Michael E. Alfaro

15.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
137 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Alfaro is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Alfaro has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 56 papers in Paleontology and 45 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Alfaro's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (47 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (44 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (37 papers). Michael E. Alfaro is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (47 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (44 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (37 papers). Michael E. Alfaro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. Michael E. Alfaro's co-authors include Francesco Santini, Luke J. Harmon, Graham J. Slater, Daniel L. Rabosky, Mark W. Westneat, Peter C. Wainwright, Jonathan M. Eastman, Laurie Sorenson, Jonathan Chang and Chad D. Brock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Alfaro

131 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Bayes or Bootstrap? A Simulation Study Comparing the Performance of Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling and Bootstrapping in Assessing Phylogenetic Confidence

2003 942 citations Michael E. Alfaro profile →
geiger v2.0: an expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees

2014 753 citations Michael E. Alfaro, Luke J. Harmon et al. profile →
Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates

2009 667 citations Michael E. Alfaro, Francesco Santini et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes

2018 608 citations Daniel L. Rabosky, Jonathan Chang et al. profile →
Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation

2013 506 citations Daniel L. Rabosky, Francesco Santini et al. Nature Communications profile →
Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous

2022 75 citations Richard Harrington, Edward D. Burress et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effects of the Center-Edge Gradient and Habitat Type on the Spatial Distribution of Plant Species Richness in Santiago, Chile 2025 ·Plants ·Sergio A. Castro, (unknown), Javier A. Figueroa, Michael E. Alfaro, (unknown), Pablo M. Vergara	0
2	Considering Decoupled Phenotypic Diversification Between Ontogenetic Phases in Macroevolution: An Example Using Triggerfishes (Balistidae) 2024 ·Systematic Biology ·Alex Dornburg, (unknown), Rachel Williams, Michael E. Alfaro, Richard J. Morris, (unknown), (unknown), Francesco Santini, Thomas J. Near, Bruno Frédérich	1
3	Keels of boxfish carapaces strongly improve stabilization against roll 2022 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·(unknown), Jana Goyens, Michael E. Alfaro, Sam Van Wassenbergh	3
4	Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown), Richard Harrington, Edward D. Burress, Matthew A. Campbell, Janet C. Buckner, Prosanta Chakrabarty, (unknown), (unknown), Peter J. Unmack, Christine E. Thacker, Michael E. Alfaro, Sarah T. Friedman, William B. Ludt, Peter F. Cowman, Matt Friedman, Samantha A. Price, Alex Dornburg, Brant C. Faircloth, Peter C. Wainwright, Thomas J. Near	75
5	Sashimi : A toolkit for facilitating high‐throughput organismal image segmentation using deep learning 2021 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Michael E. Alfaro	13
6	SARS-CoV-2: Cross-scale Insights from Ecology and Evolution 2021 ·Trends in Microbiology ·Celine E. Snedden, (unknown), (unknown), Amandine Gamble, Rachel V. Blakey, Benny Borremans, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael E. Alfaro, James O. Lloyd‐Smith	12
7	A Target Enrichment Bait Set for Studying Relationships among Ostariophysan Fishes 2020 ·Copeia ·Brant C. Faircloth, Fernando Alda, Kendra Hoekzema, Michael D. Burns, Cláudio Oliveira, James S. Albert, Bruno Francelino de Melo, Luz E. Ochoa, Fábio Fernandes Roxo, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Brian L. Sidlauskas, Michael E. Alfaro	27
8	On the Effect of Asymmetrical Trait Inheritance on Models of Trait Evolution 2020 ·Systematic Biology ·Pablo Duchen, Michael E. Alfaro, Jonathan Rolland, Nicolas Salamin, Daniele Silvestro	14
9	Lack of Signal for the Impact of Conotoxin Gene Diversity on Speciation Rates in Cone Snails 2019 ·Systematic Biology ·(unknown), Michael E. Alfaro, Gusti Ngurah Mahardika, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas von Rintelen, (unknown), Jonathan R. Hendricks, Nicolas Puillandre	17
10	A phylogenomic framework for pelagiarian fishes (Acanthomorpha: Percomorpha) highlights mosaic radiation in the open ocean 2019 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Matt Friedman, Kara Feilich, (unknown), Michael E. Alfaro, Brant C. Faircloth, David Černý, Masaki Miya, Thomas J. Near, Richard Harrington	38
11	Explosive diversification of marine fishes at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Michael E. Alfaro, Brant C. Faircloth, Richard Harrington, Laurie Sorenson, Matt Friedman, Christine E. Thacker, Carl H. Oliveros, David Černý, Thomas J. Near	152
12	Phylogenetics and geography of speciation in New World Halichoeres wrasses 2017 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Peter C. Wainwright, Francesco Santini, David R. Bellwood, D. Ross Robertson, Luiz A. Rocha, Michael E. Alfaro	16
13	Crowdsourced geometric morphometrics enable rapid large‐scale collection and analysis of phenotypic data 2015 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Jonathan Chang, Michael E. Alfaro	23
14	Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels 2014 ·Nature Communications ·David C. Collar, Peter C. Wainwright, Michael E. Alfaro, Liam J. Revell, Rita S. Mehta	58
15	Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates breakdown → 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael E. Alfaro, Francesco Santini, Chad D. Brock, Hugo Alamillo, Alex Dornburg, Daniel L. Rabosky, Giorgio Carnevale, Luke J. Harmon	667
16	Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes? 2009 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Michael E. Alfaro, Chad D. Brock, Barbara L. Banbury, Peter C. Wainwright	84
17	Avances en la formulación de emulsiones 2007 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Michael E. Alfaro, (unknown)	1
18	Phylogenetic concordance analysis shows an emerging pathogen is novel and endemic 2007 ·Ecology Letters ·Andrew Storfer, Michael E. Alfaro, Benjamin J. Ridenhour, James K. Jancovich, Stephen G. Mech, Matthew J. Parris, James P. Collins	51
19	Motor Patterns of Herbivorous Feeding: Electromyographic Analysis of Biting in the Parrotfishes <i>Cetoscarus bicolor</i> and <i>Scarus iseri</i> 1999 ·Brain Behavior and Evolution ·Michael E. Alfaro, Mark W. Westneat	28
20	Seasonal incidence of larval trematodes in Costa Rica. 1964 ·Revista de Biología Tropical ·R. J. Tonn, George W. Huntér, Michael E. Alfaro, (unknown), (unknown)	3

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