Robin Lawson

3.0k total citations
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Robin Lawson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Lawson has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 29 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robin Lawson's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (29 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (23 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Robin Lawson is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (29 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (23 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Robin Lawson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Robin Lawson's co-authors include Joseph B. Slowinski, Frank T. Burbrink, Richard B. King, Alan de Queiroz, Brian I. Crother, Julio A. Lemos‐Espinal, Michaël Wink, Ulrich Joger, Stephen D. Busack and Herbert C. Dessauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Evolution, BioScience and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Robin Lawson

40 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robin Lawson United States 24 1.8k 1.5k 724 588 538 41 2.6k
Tsutomu Hikida Japan 23 1.3k 0.8× 786 0.5× 752 1.0× 387 0.7× 339 0.6× 131 2.0k
Ulrich Joger Germany 28 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 506 0.7× 561 1.0× 288 0.5× 71 2.3k
Andreas Schmitz Switzerland 24 1.3k 0.8× 934 0.6× 715 1.0× 363 0.6× 346 0.6× 87 2.0k
Anita Malhotra United Kingdom 31 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 878 1.2× 587 1.0× 498 0.9× 94 2.5k
Paul E. Moler United States 19 1.8k 1.0× 634 0.4× 718 1.0× 441 0.8× 366 0.7× 51 2.4k
Mariana Morando Argentina 25 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 940 1.3× 538 0.9× 346 0.6× 104 2.6k
Luciano Javier Ávila Argentina 24 1.7k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 906 1.3× 521 0.9× 313 0.6× 139 2.5k
Nikos Poulakakis Greece 30 937 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 636 0.9× 685 1.2× 363 0.7× 93 2.3k
Richard Highton United States 30 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 839 1.2× 599 1.0× 459 0.9× 64 2.4k
Adrián Nieto‐Montes de Mexico 22 1.4k 0.8× 966 0.6× 891 1.2× 423 0.7× 446 0.8× 85 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Robin Lawson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Lawson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Lawson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bell, Douglas A., et al.. (2014). Genetic Evidence for Global Dispersal in the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) and Affinity with the Taita Falcon (Falco fasciinucha). Journal of Raptor Research. 48(1). 44–53. 8 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Solano, Íñigo & Robin Lawson. (2009). Escape to Alcatraz: evolutionary history of slender salamanders (Batrachoseps) on the islands of San Francisco Bay. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 38–38. 24 indexed citations
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Lee, Michael S. Y., Andrew F. Hugall, Robin Lawson, & John D. Scanlon. (2007). Phylogeny of snakes (Serpentes): Combining morphological and molecular data in likelihood, Bayesian and parsimony analyses. Systematics and Biodiversity. 5(4). 371–389. 70 indexed citations
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Burbrink, Frank T. & Robin Lawson. (2006). How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World?. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43(1). 173–189. 101 indexed citations
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Busack, Stephen D. & Robin Lawson. (2006). Historical biogeography, mitochondrial DNA, and allozymes of Psammodromus algirus (Lacertidae): a preliminary hypothesis. Amphibia-Reptilia. 27(2). 181–193. 7 indexed citations
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Guicking, Daniela, Robin Lawson, Ulrich Joger, & Michaël Wink. (2006). Evolution and phylogeny of the genus Natrix (Serpentes: Colubridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87(1). 127–143. 89 indexed citations
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Lawson, Robin, Joseph B. Slowinski, Brian I. Crother, & Frank T. Burbrink. (2005). Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37(2). 581–601. 258 indexed citations
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Lawson, Robin, Joseph B. Slowinski, & Frank T. Burbrink. (2004). A molecular approach to discerning the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic snake Xenophidion schaeferi among the Alethinophidia. Journal of Zoology. 263(3). 285–294. 42 indexed citations
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Queiroz, Alan de, Robin Lawson, & Julio A. Lemos‐Espinal. (2002). Phylogenetic Relationships of North American Garter Snakes (Thamnophis) Based on Four Mitochondrial Genes: How Much DNA Sequence Is Enough?. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 22(2). 315–329. 161 indexed citations
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Slowinski, Joseph B. & Robin Lawson. (2002). Snake phylogeny: evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 24(2). 194–202. 119 indexed citations
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King, Richard B. & Robin Lawson. (2001). Patterns of Population Subdivision and Gene Flow in Three Sympatric Natricine Snakes. Copeia. 2001(3). 602–614. 26 indexed citations
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Burbrink, Frank T., Robin Lawson, & Joseph B. Slowinski. (2000). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE POLYTYPIC NORTH AMERICAN RAT SNAKE (ELAPHE OBSOLETA): A CRITIQUE OF THE SUBSPECIES CONCEPT. Evolution. 54(6). 2107–2107. 444 indexed citations
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Baptista, Luis F., et al.. (1999). Relationships of some mannikins and waxbills in the estrildidae. Journal für Ornithologie. 140(2). 179–192. 11 indexed citations
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Garthwaite, Ronald, Robin Lawson, & Stefano Taiti. (1992). Morphological and genetic relationships among four species ofArmadilloniscusUljanin, 1875 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Scyphacidae). Journal of Natural History. 26(2). 327–338. 7 indexed citations
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Lawson, Robin, et al.. (1991). Allozyme Variation and Systematics of the Nerodia fasciata-Nerodia clarkii Complex of Water Snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae). Copeia. 1991(3). 638–638. 15 indexed citations
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Dimmick, Walter W. & Robin Lawson. (1991). Phylogenetic relationships of members of the genus Pteronotropis inferred from parsimony analysis of allozymic and morphological data (Cyprinidae: Cypriniformes). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 19(5). 413–419. 4 indexed citations
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Lawson, Robin, Christopher P. Kofron, & Herbert C. Dessauer. (1989). Allozyme Variation in a Natural Population of the Nile Crocodile. American Zoologist. 29(3). 863–871. 24 indexed citations
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Lawson, Robin. (1988). Errata: Molecular Studies of Thamnophiine Snakes: 1. The Phylogeny of the Genus Nerodia. Journal of Herpetology. 22(2). 250–250. 44 indexed citations
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Dessauer, Herbert C., John E. Cadle, & Robin Lawson. (1987). Patterns of snake evolution suggested by their proteins. 52 indexed citations

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