Sarah W. Fitzpatrick

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sarah W. Fitzpatrick is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah W. Fitzpatrick has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Genetics, 12 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Sarah W. Fitzpatrick's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (25 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (11 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (10 papers). Sarah W. Fitzpatrick is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (25 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (11 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (10 papers). Sarah W. Fitzpatrick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and Canada. Sarah W. Fitzpatrick's co-authors include W. Chris Funk, David A. Tallmon, Andrew R. Whiteley, Lisa M. Angeloni, Philip W. Hedrick, Marty Kardos, Ellie E. Armstrong, Samantha Hauser, Joshua M. Miller and John A. Kronenberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah W. Fitzpatrick

30 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Genetic rescue to the rescue

2014 594 citations Andrew R. Whiteley, Sarah W. Fitzpatrick et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
The crucial role of genome-wide genetic variation in conservation

2021 298 citations Sarah W. Fitzpatrick, David A. Tallmon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah W. Fitzpatrick United States	15	1.3k	719	512	376	317	33	1.8k
Kristen Ruegg United States	21	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	432 0.8×	463 1.2×	557 1.8×	72	2.2k
Joshua M. Miller Canada	21	1.5k 1.2×	773 1.1×	387 0.8×	403 1.1×	261 0.8×	49	2.1k
Thomas Broquet France	21	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	349 0.7×	410 1.1×	229 0.7×	46	2.0k
Ella Vázquez‐Domínguez Mexico	24	707 0.6×	928 1.3×	399 0.8×	402 1.1×	409 1.3×	102	1.8k
Emily K. Latch United States	21	1.3k 1.0×	845 1.2×	373 0.7×	245 0.7×	148 0.5×	52	1.8k
Theresa M. Burg Canada	21	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.8×	320 0.6×	577 1.5×	224 0.7×	75	2.2k
Shou‐Hsien Li Taiwan	25	1.1k 0.8×	896 1.2×	380 0.7×	563 1.5×	475 1.5×	82	1.9k
Ben Wielstra Netherlands	25	1.0k 0.8×	607 0.8×	264 0.5×	343 0.9×	494 1.6×	88	1.8k
Stephen J. Amish United States	15	1.1k 0.9×	701 1.0×	478 0.9×	182 0.5×	175 0.6×	31	1.6k
Jaime García‐Moreno United States	19	880 0.7×	607 0.8×	317 0.6×	452 1.2×	395 1.2×	26	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah W. Fitzpatrick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah W. Fitzpatrick

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Linderoth, Tyler, et al.. (2025). Translocations spur population growth but fail to prevent genetic erosion in imperiled Florida Scrub-Jays. Current Biology. 35(6). 1391–1399.e6. 2 indexed citations

Reid, Brendan N., et al.. (2025). Balancing Inbreeding and Outbreeding Risks to Inform Translocations Throughout the Range of an Imperiled Darter. Evolutionary Applications. 18(3). e70088–e70088.

Moore, Jennifer A., Lisa J. Faust, Randall E. Junge, et al.. (2025). Inbreeding reduces fitness in spatially structured populations of a threatened rattlesnake. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(34). e2501745122–e2501745122. 1 indexed citations

Linderoth, Tyler, et al.. (2025). Translocations contribute to population rescue in an imperiled woodpecker. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(31). e2410946122–e2410946122.

Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., et al.. (2024). Pitfalls and windfalls of detecting demographic declines using population genetics in long‐lived species. Evolutionary Applications. 17(7). e13754–e13754. 3 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., et al.. (2024). Population origin and heritable effects mediate road salt toxicity and thermal stress in an amphibian. Chemosphere. 357. 141978–141978. 4 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., et al.. (2023). Genetic rescue remains underused for aiding recovery of federally listed vertebrates in the United States. Journal of Heredity. 114(4). 354–366. 32 indexed citations

Reid, Brendan N., et al.. (2020). Rapture‐ready darters: Choice of reference genome and genotyping method (whole‐genome or sequence capture) influence population genomic inference in Etheostoma. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(2). 404–420. 10 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., Gideon S. Bradburd, Colin T. Kremer, et al.. (2020). Genomic and Fitness Consequences of Genetic Rescue in Wild Populations. Current Biology. 30(3). 517–522.e5. 101 indexed citations

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Reid, Brendan N., et al.. (2020). Genome‐wide diversity and habitat underlie fine‐scale phenotypic differentiation in the rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum). Evolutionary Applications. 14(2). 498–512. 8 indexed citations

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Miller, Madison, John A. Kronenberger, & Sarah W. Fitzpatrick. (2019). Recent evolutionary history predicts population but not ecosystem‐level patterns. Ecology and Evolution. 9(24). 14442–14452. 4 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Sarah W. & Brendan N. Reid. (2019). Does gene flow aggravate or alleviate maladaptation to environmental stress in small populations?. Evolutionary Applications. 12(7). 1402–1416. 38 indexed citations

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Bell, Donovan A., Zachary L. Robinson, W. Chris Funk, et al.. (2019). The Exciting Potential and Remaining Uncertainties of Genetic Rescue. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 34(12). 1070–1079. 167 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., Corey A. Handelsman, Julián Torres‐Dowdall, et al.. (2017). Gene Flow Constrains and Facilitates Genetically Based Divergence in Quantitative Traits. Copeia. 105(3). 462–474. 12 indexed citations

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Havird, Justin C., Sarah W. Fitzpatrick, John A. Kronenberger, et al.. (2015). Sex, Mitochondria, and Genetic Rescue. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 31(2). 96–99. 12 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., et al.. (2014). Locally adapted traits maintained in the face of high gene flow. Ecology Letters. 18(1). 37–47. 85 indexed citations

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Whiteley, Andrew R., Sarah W. Fitzpatrick, W. Chris Funk, & David A. Tallmon. (2014). Genetic rescue to the rescue. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 30(1). 42–49. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., Harry J. Crockett, & W. Chris Funk. (2014). Water availability strongly impacts population genetic patterns of an imperiled Great Plains endemic fish. Conservation Genetics. 15(4). 771–788. 14 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., Julián Torres‐Dowdall, David N. Reznick, Cameron K. Ghalambor, & W. Chris Funk. (2013). Parallelism Isn’t Perfect: Could Disease and Flooding Drive a Life-History Anomaly in Trinidadian Guppies?. The American Naturalist. 183(2). 290–300. 30 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., Cínthia A. Brasileiro, Célio F. B. Haddad, & Kelly R. Zamudio. (2009). Geographical variation in genetic structure of an Atlantic Coastal Forest frog reveals regional differences in habitat stability. Molecular Ecology. 18(13). 2877–2896. 97 indexed citations

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