Mark Wilkinson

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Mark Wilkinson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Wilkinson has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mark Wilkinson's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (94 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (26 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (22 papers). Mark Wilkinson is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (94 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (26 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (22 papers). Mark Wilkinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Mark Wilkinson's co-authors include David J. Gower, Simon P. Loader, Franky Bossuyt, Ronald A. Nussbaum, Kim Roelants, Diego San Mauro, S. D. Biju, Emma Sherratt, Oommen V. Oommen and Rafael Zardoya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark Wilkinson

121 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

  1. Global patterns of diversification in the history of modern amphibians
    2007 554 citations Kim Roelants, David J. Gower et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mark Wilkinson 2.2k 1.0k 994 968 880 123 3.8k
Hussam Zaher 2.8k 1.3× 942 0.9× 989 1.0× 379 0.4× 1.7k 2.0× 149 4.1k
James A. Schulte 2.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.9× 1.7k 1.7× 745 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 60 4.9k
Joseph B. Slowinski 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 2.1k 2.1× 1.0k 1.1× 974 1.1× 43 3.8k
Jan W. Arntzen 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 2.3k 2.3× 689 0.7× 327 0.4× 136 4.2k
Alan de Queiroz 825 0.4× 1.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.0× 691 0.7× 751 0.9× 39 3.3k
Roger S. Thorpe 2.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 3.4k 3.4× 1.1k 1.2× 920 1.0× 137 5.9k
Theodore J. Papenfuss 3.3k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 2.4k 2.4× 1.4k 1.4× 815 0.9× 94 5.2k
José M. Padial 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 528 0.5× 358 0.4× 71 3.2k
Matthew C. Brandley 1.2k 0.6× 985 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 629 0.6× 673 0.8× 48 2.7k
Hidetoshi Ota 2.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 2.1k 2.1× 1.0k 1.1× 509 0.6× 242 4.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Wilkinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Wilkinson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Wilkinson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Wilkinson 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 Mark Wilkinson. Mark Wilkinson 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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Wilkinson, Mark, et al.. (2024). The first fossil record of an aquatic caecilian (Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(2). 1 indexed citations
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Kamei, Rachunliu G., et al.. (2023). Resistance Is Not Futile: Widespread Convergent Evolution of Resistance to Alpha-Neurotoxic Snake Venoms in Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(14). 11353–11353. 5 indexed citations
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Liedtke, H. Christoph, Lucinda P. Lawson, Michele Menegon, et al.. (2022). Thirty years of amphibian surveys in the Ukagurus Mountains of Tanzania reveal new species, yet others are in decline. African Journal of Herpetology. 71(2). 119–138. 4 indexed citations
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Percequillo, Alexandre Reis, Joyce Rodrigues do Prado, Edson F. Abreu, et al.. (2021). Tempo and mode of evolution of oryzomyine rodents (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): A phylogenomic approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 159. 107120–107120. 30 indexed citations
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Bardua, Carla, et al.. (2019). High-density three-dimensional morphometric analyses support conserved static (intraspecific) modularity in caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) crania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 126(4). 721–742. 31 indexed citations
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Reyes‐Puig, Carolina, Mark Wilkinson, Jeffrey W. Streicher, et al.. (2019). Rediscovery of the Endangered Carchi Andean Toad, Rhaebo colomai (Hoogmoed, 1985), in Ecuador, with comments on its conservation status and extinction risk. Check List. 15(3). 415–419. 5 indexed citations
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Goloboff, Pablo A. & Mark Wilkinson. (2018). On defining a unique phylogenetic tree with homoplastic characters. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 122. 95–101. 8 indexed citations
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Grazziotin, Felipe G., et al.. (2014). Higher-level molecular phylogeny of snakes: Conflicts and congruence. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Tapley, Benjamin, et al.. (2014). Towards evidence-based husbandry for caecilian amphibians: Substrate preference in [I]Geotrypetes seraphini[/I] (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae). Herpetological Bulletin. 4 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Mark, et al.. (2014). Non-lethal DNA sampling for caecilian amphibians. Herpetological Journal. 24(4). 255–260. 8 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Mark, Bronwen Presswell, Emma Sherratt, Anna Papadopoulou, & David J. Gower. (2014). A new species of striped Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 <br />(Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from Myanmar. Zootaxa. 3785(1). 45–58. 10 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Mark. (2012). Caecilians. Current Biology. 22(17). R668–R669. 29 indexed citations
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Loader, Simon P., Mark Wilkinson, James A. Cotton, et al.. (2011). Molecular phylogenetics of Boulengerula (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) and implications for taxonomy, biogeography and conservation. Herpetological Journal. 21(1). 18 indexed citations
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Kelly, Michelle, Alasdair J. Edwards, Mark Wilkinson, et al.. (2009). Phylum Porifera: Sponges. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 1 indexed citations
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Kupfer, Alexander, Hendrik Müller, Marta Maria Antoniazzi, et al.. (2006). Parental investment by skin feeding in a caecilian amphibian. Nature. 440(7086). 926–929. 92 indexed citations
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Measey, John, David J. Gower, Oommen V. Oommen, & Mark Wilkinson. (2004). A subterranean generalist predator: diet of the soil-dwelling caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia; Gymnophiona; Caeciliidae) in southern India. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 327(1). 65–76. 33 indexed citations
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Møbjerg, Nadja, Anna Jespersen, & Mark Wilkinson. (2004). Morphology of the kidney in the West African caecilian, Geotrypetes seraphini (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae). Journal of Morphology. 262(2). 583–607. 32 indexed citations

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