Peter Beerli

14.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
65 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Beerli is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Beerli has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Genetics, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Peter Beerli's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (33 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (14 papers). Peter Beerli is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (33 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (14 papers). Peter Beerli collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Peter Beerli's co-authors include Joseph Felsenstein, Scott V. Edwards, Jonathan M. Hoekstra, Joel G. Kingsolver, Christopher E. Hill, David Berrigan, Sacha Vignieri, Hopi E. Hoekstra, Patricia Gibert and Robb T. Brumfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Peter Beerli

62 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Strength of Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations

2001 1.5k citations Joel G. Kingsolver, Hopi E. Hoekstra et al. The American Naturalist profile →
Maximum likelihood estimation of a migration matrix and effective population sizes innsubpopulations by using a coalescent approach

2001 1.5k citations Peter Beerli et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of Migration Rates and Effective Population Numbers in Two Populations Using a Coalescent Approach

1999 854 citations Peter Beerli et al. profile →
PERSPECTIVE: GENE DIVERGENCE, POPULATION DIVERGENCE, AND THE VARIANCE IN COALESCENCE TIME IN PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC STUDIES

2000 768 citations Peter Beerli et al. Evolution profile →
Comparison of Bayesian and maximum-likelihood inference of population genetic parameters

2005 712 citations Peter Beerli profile →
Unified Framework to Evaluate Panmixia and Migration Direction Among Multiple Sampling Locations

2010 546 citations Peter Beerli et al. profile →
Estimating Divergence Times from Molecular Data on Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Timescales

2002 514 citations Scott V. Edwards, Peter Beerli et al. profile →
BEAGLE: An Application Programming Interface and High-Performance Computing Library for Statistical Phylogenetics

2011 461 citations Peter Beerli et al. Systematic Biology profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Beerli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Beerli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Beerli based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter Beerli. Peter Beerli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Estimating Genome-Wide Phylogenies Using Probabilistic Topic Modeling 2025 ·Systematic Biology ·(unknown), Scott V. Edwards, Peter Beerli	0
2	Population Subdivision in the Gopher Frog (Rana capito) across the Fragmented Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass Savanna of the Southeastern USA 2023 ·Diversity ·Thomas J. Devitt, Kevin M. Enge, (unknown), Peter Beerli, Stephen C. Richter, (unknown), Stacey L. Lance	2
3	Geodesics to characterize the phylogenetic landscape 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Megan Owen, Peter Beerli	2
4	Population divergence time estimation using individual lineage label switching 2022 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Peter Beerli, (unknown), Somayeh Mashayekhi, (unknown)	4
5	Fractional coalescent 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Somayeh Mashayekhi, Peter Beerli	26
6	A possible explanation for the population size discrepancy in tuna (genus Thunnus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite data 2012 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·(unknown), Andrew Kitchen, Peter Beerli, Michael M. Miyamoto	12
7	Balancing a Cline by Influx of Migrants: A Genetic Transition in Water Frogs of Eastern Greece 2012 ·Journal of Heredity ·Hansjürg Hotz, Peter Beerli, Thomas Uzzell, Gaston‐Denis Guex, (unknown), Robert D. Schreiber, Jörg Plötner	15
8	Gene flow and population structure in the Mexican blind cavefish complex (Astyanax mexicanus) 2012 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Martina Bradić, Peter Beerli, Francisco J. García-Dé León, (unknown), Richard Borowsky	135
9	Global Migration Dynamics Underlie Evolution and Persistence of Human Influenza A (H3N2) 2010 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Trevor Bedford, Sarah Cobey, Peter Beerli, Mercedes Pascual	127
10	Phylogeographic patterns of genetic diversity in eastern Mediterranean water frogs were determined by geological processes and climate change in the Late Cenozoic 2010 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Çiğdem Akın, C. Can Bilgin, Peter Beerli, Rob Westaway, Torsten Ohst, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Thomas Uzzell, (unknown), Hansjürg Hotz, Gaston‐Denis Guex, Jörg Plötner	115
11	Genetic Variation of Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Florida and the Caribbean Using Microsatellite DNA Markers 2010 ·Journal of Economic Entomology ·Laura M. Boykin, Robert G. Shatters, David Hall, David A. Dean, Peter Beerli	12
12	Evolution of serum albumin intron-1 is shaped by a 5′ truncated non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon in western Palearctic water frogs (Neobatrachia) 2009 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jörg Plötner, Frank Köhler, Thomas Uzzell, Peter Beerli, Robert D. Schreiber, Gaston‐Denis Guex, Hansjürg Hotz	31
13	Genetic structuring and migration patterns of Atlantic bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) 2008 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Elena González, Peter Beerli, Rafael Zardoya	60
14	Multigene analysis suggests ecological speciation in the fungal pathogen Claviceps purpurea 2008 ·Molecular Ecology ·Greg W. Douhan, Matthew E. Smith, (unknown), (unknown), Peter Beerli, Andrew J. Fisher	41
15	Host Switch Leads to Emergence of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Humans 2005 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Jianbing Mu, Deirdre A. Joy, Junhui Duan, Yaming Huang, Jane M. Carlton, John C. Walker, John W. Barnwell, Peter Beerli, Michael Charleston, Oliver G. Pybus, Xin‐zhuan Su	155
16	Effect of unsampled populations on the estimation of population sizes and migration rates between sampled populations 2004 ·Molecular Ecology ·Peter Beerli	240
17	The Strength of Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations breakdown → 2001 ·The American Naturalist ·Joel G. Kingsolver, Hopi E. Hoekstra, Jonathan M. Hoekstra, David Berrigan, Sacha Vignieri, Christopher E. Hill, (unknown), Patricia Gibert, Peter Beerli	1517
18	PERSPECTIVE: GENE DIVERGENCE, POPULATION DIVERGENCE, AND THE VARIANCE IN COALESCENCE TIME IN PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC STUDIES breakdown → 2000 ·Evolution ·(unknown), Peter Beerli	768
19	Clonal diversity and hybrid frequency are not correlated in water frogs. Is the frozen niche variation model wrong 1994 ·H. Hotz, Peter Beerli, (unknown), Raymond D. Semlitsch, Thomas Uzzell	6
20	Spontaneous heterosis in larval life-history traits of hemiclonal water frog hybrids 1994 ·(unknown), H. Hotz, Raymond D. Semlitsch, (unknown), Peter Beerli, Leszek Berger, Thomas Uzzell	5

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