Nathan S. Upham

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Nathan S. Upham is a scholar working on Ecology, Paleontology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan S. Upham has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Paleontology and 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Nathan S. Upham's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (15 papers). Nathan S. Upham is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (15 papers). Nathan S. Upham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Argentina. Nathan S. Upham's co-authors include Walter Jetz, Jacob A. Esselstyn, Connor Burgin, Jocelyn P. Colella, Bruce D. Patterson, John C. Hafner, María Encarnación Pérez, Liliana M. Dávalos, Renan Maestri and Samuel T. Turvey and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Nathan S. Upham

48 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation

2019 724 citations Nathan S. Upham, Jacob A. Esselstyn et al. PLoS Biology profile →
How many species of mammals are there?

2017 679 citations Nathan S. Upham et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nathan S. Upham United States	18	1.2k	981	831	484	455	51	2.4k
Kevin C. Rowe Australia	27	1.2k 1.0×	731 0.7×	784 0.9×	826 1.7×	530 1.2×	71	2.3k
Géraldine Veron France	25	1.2k 1.1×	799 0.8×	456 0.5×	742 1.5×	282 0.6×	83	2.1k
Ken Aplin Australia	30	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	582 0.7×	980 2.0×	241 0.5×	116	3.1k
Sharon A. Jansa United States	33	1.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.9×	1.2k 1.4×	861 1.8×	436 1.0×	77	3.1k
Pierre‐Henri Fabre France	25	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	954 2.0×	575 1.3×	64	3.1k
Rutger Vos Netherlands	20	761 0.7×	739 0.8×	864 1.0×	636 1.3×	303 0.7×	49	2.6k
Wendell Challenger Canada	4	586 0.5×	749 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	513 1.1×	266 0.6×	6	2.1k
Marcelo Weksler Brazil	21	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	558 0.7×	481 1.0×	221 0.5×	70	1.7k
Jacob A. Esselstyn United States	28	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	1.0k 2.1×	783 1.7×	75	3.0k
Philippe Gaubert France	23	1.2k 1.0×	397 0.4×	345 0.4×	692 1.4×	415 0.9×	93	1.9k

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Maliet, Odile, Leandro Arístide, David Nogués‐Bravo, et al.. (2025). Negative global-scale association between genetic diversity and speciation rates in mammals. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1796–1796. 1 indexed citations

Upham, Nathan S., et al.. (2024). Environmental suitability throughout the late quaternary explains population genetic diversity. Ecography. 2025(3).

Verbruggen, Heroen, et al.. (2024). Reticulate evolution: Detection and utility in the phylogenomics era. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 201. 108197–108197. 2 indexed citations

Upham, Nathan S. & Jorrit H. Poelen. (2024). Taxonomic Data Objects for Communicating the Meaning of Species Names. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 8.

Moura, Mario R., Yanina V. Sica, Pamela González‐del‐Pliego, et al.. (2024). A phylogeny-informed characterisation of global tetrapod traits addresses data gaps and biases. PLoS Biology. 22(7). e3002658–e3002658. 14 indexed citations

Geiselman, Cullen, Jorrit H. Poelen, Nancy B. Simmons, et al.. (2023). A Standardized Review of Bat Names Across Multiple Taxonomic Authorities. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Larsen, Brendan B., Simona Kraberger, Nathan S. Upham, et al.. (2023). Diverse DNA virus genomes identified in fecal samples of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) captured in Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona (USA). Virology. 580. 98–111. 7 indexed citations

Goodman, Steven M., Voahangy Soarimalala, Alexandra van der Geer, et al.. (2023). The macroevolutionary impact of recent and imminent mammal extinctions on Madagascar. Nature Communications. 14(1). 14–14. 27 indexed citations

Larsen, Brendan B., Sophie Gryseels, Simona Kraberger, et al.. (2023). Using archived and biocollection samples towards deciphering the DNA virus diversity associated with rodent species in the families cricetidae and heteromyidae. Virology. 585. 42–60. 9 indexed citations

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Abraham, Joel O., et al.. (2022). Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(7). 998–1006. 22 indexed citations

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Upham, Nathan S., et al.. (2022). Extended Taxonomic Curation: Moving beyond species lists to linking species data. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 6. 3 indexed citations

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Sterner, Beckett, et al.. (2021). Combining Machine Learning & Reasoning for Biodiversity Data Intelligence. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 35(17). 14911–14919. 1 indexed citations

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Heim, Noel A., Douglas J. McCauley, Jonathan L. Payne, et al.. (2021). A global ecological signal of extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates. Conservation Biology. 36(3). e13852–e13852. 46 indexed citations

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Upham, Nathan S., Jacob A. Esselstyn, & Walter Jetz. (2021). Molecules and fossils tell distinct yet complementary stories of mammal diversification. Current Biology. 31(19). 4195–4206.e3. 26 indexed citations

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Groom, Quentin, Tim Adriaens, Sandro Bertolino, et al.. (2021). Holistic understanding of contemporary ecosystems requires integration of data on domesticated, captive and cultivated organisms. ZooKeys. 9. e65371–e65371. 5 indexed citations

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Alhajeri, Bader H., Yoan Fourcade, Nathan S. Upham, & Hasan Alhaddad. (2020). A global test of Allen’s rule in rodents. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(12). 2248–2260. 38 indexed citations

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Evans, Ben J., Nathan S. Upham, G. Brian Golding, Ricardo A. Ojeda, & Agustina A. Ojeda. (2017). Evolution of the Largest Mammalian Genome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 9(6). 1711–1724. 15 indexed citations

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Upham, Nathan S., Louise H. Emmons, Fabienne Justy, et al.. (2016). Mitogenomic phylogeny, diversification, and biogeography of South American spiny rats. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34(3). msw261–msw261. 72 indexed citations

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Upham, Nathan S., et al.. (2013). Transitions between Andean and Amazonian centers of endemism in the radiation of some arboreal rodents. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 191–191. 41 indexed citations

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Hafner, John C. & Nathan S. Upham. (2011). Phylogeography of the dark kangaroo mouse, Microdipodops megacephalus: cryptic lineages and dispersal routes in North America’s Great Basin. Journal of Biogeography. 38(6). 1077–1097. 14 indexed citations

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