Mark P. Simmons

10.2k citations

114 papers · 7.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.1%
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
Paleontology top 1%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Papers in

Paleontology 31
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 29
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 53
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 45
- Plant and animal studies 9

Co-authors: Helga Ochoterena N. LeRoy Poff John V. Freudenstein Boris C. Kondratieff Masaki Miya Timothy G. Carr Debra S. Finn Nicole K. M. Vieira
Journals: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (35 papers)Cladistics (16 papers)Systematic Botany (13 papers)Systematic Biology (7 papers)Journal of Systematics and Evolution (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany China

In The Last Decade

Mark P. Simmons

112 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Functional trait niches of North American lotic insects: traits-based ecological applications in light of phylogenetic relationships 2006 · 687 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2006 Journal of the North American Benthological Society
2000 Systematic Biology

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1	Quantification of congruence among gene trees with polytomies using overall success of resolution for phylogenomic coalescent analyses Cladistics ·Mark P. Simmons, Pablo A. Goloboff, Ben C Stöver, Mark S. Springer, John Gatesy	2023	2
2	Adenine·cytosine substitutions are an alternative pathway of compensatory mutation in angiosperm ITS2 RNA ·류전융, Yong Cao, Wei Zhang, Mark P. Simmons	2019	8
3	Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nicholas R. Polato, Brian A. Gill, Alisha A. Shah, James P. Olson, Kayce L. Casner, Daniela Vîrjan, Philipp W. Messer, Mark P. Simmons, Juan M. Guayasamin, Andrea C. Encalada, Boris C. Kondratieff, Alexander S. Flecker, Steven A. Thomas, Cameron K. Ghalambor, N. LeRoy Poff, W. Chris Funk, Kelly R. Zamudio	2018	165
4	Gene-wise resampling outperforms site-wise resampling in phylogenetic coalescence analyses Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, Daniel B. Sloan, Mark S. Springer, John Gatesy	2018	29
5	Phylogeography of the wild and cultivated stimulant plant qat (Catha edulis, Celastraceae) in areas of historical cultivation American Journal of Botany ·Luke R. Tembrock, Mark P. Simmons, Christopher M. Richards, Patrick A. Reeves, Ann A. Reilley, Manuel Curto, Harald Meimberg, Kamakshi Sikka, Sebsebe Demissew, K ARUN, T. Ohno, Sheron Simpson, Daniel Martin Varisco	2017	6
6	Biases of tree-independent-character-subsampling methods Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, John Gatesy	2016	11
7	Divergent maximum-likelihood-branch-support values for polytomies Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, Andrew P. Norton	2014	43
8	Phylogeny of the Asian Hedyotis–Oldenlandia complex (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae): Evidence for high levels of polyphyly and the parallel evolution of diplophragmous capsules Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Xing Guo, Ruijiang Wang, Mark P. Simmons, Paul Pui‐Hay But, Jing Yu	2013	30
9	Rapid Intraspecific Evolution of miRNA and siRNA Genes in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti PLoS ONE ·Scott A. Bernhardt, Mark P. Simmons, Ken E. Olson, Barry J. Beaty, Carol D. Blair, William C. Black	2012	45
10	Spurious 99% bootstrap and jackknife support for unsupported clades Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, John V. Freudenstein	2011	70
11	Phylogeny of Celastraceae subfamily Hippocrateoideae inferred from morphological characters and nuclear and plastid loci Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·C. Weilandics, Mark P. Simmons, Júlio Antônio Lombardi, Shanthosh S., Robert H. Archer	2011	24
12	Alignment of, and phylogenetic inference from, random sequences: The susceptibility of alternative alignment methods to creating artifactual resolution and support Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, Kai Müller, Andrew P. Norton	2010	15
13	The relative performance of indel-coding methods in simulations Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, Kai Müller, Andrew P. Norton	2007	88
14	A penalty of using anonymous dominant markers (AFLPs, ISSRs, and RAPDs) for phylogenetic inference Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, Li‐Bing Zhang, Colleen T. Webb, Kai Müller	2006	49
15	Phylogeny of the Cucurbitales based on DNA sequences of nine loci from three genomes: Implications for morphological and sexual system evolution Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Li‐Bing Zhang, Mark P. Simmons, Alexander Kocyan, Susanne S. Renner	2005	105
16	Character‐state space versus rate of evolution in phylogenetic inference Cladistics ·Mark P. Simmons, Aaron Reeves, Jerrold I. Davis	2004	33
17	Amino acid vs. nucleotide characters: challenging preconceived notions Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, Helga Ochoterena, John V. Freudenstein	2002	50
18	Artifacts of Coding Amino Acids and Other Composite Characters for Phylogenetic Analysis Cladistics ·Mark P. Simmons, John V. Freudenstein	2002	30
19	Phylogeny Reconstruction Using Duplicate Genes Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Mark P. Simmons, C. Donovan Bailey, Kevin C. Nixon	2000	25
20	The Vascular Flora of the Potomac River Watershed of King George County, Virginia Castanea ·Mark P. Simmons, SAFER-Réunion Reu, Aline Aparecida Perce Eugenio	1995	2

About Mark P. Simmons

Mark P. Simmons is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Forestry, having authored 114 papers that have together received 7.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (56 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (46 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (45 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (28 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (10 papers), Plant and animal studies (9 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (4.0k citations), Paleontology (718 citations), Ecological Modeling (385 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (923 citations) and Genetics (1.9k citations). Mark P. Simmons has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Frequent co-authors include Helga Ochoterena, N. LeRoy Poff, John V. Freudenstein, Boris C. Kondratieff, Masaki Miya, Timothy G. Carr, Debra S. Finn, Nicole K. M. Vieira, Julian D. Olden and Kurt M. Pickett. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Cladistics, Systematic Botany, Systematic Biology and Journal of Systematics and Evolution.

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