Mark Wilkinson

10.9k citations

144 papers · 6.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Paleontology top 0.5%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change

Papers in ⓘ

Paleontology 38
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 33
Ecological Modeling 10
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 10

Co-authors: Ronald A. Nussbaum (10 shared papers)David J. Gower (20 shared papers)George W. Haughn (4 shared papers)Michael J. Benton (5 shared papers)Joe Thorley (6 shared papers)Davide Pisani (10 shared papers)David M. Green (1 shared paper)Raoul H. Bain (1 shared paper)
Journals: Systematic Biology (21 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (6 papers)Journal of Cereal Science (5 papers)Cladistics (5 papers)Zootaxa (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Ireland

In The Last Decade

Mark Wilkinson

140 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) 2019 · 196 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.

2019 PLoS ONE
2006 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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1	THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ·Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Célio F. B. Haddad, Rafael O. de Sá, Alan Channing, Mark Wilkinson, Stephen C. Donnellan, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Jonathan A. Campbell, Boris L. Blotto, Paul E. Moler, Robert C. Drewes, Ronald A. Nussbaum, John D. Lynch, David M. Green, Ward C. Wheeler Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1668
2	Coping with Abundant Missing Entries in Phylogenetic Inference Using Parsimony Systematic Biology ·Mark Wilkinson	1995	231
3	Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) PLoS ONE ·Hussam Zaher, Robert W. Murphy, Juan Camilo Arredondo, Roberta Graboski, Paulo Roberto Machado-Filho, Kristin Mahlow, Giovanna G. Montingelli, Ana Bottallo de Aguiar Quadros, Nikolai L. Orlov, Mark Wilkinson, Ya‐Ping Zhang, Felipe G. Grazziotin Hit paper breakdown →	2019	196
4	Glycosyl transferases in family 61 mediate arabinofuranosyl transfer onto xylan in grasses Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nadine Anders, Mark Wilkinson, Alison Lovegrove, J. Freeman, Theodora Tryfona, Till K. Pellny, Thilo Weimar, Jenny C. Mortimer, Katherine Stott, John M. Baker, Michaël Defoin-Platel, Peter R. Shewry, Paul Dupree, R. A. C. Mitchell	2012	191
5	A COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS OF CHARACTER CONSTRUCTION Cladistics ·Mark Wilkinson	1995	187
6	Complete Generic-Level Phylogenetic Analyses of Palms (Arecaceae) with Comparisons of Supertree and Supermatrix Approaches Systematic Biology ·William J. Baker, Vincent Savolainen, Conny Bruun Asmussen Lange, Mark W. Chase, John Dransfield, Félix Forest, Madeline M. Harley, Natalie W. Uhl, Mark Wilkinson	2009	181
7	Retroviral Diversity and Distribution in Vertebrates Journal of Virology ·Elisabeth A. Herniou, Joanne L. Martin, Karen Miller, James M. Cook, Mark Wilkinson, Michael Tristem	1998	155
8	UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS Controls Meristem Identity and Organ Primordia Fate in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell ·Mark Wilkinson, George W. Haughn	1995	152
9	Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Diego San Mauro, David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, Mark Wilkinson, Rafael Zardoya	2004	149
10	ORDERED VERSUS UNORDERED CHARACTERS Cladistics ·Mark Wilkinson	1992	140
11	Multiple origins of anaerobic ciliates with hydrogenosomes within the radiation of aerobic ciliates Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·T. Martin Embley, Bland J. Finlay, Patricia Dyal, Robert P. Hirt, Mark Wilkinson, Alan G. Williams	1995	134
12	Uncertain turtle relationships Nature ·Mark Wilkinson, Joe Thorley, Michael J. Benton	1997	132
13	Transcripts of Vp - 1 homeologues are misspliced in modern wheat and ancestral species Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rowan S. McKibbin, Mark Wilkinson, Paul Bailey, John E. Flintham, Lucy M. Andrew, P. A. Lazzeri, Mike Gale, John R. Lenton, Michael J. Holdsworth	2002	129
14	On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), a Critical Review Herpetological Monographs ·Ronald A. Nussbaum, Mark Wilkinson	1989	120
15	Does a tree–like phylogeny only exist at the tips in the prokaryotes? Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Christopher J. Creevey, David A. Fitzpatrick, Gayle K. Philip, Rhoda Kinsella, Mary J. O’Connell, Melissa M. Pentony, Simon Travers, Mark Wilkinson, James O. McInerney	2004	110
16	A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) Zootaxa ·Mark Wilkinson, Diego San Mauro, Emma Sherratt, David J. Gower	2011	108
17	A comparison of two methods of character construction Cladistics ·Mark Wilkinson	1995	97
18	Down-Regulation of the CSLF6 Gene Results in Decreased (1,3;1,4)-β-d-Glucan in Endosperm of Wheat PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Csilla Németh, J. Freeman, Huw Jones, Caroline A. Sparks, Till K. Pellny, Mark Wilkinson, Jim M. Dunwell, Annica Andersson, Per Åman, Fabienne Guillon, Luc Saulnier, R. A. C. Mitchell, Peter R. Shewry	2010	96
19	Phylogenetic Relationships among Karyorelictids and Heterotrichs Inferred from Small Subunit rRNA Sequences: Resolution at the Base of the Ciliate Tree Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Robert P. Hirt, Patricia Dyal, Mark Wilkinson, Bland J. Finlay, David Roberts, T. Martin Embley	1995	86
20	Testing the Phylogenetic Stability of Early Tetrapods Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Joe Thorley, Mark Wilkinson	1999	85

About Mark Wilkinson

Mark Wilkinson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 144 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (41 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (34 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (33 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (10 papers) and Plant and animal studies (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (1.5k citations), Ecological Modeling (686 citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.6k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.2k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.6k citations). Mark Wilkinson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Ronald A. Nussbaum, David J. Gower, George W. Haughn, Michael J. Benton, Joe Thorley, Davide Pisani, David M. Green, Raoul H. Bain, Robert C. Drewes and Alan Channing. Their work appears in journals such as Systematic Biology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Journal of Cereal Science, Cladistics and Zootaxa.

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