Robert Lanfear

42.8k citations
92 papers · 23.2k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 45

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Papers in

    • Evolution and Paleontology Studies 20
    • Genetic diversity and population structure 37
    • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics 12

Robert Lanfear

89 papers receiving 23.0k citations

Hit Papers

Ultrafast Sample placement on Existing tRees (UShER) enables real-time phylogenetics for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 2021 · 193 citations
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Robert Lanfear
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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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Robert Lanfear, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1
IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era
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20207881
2
PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses
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20124761
3
PartitionFinder 2: New Methods for Selecting Partitioned Models of Evolution for Molecular and Morphological Phylogenetic Analyses
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20164086
4
The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science
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2015774
5
Selecting optimal partitioning schemes for phylogenomic datasets
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2014571
6
New Methods to Calculate Concordance Factors for Phylogenomic Datasets
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2020411
7 2013291
8
Ultrafast Sample placement on Existing tRees (UShER) enables real-time phylogenetics for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
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2021193
9
Public Data Archiving in Ecology and Evolution: How Well Are We Doing?
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2015191
10 2010176
11 2016174
12 2015167
13 2018163
14 2013150
15 2018143
16 2010135
17 2018128
18 2013121
19 2014120
20 2010114

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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