Simon Y. W. Ho

36.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
226 papers, 22.1k citations indexed

About

Simon Y. W. Ho is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Y. W. Ho has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 22.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Genetics, 102 papers in Molecular Biology and 60 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Simon Y. W. Ho's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (96 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (83 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (51 papers). Simon Y. W. Ho is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (96 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (83 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (51 papers). Simon Y. W. Ho collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Simon Y. W. Ho's co-authors include Matthew J. Phillips, Alexei J. Drummond, Robert Lanfear, Andrew Rambaut, Stéphane Guindon, Brett Calcott, Sebastián Duchêne, Beth Shapiro, Alan Cooper and Nathan Lo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon Y. W. Ho

220 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Relaxed Phylogenetics and Dating with Confidence

2006 5.1k citations Simon Y. W. Ho et al. profile →
PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

2012 4.8k citations Simon Y. W. Ho et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
Time Dependency of Molecular Rate Estimates and Systematic Overestimation of Recent Divergence Times

2005 865 citations Simon Y. W. Ho, Alan Cooper et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
Comparison of Methods for Molecular Species Delimitation Across a Range of Speciation Scenarios

2018 309 citations Simon Y. W. Ho et al. Systematic Biology profile →
EasyCodeML: A visual tool for analysis of selection using CodeML

2019 301 citations Daej A. Arab, Simon Y. W. Ho et al. Ecology and Evolution profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Y. W. Ho

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Plio‐Pleistocene decline of mesic forest underpins diversification in a clade of Australian Panesthia cockroaches 2024 ·Systematic Entomology ·(unknown), James A. Walker, Harley A. Rose, (unknown), Andreas Zwick, Huiming Yang, James A. Nicholls, Diana Hartley, Stephen J. Bent, Nicholas Carlile, Ian Hutton, Simon Y. W. Ho, Nathan Lo	0
2	Testing molecular date estimates using an ecological and vicariant case study in treefrogs: The Geological‐Ecological Molecular Calibration 2024 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Michael J. Jowers, A. Jesús Muñoz‐Pajares, John C. Weber, (unknown), Salvador Arenas‐Castro, Simon Y. W. Ho, Gilson A. Rivas, John C. Murphy, Amaël Borzée, R. Alexander Pyron, Marcos Pérez‐Losada, (unknown), J. Roger Downie, Gregorio Moreno‐Rueda, Giovanni Forcina, Santiago Sánchez‐Ramírez	1
3	Genomics identifies koala populations at risk across eastern Australia 2024 ·Ecological Applications ·Elspeth A. McLennan, (unknown), (unknown), Zhiliang Chen, (unknown), Simon Y. W. Ho, Katherine Belov, Carolyn J. Hogg	6
4	The spotted parrotfish genome provides insights into the evolution of a coral reef dietary specialist (Teleostei: Labridae: Scarini: Cetoscarus ocellatus) 2024 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), (unknown), Kyle M. Ewart, (unknown), Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Joseph D. DiBattista, Simon Y. W. Ho, Nathan Lo, Shaohua Fan	2
5	Inclusion of rare taxa from Blattidae and Anaplectidae improves phylogenetic resolution in the cockroach superfamily Blattoidea 2023 ·Systematic Entomology ·(unknown), (unknown), Simon Y. W. Ho, (unknown), Zongqing Wang, Yanli Che	13
6	Excluding Loci With Substitution Saturation Improves Inferences From Phylogenomic Data 2021 ·Systematic Biology ·David A. Duchêne, (unknown), (unknown), Simon Y. W. Ho	25
7	Using phylogenetics to explore interspecies genetic rescue options for a critically endangered parrot 2021 ·Conservation Science and Practice ·Carolyn J. Hogg, (unknown), (unknown), David E. Alquezar‐Planas, (unknown), Michael J. L. Magrath, Simon Y. W. Ho, Nathan Lo, Rebecca N. Johnson, Catherine E. Grueber	3
8	Bayesian Evaluation of Temporal Signal in Measurably Evolving Populations 2020 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Sebastián Duchêne, Philippe Lemey, Tanja Stadler, Simon Y. W. Ho, David A. Duchêne, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna, Guy Baele	75
9	Increased Mutation Rate Is Linked to Genome Reduction in Prokaryotes 2020 ·Current Biology ·Thomas Bourguignon, (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas V. Coleman, Qian Tang, Daej A. Arab, (unknown), Gaku Tokuda, Yuichi Hongoh, Moriya Ohkuma, Simon Y. W. Ho, Simone Pigolotti, Nathan Lo	39
10	American mastodon mitochondrial genomes suggest multiple dispersal events in response to Pleistocene climate oscillations 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Emil Karpinski, Dirk Hackenberger, Grant D. Zazula, Chris Widga, Ana T. Duggan, G. Brian Golding, Melanie Kuch, Jennifer Klunk, Christopher N. Jass, (unknown), Patrick S. Druckenmiller, Blaine W. Schubert, Joaquı́n Arroyo-Cabrales, W. F. Simpson, John W. Hoganson, Daniel C. Fisher, Simon Y. W. Ho, R. D. E. MacPhee, Hendrik N. Poinar	11
11	Angels in disguise: sympatric hybridization in the marine angelfishes is widespread and occurs between deeply divergent lineages 2020 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), J. Hobbs, (unknown), Joseph D. DiBattista, Simon Y. W. Ho, Nathan C. Lo	20
12	Evolutionary rates are correlated between cockroach symbionts and mitochondrial genomes 2020 ·Biology Letters ·Daej A. Arab, Thomas Bourguignon, (unknown), Simon Y. W. Ho, Nathan Lo	16
13	Plastome sequences and exploration of tree-space help to resolve the phylogeny of riceflowers (Thymelaeaceae: Pimelea) 2018 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Charles S. P. Foster, Murray J. Henwood, Simon Y. W. Ho	21
14	Large‐scale migrations of brown bears in Eurasia and to North America during the Late Pleistocene 2017 ·Journal of Biogeography ·(unknown), Simon Y. W. Ho, John Davison, (unknown), Egle Tammeleht, (unknown), И. Л. Туманов, Alexander P. Saveljev, E. A. Lyapunova, (unknown), Nikolay Markov, A. P. Kryukov, Ilpo Kojola, Jon E. Swenson, Snorre B. Hagen, Hans Geir Eiken, Ladislav Paule, Urmas Saarma	26
15	The Impact of the Tree Prior on Molecular Dating of Data Sets Containing a Mixture of Inter- and Intraspecies Sampling 2016 ·Systematic Biology ·Andrew M. Ritchie, Nathan Lo, Simon Y. W. Ho	115
16	The Genome as an Evolutionary Timepiece 2016 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Simon Y. W. Ho, Amanda X. Y. Chen, (unknown), David A. Duchêne, Nathan Lo	8
17	Neolithic human mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans 2013 ·Wolfgang Haak, Paul Brotherton, Jennifer E.L. Templeton, Guido Brandt, Julien Soubrier, Christina Adler, Stephen M. Richards, (unknown), Robert Ganslmeier, Susanne Friederich, Veit Dresely, Mannis van Oven, Jonas Korlach, Simon Y. W. Ho, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Doron M. Behar, Harald Meller, Kurt W. Alt, Alan Cooper	2
18	Reconstructing genome evolution in historic samples of the Irish potato famine pathogen 2013 ·Nature Communications ·Michael D. Martin, Enrico Cappellini, José Alfredo Samaniego Castruita, M. Lisandra Zepeda, Paula F. Campos, Andaine Seguin‐Orlando, Nathan Wales, Ludovic Orlando, Simon Y. W. Ho, Fred S. Dietrich, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, Joseph Heitman, Eske Willerslev, Anders Krogh, Jean B. Ristaino, M. Thomas P. Gilbert	92
19	The White Habitus and Hegemonic Masculinity at the Elite Southern University: Asian Americans and the Need for Intersectional Analysis 2012 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Kristen Lee, Simon Y. W. Ho	3
20	One Hundred Twenty Years of Koala Retrovirus Evolution Determined from Museum Skins 2012 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·María C. Ávila‐Arcos, Simon Y. W. Ho, Yasuko Ishida, Nikolas Nikolaidis, Kyriakos Tsangaras, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarah L. Fordyce, Sébastien Calvignac‐Spencer, Eske Willerslev, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Kristofer M. Helgen, Alfred L. Roca, Alex D. Greenwood	70

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