Michelle R. Gaither

4.1k total citations
57 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Michelle R. Gaither is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle R. Gaither has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Ecology and 27 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michelle R. Gaither's work include Identification and Quantification in Food (34 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (27 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (19 papers). Michelle R. Gaither is often cited by papers focused on Identification and Quantification in Food (34 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (27 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (19 papers). Michelle R. Gaither collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Michelle R. Gaither's co-authors include Luiz A. Rocha, Brian W. Bowen, Robert J. Toonen, Joseph D. DiBattista, Jeff A. Eble, Girish Kumar, Matthew Iacchei, John C. Briggs, Michael L. Berumen and D. Ross Robertson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Michelle R. Gaither

56 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michelle R. Gaither United States 29 1.5k 1.0k 996 753 668 57 2.5k
Shane Lavery New Zealand 30 1.6k 1.0× 805 0.8× 693 0.7× 677 0.9× 721 1.1× 87 2.5k
Sophie von der Heyden South Africa 30 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 623 0.8× 874 1.3× 120 3.0k
Rita Castilho Portugal 22 1.0k 0.6× 879 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 544 0.7× 792 1.2× 79 2.4k
Axayácatl Rocha‐Olivares Mexico 26 1.3k 0.8× 796 0.8× 619 0.6× 607 0.8× 529 0.8× 91 2.3k
Matthew T. Craig United States 26 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 859 0.9× 1.3k 1.7× 1.0k 1.5× 80 2.9k
Eric D. Crandall United States 23 1.1k 0.7× 489 0.5× 826 0.8× 528 0.7× 596 0.9× 38 1.8k
Kim Præbel Norway 26 1.2k 0.7× 557 0.5× 548 0.6× 917 1.2× 459 0.7× 97 2.0k
Philippe Borsa France 31 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 862 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 117 2.8k
Pierre‐Alexandre Gagnaire France 29 756 0.5× 763 0.7× 1.7k 1.7× 817 1.1× 457 0.7× 64 2.7k
Kimberly R. Andrews United States 21 1.0k 0.7× 856 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 405 0.5× 320 0.5× 40 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle R. Gaither

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All Works

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Gaither, Michelle R., D. Ross Robertson, Jennifer E. Caselle, et al.. (2024). Geographic genetic variation in the Coral Hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Cirrhitidae), in relation to biogeographic barriers across the Tropical Indo-Pacific. PeerJ. 12. e18058–e18058. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Shang‐Yin Vanson, Jacob Green, Hawis Madduppa, et al.. (2021). Dongsha Atoll is an important stepping-stone that promotes regional genetic connectivity in the South China Sea. PeerJ. 9. e12063–e12063. 6 indexed citations
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Liggins, Libby, Michelle R. Gaither, Gideon S. Bradburd, et al.. (2021). Poor data stewardship will hinder global genetic diversity surveillance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(34). 27 indexed citations
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Gaither, Michelle R., Joseph D. DiBattista, Matthieu Leray, & Sophie von der Heyden. (2021). Metabarcoding the marine environment: from single species to biogeographic patterns. Environmental DNA. 4(1). 3–8. 23 indexed citations
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Riginos, Cynthia, Eric D. Crandall, Libby Liggins, et al.. (2020). Building a global genomics observatory: Using GEOME (the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase) to expedite and improve deposition and retrieval of genetic data and metadata for biodiversity research. Molecular Ecology Resources. 20(6). 1458–1469. 30 indexed citations
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DiBattista, Joseph D., Pablo Saenz‐Agudelo, Marek J. Piatek, et al.. (2020). Population genomic response to geographic gradients by widespread and endemic fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. Ecology and Evolution. 10(10). 4314–4330. 17 indexed citations
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Eble, Jeff A., Toby S. Daly‐Engel, Joseph D. DiBattista, Adam Koziol, & Michelle R. Gaither. (2020). Marine environmental DNA: Approaches, applications, and opportunities. Advances in marine biology. 86(1). 141–169. 34 indexed citations
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Bernal, Moisés A., Michelle R. Gaither, W. Brian Simison, & Luiz A. Rocha. (2016). Introgression and selection shaped the evolutionary history of sympatric sister‐species of coral reef fishes (genus: Haemulon). Molecular Ecology. 26(2). 639–652. 28 indexed citations
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Iacchei, Matthew, Michelle R. Gaither, Brian W. Bowen, & Robert J. Toonen. (2016). Testing dispersal limits in the sea: range‐wide phylogeography of the pronghorn spiny lobster Panulirus penicillatus. Journal of Biogeography. 43(5). 1032–1044. 31 indexed citations
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DiBattista, Joseph D., Michelle R. Gaither, J. Hobbs, Luiz A. Rocha, & Brian W. Bowen. (2016). Angelfishes, Paper Tigers, and the Devilish Taxonomy of theCentropyge flavissimaComplex. Journal of Heredity. 107(7). 647–653. 13 indexed citations
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Gaither, Michelle R., Brian W. Bowen, Luiz A. Rocha, & John C. Briggs. (2015). Fishes that rule the world: circumtropical distributions revisited. Fish and Fisheries. 17(3). 664–679. 73 indexed citations
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Saenz‐Agudelo, Pablo, Joseph D. DiBattista, Marek J. Piatek, et al.. (2015). Seascape genetics along environmental gradients in the Arabian Peninsula: insights from ddRAD sequencing of anemonefishes. Molecular Ecology. 24(24). 6241–6255. 57 indexed citations
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Gaither, Michelle R. & John E. Randall. (2013). Reclassification of the Indo-Pacific Hawkfish Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster). Zootaxa. 3599(2). 189–96. 2 indexed citations
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Gaither, Michelle R., Greta S. Aeby, M.R. Vignon, et al.. (2013). An Invasive Fish and the Time-Lagged Spread of Its Parasite across the Hawaiian Archipelago. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56940–e56940. 38 indexed citations
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Gaither, Michelle R., Brian W. Bowen, Luiz A. Rocha, et al.. (2011). Phylogeography of the reef fish Cephalopholis argus(Epinephelidae) indicates Pleistocene isolation across the indo-pacific barrier with contemporary overlap in the coral triangle. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 189–189. 147 indexed citations
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Gaither, Michelle R. & Rob Rowan. (2010). Zooxanthellar symbiosis in planula larvae of the coral Pocillopora damicornis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 386(1-2). 45–53. 30 indexed citations
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Gaither, Michelle R., Robert J. Toonen, Laurie Sorenson, & Brian W. Bowen. (2009). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for the Crimson Jobfish, Pristipomoides filamentosus (Lutjanidae). Conservation Genetics Resources. 2(S1). 169–172. 14 indexed citations

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