Peter C. Wainwright

22.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
231 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Peter C. Wainwright is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter C. Wainwright has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 75 papers in Ecology and 72 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Peter C. Wainwright's work include Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (117 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (115 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (58 papers). Peter C. Wainwright is often cited by papers focused on Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (117 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (115 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (58 papers). Peter C. Wainwright collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Peter C. Wainwright's co-authors include David R. Bellwood, Thomas J. Near, David C. Collar, Barton A. Richard, Brian C. O’Meara, Samantha A. Price, Steven W. Day, Cécile Ané, Michael J. Sanderson and Michael E. Alfaro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter C. Wainwright

228 papers receiving 16.0k 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.

Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification

2012 743 citations Thomas J. Near, Ron I. Eytan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
TESTING FOR DIFFERENT RATES OF CONTINUOUS TRAIT EVOLUTION USING LIKELIHOOD

2006 506 citations Brian C. O’Meara, Peter C. Wainwright et al. Evolution profile →
TESTING FOR DIFFERENT RATES OF CONTINUOUS TRAIT EVOLUTION USING LIKELIHOOD

2006 495 citations Brian C. O’Meara, Peter C. Wainwright et al. Evolution profile →
Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

2013 398 citations Thomas J. Near, Alex Dornburg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous

2022 75 citations Richard Harrington, Edward D. Burress et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity 2025 ·Science Advances ·Chase Doran Brownstein, Richard Harrington, Laura R. V. Alencar, David R. Bellwood, J. Howard Choat, Luiz A. Rocha, Peter C. Wainwright, José Tavera, Edward D. Burress, Martha M. Muñoz, Peter F. Cowman, Thomas J. Near	0
2	High-latitude ocean habitats are a crucible of fish body shape diversification 2024 ·Evolution Letters ·Michael D. Burns, Sarah T. Friedman, Katherine A. Corn, Olivier Larouche, Samantha A. Price, Peter C. Wainwright, Edward D. Burress	2
3	A classic key innovation constrains oral jaw functional diversification in fishes 2024 ·Evolution Letters ·(unknown), Christopher M. Martinez, Katherine A. Corn, Peter C. Wainwright	3
4	The cichlid pharyngeal jaw novelty enhances evolutionary integration in the feeding apparatus 2023 ·Evolution ·(unknown), Edward D. Burress, Brian Lam, Peter C. Wainwright	6
5	Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown), Richard Harrington, Edward D. Burress, Matthew A. Campbell, Janet C. Buckner, Prosanta Chakrabarty, (unknown), (unknown), Peter J. Unmack, Christine E. Thacker, Michael E. Alfaro, Sarah T. Friedman, William B. Ludt, Peter F. Cowman, Matt Friedman, Samantha A. Price, Alex Dornburg, Brant C. Faircloth, Peter C. Wainwright, Thomas J. Near	75
6	The deep sea is a hot spot of fish body shape evolution 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Christopher M. Martinez, Sarah T. Friedman, Katherine A. Corn, Olivier Larouche, Samantha A. Price, Peter C. Wainwright	43
7	Reevaluating claims of ecological speciation in Halichoeres bivittatus 2021 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Dan L. Warren, Ron I. Eytan, Alex Dornburg, Teresa L. Iglesias, Matthew C. Brandley, Peter C. Wainwright	2
8	Anatomical basis of diverse jaw protrusion directionality in ponyfishes (Family Leiognathidae) 2020 ·Journal of Morphology ·(unknown), (unknown), Prosanta Chakrabarty, Peter C. Wainwright	3
9	Decoupled jaws promote trophic diversity in cichlid fishes 2020 ·Evolution ·Edward D. Burress, Christopher M. Martinez, Peter C. Wainwright	30
10	Reef fish functional traits evolve fastest at trophic extremes 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Samuel R. Borstein, James A. Fordyce, Brian C. O’Meara, Peter C. Wainwright, Matthew D. McGee	27
11	Phylogenetics and geography of speciation in New World Halichoeres wrasses 2017 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Peter C. Wainwright, Francesco Santini, David R. Bellwood, D. Ross Robertson, Luiz A. Rocha, Michael E. Alfaro	16
12	New insights on the sister lineage of percomorph fishes with an anchored hybrid enrichment dataset 2017 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Alex Dornburg, Jeffrey P. Townsend, (unknown), Elizabeth L. Spriggs, Ron I. Eytan, Jon A. Moore, Peter C. Wainwright, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Thomas J. Near	35
13	How predation shaped fish: the impact of fin spines on body form evolution across teleosts 2015 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Samantha A. Price, Sarah T. Friedman, Peter C. Wainwright	82
14	Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels 2014 ·Nature Communications ·David C. Collar, Peter C. Wainwright, Michael E. Alfaro, Liam J. Revell, Rita S. Mehta	58
15	Multiple Fitness Peaks on the Adaptive Landscape Drive Adaptive Radiation in the Wild 2013 ·Science ·Christopher H. Martin, Peter C. Wainwright	132
16	Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification breakdown → 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas J. Near, Ron I. Eytan, Alex Dornburg, Kristen L. Kuhn, Jon A. Moore, Matthew P. Davis, Peter C. Wainwright, Matt Friedman, W. Leo Smith	743
17	The benefits of planar circular mouths on suction feeding performance 2012 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·(unknown), A. Y. Cheer, Peter C. Wainwright	18
18	Nocturnality constrains morphological and functional diversity in the eyes of reef fishes 2011 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Lars Schmitz, Peter C. Wainwright	101
19	Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversification in labrid fishes? 2009 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Michael E. Alfaro, Chad D. Brock, Barbara L. Banbury, Peter C. Wainwright	84
20	Interpopulation variation in prey use and feeding biomechanics in Caribbean triggerfishes 1995 ·Oecologia ·Ralph G. Turingan, Peter C. Wainwright, Dannie A. Hensley	57

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