Scott V. Edwards

34.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
241 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

Scott V. Edwards is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott V. Edwards has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Genetics, 105 papers in Molecular Biology and 61 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Scott V. Edwards's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (135 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (83 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (34 papers). Scott V. Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (135 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (83 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (34 papers). Scott V. Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Scott V. Edwards's co-authors include Alex C. C. Wilson, W. Kelley Thomas, Francis X. Villablanca, Svante Pääbo, Axel Meyer, Thomas D. Kocher, Liang Liu, Dennis K. Pearl, Lili Yu and Robb T. Brumfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott V. Edwards

234 papers receiving 17.6k citations

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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.

Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: amplification and sequencing with conserved primers.

1989 4.3k citations Scott V. Edwards et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
IS A NEW AND GENERAL THEORY OF MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS EMERGING?

2008 819 citations Scott V. Edwards profile →
Estimating Divergence Times from Molecular Data on Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Timescales

2002 514 citations Scott V. Edwards et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Origins and Diversification of the Caatinga Dry Forest Endemic Avifauna 2025 ·Journal of Biogeography ·(unknown), Gustavo A. Bravo, Diego Astúa, (unknown), Scott V. Edwards, Luciano N. Naka	1
2	Pangenomes: new tools for ecological and evolutionary genomics 2025 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Bohao Fang, Scott V. Edwards	0
3	Tadpoles rely on mechanosensory stimuli for communication when visual capabilities are poor 2024 ·Developmental Biology ·Julie M. Butler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Penelope Baker, (unknown), Scott V. Edwards, Lauren A. O’Connell	0
4	Genetic Basis and Evolution of Structural Color Polymorphism in an Australian Songbird 2024 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Simon Yung Wa Sin, Fushi Ke, Guoling Chen, Pei‐Yu Huang, Erik D. Enbody, Jordan Karubian, Michael S. Webster, Scott V. Edwards	3
5	Practical Guidance and Workflows for Identifying Fast Evolving Non-Coding Genomic Elements Using PhyloAcc 2024 ·Integrative and Comparative Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Subir B. Shakya, Zhirui Hu, Jun S. Liu, Timothy B. Sackton, Scott V. Edwards	2
6	Short branch attraction in phylogenomic inference under the multispecies coalescent 2023 ·Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·Liang Liu, Lili Yu, Shaoyuan Wu, Jonathan Arnold, Christopher C. Whalen, Charles C. Davis, Scott V. Edwards	1
7	Testosterone Coordinates Gene Expression Across Different Tissues to Produce Carotenoid-Based Red Ornamentation 2023 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Erik D. Enbody, Carolina Frankl‐Vilches, (unknown), Rebecca E. Koch, Matthew B. Toomey, Simon Yung Wa Sin, Scott V. Edwards, Manfred Gahr, Hubert Schwabl, Michael S. Webster, Jordan Karubian	9
8	Episodic population fragmentation and gene flow reveal a trade‐off between heterozygosity and allelic richness 2023 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), Chris R. Dickman, Russell Dinnage, Richard P. Duncan, Scott V. Edwards, Aaron C. Greenville, Stephen D. Sarre, (unknown), Glenda M. Wardle, Bernd Gruber	5
9	Mitogenomics clarifies the position of the Nearctic magpies (Pica hudsonia and Pica nuttalli) within the Holarctic magpie radiation 2023 ·Current Zoology ·A. P. Kryukov, Kirill Kryukov, (unknown), Bohao Fang, Scott V. Edwards	0
10	Historic samples reveal loss of wild genotype through domestic chicken introgression during the Anthropocene 2023 ·PLoS Genetics ·(unknown), Giovanni Forcina, Gabriel W. Low, Keren R. Sadanandan, Chyi Yin Gwee, Hein van Grouw, Shaoyuan Wu, Scott V. Edwards, Maude W. Baldwin, Frank E. Rheindt	7
11	Olfactory receptor subgenome and expression in a highly olfactory procellariiform seabird 2021 ·Genetics ·Simon Yung Wa Sin, Alison Cloutier, Gabrielle A. Nevitt, Scott V. Edwards	9
12	De Novo Assembly of the Northern Cardinal ( Cardinalis cardinalis ) Genome Reveals Candidate Regulatory Regions for Sexually Dichromatic Red Plumage Coloration 2020 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Simon Yung Wa Sin, (unknown), Scott V. Edwards	12
13	Genetic diversity, demographic history and neo-sex chromosomes in the Critically Endangered Raso lark 2020 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Simon Yung Wa Sin, H. Pieter J. van Veelen, M. de L. Brooke, Yang Liu, Scott V. Edwards, Simon H. Martin	24
14	Evolutionary Dynamics of Sex Chromosomes of Paleognathous Birds 2019 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Luohao Xu, Simon Yung Wa Sin, Phil Grayson, Scott V. Edwards, Timothy B. Sackton	35
15	Whole-Genome Analyses Resolve the Phylogeny of Flightless Birds (Palaeognathae) in the Presence of an Empirical Anomaly Zone 2019 ·Systematic Biology ·Alison Cloutier, Timothy B. Sackton, Phil Grayson, Michèle Clamp, Allan J. Baker, Scott V. Edwards	82
16	Genomic evidence reveals a radiation of placental mammals uninterrupted by the KPg boundary 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Liang Liu, Jin Zhang, Frank E. Rheindt, Fumin Lei, Yanhua Qu, Yu Wang, Yu Zhang, Corwin Sullivan, Wenhui Nie, Jinhuan Wang, Fengtang Yang, Jinping Chen, Scott V. Edwards, Jin Meng, Shaoyuan Wu	100
17	Winter storms drive rapid phenotypic, regulatory, and genomic shifts in the green anole lizard 2017 ·Science ·Shane C. Campbell‐Staton, Zachary A. Cheviron, (unknown), Julian Catchen, Jonathan B. Losos, Scott V. Edwards	176
18	Evolution of sweet taste perception in hummingbirds by transformation of the ancestral umami receptor 2014 ·Science ·Maude W. Baldwin, Yasuka Toda, Tomoya Nakagita, Mary J. O’Connell, Kirk C. Klasing, Takumi Misaka, Scott V. Edwards, Stephen D. Liberles	141
19	Triploid plover female provides support for a role of the W chromosome in avian sex determination 2012 ·Biology Letters ·Clemens Küpper, (unknown), Scott V. Edwards, Tamás Székely, András Kosztolányi, Terry Burke, Daniel E. Janes	19
20	Social breakdown in Darfur 2008 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Scott V. Edwards	5

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