Scott Hotaling

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Scott Hotaling is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Hotaling has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Scott Hotaling's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (18 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (16 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (14 papers). Scott Hotaling is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (18 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (16 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (14 papers). Scott Hotaling collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Scott Hotaling's co-authors include Paul B. Frandsen, J. Joseph Giersch, Joanna L. Kelley, Trinity L. Hamilton, David W. Weisrock, Eran Hood, Debra S. Finn, Rose A. Marks, Robert VanBuren and Lusha M. Tronstad and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Scott Hotaling

58 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Representation and participation across 20 years of plant genome sequencing

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott Hotaling United States	20	799	353	298	291	263	63	1.6k
Len N. Gillman New Zealand	20	655 0.8×	211 0.6×	311 1.0×	76 0.3×	626 2.4×	42	1.6k
Mariska te Beest South Africa	15	464 0.6×	251 0.7×	237 0.8×	116 0.4×	583 2.2×	34	1.6k
F. B. Vincent Florens Mauritius	21	467 0.6×	139 0.4×	125 0.4×	115 0.4×	441 1.7×	63	1.3k
Tove M. Gabrielsen Norway	24	965 1.2×	386 1.1×	392 1.3×	503 1.7×	140 0.5×	45	2.2k
France Dufresne Canada	25	1.0k 1.3×	496 1.4×	690 2.3×	150 0.5×	323 1.2×	67	2.1k
Eric G. DeChaine United States	18	429 0.5×	203 0.6×	388 1.3×	55 0.2×	222 0.8×	23	1.1k
Sarah J. Adamowicz Canada	27	1.2k 1.6×	628 1.8×	609 2.0×	58 0.2×	328 1.2×	67	2.1k
Nobuyuki Tanaka Japan	21	379 0.5×	158 0.4×	197 0.7×	114 0.4×	669 2.5×	62	1.4k
Sandra M. Durán United States	21	646 0.8×	246 0.7×	311 1.0×	79 0.3×	381 1.4×	35	1.5k
Leonardo Gallo Argentina	24	272 0.3×	192 0.5×	603 2.0×	236 0.8×	656 2.5×	84	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Hotaling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Hotaling

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Hotaling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott Hotaling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott Hotaling based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Scott Hotaling. Scott Hotaling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hotaling, Scott, Thomas Desvignes, Iliana Bista, et al.. (2025). Temperature and Pressure Shaped the Evolution of Antifreeze Proteins in Polar and Deep Sea Zoarcoid Fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(10). 1 indexed citations

Elser, James J., et al.. (2025). Influence of snow cover on albedo reduction by snow algae. mBio. 16(2). e0363024–e0363024.

Abatzoglou, John T., et al.. (2025). Rapid contemporary shrinking and loss of ice-capped summits in the western United States. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 57(1).

Hotaling, Scott, et al.. (2024). Hydrology and trophic flexibility structure alpine stream food webs in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA. Ecosphere. 15(10). 2 indexed citations

Elser, James J., et al.. (2024). Laboratory Experiments Suggest a Limited Impact of Increased Nitrogen Deposition on Snow Algae Blooms. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 16(6). e70052–e70052. 1 indexed citations

Shah, Alisha A., Scott Hotaling, Rachel L. Malison, et al.. (2023). Warming undermines emergence success in a threatened alpine stonefly: A multi‐trait perspective on vulnerability to climate change. Functional Ecology. 37(4). 1033–1043. 8 indexed citations

Sproul, John S., Scott Hotaling, Jacqueline Heckenhauer, et al.. (2023). Analyses of 600+ insect genomes reveal repetitive element dynamics and highlight biodiversity-scale repeat annotation challenges. Genome Research. 33(10). 1708–1717. 24 indexed citations

Zhang, Liyan, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Scott Hotaling, et al.. (2023). Bacterial diversity and co‐occurrence patterns differ across a world‐wide spatial distribution of habitats in glacier ecosystems. Functional Ecology. 37(6). 1520–1535. 6 indexed citations

Kawahara, Akito Y., Caroline Storer, Jacqueline Heckenhauer, et al.. (2022). Long-read HiFi sequencing correctly assembles repetitive heavy fibroin silk genes in new moth and caddisfly genomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2022. 1–14. 18 indexed citations

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Hotaling, Scott, et al.. (2022). Pathways to polar adaptation in fishes revealed by long‐read sequencing. Molecular Ecology. 32(6). 1381–1397. 13 indexed citations

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Deemer, Bridget R., Scott Hotaling, Kelsey L. Poulson‐Ellestad, et al.. (2021). Engaging the next generation of editorial talent through a hands‐on fellowship model. Ecology Letters. 24(7). 1297–1301. 2 indexed citations

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Brighenti, Stefano, Scott Hotaling, Debra S. Finn, et al.. (2021). Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity. Global Change Biology. 27(8). 1504–1517. 74 indexed citations

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Gray, Levi N., Mary E. Foley, Scott Hotaling, et al.. (2021). Geography is more important than life history in the recent diversification of the tiger salamander complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(17). 21 indexed citations

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Shah, Alisha A., Scott Hotaling, J. Joseph Giersch, et al.. (2020). Insects in high‐elevation streams: Life in extreme environments imperiled by climate change. Global Change Biology. 26(12). 6667–6684. 59 indexed citations

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Muhlfeld, Clint C., Timothy J. Cline, J. Joseph Giersch, et al.. (2020). Specialized meltwater biodiversity persists despite widespread deglaciation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(22). 12208–12214. 41 indexed citations

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Hotaling, Scott, Joanna L. Kelley, & Paul B. Frandsen. (2020). Aquatic Insects Are Dramatically Underrepresented in Genomic Research. Insects. 11(9). 601–601. 28 indexed citations

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Hotaling, Scott, Alisha A. Shah, Lusha M. Tronstad, et al.. (2020). Mountain stoneflies may tolerate warming streams: Evidence from organismal physiology and gene expression. Global Change Biology. 26(10). 5524–5538. 19 indexed citations

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Hotaling, Scott, Peter Wimberger, Joanna L. Kelley, & Heather E. Watts. (2019). Macroinvertebrates on glaciers: a key resource for terrestrial food webs?. Ecology. 101(4). e02947–e02947. 10 indexed citations

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Hotaling, Scott, Daniel H. Shain, Robin K. Bagley, et al.. (2019). Long-distance dispersal, ice sheet dynamics and mountaintop isolation underlie the genetic structure of glacier ice worms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1905). 20190983–20190983. 17 indexed citations

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Hotaling, Scott, Joanna L. Kelley, & David W. Weisrock. (2019). Nuclear and mitochondrial genomic resources for the meltwater stonefly (Plecoptera: Nemouridae), Lednia tumana (Ricker, 1952). Aquatic Insects. 40(4). 362–369. 4 indexed citations

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