	4.0k 0.8×	3.3k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	3.9k 1.0×	4.0k 1.3×	135	11.6k
Thomas F. Hansen	5.0k 1.0×	2.7k 0.6×	4.7k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	135	11.5k
Julien Claude	3.8k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	130	12.4k
Pablo A. Goloboff	5.5k 1.1×	7.5k 1.6×	3.4k 0.7×	4.3k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	101	14.5k
Michael E. Alfaro	2.8k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	4.0k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	137	11.0k
Kevin de Queiroz	4.4k 0.9×	3.1k 0.6×	3.8k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	126	11.5k
Olaf R. P. Bininda‐Emonds	3.4k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	3.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	4.7k 1.5×	112	12.1k
James L. Patton	3.6k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	5.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	5.4k 1.7×	184	11.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schwery, Orlando, et al.. (2025). Fire in the tree: The origin and distribution of fire–adapted traits within conifers and their influence on speciation rates across the conifer phylogeny. American Journal of Botany. 112(1). e16454–e16454. 2 indexed citations

Rolland, Jonathan, L. Francisco Henao‐Díaz, Michael Doebeli, et al.. (2023). Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(8). 1181–1193. 39 indexed citations

Bradburd, Gideon S., et al.. (2022). Modeling the Evolution of Rates of Continuous Trait Evolution. Systematic Biology. 72(3). 590–605. 12 indexed citations

Patton, Austin H., et al.. (2021). Reconstructing Squamate Biogeography in Afro-Arabia Reveals the Influence of a Complex and Dynamic Geologic Past. Systematic Biology. 71(2). 261–272. 17 indexed citations

Overcast, Isaac, Megan Ruffley, James Rosindell, et al.. (2021). A unified model of species abundance, genetic diversity, and functional diversity reveals the mechanisms structuring ecological communities. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(8). 2782–2800. 29 indexed citations

Harmon, Luke J., et al.. (2021). Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology. Evolution Letters. 6(1). 63–82. 10 indexed citations

Patton, Austin H., et al.. (2020). Hybridizing salamanders experience accelerated diversification. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6566–6566. 22 indexed citations

Henao‐Díaz, L. Francisco, et al.. (2019). Macroevolutionary diversification rates show time dependency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(15). 7403–7408. 72 indexed citations

Harmon, Luke J., Cecilia S. Andreazzi, Florence Débarre, et al.. (2019). Detecting the macroevolutionary signal of species interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32(8). 769–782. 63 indexed citations

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Caetano, Daniel S. & Luke J. Harmon. (2018). Estimating Correlated Rates of Trait Evolution with Uncertainty. Systematic Biology. 68(3). 412–429. 34 indexed citations

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Harmon, Luke J.. (2017). Evolution: Contingent Predictability in Mammalian Evolution. Current Biology. 27(11). R425–R428. 1 indexed citations

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Uyeda, Josef C., Luke J. Harmon, & Carrine E. Blank. (2016). A Comprehensive Study of Cyanobacterial Morphological and Ecological Evolutionary Dynamics through Deep Geologic Time. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162539–e0162539. 54 indexed citations

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Hardwick, Kayla M., Luke J. Harmon, S. Hardwick, & Erica Bree Rosenblum. (2015). When Field Experiments Yield Unexpected Results: Lessons Learned from Measuring Selection in White Sands Lizards. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0118560–e0118560. 10 indexed citations

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Ponciano, José Miguel, et al.. (2013). The evolution of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance during the formation of Escherichia colibiofilms in the absence of antibiotics. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 22–22. 25 indexed citations

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Slater, Graham J., Luke J. Harmon, Daniel Wegmann, et al.. (2011). FITTING MODELS OF CONTINUOUS TRAIT EVOLUTION TO INCOMPLETELY SAMPLED COMPARATIVE DATA USING APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN COMPUTATION. Evolution. 66(3). 752–762. 58 indexed citations

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Matthews, Blake, Luke J. Harmon, Leithen K. M’Gonigle, Kerry B. Marchinko, & Helmut Schaschl. (2010). Sympatric and Allopatric Divergence of MHC Genes in Threespine Stickleback. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e10948–e10948. 44 indexed citations

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Harmon, Luke J. & Richard E. Glor. (2010). POOR STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE MANTEL TEST IN PHYLOGENETIC COMPARATIVE ANALYSES. Evolution. 64(7). 2173–8. 136 indexed citations

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Alfaro, Michael E., Francesco Santini, Chad D. Brock, et al.. (2009). Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(32). 13410–13414. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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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). 2000–2016. 136 indexed citations

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Harmon, Luke J.. (2000). A translocation strategy for confiscated pancake tortoises. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 3(4). 738–743. 1 indexed citations

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