Sarah M. Hird

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sarah M. Hird is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah M. Hird has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sarah M. Hird's work include Gut microbiota and health (16 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (13 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Sarah M. Hird is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (16 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (13 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Sarah M. Hird collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Denmark. Sarah M. Hird's co-authors include Bryan C. Carstens, Robb T. Brumfield, Amanda J. Zellmer, John E. McCormack, Jack Sullivan, César Sánchez, Noah M. Reid, John R. Demboski, Kirsten Grond and Jeffrey M. Good and has published in prestigious journals such as Genes & Development, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah M. Hird

37 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Applications of next-generation sequencing to phylogeogra... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Applications of next-generation sequencing to phylogeography and phylogenetics
    2011 477 citations John E. McCormack, Sarah M. Hird et al. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah M. Hird United States 21 1.2k 758 563 357 222 38 2.0k
Minh Anh Nguyen United States 9 1.3k 1.1× 756 1.0× 853 1.5× 895 2.5× 599 2.7× 19 3.3k
Antoinette J. Piaggio United States 22 899 0.8× 444 0.6× 1.3k 2.4× 276 0.8× 104 0.5× 88 2.1k
Robert Ekblom Sweden 23 1.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.6× 746 1.3× 580 1.6× 380 1.7× 44 2.6k
Sergios‐Orestis Kolokotronis United States 28 1.0k 0.9× 647 0.9× 803 1.4× 471 1.3× 274 1.2× 67 2.8k
Reto Burri Switzerland 27 993 0.8× 1.9k 2.5× 669 1.2× 750 2.1× 490 2.2× 53 2.8k
Mariana L. Lyra Brazil 25 488 0.4× 447 0.6× 423 0.8× 473 1.3× 95 0.4× 103 1.7k
Jean‐François Martin France 28 959 0.8× 863 1.1× 705 1.3× 514 1.4× 491 2.2× 102 2.9k
Sebastian Steinfartz Germany 33 552 0.5× 948 1.3× 968 1.7× 901 2.5× 87 0.4× 123 2.8k
Maxime Galan France 36 696 0.6× 1.6k 2.1× 1.7k 3.1× 899 2.5× 218 1.0× 117 3.8k
Zhenxin Fan China 19 574 0.5× 855 1.1× 490 0.9× 194 0.5× 118 0.5× 102 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah M. Hird

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah M. Hird

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All Works

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Skeen, Heather R., et al.. (2024). Canada goose fecal microbiota correlate with geography more than host‐associated factors. Journal of Avian Biology. 2025(3). 1 indexed citations
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Skeen, Heather R., et al.. (2023). Body Size Poorly Predicts Host-Associated Microbial Diversity in Wild Birds. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(3). e0374922–e0374922. 4 indexed citations
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Hird, Sarah M., et al.. (2022). Multiomics Characterization of the Canada Goose Fecal Microbiome Reveals Selective Efficacy of Simulated Metagenomes. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(6). e0238422–e0238422. 7 indexed citations
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Bodawatta, Kasun H., Sarah M. Hird, Kirsten Grond, Michael Poulsen, & Knud A. Jønsson. (2021). Avian gut microbiomes taking flight. Trends in Microbiology. 30(3). 268–280. 79 indexed citations
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Tingley, Morgan W., et al.. (2021). Elevation Correlates With Significant Changes in Relative Abundance in Hummingbird Fecal Microbiota, but Composition Changes Little. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 21 indexed citations
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LaFountain, Amy M., Kendra Maas, Sarah M. Hird, et al.. (2021). Red Fluorescence of European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) Spines Results from Free-Base Porphyrins of Potential Microbial Origin. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 47(6). 588–596. 12 indexed citations
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Johnson, Oscar W., et al.. (2020). Evolutionary signal in the gut microbiomes of 74 bird species from Equatorial Guinea. Molecular Ecology. 29(4). 829–847. 58 indexed citations
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Hird, Sarah M.. (2017). Evolutionary Biology Needs Wild Microbiomes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 725–725. 171 indexed citations
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Hird, Sarah M., César Sánchez, Bryan C. Carstens, & Robb T. Brumfield. (2015). Comparative Gut Microbiota of 59 Neotropical Bird Species. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 1403–1403. 215 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Jack, John R. Demboski, Kayce C. Bell, et al.. (2014). Divergence with gene flow within the recent chipmunk radiation (Tamias). Heredity. 113(3). 185–194. 47 indexed citations
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Reid, Noah M., Sarah M. Hird, Jeremy M. Brown, et al.. (2013). Poor Fit to the Multispecies Coalescent is Widely Detectable in Empirical Data. Systematic Biology. 63(3). 322–333. 63 indexed citations
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Zellmer, Amanda J., et al.. (2012). Zellmer AJ, Hanes MM, Hird SM, Carstens BC.. Deep phylogeographic structure and environmental differentiation in the carnivorous plant Sarracenia alata. Syst Biol 61: 763-777. 1 indexed citations
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McCormack, John E., Sarah M. Hird, Amanda J. Zellmer, Bryan C. Carstens, & Robb T. Brumfield. (2011). Applications of next-generation sequencing to phylogeography and phylogenetics. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 23 indexed citations
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Hird, Sarah M., Robb T. Brumfield, & Bryan C. Carstens. (2011). PRGmatic: an efficient pipeline for collating genome‐enriched second‐generation sequencing data using a ‘provisional‐reference genome’. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(4). 743–748. 25 indexed citations
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Hird, Sarah M., Laura Kubatko, & Bryan C. Carstens. (2010). Rapid and accurate species tree estimation for phylogeographic investigations using replicated subsampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57(2). 888–898. 26 indexed citations
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Hird, Sarah M., Noah M. Reid, John R. Demboski, & Jack Sullivan. (2010). Introgression at differentially aged hybrid zones in red-tailed chipmunks. Genetica. 138(8). 869–883. 12 indexed citations
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Good, Jeffrey M., Sarah M. Hird, Noah M. Reid, et al.. (2008). Ancient hybridization and mitochondrial capture between two species of chipmunks. Molecular Ecology. 17(5). 1313–1327. 153 indexed citations

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