Mark Wilkinson

10.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Mark Wilkinson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Wilkinson has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 38 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Mark Wilkinson's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (41 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (34 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (33 papers). Mark Wilkinson is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (41 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (34 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (33 papers). Mark Wilkinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Mark Wilkinson's co-authors include Ronald A. Nussbaum, David J. Gower, George W. Haughn, Michael J. Benton, Joe Thorley, Davide Pisani, Célio F. B. Haddad, Raoul H. Bain, Rafael O. de Sá and Julián Faivovich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mark Wilkinson

140 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE

2006 1.7k citations Mark Wilkinson et al. profile →
Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)

2019 196 citations Hussam Zaher, Robert W. Murphy et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Wilkinson United Kingdom	41	2.6k	2.2k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	144	6.9k
David M. Hillis United States	30	1.5k 0.6×	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	852 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	46	6.9k
Brett Calcott Australia	13	1.6k 0.6×	3.0k 1.3×	4.0k 2.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	21	9.9k
Daniele Silvestro Sweden	37	1.0k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	125	8.4k
Anne D. Yoder United States	47	1.4k 0.5×	2.7k 1.2×	2.7k 1.7×	877 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	140	7.5k
Adam D. Leaché United States	34	2.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	744 0.5×	787 0.5×	114	6.5k
Joseph Heled New Zealand	12	1.2k 0.5×	2.9k 1.3×	2.7k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	14	8.6k
Adalgisa Caccone United States	52	884 0.3×	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	706 0.5×	252	8.9k
Emily Moriarty Lemmon United States	50	1.9k 0.7×	3.3k 1.5×	3.7k 2.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	156	9.2k
Frédéric Delsuc France	46	1.5k 0.6×	6.0k 2.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.8×	108	11.0k
Todd A. Castoe United States	39	1.4k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	589 0.4×	118	6.0k

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Kück, Patrick, et al.. (2025). Unraveling myriapod evolution: sealion, a novel quartet-based approach for evaluating phylogenetic uncertainty. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 7(1). lqaf018–lqaf018.

Gower, David J., et al.. (2024). Comparative morphology of oral glands in snakes of the family Homalopsidae reveals substantial variation and additional independent origins of salt glands within Serpentes. Journal of Anatomy. 244(5). 708–721. 2 indexed citations

Wilkinson, Mark, et al.. (2024). Striped Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India in the collection of London's Natural History Museum and their implications for taxonomy and distribution. 73(23073).

Ovchinnikov, Vladimir, Marcela Uliano‐Silva, Mark Wilkinson, et al.. (2023). Caecilian Genomes Reveal the Molecular Basis of Adaptation and Convergent Evolution of Limblessness in Snakes and Caecilians. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(5). 9 indexed citations

Addy, John, Mark Wilkinson, Daniel P. Smith, et al.. (2023). Genetic control of grain amino acid composition in a UK soft wheat mapping population. The Plant Genome. 16(4). e20335–e20335. 6 indexed citations

Verhertbruggen, Yves, Jacqueline Vigouroux, Camille Alvarado, et al.. (2020). The TaCslA12 gene expressed in the wheat grain endosperm synthesizes wheat-like mannan when expressed in yeast and Arabidopsis. Plant Science. 302. 110693–110693. 11 indexed citations

Zaher, Hussam, Robert W. Murphy, Juan Camilo Arredondo, et al.. (2019). Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0216148–e0216148. 196 indexed citations breakdown →

Wilkinson, Mark, Marta Maria Antoniazzi, & Carlos Jared. (2015). A new species of Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: <br />Siphonopidae) from Amazonian Brazil. Zootaxa. 3905(3). 425–31. 1 indexed citations

Houston, Alasdair I., et al.. (2010). How did the Great Auk raise its young?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23(9). 1899–1906. 6 indexed citations

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Rakszegi, Marianna, Mark Wilkinson, Moon-Sik Yang, et al.. (2009). Transgenic approach to improve wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) nutritional quality. Plant Cell Reports. 28(7). 1085–1094. 40 indexed citations

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Cotton, James A. & Mark Wilkinson. (2008). Quantifying the potential utility of phylogenetic characters. Taxon. 57(1). 131–136. 9 indexed citations

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Harris, Simon R., Mark Wilkinson, & António Carlos Marques. (2003). Countering concerted homoplasy. Cladistics. 19(2). 128–130. 5 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Mark, Pedro R. Peres‐Neto, Peter G. Foster, & Clive B. Moncrieff. (2002). Type 1 Error Rates of the Parsimony Permutation Tail Probability Test. Systematic Biology. 51(3). 524–527. 11 indexed citations

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Pearson, Paul N., et al.. (2001). The imbalance of paleontological trees. Paleobiology. 27(2). 188–204. 23 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Mark. (1997). Limitations on the Use of Compatibility Methods for Polarizing and Ordering Characters. Systematic Biology. 46(1). 230–231. 1 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Mark. (1997). On phylogenetic relationships within dendrotriton (amphibia: caudata: pletrodontidae): Is there sufficient evidence?. Herpetological Journal. 7(2). 55–65. 5 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Mark & Michael J. Benton. (1996). Sphenodontid phylogeny and the problems of multiple trees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 351(1335). 1–16. 38 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Mark. (1994). WEIGHTS AND RANKS IN NUMERICAL PHYLOGENETICS. Cladistics. 10(3). 321–329. 2 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Mark. (1992). On the life history of the caecilian genus Uraeotyphlus (Amphibia Gymnophiona). Herpetological Journal. 2(4). 121–124. 15 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Mark. (1989). On the status of Nectocaecilia fasciata taylor, with a discussion of the phylogeny of the Typhlonectidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Herpetologica. 45(1). 23–36. 30 indexed citations

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