Regina Wetzer

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Regina Wetzer is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Regina Wetzer has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Oceanography and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Regina Wetzer's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (8 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (7 papers). Regina Wetzer is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (8 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (7 papers). Regina Wetzer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Africa. Regina Wetzer's co-authors include Joel W. Martin, Cliff Cunningham, Jeffrey W. Shultz, Bernard Ball, Jerome C. Regier, Andreas Zwick, N. Dean Pentcheff, Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Rafael Lemaitre and Carrie E. Schweitzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution and PeerJ.

In The Last Decade

Regina Wetzer

27 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences

2010 723 citations Jerome C. Regier, Jeffrey W. Shultz et al. Nature profile →
A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans

2009 560 citations Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff et al. The Raffles bulletin of zoology profile →

Peers

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Heather D. Bracken‐Grissom United States

Henrik Glenner Denmark

Thomas F. Duda United States

Sarah J. Bourlat Sweden

Christoffer Schänder Norway

Johann Wolfgang Wägele Germany

Valerio Ketmaier Italy

Carles Ribera Spain

M. Sabrina Pankey United States

Amy C. Driskell United States

Heather D. Bracken‐Grissom United States

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1.1k ×1.3

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461 ×1.0

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442 ×1.0

234 ×0.7

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182 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Regina Wetzer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Regina Wetzer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Regina Wetzer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wetzer, Regina, et al.. (2023). Review and guide to the isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda) of littoral and sublittoral marine habitats in the Southern California Bight. ZooKeys. 1162. 1–167. 3 indexed citations

Wetzer, Regina, et al.. (2021). Redescription of Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense (Dana, 1853) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae), designation of neotype, and 16S-rDNA molecular phylogeny of the north-eastern Pacific species. ZooKeys. 1037. 23–56. 3 indexed citations

Wetzer, Regina, Niel L. Bruce, & Marcos Pérez‐Losada. (2018). Relationships of the Sphaeromatidae genera (Peracarida: Isopoda) inferred from 18S rDNA and 16S rDNA genes. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 76(1). 1–30. 2 indexed citations

Wetzer, Regina, et al.. (2017). Redescription of Dynoides elegans (Boone, 1923) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from the north-eastern Pacific. ZooKeys. 646(646). 1–16. 5 indexed citations

Bruce, Niel L., et al.. (2015). Status of Exosphaeroma amplicauda (Stimpson, 1857), E. aphrodita (Boone, 1923) and description of three new species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from the north-eastern Pacific. ZooKeys. 504(504). 11–58. 7 indexed citations

Wetzer, Regina. (2015). Collecting and Preserving Marine and Freshwater Isopoda (Crustacea: Peracarida). ZooKeys. 3(3). e4912–e4912. 11 indexed citations

Campo, Daniel, et al.. (2014). Genetic utility of natural history museum specimens: endangered fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda, Anostraca). ZooKeys. 457(457). 1–14. 8 indexed citations

Borkent, Art, et al.. (2014). New Types of Inventories at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. American Entomologist. 60(4). 231–234. 9 indexed citations

Wetzer, Regina, Marcos Pérez‐Losada, & Niel L. Bruce. (2013). Phylogenetic relationships of the family Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda) within Sphaeromatidea based on 18S-rDNA molecular data. Zootaxa. 3599(2). 161–77. 19 indexed citations

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Regier, Jerome C., Jeffrey W. Shultz, Andreas Zwick, et al.. (2010). Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences. Nature. 463(7284). 1079–1083. 723 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grave, Sammy De, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong, et al.. (2009). A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. The Raffles bulletin of zoology. 1. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wares, John P., et al.. (2007). An Evaluation of Cryptic Lineages of Idotea Balthica (Isopoda: Idoteidae): Morphology and Microsatellites. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27(4). 643–648. 7 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Fernando, et al.. (2005). Elthusa alvaradoensis Rocha-Ramírez, Chávez-López & Bruce, 2005 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) parasitizing the inshore lizardfish, Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766) on the continental shelf off central Veracruz, Mexico. Crustaceana. 78(7). 865–872. 11 indexed citations

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Bruce, Niel L. & Regina Wetzer. (2004). Paradella tiffany sp. nov., a distinctive sphaeromatid isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidea) from Baja California, Mexico. Zootaxa. 623(1). 4 indexed citations

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Martin, Joel W., et al.. (2003). Columbasellus acheronc a nw genus and species of subterranean isopod from Washington lCrustaceac Isopodac Asellidaer. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116(1). 190–197. 1 indexed citations

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Wetzer, Regina, et al.. (2003). Phylogenetic relationships within the coral crab genus Carpilius (Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Carpiliidae) and of the Carpiliidae to other xanthoid crab families based on molecular sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27(3). 410–421. 20 indexed citations

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Martin, Joel W., Richard W. Heard, & Regina Wetzer. (2003). A new species of Stenetrium Haswell, 1881 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda: Asellota), from Navassa Island, Northern Caribbean Sea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116(4). 967–977. 2 indexed citations

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Wetzer, Regina. (2002). Mitochondrial Genes and Isopod Phylogeny (Peracarida: Isopoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22(1). 1–14. 18 indexed citations

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Wetzer, Regina. (1990). A New Species Of Isopod, Aega-(Rhamphion)-Francoisae (Flabellifera, Aegidae), From The Cloaca Of An Ascidian From The Galapagos-Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 103(3). 655–662. 3 indexed citations

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Wetzer, Regina, et al.. (1987). Politolana wickstenae new species, a new cirolanid isopod from the Gulf of Mexico, and a review of the 'Conilera genus-group' of Bruce (1986). Contributions in science. 392. 1–10. 7 indexed citations

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