Michael L. Collyer

5.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
43 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Collyer is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Paleontology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Collyer has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Geometry and Topology, 20 papers in Paleontology and 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Collyer's work include Morphological variations and asymmetry (27 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (20 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). Michael L. Collyer is often cited by papers focused on Morphological variations and asymmetry (27 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (20 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). Michael L. Collyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and South Africa. Michael L. Collyer's co-authors include Dean C. Adams, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou, Emma Sherratt, Erica K. Baken, Trevor J. Krabbenhoft, Thomas F. Turner, Craig A. Stockwell, Johan Hollander, Kerstin Johannesson and Mark A. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Collyer

43 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

geomorph: Software for geometric morphometric analyses 2014 2026 2018 2022 2016 2018 2021 2014 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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. geomorph: Software for geometric morphometric analyses
    2016 550 citations Dean C. Adams, Michael L. Collyer et al. profile →
  2. RRPP: An r package for fitting linear models to high‐dimensional data using residual randomization
    2018 468 citations Michael L. Collyer, Dean C. Adams Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
  3. geomorph v4.0 and gmShiny: Enhanced analytics and a new graphical interface for a comprehensive morphometric experience
    2021 325 citations Erica K. Baken, Michael L. Collyer et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
  4. A method for analysis of phenotypic change for phenotypes described by high-dimensional data
    2014 319 citations Michael L. Collyer, Dean C. Adams et al. Heredity profile →
  5. Multivariate Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: Evaluations, Comparisons, and Recommendations
    2017 204 citations Dean C. Adams, Michael L. Collyer Systematic Biology profile →

Peers

Michael L. Collyer
Leandro R. Monteiro Brazil
P. David Polly United States
Graham J. Slater United States
Miriam Leah Zelditch United States
Emma Sherratt Australia
Pasquale Raia Italy
Anna Loy Italy
Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou Portugal
Andrea Cardini Italy
Leslie F. Marcus United States
Leandro R. Monteiro Brazil
Michael L. Collyer
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Collyer, Michael L. & Dean C. Adams. (2024). Interrogating Random and Systematic Measurement Error in Morphometric Data. Evolutionary Biology. 51(1). 179–207. 5 indexed citations
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Adams, Dean C. & Michael L. Collyer. (2024). Extending phylogenetic regression models for comparing within‐species patterns across the tree of life. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(12). 2234–2246. 4 indexed citations
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Mitterœcker, Philipp, Michael L. Collyer, & Dean C. Adams. (2024). Exploring Phylogenetic Signal in Multivariate Phenotypes by Maximizing Blomberg’s K. Systematic Biology. 74(2). 215–229. 2 indexed citations
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Burns, Michael D., Michael L. Collyer, & Brian L. Sidlauskas. (2022). Simultaneous integration and modularity underlie the exceptional body shape diversification of characiform fishes. Evolution. 77(3). 746–762. 10 indexed citations
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Adams, Dean C. & Michael L. Collyer. (2022). Consilience of methods for phylogenetic analysis of variance. Evolution. 76(7). 1406–1419. 10 indexed citations
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Baken, Erica K., Michael L. Collyer, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou, & Dean C. Adams. (2021). geomorph v4.0 and gmShiny: Enhanced analytics and a new graphical interface for a comprehensive morphometric experience. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(12). 2355–2363. 325 indexed citations breakdown →
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Collyer, Michael L. & Dean C. Adams. (2020). Phylogenetically aligned component analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(2). 359–372. 54 indexed citations
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Adams, Dean C. & Michael L. Collyer. (2018). Phylogenetic ANOVA: Group‐clade aggregation, biological challenges, and a refined permutation procedure. Evolution. 72(6). 1204–1215. 97 indexed citations
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Collyer, Michael L. & Dean C. Adams. (2018). RRPP: An r package for fitting linear models to high‐dimensional data using residual randomization. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(7). 1772–1779. 468 indexed citations breakdown →
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Adams, Dean C. & Michael L. Collyer. (2017). Multivariate Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: Evaluations, Comparisons, and Recommendations. Systematic Biology. 67(1). 14–31. 204 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davis, Mark A., Marlis R. Douglas, Michael L. Collyer, & Michael E. Douglas. (2016). Deconstructing a Species-Complex: Geometric Morphometric and Molecular Analyses Define Species in the Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis). PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146166–e0146166. 30 indexed citations
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Adams, Dean C. & Michael L. Collyer. (2015). Permutation tests for phylogenetic comparative analyses of high-dimensional shape data: What you shuffle matters. Evolution. 69(3). 823–829. 77 indexed citations
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Davis, Mark A., Marlis R. Douglas, Colleen T. Webb, et al.. (2015). Nowhere to Go but Up: Impacts of Climate Change on Demographics of a Short-Range Endemic (Crotalus willardi obscurus) in the Sky-Islands of Southwestern North America. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0131067–e0131067. 30 indexed citations
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Collyer, Michael L., et al.. (2014). A method for analysis of phenotypic change for phenotypes described by high-dimensional data. Heredity. 115(4). 357–365. 319 indexed citations breakdown →
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Collyer, Michael L. & Dean C. Adams. (2013). Phenotypic trajectory analysis: comparison of shape change patterns in evolution and ecology. Hystrix. 24(1). 75–83. 124 indexed citations
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Collyer, Michael L., et al.. (2011). Contemporary Evolutionary Divergence for a Protected Species following Assisted Colonization. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e22310–e22310. 21 indexed citations
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Turner, Thomas F., Michael L. Collyer, & Trevor J. Krabbenhoft. (2010). A general hypothesis‐testing framework for stable isotope ratios in ecological studies. Ecology. 91(8). 2227–2233. 190 indexed citations
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Adams, Dean C. & Michael L. Collyer. (2009). A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PHENOTYPIC TRAJECTORIES IN EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES. Evolution. 63(5). 1143–1154. 229 indexed citations
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Collyer, Michael L. & Dean C. Adams. (2007). ANALYSIS OF TWO-STATE MULTIVARIATE PHENOTYPIC CHANGE IN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES. Ecology. 88(3). 683–692. 178 indexed citations
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Adams, Dean C., et al.. (2007). Location‐specific sympatric morphological divergence as a possible response to species interactions in West VirginiaPlethodonsalamander communities. Journal of Animal Ecology. 76(2). 289–295. 63 indexed citations

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