Thomas J. DeWitt

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. DeWitt is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. DeWitt has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 17 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. DeWitt's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (10 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers). Thomas J. DeWitt is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (10 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (10 papers). Thomas J. DeWitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Japan. Thomas J. DeWitt's co-authors include Andrew Sih, David Sloan Wilson, R. Brian Langerhans, Samuel M. Scheiner, Craig A. Layman, Beren W. Robinson, Christopher D. Marshall, Lauren J. Chapman, Gage H. Dayton and Daniel Saenz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. DeWitt

47 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Costs and limits of phenotypic plasticity 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Costs and limits of phenotypic plasticity
    1998 1.8k citations Thomas J. DeWitt, Andrew Sih et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas J. DeWitt United States 26 2.6k 2.1k 1.8k 1.5k 1.2k 49 5.3k
Frank Johansson Sweden 41 2.5k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 888 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 156 4.9k
Tamar Dayan Israel 49 3.2k 1.2× 5.1k 2.4× 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 151 8.9k
Richard Svanbäck Sweden 35 2.1k 0.8× 4.5k 2.1× 3.3k 1.9× 1.3k 0.9× 2.0k 1.7× 68 7.7k
T. E. Reimchen Canada 48 1.6k 0.6× 3.7k 1.7× 2.8k 1.6× 2.6k 1.8× 1.1k 0.9× 158 6.9k
Jeffry B. Mitton United States 44 1.4k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 2.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 105 5.6k
Michael T. Kinnison United States 44 2.9k 1.1× 4.1k 1.9× 4.3k 2.4× 3.4k 2.3× 2.1k 1.7× 123 9.1k
Adam G. Jones United States 49 3.8k 1.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 3.6k 2.4× 1.1k 0.9× 124 7.5k
Enrico L. Rezende Chile 44 2.6k 1.0× 3.2k 1.5× 1.2k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 113 6.0k
Patrice David France 50 2.9k 1.1× 3.2k 1.5× 1.4k 0.8× 4.0k 2.7× 1.2k 1.0× 171 8.4k
Astrid Kodric‐Brown United States 35 4.0k 1.6× 2.8k 1.3× 2.5k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 62 6.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas J. DeWitt

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All Works

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Tarone, Aaron M., et al.. (2021). Predicting the occurrence of host‐associated differentiation in parasitic arthropods: a quantitative literature review. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 170(1). 5–22. 8 indexed citations
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Borrego, Eli J., et al.. (2017). Maize seedling morphology and defence hormone profiles, but not herbivory tolerance, were mediated by domestication and modern breeding. Annals of Applied Biology. 170(3). 315–332. 12 indexed citations
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Ruiter, Darryl J. de, Thomas J. DeWitt, Kieran P. McNulty, et al.. (2016). Developmental simulation of the adult cranial morphology of Australopithecus sediba. South African Journal of Science. 112(7/8). 9–9. 6 indexed citations
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DeWitt, Thomas J.. (2016). Expanding the phenotypic plasticity paradigm to broader views of trait space and ecological function. Current Zoology. 62(5). 463–473. 10 indexed citations
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Davis, Lori A., Thomas J. DeWitt, & Christopher D. Marshall. (2015). Divergent Skull Morphology Supports Two Trophic Specializations in Otters (Lutrinae). PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0143236–e0143236. 36 indexed citations
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Coghill, Lyndon M., et al.. (2012). Field heritabilities and lack of correlation of snail shell form and anti-predator function estimated using Bayesian and maximum likelihood methods. Evolutionary ecology research. 14(6). 743–755. 4 indexed citations
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DeWitt, Thomas J., et al.. (2012). Fused Traditional and Geometric Morphometrics Demonstrate Pinniped Whisker Diversity. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e34481–e34481. 69 indexed citations
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Langerhans, R. Brian, et al.. (2012). Gambusia quadruncus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): a new species of mosquitofish from east‐central México. Journal of Fish Biology. 81(5). 1514–1539. 12 indexed citations
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Tobler, Michael, Thomas J. DeWitt, Ingo Schlupp, et al.. (2008). TOXIC HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND DARK CAVES: PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC DIVERGENCE ACROSS TWO ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS INPOECILIA MEXICANA. Evolution. 62(10). 2643–2659. 117 indexed citations
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DeWitt, Thomas J., et al.. (2005). Trophic plasticity and fine-grained resource variation in populations of western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. Evolutionary ecology research. 7(6). 801–819. 31 indexed citations
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DeWitt, Thomas J. & Samuel M. Scheiner. (2004). Phenotypic plasticity : functional and conceptual approaches. Oxford University Press eBooks. 490 indexed citations
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Langerhans, R. Brian, et al.. (2004). PREDATOR-DRIVEN PHENOTYPIC DIVERSIFICATION IN GAMBUSIA AFFINIS. Evolution. 58(10). 2305–2318. 296 indexed citations
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Langerhans, R. Brian & Thomas J. DeWitt. (2004). Shared and Unique Features of Evolutionary Diversification. The American Naturalist. 164(3). 335–349. 295 indexed citations
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Langerhans, R. Brian & Thomas J. DeWitt. (2002). Plasticity constrained: over-generalized induction cues cause maladaptive phenotypes. Evolutionary ecology research. 4(6). 857–870. 102 indexed citations
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DeWitt, Thomas J., Beren W. Robinson, & David Sloan Wilson. (2000). Functional diversity among predators of a freshwater snail imposes an adaptive trade-off for shell morphology. Evolutionary ecology research. 2(2). 129–148. 183 indexed citations
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DeWitt, Thomas J., Andrew Sih, & David Sloan Wilson. (1998). Costs and limits of phenotypic plasticity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 13(2). 77–81. 1778 indexed citations breakdown →
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DeWitt, Thomas J.. (1996). Gender contests in a simultaneous hermaphrodite snail: a size-advantage model for behaviour. Animal Behaviour. 51(2). 345–351. 66 indexed citations

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