Matthew Spencer

2.6k total citations
99 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Matthew Spencer is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Spencer has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Matthew Spencer's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers), Marine and fisheries research (13 papers) and Plant and animal studies (13 papers). Matthew Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers), Marine and fisheries research (13 papers) and Plant and animal studies (13 papers). Matthew Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Matthew Spencer's co-authors include Leon Blaustein, Philip H. Warren, Joel E. Cohen, Christopher J. Howe, Edward Susko, Andrew J. Roger, Helen Lindsay, Kathryn S. Lilley, Natasha A. Karp and Steven S. Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Spencer

96 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers

Matthew Spencer
Juan E. Keymer Chile
Lev Y. Yampolsky United States
Daniel Barker United Kingdom
Lutz Becks Germany
Giovanni Strona Italy
Thomas A. White United Kingdom
György Barabás Hungary
Dan G. Bock Canada
James P. O’Dwyer United States
Francesco Carrara Switzerland
Juan E. Keymer Chile
Matthew Spencer
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Countries citing papers authored by Matthew Spencer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Spencer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Matthew Spencer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Matthew Spencer. The network helps show where Matthew Spencer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Spencer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthew Spencer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthew Spencer 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 Matthew Spencer. Matthew Spencer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hirst, Andrew G., et al.. (2024). Responses of intraspecific metabolic scaling to temperature and activity differ between water‐ and air‐breathing ectothermic vertebrates. Ecology Letters. 27(2). e14389–e14389. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, Matthew, Eric N. Powell, John M. Klinck, et al.. (2024). What Is the Future of the Atlantic Surfclam ( Spisula solidissima ) Fishery Under Climate‐Induced Warming on the Mid‐Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf: A Multidecadal Assessment. Fisheries Oceanography. 35(1). 62–94. 2 indexed citations
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Kadykalo, Andrew N., et al.. (2024). Collaboration and engagement with decision-makers are needed to reduce evidence complacency in wildlife management. AMBIO. 53(5). 730–745. 2 indexed citations
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Sommer, Brigitte, Liam Lachs, Magnus L. Johnson, et al.. (2023). High‐latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts. Ecography. 2023(12). 12 indexed citations
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Spencer, Matthew, et al.. (2023). High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch. PLoS Biology. 21(5). e3001646–e3001646. 16 indexed citations
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Spencer, Matthew, et al.. (2022). Heat and temperature. BJA Education. 22(9). 350–356. 3 indexed citations
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Spencer, Matthew, et al.. (2020). Woody vegetation damage by the African elephant during severe drought at Pongola Game Reserve, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology. 58(4). 658–673. 15 indexed citations
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Carlos-Júnior, Lélis Antonio, Joel C. Creed, R.H. Marrs, et al.. (2020). Generalized Linear Models outperform commonly used canonical analysis in estimating spatial structure of presence/absence data. PeerJ. 8. e9777–e9777. 7 indexed citations
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Duchet, Claire, et al.. (2019). Effect of desiccation on mosquito oviposition site selection in Mediterranean temporary habitats. Ecological Entomology. 45(3). 498–513. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, Matthew, et al.. (2019). Rapid carbon accumulation within an unmanaged, mixed, temperate woodland. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 34(3). 208–217. 4 indexed citations
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Albuquerque, Cristiano Queiroz de, et al.. (2017). Influence of detached macroalgae on fish size and condition in nearshore habitats. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 211. 227–237. 5 indexed citations
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White, Piran C. L., et al.. (2011). Patterns and processes in abundance–body size relationships for marine benthic invertebrates. Journal of Animal Ecology. 81(2). 463–471. 11 indexed citations
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Whelan, Simon, Benjamin P. Blackburne, & Matthew Spencer. (2010). Phylogenetic Substitution Models for Detecting Heterotachy during Plastid Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(1). 449–458. 11 indexed citations
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Spencer, Matthew & Ajanthah Sangaralingam. (2009). A Phylogenetic Mixture Model for Gene Family Loss in Parasitic Bacteria. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(8). 1901–1908. 13 indexed citations
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Forster, Lucy, Peter Forster, Susan M. R. Gurney, et al.. (2009). Evaluating length heteroplasmy in the human mitochondrial DNA control region. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 124(2). 133–142. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Huai-Chun, Matthew Spencer, Edward Susko, & Andrew J. Roger. (2006). Testing for Covarion-like Evolution in Protein Sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(1). 294–305. 56 indexed citations

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