W. Bryan Jennings

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

W. Bryan Jennings is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Bryan Jennings has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Genetics, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in W. Bryan Jennings's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (10 papers). W. Bryan Jennings is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (10 papers). W. Bryan Jennings collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. W. Bryan Jennings's co-authors include Scott V. Edwards, Eric R. Pianka, Stephen C. Donnellan, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Arne Ø. Mooers, Dolph Schluter, Luke J. Harmon, Thomas J. Near, James A. Schulte and Ole Seehausen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

W. Bryan Jennings

35 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA

2010 667 citations Luke J. Harmon, Jonathan B. Losos et al. Evolution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Bryan Jennings United States	16	805	535	497	442	388	35	1.7k
John J. Schenk United States	15	534 0.7×	602 1.1×	677 1.4×	509 1.2×	285 0.7×	40	1.6k
Jeff G. Groth United States	13	694 0.9×	488 0.9×	364 0.7×	462 1.0×	302 0.8×	24	1.3k
Daniel S. Moen United States	18	387 0.5×	565 1.1×	676 1.4×	341 0.8×	435 1.1×	34	1.6k
Carl H. Oliveros United States	22	797 1.0×	508 0.9×	472 0.9×	485 1.1×	338 0.9×	51	1.7k
Steven Poe United States	21	429 0.5×	464 0.9×	556 1.1×	196 0.4×	188 0.5×	63	1.4k
W. Andrew Cox United States	13	428 0.5×	611 1.1×	786 1.6×	1.2k 2.7×	577 1.5×	29	2.2k
Santiago Claramunt United States	20	670 0.8×	732 1.4×	882 1.8×	864 2.0×	766 2.0×	53	2.1k
Leonora Pires Costa Brazil	21	554 0.7×	951 1.8×	757 1.5×	999 2.3×	497 1.3×	51	2.1k
Travis Ingram New Zealand	23	692 0.9×	486 0.9×	760 1.5×	1.1k 2.5×	900 2.3×	62	2.4k
Jonathan Rolland France	19	507 0.6×	495 0.9×	562 1.1×	468 1.1×	455 1.2×	47	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Bryan Jennings

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Card, Daren C., W. Bryan Jennings, & Scott V. Edwards. (2023). Genome Evolution and the Future of Phylogenomics of Non-Avian Reptiles. Animals. 13(3). 471–471. 17 indexed citations

Jennings, W. Bryan & Kristin H. Berry. (2023). Selection of microhabitats, plants, and plant parts eaten by a threatened tortoise: observations during a superbloom. 1. 1 indexed citations

Ruby, Douglas E., et al.. (2023). Experimental Designs for Tortoise Pacing Diversion Structures and Tortoise Guards Along Highway Barriers. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 22(1). 1 indexed citations

Jennings, W. Bryan, et al.. (2023). ExRec: a python pipeline for generating recombination-filtered multi-locus datasets. Bioinformatics Advances. 3(1). vbad174–vbad174. 1 indexed citations

Ruby, Douglas E., et al.. (2023). Design of Roadway Barriers to Reduce Desert Tortoise Mortality on Paved Road Infrastructure. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 22(1). 2 indexed citations

Melo-Sampaio, Paulo Roberto, Paulo Gustavo Homem Passos, W. Bryan Jennings, et al.. (2020). A phantom on the trees: Integrative taxonomy supports a reappraisal of rear-fanged snakes classification (Dipsadidae: Philodryadini). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 290. 19–39. 9 indexed citations

Jennings, W. Bryan, et al.. (2019). Barcoding the Neotropical freshwater fish fauna using a new pair of universal COI primers with a discussion of primer dimers and M13 primer tails. Genome. 62(2). 77–83. 23 indexed citations

Furtado, Carolina, et al.. (2019). Complete mitochondrial genomes for three lizards (Anolis punctatus, Sceloporus woodi, and S. grammicus): a contribution to mitochondrial phylogenomics of Iguanoidea. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 700–702. 1 indexed citations

Jennings, W. Bryan. (2017). On the independent gene trees assumption in phylogenomic studies. Molecular Ecology. 26(19). 4862–4871. 3 indexed citations

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Costa, Igor, Francisco Prosdocimi, & W. Bryan Jennings. (2016). In silico phylogenomics using complete genomes: a case study on the evolution of hominoids. Genome Research. 26(9). 1257–1267. 11 indexed citations

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Jennings, W. Bryan. (2016). Phylogenomic Data Acquisition. 10 indexed citations

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Jennings, W. Bryan & Kristin H. Berry. (2015). Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) Are Selective Herbivores that Track the Flowering Phenology of Their Preferred Food Plants. PLoS ONE. 10(1). e0116716–e0116716. 35 indexed citations

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Furtado, Carolina, et al.. (2014). The complete mitochondrial genome of the ruby-topaz hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus through Illumina sequencing. Mitochondrial DNA Part A. 27(1). 769–770. 2 indexed citations

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Reilly, Sean B., Sharyn B. Marks, & W. Bryan Jennings. (2012). Defining evolutionary boundaries across parapatric ecomorphs of Black Salamanders (Aneides flavipunctatus) with conservation implications. Molecular Ecology. 21(23). 5745–5761. 21 indexed citations

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Harmon, Luke J., Jonathan B. Losos, T. Jonathan Davies, et al.. (2010). EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA. Evolution. 64(8). no–no. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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Edwards, Scott V., Sarah B. Kingan, Jennifer D. Calkins, et al.. (2005). Speciation in birds: Genes, geography, and sexual selection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(suppl_1). 6550–6557. 235 indexed citations

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Jennings, W. Bryan & Scott V. Edwards. (2005). SPECIATIONAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN GRASS FINCHES (POEPHILA) INFERRED FROM THIRTY GENE TREES. Evolution. 59(9). 2033–2047. 236 indexed citations

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Jennings, W. Bryan, Eric R. Pianka, & Stephen C. Donnellan. (2003). Systematics of the Lizard Family Pygopodidae with Implications for the Diversification of Australian Temperate Biotas. Systematic Biology. 52(6). 757–780. 26 indexed citations

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Infante, Anthony, et al.. (2000). Immediate Hip Spica Casting for Femur Fractures in Pediatric Patients. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 376(376). 106–112. 56 indexed citations

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Boarman, William I., et al.. (1994). Measuring the effectiveness of a tortoise-proof fence and culverts: status report from first field season. 122(9). 49–52. 5 indexed citations

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