W. Leo Smith

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

W. Leo Smith is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Leo Smith has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 14 papers in Aquatic Science and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in W. Leo Smith's work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (29 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (17 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (14 papers). W. Leo Smith is often cited by papers focused on Ichthyology and Marine Biology (29 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (17 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (14 papers). W. Leo Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Puerto Rico. W. Leo Smith's co-authors include John S. Sparks, Matthew P. Davis, Thomas J. Near, Matt Friedman, Ron I. Eytan, Peter C. Wainwright, Kristen L. Kuhn, Alex Dornburg, Jon A. Moore and Matthew T. Craig and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W. Leo Smith

36 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification

2012 743 citations Thomas J. Near, Ron I. Eytan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

2013 398 citations Thomas J. Near, Alex Dornburg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Leo Smith United States	22	1.6k	843	764	593	525	38	2.5k
Ron I. Eytan United States	16	1.2k 0.7×	610 0.7×	506 0.7×	540 0.9×	497 0.9×	27	2.1k
Sébastien Lavoué Malaysia	26	1.6k 1.0×	785 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	458 0.8×	239 0.5×	96	2.4k
Lukas Rüber Switzerland	30	1.6k 1.0×	899 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	857 1.4×	337 0.6×	70	2.9k
Jon A. Moore United States	15	1.0k 0.6×	446 0.5×	393 0.5×	531 0.9×	387 0.7×	43	1.8k
Christine E. Thacker United States	23	1.1k 0.6×	523 0.6×	506 0.7×	496 0.8×	287 0.5×	56	1.7k
Kohji Mabuchi Japan	19	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	665 0.9×	388 0.7×	253 0.5×	42	2.3k
John S. Sparks United States	23	1.1k 0.7×	618 0.7×	646 0.8×	514 0.9×	264 0.5×	81	2.0k
Andrew M. Simons United States	23	1.1k 0.7×	585 0.7×	800 1.0×	420 0.7×	133 0.3×	56	1.8k
Ralf Britz United Kingdom	26	1.4k 0.9×	537 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	310 0.5×	247 0.5×	121	2.1k
Francesco Santini United States	25	1.7k 1.0×	899 1.1×	430 0.6×	833 1.4×	1.3k 2.5×	51	3.4k

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Smith, W. Leo. (2024). The phylogeny of bristlemouths, lightfishes, and portholefishes with a revised family-level classification of the dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes): Suppl. Table 1. 1 indexed citations

Girard, Matthew G., et al.. (2022). Molecular phylogeny of the threadfin fishes (Polynemidae) using ultraconserved elements. Journal of Fish Biology. 100(3). 793–810. 7 indexed citations

Smith, W. Leo, Michael J. Ghedotti, Omár Domínguez‐Domínguez, et al.. (2022). Investigations into the ancestry of the Grape-eye Seabass (Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos) reveal novel limits and relationships for the Acropomatiformes (Teleostei: Percomorpha). Neotropical Ichthyology. 20(3). 8 indexed citations

Girard, Matthew G., Matthew P. Davis, Heok Hui Tan, et al.. (2022). Phylogenetics of Archerfishes (Toxotidae) and Evolution of the Toxotid Shooting Apparatus. Integrative Organismal Biology. 4(1). obac013–obac013. 6 indexed citations

Davis, Matthew P., et al.. (2022). The impact of evolutionary trade-offs among bioluminescent organs and body shape in the deep sea: A case study on lanternfishes. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 184. 103769–103769. 8 indexed citations

Ghedotti, Michael J., et al.. (2021). Anatomy and evolution of bioluminescent organs in the slimeheads (Teleostei: Trachichthyidae). Journal of Morphology. 282(6). 820–832. 12 indexed citations

Girard, Matthew G., Matthew P. Davis, & W. Leo Smith. (2020). The Phylogeny of Carangiform Fishes: Morphological and Genomic Investigations of a New Fish Clade. Copeia. 108(2). 265–265. 32 indexed citations

Girard, Matthew G., et al.. (2018). Light in the darkness: New perspective on lanternfish relationships and classification using genomic and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 121. 71–85. 37 indexed citations

Harrington, Richard, Brant C. Faircloth, Ron I. Eytan, et al.. (2016). Phylogenomic analysis of carangimorph fishes reveals flatfish asymmetry arose in a blink of the evolutionary eye. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16(1). 224–224. 77 indexed citations

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Smith, W. Leo & Morgan S. Busby. (2014). Phylogeny and taxonomy of sculpins, sandfishes, and snailfishes (Perciformes: Cottoidei) with comments on the phylogenetic significance of their early-life-history specializations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79. 332–352. 53 indexed citations

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McMahan, Caleb D., Prosanta Chakrabarty, John S. Sparks, W. Leo Smith, & Matthew P. Davis. (2013). Temporal Patterns of Diversification across Global Cichlid Biodiversity (Acanthomorpha: Cichlidae). PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71162–e71162. 66 indexed citations

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Near, Thomas J., Ron I. Eytan, Alex Dornburg, et al.. (2012). Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(34). 13698–13703. 743 indexed citations breakdown →

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Near, Thomas J., Michael J. Sandel, Kristen L. Kuhn, et al.. (2012). Nuclear gene-inferred phylogenies resolve the relationships of the enigmatic Pygmy Sunfishes, Elassoma (Teleostei: Percomorpha). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63(2). 388–395. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Chenhong, Ricardo Betancur‐R, W. Leo Smith, & Guillermo Ortı́. (2011). Monophyly and interrelationships of Snook and Barramundi (Centropomidae sensu Greenwood) and five new markers for fish phylogenetics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 60(3). 463–471. 35 indexed citations

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Chakrabarty, Prosanta, et al.. (2011). Evolution of the light organ system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae). Journal of Morphology. 272(6). 704–721. 38 indexed citations

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Chakrabarty, Prosanta, et al.. (2011). Is sexual selection driving diversification of the bioluminescent ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)?. Molecular Ecology. 20(13). 2818–2834. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, W. Leo & John S. Sparks. (2007). Gobius lagocephalus Pallas, 1770 (currently Sicyopterus lagocephalus; Osteichthyes, Teleostei, GOBIIDAE): proposed suppression of the specific name. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 64(2). 103–107.

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Sparks, John S., Paul V. Dunlap, & W. Leo Smith. (2005). Evolution and diversification of a sexually dimorphic luminescent system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), including diagnoses for two new genera. Cladistics. 21(4). 305–327. 71 indexed citations

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Sparks, John S. & W. Leo Smith. (2004). Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae). Cladistics. 20(6). 501–517. 125 indexed citations

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Sparks, John S. & W. Leo Smith. (2004). Phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and Australasian rainbowfishes (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei): Gondwanan vicariance and evolution in freshwater. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33(3). 719–734. 84 indexed citations

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