Thomas Cavalier‐Smith

28.9k citations
186 papers · 20.0k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 81

Thomas Cavalier‐Smith

186 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and p...6961978202619942010200400600

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Thomas Cavalier‐Smith
Comparison fields: 5 of 175
  • Ecology 8.7k
  • Parasitology 1.6k
  • Molecular Biology 14.9k
  • Oceanography 2.5k
  • Paleontology 1.2k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 201695
2 201614
3 201418
4 201327
5 201252
6 201020
7 200974
8 2006161
9 2004190
10 2004295
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Mitochondria and hydrogenosomes are two forms of the same fundamental organelle - Discussion
20031
12 200376
13 200350
14 2002250
15 199858
16
A revised six-kingdom system of lifebreakdown →
1998735
17 199696
18 1994125
19 1982151
20
Mitosis and microtuble assembly.
19772

About Thomas Cavalier‐Smith

Thomas Cavalier‐Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Paleontology and Parasitology, having authored 186 papers that have together received 20.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (139 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (92 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (39 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (19 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (18 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (13 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (8.7k citations), Parasitology (1.6k citations), Molecular Biology (14.9k citations), Oceanography (2.5k citations) and Paleontology (1.2k citations). Thomas Cavalier‐Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include Ema E. Chao, E. E. Chao, David Bass, John Tooze, Beverley R. Green, Alexandra Stechmann, M.T.E.P. Allsopp, Thomas A. Richards, Sophie von der Heyden and Zhaoduo Zhang. Their work appears in journals such as Protist, Nature, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

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