Michael F. Whiting

14.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
131 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Michael F. Whiting is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael F. Whiting has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 68 papers in Genetics and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael F. Whiting's work include Plant and animal studies (42 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (37 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (24 papers). Michael F. Whiting is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (42 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (37 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (24 papers). Michael F. Whiting collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Michael F. Whiting's co-authors include Stephen L. Cameron, Hojun Song, Ward C. Wheeler, James M. Carpenter, Quentin D. Wheeler, Keith A. Crandall, Jennifer E. Buhay, Katharina Dittmar, Thomas H. Ogden and Kelly B. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael F. Whiting

127 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2008 1997 250 500 750
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.

  1. Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified
    2008 818 citations Hojun Song, Michael F. Whiting et al. profile →
  2. The Strepsiptera Problem: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insect Orders Inferred from 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology
    1997 803 citations Michael F. Whiting et al. Systematic Biology profile →

Peers

Michael F. Whiting
Chris Simon United States
Francesco Frati Italy
Brett Calcott Australia
Andrew T. Beckenbach Canada
Stephen L. Cameron Australia
Felix A. H. Sperling Canada
Bernhard Misof Germany
Miguel Vences Germany
Adalgisa Caccone United States
Alan R. Lemmon United States
Chris Simon United States
Michael F. Whiting
Citations per year, relative to Michael F. Whiting Michael F. Whiting (= 1×) peers Chris Simon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael F. Whiting

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All Works

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Suvorov, Anton, Céline Scornavacca, Mao Fujimoto, et al.. (2021). Deep Ancestral Introgression Shapes Evolutionary History of Dragonflies and Damselflies. Systematic Biology. 71(3). 526–546. 47 indexed citations
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Ogden, Thomas H., Jesse W. Breinholt, Seth Bybee, et al.. (2019). Mayfly Phylogenomics: Initial Evaluation of Anchored Hybrid Enrichment Data for the order Ephemeroptera. Zoosymposia. 16. 167–181–167–181. 26 indexed citations
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Britt, Brooks B., Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, Daniel J. Chure, et al.. (2018). Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp. nov. extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(9). 1386–1392. 33 indexed citations
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Britt, Brooks B., et al.. (2017). MOABOSAURUS UTAHENSIS, N. Gen., N. SP., A New Sauropod From The Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of North America. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 21 indexed citations
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Song, Hojun, Matthew J. Moulton, & Michael F. Whiting. (2014). Rampant Nuclear Insertion of mtDNA across Diverse Lineages within Orthoptera (Insecta). PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110508–e110508. 53 indexed citations
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Gontijo, Alisson M., Verónica Miguela, Michael F. Whiting, R.C. Woodruff, & María Domínguez. (2011). Intron retention in the Drosophila melanogaster Rieske iron sulphur protein gene generated a new protein. Nature Communications. 2(1). 25 indexed citations
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Bitam, Idir, Katharina Dittmar, Philippe Parola, Michael F. Whiting, & Didier Raoult. (2010). Fleas and flea-borne diseases. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 14(8). e667–e676. 335 indexed citations
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Sheffield, Nathan C., et al.. (2010). Mitochondrial genomics in Orthoptera using MOSAS. Mitochondrial DNA. 21(3-4). 87–104. 61 indexed citations
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Gullipalli, Damodar, Abul Arif, Polamarasetty Aparoy, et al.. (2010). Identification of a developmentally and hormonally regulated Delta-Class glutathione S-transferase in rice moth Corcyra cephalonica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 156(1). 33–39. 13 indexed citations
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Jensen, Dana M., Gavin J. Svenson, Hojun Song, & Michael F. Whiting. (2009). Phylogeny and evolution of male genitalia within the praying mantis genus Tenodera (Mantodea : Mantidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 23(5). 409–421. 18 indexed citations
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Dittmar, Katharina, Carl W. Dick, Bruce D. Patterson, Michael F. Whiting, & Matthew E. Gruwell. (2009). Pupal Deposition and Ecology of Bat Flies (Diptera: Streblidae): Trichobius sp. (Caecus Group) in a Mexican Cave Habitat. Journal of Parasitology. 95(2). 308–314. 37 indexed citations
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Sheffield, Nathan C., Hojun Song, Stephen L. Cameron, & Michael F. Whiting. (2008). A Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) and Genome Descriptions of Six New Beetles. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25(11). 2499–2509. 208 indexed citations
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Legendre, Frédéric, Michael F. Whiting, Christian Bordereau, et al.. (2008). The phylogeny of termites (Dictyoptera: Isoptera) based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers: Implications for the evolution of the worker and pseudergate castes, and foraging behaviors. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48(2). 615–627. 128 indexed citations
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Robertson, James A., Michael F. Whiting, & Joseph V. McHugh. (2007). Searching for natural lineages within the Cerylonid Series (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46(1). 193–205. 51 indexed citations
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Dittmar, Katharina, Megan L. Porter, Liz Price, Gavin J. Svenson, & Michael F. Whiting. (2005). A brief survey of invertebrates in caves of Peninsular Malaysia. 57(2). 221–233. 9 indexed citations
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Dittmar, Katharina, et al.. (2005). Identification and phylogenetic analysis of Arsenophonus- and Photorhabdus-type bacteria from adult Hippoboscidae and Streblidae (Hippoboscoidea). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 91(1). 64–68. 35 indexed citations
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Dittmar, Katharina & Michael F. Whiting. (2004). NEW WOLBACHIA ENDOSYMBIONTS FROM NEARCTIC AND NEOTROPICAL FLEAS (SIPHONAPTERA). Journal of Parasitology. 90(5). 953–957. 32 indexed citations
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Snell, Quinn, Michael F. Whiting, Mark Clement, & David W. McLaughlin. (2000). Parallel Phylogenetic Inference. Conference on High Performance Computing (Supercomputing). 35–35. 7 indexed citations

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