Phillip Q. Spinks

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Phillip Q. Spinks is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Phillip Q. Spinks has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Phillip Q. Spinks's work include Turtle Biology and Conservation (24 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (20 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Phillip Q. Spinks is often cited by papers focused on Turtle Biology and Conservation (24 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (20 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Phillip Q. Spinks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Phillip Q. Spinks's co-authors include H. Bradley Shaffer, Robert C. Thomson, John B. Iverson, William P. McCord, R. M. Adkins, Scott J. Steppan, Gregory B. Pauly, Lisle W. George, John A. Angelos and Louise M. Ball and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Ecology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Phillip Q. Spinks

28 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

A global phylogeny of turtles reveals a burst of climate-associated diversification on continental margins

2021 124 citations Robert C. Thomson, Phillip Q. Spinks et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Felipe G. Grazziotin Brazil

Kent A. Vliet United States

Craig Guyer United States

Carl H. Oliveros United States

Paul E. Moler United States

Catharine E. Pook United Kingdom

Boris L. Blotto Argentina

Mario Garcı́a-Parı́s Spain

Amber G. F. Teacher United Kingdom

Jamie R. Oaks United States

Felipe G. Grazziotin Brazil

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474 ×0.6

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1.3k ×1.8

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895 ×1.9

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403 ×1.0

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405 ×1.1

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Phillip Q. Spinks

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Thomson, Robert C., Phillip Q. Spinks, & H. Bradley Shaffer. (2021). A global phylogeny of turtles reveals a burst of climate-associated diversification on continental margins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(7). 124 indexed citations breakdown →

Thomson, Robert C., Phillip Q. Spinks, & H. Bradley Shaffer. (2017). Molecular phylogeny and divergence of the map turtles (Emydidae: Graptemys). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 121. 61–70. 19 indexed citations

Shaffer, H. Bradley, et al.. (2017). Phylogenomic analyses of 539 highly informative loci dates a fully resolved time tree for the major clades of living turtles (Testudines). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115. 7–15. 57 indexed citations

Spinks, Phillip Q., Robert C. Thomson, Evan McCartney‐Melstad, & H. Bradley Shaffer. (2016). Phylogeny and temporal diversification of the New World pond turtles (Emydidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 103. 85–97. 34 indexed citations

Spinks, Phillip Q., et al.. (2014). Multilocus phylogeny of the New-World mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 76. 254–260. 24 indexed citations

Spinks, Phillip Q., et al.. (2013). Misleading phylogenetic inferences based on single-exemplar sampling in the turtle genus Pseudemys. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68(2). 269–281. 46 indexed citations

Spinks, Phillip Q., Robert C. Thomson, Ya‐Ping Zhang, et al.. (2012). Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in the critically endangered Asian box turtle genus Cuora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63(3). 656–667. 32 indexed citations

Spinks, Phillip Q., et al.. (2012). Cryptic variation and the tragedy of unrecognized taxa: the case of international trade in the spiny turtle Heosemys spinosa (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 164(4). 811–824. 21 indexed citations

Lind, Amy J., Phillip Q. Spinks, Gary M. Fellers, & H. Bradley Shaffer. (2010). Rangewide phylogeography and landscape genetics of the Western U.S. endemic frog Rana boylii (Ranidae): implications for the conservation of frogs and rivers. Conservation Genetics. 12(1). 269–284. 31 indexed citations

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Spinks, Phillip Q., et al.. (2010). Shallow genetic divergence indicates a Congo–Nile riverine connection for the softshell turtle Trionyx triunguis. Conservation Genetics. 12(2). 589–594. 9 indexed citations

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Spinks, Phillip Q., et al.. (2009). Assessing what is needed to resolve a molecular phylogeny: simulations and empirical data from emydid turtles. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 56–56. 48 indexed citations

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Spinks, Phillip Q., Robert C. Thomson, & H. Bradley Shaffer. (2009). Nuclear gene phylogeography reveals the historical legacy of an ancient inland sea on lineages of the western pond turtle,Emys marmoratain California. Molecular Ecology. 19(3). 542–556. 45 indexed citations

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Barley, Anthony J., Phillip Q. Spinks, Robert C. Thomson, & H. Bradley Shaffer. (2009). Fourteen nuclear genes provide phylogenetic resolution for difficult nodes in the turtle tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(3). 1189–1194. 76 indexed citations

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Spinks, Phillip Q., Robert C. Thomson, & H. Bradley Shaffer. (2009). A reassessment of Cuora cyclornata Blanck, McCord and Le, 2006 (Testudines, Geoemydidae) and a plea for taxonomic stability. Zootaxa. 2018(1). 12 indexed citations

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Spinks, Phillip Q., et al.. (2007). Morphological and genetic variation in the endangered Sulawesi tortoise Indotestudo forstenii: evidence of distinct lineages?. Conservation Genetics. 9(3). 709–713. 9 indexed citations

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Angelos, John A., Phillip Q. Spinks, Louise M. Ball, & Lisle W. George. (2007). Moraxella bovoculi sp. nov., isolated from calves with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 57(4). 789–795. 85 indexed citations

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Steppan, Scott J., et al.. (2005). Multigene phylogeny of the Old World mice, Murinae, reveals distinct geographic lineages and the declining utility of mitochondrial genes compared to nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37(2). 370–388. 119 indexed citations

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Spinks, Phillip Q. & H. Bradley Shaffer. (2005). Range‐wide molecular analysis of the western pond turtle (Emys marmorata): cryptic variation, isolation by distance, and their conservation implications. Molecular Ecology. 14(7). 2047–2064. 85 indexed citations

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Spinks, Phillip Q., H. Bradley Shaffer, John B. Iverson, & William P. McCord. (2004). Phylogenetic hypotheses for the turtle family Geoemydidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32(1). 164–182. 195 indexed citations

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Iverson, John B., et al.. (2000). A NEW GENUS OF GEOEMYDID TUR TLE FROM ASIA. 20 indexed citations

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