Vítor C. Sousa

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Vítor C. Sousa is a scholar working on Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vítor C. Sousa has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Genetics, 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Vítor C. Sousa's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (25 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (10 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (8 papers). Vítor C. Sousa is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (25 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (10 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (8 papers). Vítor C. Sousa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Switzerland. Vítor C. Sousa's co-authors include Laurent Excoffier, Matthieu Foll, Emilia Huerta‐Sánchez, Isabelle Dupanloup, Jody Hey, Lounès Chikhi, Mark Beaumont, David A. Marques, Benoît Goossens and Pierre Luisi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Vítor C. Sousa

40 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Robust Demographic Inference from Genomic and SNP Data 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2021 250 500 750
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. Robust Demographic Inference from Genomic and SNP Data
    2013 975 citations Laurent Excoffier, Isabelle Dupanloup et al. PLoS Genetics profile →
  2. fastsimcoal2: demographic inference under complex evolutionary scenarios
    2021 209 citations Laurent Excoffier, David A. Marques et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vítor C. Sousa Portugal 24 2.0k 766 743 550 457 42 2.8k
Emily H. Kay United States 5 1.8k 0.9× 729 1.0× 911 1.2× 594 1.1× 448 1.0× 7 2.9k
Gideon S. Bradburd United States 18 1.6k 0.8× 649 0.8× 531 0.7× 551 1.0× 495 1.1× 32 2.4k
Ke Bi United States 27 1.4k 0.7× 725 0.9× 984 1.3× 610 1.1× 187 0.4× 70 2.5k
Joshua M. Miller Canada 21 1.5k 0.7× 773 1.0× 475 0.6× 403 0.7× 387 0.8× 49 2.1k
Tracy A. Heath United States 19 966 0.5× 443 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 860 1.6× 495 1.1× 34 3.0k
Frank E. Zachos Germany 34 1.9k 1.0× 2.0k 2.6× 559 0.8× 755 1.4× 506 1.1× 112 3.7k
Brian S. Arbogast United States 16 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 1.3× 602 0.8× 668 1.2× 421 0.9× 25 2.5k
Bettine Jansen van Vuuren South Africa 29 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 2.4× 559 0.8× 800 1.5× 274 0.6× 134 3.2k
Frank E. Rheindt Singapore 27 1.0k 0.5× 996 1.3× 542 0.7× 712 1.3× 330 0.7× 129 2.3k
Rutger Vos Netherlands 20 636 0.3× 761 1.0× 742 1.0× 864 1.6× 327 0.7× 49 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vítor C. Sousa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vítor C. Sousa

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All Works

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Perea‍, Silvia, et al.. (2024). A new species of the genus Squalius (Leuciscidae, Actinopterygii) from the Sado River basin in Portugal. Limnetica. 44(2). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Sousa, Vítor C., et al.. (2024). Recurrent selection shapes the genomic landscape of differentiation between a pair of host‐specialized haplodiploids that diverged with gene flow. Molecular Ecology. 33(18). e17509–e17509. 2 indexed citations
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Sousa, Vítor C., et al.. (2024). Towards a genome-scale metabolic model of Dunaliella salina. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(23). 37–42. 1 indexed citations
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Morales, Hernán E., et al.. (2023). Integrating Pool‐seq uncertainties into demographic inference. Molecular Ecology Resources. 23(7). 1737–1755. 2 indexed citations
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Bernasconi, Christian, Heikki Helanterä, Bernhard Seifert, et al.. (2022). Whole‐genome analysis of multiple wood ant population pairs supports similar speciation histories, but different degrees of gene flow, across their European ranges. Molecular Ecology. 31(12). 3416–3431. 9 indexed citations
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Perea‍, Silvia, Carla Sousa‐Santos, Paz Ondina, et al.. (2022). Applying genomic approaches to delineate conservation strategies using the freshwater mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in the Iberian Peninsula as a model. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 16894–16894. 6 indexed citations
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Machado, Miguel P., et al.. (2021). Genomic data and multi-species demographic modelling uncover past hybridization between currently allopatric freshwater species. Heredity. 127(4). 401–412. 3 indexed citations
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Coelho, Maria M., et al.. (2021). Adaptation and convergence in circadian‐related genes in Iberian freshwater fish. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 38–38. 4 indexed citations
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Marques, David A., Kay Lucek, Vítor C. Sousa, Laurent Excoffier, & Ole Seehausen. (2019). Admixture between old lineages facilitated contemporary ecological speciation in Lake Constance stickleback. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4240–4240. 44 indexed citations
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Seabra, Sofia G., Vítor C. Sousa, Eduardo Marabuto, et al.. (2018). Genomic signatures of introgression between commercial and native bumblebees, Bombus terrestris, in western Iberian Peninsula—Implications for conservation and trade regulation. Evolutionary Applications. 12(4). 679–691. 26 indexed citations
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Alves, Isabel, Miguel Arenas, Mathias Currat, et al.. (2015). Long-Distance Dispersal Shaped Patterns of Human Genetic Diversity in Eurasia. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(4). 946–958. 25 indexed citations
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Sousa, Vítor C., Stephan Peischl, & Laurent Excoffier. (2014). Impact of range expansions on current human genomic diversity. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 29. 22–30. 26 indexed citations
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Excoffier, Laurent, Isabelle Dupanloup, Emilia Huerta‐Sánchez, Vítor C. Sousa, & Matthieu Foll. (2013). Robust Demographic Inference from Genomic and SNP Data. PLoS Genetics. 9(10). e1003905–e1003905. 975 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sousa, Vítor C. & Jody Hey. (2013). Understanding the origin of species with genome-scale data: modelling gene flow. Nature Reviews Genetics. 14(6). 404–414. 203 indexed citations
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Salmona, Jordi, Marc Salamolard, Vítor C. Sousa, et al.. (2012). Signature of a Pre-Human Population Decline in the Critically Endangered Reunion Island Endemic Forest Bird Coracina newtoni. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43524–e43524. 23 indexed citations
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Sousa, Vítor C., Mark Beaumont, Pedro Fernandes, Maria M. Coelho, & Lounès Chikhi. (2011). Population divergence with or without admixture: selecting models using an ABC approach. Heredity. 108(5). 521–530. 42 indexed citations
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Sousa, Vítor C., et al.. (2009). 2BAD: an application to estimate the parental contributions during two independent admixture events. Molecular Ecology Resources. 10(3). 538–541. 9 indexed citations
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Trussart, Marie, et al.. (2009). SPAms: A user‐friendly software to simulate population genetics data under complex demographic models. Molecular Ecology Resources. 9(3). 749–753. 7 indexed citations

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