Robert Lanfear
Impact in
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- Plant and animal studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Ecological Modeling top 0.2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Papers in ⓘ
- Paleontology 20
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 20
- Genetics 45
- Genetic diversity and population structure 37
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics 12
- Co-authors
- Brett Calcott (4 shared papers)Bùi Quang Minh (14 shared papers)Simon Y. W. Ho (11 shared papers)Stéphane Guindon (1 shared paper)Heiko A. Schmidt (2 shared papers)Arndt von Haeseler (1 shared paper)Michael D. Woodhams (1 shared paper)Olga Chernomor (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Molecular Biology and Evolution (13 papers)Systematic Biology (9 papers)Genome Biology and Evolution (7 papers)PLoS Biology (6 papers)BMC Evolutionary Biology (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- AustraliaUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Robert Lanfear
89 papers receiving 23.0k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 213
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6.7k
- Ecological Modeling 1.4k
- Paleontology 2.3k
- Genetics 6.5k
- Ecology 5.2k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 7881 |
| 2 | PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 4761 |
| 3 | PartitionFinder 2: New Methods for Selecting Partitioned Models of Evolution for Molecular and Morphological Phylogenetic Analyses Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 4086 |
| 4 | The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 774 |
| 5 | Selecting optimal partitioning schemes for phylogenomic datasets Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 571 |
| 6 | New Methods to Calculate Concordance Factors for Phylogenomic Datasets Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 411 |
| 7 | 2013 | 291 | |
| 8 | Ultrafast Sample placement on Existing tRees (UShER) enables real-time phylogenetics for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Hit paper breakdown → | 2021 | 193 |
| 9 | Public Data Archiving in Ecology and Evolution: How Well Are We Doing? Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 191 |
| 10 | 2010 | 176 | |
| 11 | 2016 | 174 | |
| 12 | 2015 | 167 | |
| 13 | 2018 | 163 | |
| 14 | 2013 | 150 | |
| 15 | 2018 | 143 | |
| 16 | 2010 | 135 | |
| 17 | 2018 | 128 | |
| 18 | 2013 | 121 | |
| 19 | 2014 | 120 | |
| 20 | 2010 | 114 |
About Robert Lanfear
Robert Lanfear is a scholar working on Paleontology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecological Modeling and Aging, having authored 92 papers that have together received 23.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (37 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (20 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (9 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (5 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (6.7k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.4k citations), Paleontology (2.3k citations), Genetics (6.5k citations) and Ecology (5.2k citations). Robert Lanfear has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Brett Calcott, Bùi Quang Minh, Simon Y. W. Ho, Stéphane Guindon, Heiko A. Schmidt, Arndt von Haeseler, Michael D. Woodhams, Olga Chernomor, Dominik Schrempf and Paul B. Frandsen. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Biology and Evolution, Systematic Biology, Genome Biology and Evolution, PLoS Biology and BMC Evolutionary Biology.
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