Neil J. Gemmell

18.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
236 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Neil J. Gemmell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil J. Gemmell has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 99 papers in Genetics and 93 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Neil J. Gemmell's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (47 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (32 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (29 papers). Neil J. Gemmell is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (47 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (32 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (29 papers). Neil J. Gemmell collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. Neil J. Gemmell's co-authors include Jason M. Tylianakis, Raphaël K. Didham, Robert M. Ewers, Bruce C. Robertson, Erica V. Todd, Emmanuel Buschiazzo, Victoria Metcalf, T. Rand, Melissa Hutchison and Jonci N. Wolff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Neil J. Gemmell

228 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Interactive effects of habitat modification and species invasion on native species decline

2007 697 citations Neil J. Gemmell et al. profile →
Are invasive species the drivers of ecological change?

2005 663 citations Neil J. Gemmell et al. profile →
Haplotype-resolved assembly of diploid genomes without parental data

2022 296 citations Lara Urban, Neil J. Gemmell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil J. Gemmell New Zealand	54	3.9k	3.4k	3.2k	2.2k	1.8k	236	10.6k
Craig R. Primmer Finland	54	3.4k 0.9×	6.3k 1.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	3.4k 1.9×	211	10.0k
Walter Salzburger Switzerland	60	3.3k 0.8×	5.0k 1.4×	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	4.1k 2.3×	199	10.7k
William A. Cresko United States	36	2.9k 0.7×	8.2k 2.4×	4.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	91	12.9k
Nicolas Perrin Switzerland	54	4.2k 1.1×	6.0k 1.8×	1.2k 0.4×	4.5k 2.0×	1.7k 1.0×	186	11.2k
Julian Catchen United States	32	2.6k 0.7×	6.6k 1.9×	4.1k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	66	10.9k
Jonathan Wright Canada	62	5.3k 1.3×	5.1k 1.5×	2.6k 0.8×	7.0k 3.2×	3.1k 1.8×	269	14.9k
Paul A. Hohenlohe United States	35	4.1k 1.0×	9.7k 2.8×	4.7k 1.5×	3.0k 1.4×	2.7k 1.5×	98	14.8k
Gary R. Carvalho United Kingdom	66	7.1k 1.8×	6.0k 1.8×	5.7k 1.8×	2.0k 0.9×	4.5k 2.6×	191	15.1k
Rafael Zardoya Spain	58	2.9k 0.7×	3.6k 1.1×	6.4k 2.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	147	12.5k
Thorsten B. H. Reusch Germany	63	6.4k 1.6×	3.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	218	12.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil J. Gemmell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ammon, Ulla von, Gert‐Jan Jeunen, Olivier Laroche, et al.. (2025). Investigating passive eDNA samplers and submergence times for marine surveillance. PeerJ. 13. e19043–e19043. 4 indexed citations

Gemmell, Neil J., et al.. (2025). Squamate reptiles may have compensated for the lack of γδTCR with a duplication of the TRB locus. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1524471–1524471.

Baker, C. Scott, Rochelle Constantine, Emma L. Carroll, et al.. (2025). Leveraging Synteny to Generate Reference Genomes for Conservation: Assembling the Genomes of Hector's and Māui Dolphins. Molecular Ecology Resources. 25(7). e14109–e14109.

Piaggio, Antoinette J., Stacie J. Robinson, Aaron B. Shiels, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Environmental DNA as a Surveillance Tool for Invasive House Mice (Mus musculus). Environmental DNA. 7(1). 1 indexed citations

Jeunen, Gert‐Jan, Sadie Mills, Grant A. Duffy, et al.. (2024). Unlocking Antarctic molecular time‐capsules – Recovering historical environmental DNA from museum‐preserved sponges. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(7). e14001–e14001. 1 indexed citations

Morales, Sergio E., et al.. (2024). Host population crashes disrupt the diversity of associated marine microbiomes. Environmental Microbiology. 26(3). e16611–e16611. 2 indexed citations

Esvelt, Kevin M., Ludovic Dutoit, Jackson Champer, et al.. (2023). A framework for identifying fertility gene targets for mammalian pest control. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(2). e13901–e13901. 3 indexed citations

Bagshaw, Andrew & Neil J. Gemmell. (2023). Bisulfite probing reveals DNA structural intricacies. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(7). 3261–3269. 1 indexed citations

Jeunen, Gert‐Jan, Miles D. Lamare, Jennifer A. Devine, et al.. (2023). Characterizing Antarctic fish assemblages using eDNA obtained from marine sponge bycatch specimens. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 34(1). 221–238. 8 indexed citations

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Jeunen, Gert‐Jan, Miles D. Lamare, Vonda J. Cummings, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the hidden diversity of marine eukaryotes in the Ross Sea: A comparative analysis of seawater and sponge eDNA surveys. Environmental DNA. 5(6). 1780–1792. 4 indexed citations

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Miller, Allison K., Jonathon C. O. Mifsud, Vincenzo A. Costa, et al.. (2021). Slippery when wet: cross-species transmission of divergent coronaviruses in bony and jawless fish and the evolutionary history of the Coronaviridae. Virus Evolution. 7(2). veab050–veab050. 22 indexed citations

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Johnson, Sheri L., Kirill Borziak, Torsten Kleffmann, et al.. (2020). Ovarian fluid proteome variation associates with sperm swimming speed in an externally fertilizing fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(12). 1783–1794. 10 indexed citations

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Taylor, Helen R., Benedikt Holtmann, Sheri L. Johnson, et al.. (2020). Dunnock social status correlates with sperm speed, but fast sperm does not always equal high fitness. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(8). 1139–1148. 6 indexed citations

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Hess, Andrew S., Rodney D. Roberts, Nick King, et al.. (2018). Genotyping-by-sequencing for the Greenshell mussel industry. Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. 463. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Hui, Erica V. Todd, P. Mark Lokman, et al.. (2016). Sexual plasticity: A fishy tale. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 84(2). 171–194. 96 indexed citations

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Osborne, Amy J., Monika Závodná, B. Louise Chilvers, et al.. (2013). Extensive variation at MHC DRB in the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) provides evidence for balancing selection. Heredity. 111(1). 44–56. 14 indexed citations

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Cui, Xiaoping, Zhengfei Lu, Aya Kurosawa, et al.. (2012). Both CpG Methylation and Activation-Induced Deaminase Are Required for the Fragility of the Human bcl-2 Major Breakpoint Region: Implications for the Timing of the Breaks in the t(14;18) Translocation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 33(5). 947–957. 21 indexed citations

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Johnson, Sheri L. & Neil J. Gemmell. (2012). Are old males still good males and can females tell the difference?. BioEssays. 34(7). 609–619. 71 indexed citations

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Goldstien, Sharyn J., Lise Dupont, Frédérique Viard, et al.. (2011). Global Phylogeography of the Widely Introduced North West Pacific Ascidian Styela clava. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e16755–e16755. 58 indexed citations

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Rosengrave, Patrice, et al.. (2008). A mechanism for cryptic female choice in chinook salmon. Behavioral Ecology. 19(6). 1179–1185. 106 indexed citations

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