Peter R. Grant

27.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
245 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Peter R. Grant is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter R. Grant has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 129 papers in Ecology and 93 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter R. Grant's work include Plant and animal studies (97 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (81 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (81 papers). Peter R. Grant is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (97 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (81 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (81 papers). Peter R. Grant collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Peter R. Grant's co-authors include B. Rosemary Grant, Peter T. Boag, D. W. Snow, Kenneth Petren, Trevor D. Price, H. Lisle Gibbs, Dolph Schluter, Ian Abbott, Lukas F. Keller and Arhat Abzhanov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter R. Grant

240 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches

1988 985 citations Peter R. Grant et al. profile →
Unpredictable Evolution in a 30-Year Study of Darwin's Finches

2002 963 citations Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant Science profile →
Evolution of Character Displacement in Darwin's Finches

2006 706 citations Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant Science profile →
Hybridization of Bird Species

1992 662 citations Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant Science profile →
Evolution of Darwin’s finches and their beaks revealed by genome sequencing

2015 630 citations Sangeet Lamichhaney, Carl‐Johan Rubin et al. profile →
Bmp4 and Morphological Variation of Beaks in Darwin's Finches

2004 561 citations Arhat Abzhanov, Meredith Protas et al. Science profile →
Convergent and divergent character displacement

1972 535 citations Peter R. Grant profile →
Rapid hybrid speciation in Darwin’s finches

2017 276 citations Sangeet Lamichhaney, Han Fan et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter R. Grant United States	74	9.9k	9.1k	8.5k	4.7k	2.5k	245	20.2k
Trevor D. Price United States	60	8.6k 0.9×	6.0k 0.7×	5.7k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	176	14.9k
B. Rosemary Grant United States	59	5.7k 0.6×	4.6k 0.5×	5.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	132	12.3k
Stevan J. Arnold United States	63	14.6k 1.5×	5.7k 0.6×	7.9k 0.9×	4.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	143	21.2k
John A. Endler Australia	64	18.8k 1.9×	8.4k 0.9×	8.9k 1.0×	5.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	186	28.5k
Derek A. Roff Canada	70	11.4k 1.1×	6.4k 0.7×	8.6k 1.0×	5.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	244	21.2k
Eldredge Bermingham Panama	74	5.4k 0.5×	5.6k 0.6×	9.4k 1.1×	4.9k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	214	18.0k
Allan J. Baker Canada	56	3.4k 0.3×	5.7k 0.6×	8.0k 0.9×	2.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	190	14.4k
Andy Purvis United Kingdom	74	7.9k 0.8×	10.3k 1.1×	4.4k 0.5×	6.8k 1.5×	5.3k 2.1×	196	23.6k
Andrew P. Hendry Canada	80	7.7k 0.8×	9.3k 1.0×	10.2k 1.2×	10.4k 2.2×	2.6k 1.0×	266	23.4k
Roger K. Butlin United Kingdom	68	7.2k 0.7×	4.0k 0.4×	8.0k 0.9×	2.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	324	15.7k

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Enbody, Erik D., Ashley T. Sendell‐Price, C. Grace Sprehn, et al.. (2023). Community-wide genome sequencing reveals 30 years of Darwin’s finch evolution. Science. 381(6665). eadf6218–eadf6218. 24 indexed citations

Rubin, Carl‐Johan, Erik D. Enbody, Mariya P. Dobreva, et al.. (2022). Rapid adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches depends on ancestral genetic modules. Science Advances. 8(27). eabm5982–eabm5982. 31 indexed citations

Grant, Peter R. & B. Rosemary Grant. (2021). Morphological ghosts of introgression in Darwin’s finch populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(31). 3 indexed citations

Grant, Peter R.. (2021). Extraordinary rainfall during the El Niño event of 1982-83. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

Enbody, Erik D., C. Grace Sprehn, Arhat Abzhanov, et al.. (2021). A multispecies BCO2 beak color polymorphism in the Darwin’s finch radiation. Current Biology. 31(24). 5597–5604.e7. 25 indexed citations

Grant, Peter R. & B. Rosemary Grant. (2020). How and Why Species Multiply. Princeton University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations

Grant, Peter R. & B. Rosemary Grant. (2019). Adult sex ratio influences mate choice in Darwin’s finches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(25). 12373–12382. 28 indexed citations

Lamichhaney, Sangeet, Han Fan, Matthew T. Webster, et al.. (2017). Rapid hybrid speciation in Darwin’s finches. Science. 359(6372). 224–228. 276 indexed citations breakdown →

Grant, Peter R. & B. Rosemary Grant. (2014). 40 Years of Evolution. Princeton University Press eBooks. 95 indexed citations

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Grant, Peter R. & B. Rosemary Grant. (2014). 40 Years of Evolution. Princeton University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Rands, Chris M., Aaron E. Darling, Matthew K. Fujita, et al.. (2013). Insights into the evolution of Darwin’s finches from comparative analysis of the Geospiza magnirostris genome sequence. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 95–95. 35 indexed citations

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Mallarino, Ricardo, Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant, et al.. (2011). Two developmental modules establish 3D beak-shape variation in Darwin's finches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(10). 4057–4062. 146 indexed citations

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Grant, Peter R. & B. Rosemary Grant. (2007). How and Why Species Multiply. Princeton University Press eBooks. 134 indexed citations

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Grant, Peter R. & B. Rosemary Grant. (2006). Evolution of Character Displacement in Darwin's Finches. Science. 313(5784). 224–226. 706 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abzhanov, Arhat, Meredith Protas, B. Rosemary Grant, Peter R. Grant, & Clifford J. Tabin. (2004). Bmp4 and Morphological Variation of Beaks in Darwin's Finches. Science. 305(5689). 1462–1465. 561 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grant, Peter R. & B. Rosemary Grant. (2002). Unpredictable Evolution in a 30-Year Study of Darwin's Finches. Science. 296(5568). 707–711. 963 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keller, Lukas F., Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant, & Kenneth Petren. (2002). ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AFFECT THE MAGNITUDE OF INBREEDING DEPRESSION IN SURVIVAL OF DARWIN'S FINCHES. Evolution. 56(6). 1229–1239. 177 indexed citations

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Grant, Peter R.. (1983). Inheritance of size and shape in a population of Darwin’s finches, Geospiza conirostris. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 220(1219). 219–236. 42 indexed citations

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Grant, Peter R.. (1981). Patterns of growth in Darwin’s finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 212(1189). 403–432. 50 indexed citations

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Grant, Peter R.. (1981). Speciation and the Adaptive Radiation of Darwin's Finches. American Scientist. 69(6). 653–663. 84 indexed citations

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