Timothy J. Colston

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 913 citations indexed

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Timothy J. Colston is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy J. Colston has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 913 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Timothy J. Colston's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (8 papers). Timothy J. Colston is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (22 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (8 papers). Timothy J. Colston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Brazil. Timothy J. Colston's co-authors include Colin R. Jackson, Brice P. Noonan, R. Alexander Pyron, Gabriel C. Costa, Laurie J. Vitt, Walter Jetz, Guarino Rinaldi Colli, Robert W. Henderson, Cameron D. Siler and Sonal Singhal and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Timothy J. Colston

32 papers receiving 896 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.

The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes

2024 40 citations Pascal O. Title, Sonal Singhal et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy J. Colston United States	15	375	346	250	209	145	35	913
Xianguang Guo China	17	306 0.8×	403 1.2×	429 1.7×	167 0.8×	208 1.4×	76	1.0k
Lawan Chanhome Thailand	20	333 0.9×	412 1.2×	791 3.2×	90 0.4×	74 0.5×	86	1.4k
Hong-Shik Oh South Korea	15	177 0.5×	254 0.7×	268 1.1×	206 1.0×	147 1.0×	101	757
Zhengjun Wu China	16	147 0.4×	321 0.9×	167 0.7×	247 1.2×	224 1.5×	49	765
Hilary Miller New Zealand	20	249 0.7×	130 0.4×	442 1.8×	301 1.4×	57 0.4×	33	1.1k
Sean M. Rovito Mexico	14	100 0.3×	587 1.7×	154 0.6×	176 0.8×	333 2.3×	46	825
Renato Neves Feio Brazil	16	104 0.3×	785 2.3×	226 0.9×	237 1.1×	260 1.8×	131	1.0k
Juan Carlos Acosta Argentina	13	149 0.4×	492 1.4×	82 0.3×	267 1.3×	278 1.9×	87	770
Robin W. Warne United States	18	187 0.5×	447 1.3×	84 0.3×	405 1.9×	114 0.8×	43	1.1k
William E. Stutz United States	15	136 0.4×	172 0.5×	346 1.4×	503 2.4×	119 0.8×	18	1.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Colston, Timothy J., S Pirro, & R. Alexander Pyron. (2025). The Complete Genome Sequences of 64 Species of Amphibians. PubMed. 2025.

Fox, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson, Ronald A. Jenner, Carl N. Keiser, et al.. (2025). A review of the venom microbiome and its utility in ecology and evolution including future directions for emerging research. Symbiosis. 95(1). 3–27.

Hogan, Michael, Matthew L. Holding, Gunnar S. Nystrom, et al.. (2024). The genetic regulatory architecture and epigenomic basis for age-related changes in rattlesnake venom. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(16). e2313440121–e2313440121. 12 indexed citations

Title, Pascal O., Sonal Singhal, Michael C. Gründler, et al.. (2024). The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes. Science. 383(6685). 918–923. 40 indexed citations breakdown →

Pyron, R. Alexander, et al.. (2024). The Draft Genome Sequences of 50 Salamander species (Caudata, Amphibia). PubMed. 2024. 6 indexed citations

Moura, Mario R., Yanina V. Sica, Pamela González‐del‐Pliego, et al.. (2024). A phylogeny-informed characterisation of global tetrapod traits addresses data gaps and biases. PLoS Biology. 22(7). e3002658–e3002658. 14 indexed citations

Gerrick, Elias R., et al.. (2023). Commensal protists in reptiles display flexible host range and adaptation to ectothermic hosts. mBio. 14(6). e0227323–e0227323. 1 indexed citations

Colston, Timothy J., et al.. (2022). Gut microbial ecology of Philippine gekkonids: ecoevolutionary effects on microbiome compositions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 98(12). 2 indexed citations

Colston, Timothy J., et al.. (2022). Distribution of snake species and snakebites in hotspots of Ethiopia. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 16(08.1). 45S–51S. 2 indexed citations

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Colston, Timothy J., et al.. (2021). Venomous Snakes Reveal Ecological and Phylogenetic Factors Influencing Variation in Gut and Oral Microbiomes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 657754–657754. 20 indexed citations

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Colston, Timothy J., et al.. (2021). Gut microbial ecology of the Critically Endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis): Effects of captivity status and host reintroduction on endogenous microbiomes. Ecology and Evolution. 11(9). 4731–4743. 19 indexed citations

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Margres, Mark J., Rhett M. Rautsaw, Jason L. Strickland, et al.. (2021). The Tiger Rattlesnake genome reveals a complex genotype underlying a simple venom phenotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 53 indexed citations

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Colston, Timothy J., et al.. (2020). Phylogenetic and spatial distribution of evolutionary diversification, isolation, and threat in turtles and crocodilians (non-avian archosauromorphs). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1). 81–81. 47 indexed citations

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Holding, Matthew L., Schyler A. Ellsworth, Michael Hogan, et al.. (2020). Gradual and Discrete Ontogenetic Shifts in Rattlesnake Venom Composition and Assessment of Hormonal and Ecological Correlates. Toxins. 12(10). 659–659. 14 indexed citations

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Ul-Hasan, Sabah, Eduardo Rodríguez‐Román, Adam M. Reitzel, et al.. (2019). The emerging field of venom-microbiomics for exploring venom as a microenvironment, and the corresponding Initiative for Venom Associated Microbes and Parasites (iVAMP). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100016–100016. 28 indexed citations

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Strickland, Jason L., et al.. (2018). Hidden diversity within the depauperate genera of the snake tribe Lampropeltini (Serpentes, Colubridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 129. 214–225. 12 indexed citations

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Smith, Megan L., Brice P. Noonan, & Timothy J. Colston. (2017). The role of climatic and geological events in generating diversity in Ethiopian grass frogs (genusPtychadena). Royal Society Open Science. 4(8). 170021–170021. 13 indexed citations

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Bauer, Aaron M., William R. Branch, Andreas Schmitz, et al.. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100. 409–423. 25 indexed citations

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Colston, Timothy J., Brice P. Noonan, & Colin R. Jackson. (2015). Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial Communities in Different Regions of the Gastrointestinal Tract of Agkistrodon piscivorus, the Cottonmouth Snake. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128793–e0128793. 60 indexed citations

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Colston, Timothy J., Felipe G. Grazziotin, Donald B. Shepard, et al.. (2012). Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of tree boas (Corallus spp.). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66(3). 953–959. 37 indexed citations

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